When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

What the hell is this all about? Crystal Meth and LSD more like. In this episode, we pay for having a really long podcast two weeks ago by having to watch something short. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Lovely Wibbly-Wobbly Derek Griffiths teaches us all about, I don't know, miming? Anyway, he's bloody brilliant and we'll fight anyone who says different. Apart from Derek Griffiths. We'd never fight him. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

We've made 150 episodes of this now, which is more than you've done isn't it? So why not celebrate with us by watching the best movie about Karate Kids, the third Karate Kid movie, Karate Kid III. Also, here are some Karate Kid-based recommendations we mention during the episode; Daniel is the Real Bully - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Gz_iTuRMM Sweep The Leg by No More Kings - https://www.you...

Back in the eighties, all teenagers looked like they were about 45. That's why kids' sitcom Metal Mickey looks like it's about a group of middle-aged layabouts having nervous breakdowns.   EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger   W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"The most important... the most beautiful... the most magical... saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world." It's hard to make fun of Bagpuss, given its status as one of the nation's most fondly-remembered kids' tv shows. Although this episode has some saucy drawings in it so we managed. Please note - there were some technical issues with the recording, so you may notice more editing than usual....

Forget the Flumps - is the Great Kettle Race availale on Youtube yet? and if not, why not? EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Tony Hart apparently had the power to bring plasticene to life. And did he use this power for the betterment of mankind? No. No he didn't. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

The Green Goblin from the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie terrorises some cyborgs and a dog/dragon hybrid, in the third installment of our Mark-ology of Fear. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"Hay-lp, Hay-lp!" Wacky Racer Penelope Pitstop evades the Hooded Claw in this cartoon for children about attempted murder. Mark faces his childhood fears and we get to re-use jokes we wrote years ago. Good times all round. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"Wizadora, We adore her, doing things in her very special way..." Remember Wizadora? We thought we did too. We were wrong. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

A race of one-dimensional creatures whose names reflect the complete gamut of human emotions - Happy, Grumpy, Greedy...Tickle. It's the Mr Men. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Remember when Doctor Who was cancelled in the 80s? This is why. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"Songs of joy and tears of laughter, are all we need, to lift our hearts..." If your Christmas Day is boring enough that you're downloading a podcast, it'll take more than Russ Abbot in various fat suits to lift your heart. Still, we'll do our best. MERRY CHRISTMAS! EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed...

"Say what you see!" "Two nearly middle-aged men using a podcast as an excuse to watch old tv shows to relive their youth?" "Well now I feel sad." It's Catchphrase. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Our survey said...do more gameshows! So we did. Although we only surveyed two people. And those people were us. It's Family Fortunes! EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"I'm a Tot!" "Je suis un Tot!" "Tilly, Tom and Tiny." "We're the Tots from Tots TV..." "One, Two, Three..." "BOO!" Flat-faced Rose & Jim-type puppets make worrying noises as Martyn and Mark squeeze another episode into a late night recording session when they should have know better. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger...

A boring educational cartoon disguised as superhero fun. It's only Captain Planet innit? No Don Cheadle though. Wahh. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

David Hamilton plays hangman with a giant keyboard. But no actual hanging man. It was a family show. It's like Mel Giedroyc's "Letterbox" but a lot more expensive-looking. I mean a TV show called "Letterbox." Not Mel Giedroyc's actual letterbox at her house. I bet that's quite a reasonably-priced looking letterbox. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: faceboo...

Put on your bicycle clips and bake a pie made out of songs or dreams or other intangible things. It's Pie In The Sky! No, not that one. The other one. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Imagine spending an hour running away from a man in a helicopter. Sounds exciting doesn't it? Well it isn't. It bloody isn't. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Can we pretend that we knew this episode was going to be uploaded the week of Halloween, and use the tenuous link that we're watching Creepy Crawlies, a gentle animation about some friendly insects, in an attempt to be topical? No? Bloody sod you then. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croud...

It's nearly Halloween, so what better way to celebrate than with a rubbish sitcom about the ghost of a Jewish stereotype? Probably by watching almost literally anything else. But it's done now, so shut up. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Do you like television? Do you like comics? Then you'll hate ZZZap, the television comic. It's the final part of our Neil Buchanan trilogy. Or "Neil-ogy." No, sorry, was right the first time, it's "trilogy." EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

How much confetti do you think Finders Keepers used in an average day? More than FunHouse? More than ten weddings? It's a lot of confetti is what I'm saying. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"This is an Art Attack... THIS is an Art Attack... THIS IS ART ATTACK!" Tiny Neil Buchanan lives in a box of art supplies and communicates to the big people via the medium of Art. And attacking. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.