Bubblegum & Other Delights
05.24.20

Writers Becky Ebenkamp and Nikki Kreuzer (Imagine Betty and Veronica without that pesky Archie to fight over…) are the pop culture pundits who serve as your musical apologists on Bubblegum & Other Delights, dublab.com’s Sunday night radio show dedicated to the much-maligned, sugary-sweet musical genre that is the true innocent victim of fake news. With humor, smarts and great attention to detail, the hosts lead listeners on a cruise through a candy land of sugary-sweet songs crafted by the Brill Building’s best and performed by pseudonym-slinging session musicians—tunes crammed full of innocence-sounding, double-entendre lyrics that melt in your mouth, not in your hands.
Tracklist:
“Saturday Morning on a Sunday Night”
Cattanooga Cats Theme: Cattanooga Cats
Step Into the Magical World of ABC: TV ad
Superchicken: Sheldon Allman & Stan Worth
The Go-Go Gophers: W. Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington, Joseph Harris & Chester Stover
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana): Banana Splits
Theme from Mission Magic Rick Springfield
Josie And The Pussycats: Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly
Superfast Jellyfish: Gorillaz Feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul
Salutations Kool-Aid Ad: The Monkees
BECKY TALKED OVER Punky’s Dilemma: Simon & Garfunkel
Remember You’re A Womble: The Wombles
Were Gonna Have a Good Time: Rick Springfield
Spend Some Time Together: Groovie Goolies
House Party: The Globetrotters
Mothra’s Song: The Peanuts
Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah (Means I Love You): Violent Femmes
Makin’ with the Magilla: Little Eva
NIKKI TALKED OVER One Bad Apple: Jimmy Smith; Sigmund & the Sea Monster, Johnny Whitaker
Land of the Lost Theme: Wesley Eure
Mechanical Boy: Jack Wild
I’m As Happy As Can Be: Bugaloos
Lidsville Opening Theme: Lidsville
Dr Shrinker: The Osmonds
Medley o’Themes: Electrawoman & Dynagirl; Magic Mongo; Far Out Space Nuts;
Lost Saucer
HR Pufnstuf (Closing Theme): The Boyds
BECKY TALKED OVER The Krofft Supershow: Kaptain Kool & the Kongs (Season 2 Theme);
Spider Man: The Ramones
Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song): The Dickies
Saturday’s Child: The Monkees
I Wanna Capture You: The Beagles
Roadrunner: Josie & the Pussycats
Wombles Everywhere: The Wombles
Bad Influence: The Misfits (from Jem & The Holograms)
NIKKI TALKED OVER: Speed Racer themes; assorted Lidsville stuff
A noun is a person, place or thing: Lynn Ahrens (Schoolhouse Rock)
Bedrock Twitch: Fred Flintstone
Tell Me, Tell Me: Danny Janssen
Tang Commercial: The Archies
Caesar’s Place and I Knew a Girl/Giggle Granny: The Impossibles
Granny Sweet Song: Hanna Barbera
BECKY TALKED OVER The Chan Clan Opening Theme: Ron Dante wrote & sang the series’ songs
Check it Out: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
You Know I Love You: The Archies
Way Out: The Way-Outs ( The Flintstones)
Different: Cass Elliot (Pufnstuf movie)
Sink or Swim: Hardy Boys
Them Not-So-Dry Bones: Jack Sheldon (Schoolhouse Rock)
NIKKI TALKED OVER Ben: Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds; Danger Island theme
Gigantor: The Dickies
Pop Tarts Commercial
Lancelot Link – Secret Chimp: Evolution Revolution
Here Come the Hardy’s: The Hardy Boys
Razzle, Dazzle: Hudson Brothers
Late At Night: Partridge Family A.D.
What’s Your Sign: Bedrock Rockers
Love Makes the World Go Round: Powerpuff Girls
Hong Kong Phooey
BECKY TALKED OVER Goolie Get-Together (Theme): Groovie Goolies;
Globetrotters Theme: Harlem Globetrotters; The Impossibles: Various snippets
Don’t Eat Healthy Cereal: Bored Young Men
Quisp vs. Quake ad: Jay Ward
Thank you to the following, who participated in and/or helped make this show happen: Nikki Kreuzer, Domenic Priore, Lina Litonjua, Gennifer Birnbach, Skinny Robbie, Freddy Fortune, Robin Banks, Gergflow, Oleh Hodowanec, Kitten Sparkles, Elaine Ascencio, Lincolnbot, Oscar & David, Tom Alford, jeff_midnight, Russell Quan and Johnny Bartlett (for their endless HBR devotion), DD the Donut Prince (for his dedication to sugary sweet breakfast cereals), the dublab crew (especially Rachel Day and Jack Christy), and everybody who joined us in the chat.
Electrawoman and Dynagirl were reporters for “Newsmaker” magazine when they were not busy fighting evildoers.