Echo Valley: Bubblegum Music

The mystery of The Partridge Family and the most important 15 seconds in the history of pop music! A dramatic reading from a That Girl! novel; A Bubblegum Hall of Fame Classic from The Fun and Games; The Lemon Pipers in French; Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Cowsills, The Love Generation, The Partridge Family, Ola and the Janglers, The Pipkins, The Racket Squad, Shirley Ellis, The Left Banke, The Groovy Goolies, Hanson (finally), Marlo Thomas, The McCoys, Neil Diamond and The Music Explosion.

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Season 2 of Echo Valley: The Original Bubblegum Music Podcast begins! This jam-packed episode includes a special tribute to the late, great Davy Jones, a dramatic reading from a Monkees comic book, Tommy Roe's appearance on Green Acres, a brief update on Kid Bubblegum's fate, and great bubblegum music that we've waited many long weeks to play, from the likes of The Banana Splits, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart ("The Monkees"?), Giorgio, Ice Cream, Eddie, Dennis and Mike, Marshmallow Way, The Ohio Express, The Hardy Boys, Tommy Roe, The Archies, Bobby Bloom, The Hollies, and Music Explosion.

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It's Already Been Chewed Gum! We welcome the Flambeau Plastics Corporation as a proud sponsor of Echo Valley: The Original Bubblegum Music Podcast. These makers of Duncan Yo-Yo's have built a new factory across the street from the 1910 Fruitgum Company and brought plenty of new jobs to town. On this show, we have a special tribute to the solo music of David Cassidy; A dramatic reading from a Bonanza novel; first appearance of the Already Been Chewed gum segment. Plenty of great bubblegum music from David Cassidy, The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Ben Franklin's Almanac, Crazy Elephant, The Dave Clark Five, Tony Christie, Tommy James, The Monkees, The Archies, Plain White T's, Lou Christie, Dudley Duncan, Dick and Dee-Dee and the Groovy Goolies!

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It's Already Been Chewed Gum! Highlights include: Smackdown of Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan vs. Scooby-Doo! Dramatic Reading from TV '74: David Carradine and Kung-Fu. Great bubblegum music from Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tommy Roe, The Kids from Fame, The Bay City Rollers, Carl Douglas, Everyday Hudson, Joey Levine, The Wombles!, Burt Ward, The Shadows of Knight, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Little Richard, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and The Banana Splits!

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It's Already Been Chewed Gum. A Groovy Re-Run from Season 1

Episode 4 Highlights include: Wild Animal Smackdown pitting Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution against The Sugar Bears. Dramatic reading from a Welcome Back, Kotter novel First use of the Echo Valley Time Machine to visit the roots of bubblegum pop. Great bubblegum music from Captain Groovy and his Bubblegum Army, The Cattanooga Cats, Brady Kids, The Music Explosion, The Archies, The Hardy Boys, The Poppy Family, Jon and Robin, The Banana Splits and Daddy Dewdrop.

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We've chosen  our favorite moments from the 29 episodes of Season 1 of Echo Valley! Plus the first annual Top Ten Bubblegum Countdown of the most played bubblegum songs from Season 1. Will your favorite be among them?

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Season 1 Finale! We broadcast live, direct from the Riverdale High School Dance, with The Archies! Their special guests: Andy Kim and Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box. World premiere (likely) of the legendary Archies "Dance Lesson" songs! Our final episode of Season 1 is upbeat, exciting, fun, suspenseful(!) and a little bittersweet(!?). The Twitterverse (whatever that is) is already proclaiming this as "best...episode...ever". And plenty of great, danceable bubblegum from the likes of Georgio, John Travolta, Jonathan King, Rex Smith, Ohio Express, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Monkees, The Beagles, The Magid Triplets (sic), Tiny Morrie, The Outsiders, and The Racket Squad!

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The focus is on those gummily great sad songs! Run, Joey, Run, Seasons in the Sun, Billy Don't Be a Hero, The Legend of Billy Jack, it's all here. Plus a dramatic reading from the novelization of the movie based on the song Ode to Billy Joe! Plenty of great bubblegum music from Andy Kim, NFL great Rosy Grier, Terry Jacks, Coven, The Cast of Glee, French balladeer Joe Dassin, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Paper Lace, The Critters, The Original Caste, David Geddes and Henry Gross!

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The games children play! We sample from the zillions of bubblegum songs about games. The 1910 Fruitgum Company reminisces about Simon Says. A dramatic reading from a whole book about Steve McQueen's love of motorcycles. A bunch of Yo-Yo songs. We welcome the new high school basketball coach, GD Spradlin! And, of course, great bubblegum music from The Brady Bunch, The Music Explosion, The Cordells, The Candy Rock Generation, East Main St. Explosion, The Hondelles, The Wombles, Wayne Fontana and the Mind Benders, The Protozoa, The Love-Ins, The Royal Guardsmen, The Osmonds and The Harlem Globetrotters.

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A dramatic reading from Buffy's Cookbook: Family Affair's Buffy and Jody's favorite recipes; we remember The Electric Company's Short Circus; another Bubble Entendre; a scarce Jeff Barry recording; the Hot Wheels direct from vinyl; and gobs of great bubblegum music from the likes of Johnny Whitaker, Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan, Josie and the Pussycats, The Hardy Boys, The Wombles, The Archies, The Left Banke, The Dave Clark Five, Inkase, Jonathan King, Derek, Jumbo, The Kids from Fame, The Ohio Express, Spinach, and The Banana Splits!

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An episode full of rare treats. The legendary Jetsons song "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah" makes its Echo Valley debut! A dramatic reading of the original network TV proposal for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Perhaps most excitingly, as a reward for his (SPOILER ALERT!) recent victory in the school election, I  let Kid Bubblegum help program this episode! His choices were... interesting. Plus, as much great bubblegum music as we can fit into 58 minutes, including Paul Revere and the Raiders, Boyce and Hart, Donny Osmond, The Ohio Express, The Scooby-Doo Cast, Lally Stott, Middle of the Road, Lush, Rick Springfield, Boss Blues, Jet Screamer, Mimi Tsai, The Fun and Games, The Harlem Globetrotters, J.C.W. Ratfinks, Mud, and The Panda Peeple!

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Join us for perhaps the most fun-filled jam-packed Echo Valley episode ever! We've got a tribute to the very special episode of the 1970's TV drama Family, where teen idol Leif Garrett explains to adorable Kristy McNichol that he "has his needs"!  A dramatic reading of a 1972 Bobby Sherman interview in which he argues that he is not a bubblegum artist!  First appearance of the Bubble Entendre segment featuring The Cattanooga Cats' "My Birthday Suit". A look at the superstar who never quite made it, Brett Smiley!The Echo Valley Time Machine finds Kyu Sakamoto singing "Sukiyaki"! We pay special attention to The American Breed! And, as usual, great bubblegum music from folks like Bobby Sherman, The Foundations, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Shoestring, Tommy Steele, The Ladds, Gary Glitter, The Love Society, The Royal Guardsmen, Linus and the Little People, Leif Garrett, The Lollipops and The Archies!

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In this episode, we announce the official results of the Riverdale High class elections! How did the Echo Valley Library intern, our own Kid Bubblegum, do?! Plus, don't miss a dramatic reading from a Starsky and Hutch novel, do the Donkey Kong, and enjoy plenty of great bubblegum music from folks like The Wombles, Bobby Sherman, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, Tommy Roe, The Brady Bunch, Buckner and Garcia, Carol Douglas, Banaroo, The Cattanooga Cats, David Soul, The Bay City Rollers, The Sugar Bears, The Jackson Five and Spike Jones and the City Slickers!

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Dedicated to Jeff Barry, the greatest bubblegum pop songwriter of them all. In addition to a tribute to Barry, this jam-packed hour includes a dramatic reading from a Time Tunnel novel, identifying the  biggest bubblegum hit ever,  and great bubblegum music from Alvin Stardust, The Royal Guardsmen, Andy Kim, Suzi Quatro, The Partridge Family, The Five Americans, James Darren, Pickettywich, The Tee Set, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The McCoys, Brian Hyland, The Banana Splits and Josie and the Pussycats!

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Defining Bubblegum! Because so many have asked, we finally present the official Echo Valley definition of bubblegum music. Bang-Shang-A-Lang! Also, a salute to 1970's Saturday morning TV theme songs including an analysis of the Land of the Lost theme (and shoutouts to Lidsville, Electra Woman and Dynagirl and Bigfoot and Wildboy); A dramatic reading from a Brady Bunch comic book; plenty of great bubblegum music from the likes of The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Partridge Family, Austin Roberts, Brian Hyland, Josie and the Pussycats, The Banana Splits, Boyce and Hart, The Brady Bunch, Cyrkle, Daddy Dewdrop, The Groovy Goolies, Phil Harris with a classic bubblegum precursor from 1950, The Archies, The Bugaloos and The Ohio Express!

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