Episode 306: 8TL Fan Bar: Get Insider Info on Scarecrow and Mrs. King w/ The Mrs. King’s Chronicles

There is no fandom like the Scarecrow & Mrs. King fandom -- passionate, dedicated and absolutely obsessed with red hats, train stations, the Q bureau, and Cream-&-Wood 1983 Ford LTD Country Squire Station Wagons.
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The Conversation

  • What do you do when you want to spend more time with your friends and your favorite show?  The answer is easy -- you do a podcast!
  • GETTING HOOKED ON SMK: sometimes it’s in college, sometimes it’s a commercial, sometimes… it’s your mom!
  • IT WAS A THING: recording your favorite shows onto cassette tape so you could listen to them later.
  • Lexie -- the “90s Baby” of the podcast -- wants to know why Lee and Amanda don’t use their cell phones more often. And what’s up with the “two Germanys” thing?
  • PODCAST PIONEER: Miranda has also done internet radio and podcasts about Firefly and Felicity and Alias and Heroes and Chuck!
  • Why do certain shows inspire rabid fandom? And others… not so much.
  • SUBURBAN SPY: The compelling fantasy wish-fulfillment of “Being Mrs. King.”
  • At the “Hollywood Show” fan meet-up: Bruce Boxleitner had his own fanboy moment when he saw TV’s “Batman” -- Adam West. But he never got to meet him because he refused to cut in line in front of other fans…
  • THE ELECTRIC CAMPFIRE: How television -- and now podcasts -- became our place of communal story-telling and shared emotional connection.
  • Ship of Spies? Was there really an SMK cruise? Did anyone get married? Go to a strip club?

So, join Susan and Sharon -- and Taya and Jennifer and Miranda! -- as they talk 80s retro-love, podcast tangents, Dungeons & Dragons, Miami strip clubs, sweater vests, the Star Wars Christmas Special, living in the Matrix -- and throwing rocks at Cincinnati!

Our Audio-ography

Listen to the Mrs. King’s Chronicles podcast at MKCPodcast.com

  

Check out Taya’s website CallMeaCab.com

Find Miranda’s Firefly podcast at Serenityfirefly.com

Find out more about Columbia Willamette River Keepers Willamette-riverkeeper.org

Get The Ultimate Fan’s Guide to Scarecrow & Mrs. King at Amazon.

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Credits: 80s TV Ladies™ Episode 306:

 

Produced by 134 West and Susan Lambert Hatem. Hosted by Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson. Guests: Taya Johnston, Jennifer Peterson and Miranda Thomas. Sound Engineer and Editor: Kevin Ducey. Producers: Melissa Roth, Richard Hatem, Sharon Johnson. Associate Producers: Sergio Perez, Sailor Franklin. Music by Amy Engelhardt. Copyright 2024 134 West, LLC and Susan Lambert. All Rights Reserved.

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