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When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger is a weekly podcast that watches kids' TV from the eighties and casts a more cynical eye on the shows we used to love. Sometimes funny, usually disappointing, join your hosts Mark and Martyn and ruin a small part of your childhood week by week.
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Now displaying: Category: comedy
Sep 24, 2018

"Do you wanna bet on it? You Bet! Well you'd better get on it! You Bet! So don't fret, get set, are you ready? You Bet!"

B-List celebrities sponsor members of the public and place bets on whether they can do outlandish things, like remembering different types of windmills, or fishing in really specific spots on lakes. But if they weren't betting on these things, they'd probably be gambling on the outcomes of bare-knuckle monkey boxing bouts in underground criminal hideouts. Bruce Forsyth did everyone a favour really.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Sep 17, 2018

This is what we thought the Groovy Goolies was. Thankfully Drak Pack is much better than the Groovy Goolies. Although to be fair, so is a sharp stick in the eye.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Sep 10, 2018

Where is Spot? Is he under that cardboard flap? Yes he is. Of course he is.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Sep 3, 2018

"I'm the joker in the pack, which makes me such a lucky jack, and here they are, they're so appealing, okay dollies, do your dealing."

Only cards though, not drugs.

It's Bruce's Play Your Cards Right, another Bruce Forsyth gameshow that required his name at the beginning and women wearing very few clothes. For a reason. Not that Mark and Martyn are paying attention to that, as they're busy practicing their excellent Brucie impressions.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Aug 27, 2018

Paul Daniels hosts the time-earning gameshow that plasters false smiles over failing relationships and makes light-entertainment out of domestic abuse. If you like our gameshow episodes, you'll like this... NOT A LOT!

That's a thing Paul Daniels used to say.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Aug 20, 2018

This week is the same as last week, except this time Martyn chose the music videos. It's quite a simple premise, what are you not understanding?

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Aug 17, 2018

When Martyn and Mark regretted making this possible
vs
The One Where Martyn Eats The Boat

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Theme Music: 8-bit-Arcade4 www.dl-sounds.com

Aug 13, 2018

Something different this week, as Mark picks some well-known 80s music videos instead of a tv show, and we talk all over them. Some would say it's even more pointless than usual, but those people weren't in the room when we decided to do this, so we did it.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Aug 10, 2018

Glass Pancake
vs
The Ferret Trap

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Theme Music: 8-bit-Arcade4 www.dl-sounds.com

Aug 6, 2018

King Rollo was a cartoon about a child-like ruler who probably shouldn't have been in charge of his own shoelaces never mind an entire country. Insert your own Trump joke here. I can't be bothered.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Aug 3, 2018

First of the Winter Vodka
vs
Gary and Gavin's Great Race

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Theme Music: 8-bit-Arcade4 www.dl-sounds.com

Jul 30, 2018

Yes, I've spelt it correctly. Boring cartoon monsters sing and tell jokes in the worst thing we've ever watched. Stop Googling to see if I've spelt it correctly, that is how you spell Goolies in this instance. I know it feels like it should be "Ghoulies," but I've already checked, and we both sat through it so I know it's right.

You're checking aren't you?

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jul 23, 2018

More quiz fun as we watch Henry Kelly have a slow motion breakdown, constantly asking the contestants "who am I?"

Especially mean-spirited, considering a lot of the contestants don't speak English as their first language.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jul 16, 2018

If you think you enjoyed Willy Fog as a kid, you are either;

a) deluded
b) lying
c) now working as a geography teacher

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jul 9, 2018

*whistle whistle whistle whistle*

*blubble-lubble-lubble*

impenetrable nonsense from knitted space wombles who live on the moon.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jul 2, 2018

How big is a Womble? What is a Womble? Why is "Womble" a noun and a verb? What does wombling entail? Have I ever wombled? Am I wombling right now?

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jun 25, 2018

Ron Pickering ("who?") hosts the boring primary school sports day that was We Are The Champions.

Are England out of the World Cup yet? Can we stop doing sport-related things now?

Ugh.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jun 18, 2018

We've got World Cup fever, in that football makes both Mark and Martyn feel physically unwell. So to celebrate England probably not being out of the World Cup quite yet, I don't know, I haven't checked,
why not sit down with us to watch the adventures of an animated football team as they football about all over the place and score goals and stuff.

"Offside." That's another football thing.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jun 11, 2018

This week, Mark and Martyn watch four people who are superior to them in every conceivable way, and make fun of them in various cruel and undeserved ways. Can you run an obstacle course Martyn? No, you can't. You'd get a note from your Mum to get you out of doing it. Can you land a plane Mark? No? Well never mind because they don't do that game in this episode.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Jun 4, 2018

Are the boys going to go back in time and rent some videos from defunct rental store Blockbuster?
Are they going to listen to the glam rock classic "Blockbuster" by the Sweet?
Are they going to learn about the DC comics character Blockbuster?
Are they going to learn about the Marvel comics character Blockbuster?
Are they going to perform flying neckbreakers on each other, a move also known as a Blockbuster?
Are they going to take part in the Anglo-Canadian military operation in the Netherlands during World War 2 known as Operation Blockbuster?

No, they're going to hand jive, make piss jokes and Martyn is going to shout a lot. Sorry.

 

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

May 28, 2018

It's part two of our "people-who-fought-Rocky-then-got-their-own-cartoon-ology." (It's a very specific series).
This time we're watching Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling, which surprisingly isn't the worst or most racist thing the Hulkster ever committed to video.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

May 21, 2018

"First name Mister, second name Period, Last name T!"

When Mr T wasn't hanging around with the A Team, he was solving mysteries with a group of enthusiastic young gymnasts and a dog with a mohawk. Because of course he was.

I bet none of them ever spiked his milk either.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

May 14, 2018

"Come on doooowwwn!"

Do you enjoy looking at things and guessing how much they would have cost in the 1980s? Then this is the episode for you!

Unless you said "no."

Which you probably did.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

May 7, 2018

Have we got The Right Stuff to watch this cartoon Tonight? Only if we take it Step By Step. We'll be Hangin' Tough until 2 In The Morning, so Please Don't Go Girl. Call It What You Want, but If You Go Away you won't Be My Girl. Definitely not My Favorite Girl. More like a Dirty Dawg. So Let's Try It Again, You Got It?

Cover Girl.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Apr 30, 2018

STOP! Hammertime!

No really, please, stop. Stop this Hammertime right now. Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em.

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TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger

W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

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