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Way Out Wednesday: “Popeye the Sailor Man and His Friends”
Here’s another album featuring that ever-popular sailor man, Popeye. This one does expand things a bit, since not only do we have Jack Mercer as Popeye, we also have Mae Questel as Olive Oyl
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Modern Barbershop Quartet”
What happens when you get Way Out...in barbershop harmony
Read More »TV on DVD: “Mystery Science Theater 3000, Volume XVII”
Chances are, even if you’ve never seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K for short), you still know the basic concept: bad guys shoot a good guy into space to study
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Popeye’s Zoo”
This week, we have an unusual album featuring Popeye the Sailor Man singing songs and telling stories about his desire to create a zoo. I’m guessing this record came out around 1959, because the
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Tomorrow on the Children’s Corner” with Josie Carey and Fred Rogers
In 1954, before Mister Rogers brought his Neighborhood to national television, he was a part of a local show in Pittsburgh called The Children’s Corner. A woman named Josie Carey was the host, and
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Big Top Singers, “Let’s All Go to the Circus”
In honor of the Winter Olympics taking place in Canada, Way Out Wednesday (sort of) salutes our buddies up north (or whatever direction gets you to Canada) with this album of circus songs published
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Stars of Gentle Ben, “The Bear Facts”
Remember the 1967 television show Gentle Ben? It was a heartwarming adventure about a boy and his bear, sort of like if Lassie was a grizzly and Timmy was Ron Howard’s brother. I would
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Why, Mommy…?”
It’s time to dig way back in the Way Out Junk archives for this children’s album. I’m not sure how old this one is, but the cover seems to indicate early 1960s at the
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Big Daddy, “Sgt. Pepper’s”
I conclude my look at the band Big Daddy with their last album of all new performances, 1992′s Sgt. Pepper’s. Here they took on the awesome challenge of recording every track from the classic
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