Podcast 118: A "Hey Arnold!" Reeducation

Things get dangerously cheesy for Helga as she attempts to destroy a certain 6th-grade brunette in "Operation Ruthless" with mixed results, while Michael and Sean look at how young love can truly make you do crazy things. Meanwhile, Arnold and the gang learn the value of dibs when they take "The Vacant Lot" and turn it into the immortal, iconic Gerald Field,. PLAY BALL! PLAY BALL!...

This week's episode presents us with an Arnold for all seasons. Well, at least two seasons, anyway. Whether you're HOTTER THAN THE SUN or if you HATE DA SNOW, there's plenty to love in this iconic pairing one-two punch. #NOICECREAMNOPEACE Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to leave us a rating/review where appropriate!  For questions/comments/curiosites, drop us a li...

Today, on Podcast 118: Love, lust and betrayal. In other words, just another night at a school dance as Arnold and Gerald try to get a kiss from a couple of "6th Grade Girls". Then, after catching "The Baseball" hit by Mickey Kaline, Arnold shows us that sometimes it's okay to meet your heroes. Pull up a chair (preferably not in Section Q), brush up on your Cool Moves For Happe...

This week, Michael & Sean tackle some hard-hitting subjects including, but not limited to: the childhood pressures of conforming to normative gender roles examined in "Helga's Makeover", along with the delights of big band jazz and the complications of deciding where and with whom your loyalties lie in "The Old Building". So, apply a generous glop of facial cream, crack ope...

Does the hat make the football-headed man? Does it truly matter if whether you harass someone from your stoop or from *off* your stoop? Michael and Sean attempt to answer these questions in addition to spending way too much time talking about the precise contents and Hindu influences behind Helga's bubble gum shrine in "Arnold's Hat", as well as looking at the darker side of childh...

Michael and Sean admire the many faces (literally) of Helga G. Pataki as we see her first of many attempts to keep her love of Arnold a secret, unearth the parallels between Helga & Arnold's respective romantic fixations, and marvel at the show's ability to balance heady emotional introspection with plain dumb fun. Here's looking at you, Campfire Lass. If you'd like to share yo...

In the words of Mr. Simmons, "HELLOOOO, CLASS!" and welcome to the first episode of Podcast 118: A Hey Arnold! Reeducation. In this inaugural episode, Michael and Sean wax poetic on how the music and visual elements come together to create a world that is instantly memorable and iconic, theorize about the hidden symbolism behind Arnold being forced to dress up as a banana, and have perhaps...