Best Parental Figures

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your host Optimus Solo and I'd like to say hello

and welcome to the second of our supplemental

episodes here on the telecast. We're numbering

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Today with me to do the second supplemental episode

is none other than TFG1 Mike. Hello sir. Hello

and today the two of us are going to be talking

about Like well first of all if you haven't listened

to the first supplemental episodes supplemental

episodes are basically a relaxed look at all

of the different shows that are covered in season

one and even maybe some shows that we didn't

get to cover but kind of fit that same genre

which if you're not aware is kids programming

from the 80s and early 90s just any of those

non cartoon kids programming that we grew up

on the first supplemental episode was which characters

you'd like as a friend or which characters you

choose to have as your best friend. We talked

about things like Zack Morris or Clarissa from

Clarissa Explains It All, just kind of a variety

of different characters. And today, we're actually

going to be talking about which adult figures

from these shows would either... It depends on

how we interpret it. It could be which ones would

you like as your parents, which ones would be

the coolest parents, or which would be an adult

figure that you would want. in your life as a

role model, something like that. So it's kind

of a loose idea, but we're going to run with

it and see where it takes us. But before we get

going, just what have you been up to? And give

me some general thoughts on, without revealing

any of your choices, how you went about making

your list and what you kind of interpreted it

as. Well, the way I had interpreted it, and I

told you this earlier on Skype off air in the

chat, that I was asking you how you wanted to

do this because the way I had originally thought

what you meant was top 10 parental figures from

season one of telecast, which obviously we haven't

gotten to a lot of the episodes yet. We only

just finished episode 10. We're only 10 episodes

into the 35 episode season. And I thought you

meant just the actual parental type figures as

far as like the darling parents, Pete and Pete's

mom and dad, which I don't know why anyone would

want a mom with a plate in their hand. Stuff

like that. So I didn't realize the scope that

I could actually project out onto as far as this

goes. And you had said basically anything that

had appeared in any of the shows within season

one, if they were a fairly good role model or

someone you would want to look up to or have

as a parent. Do you come up with 10 pretty easy

or do you have to kind of rack your brain a little

bit? Once I finally got the gist of what you

wanted, because when I first started, like I

said, I was thinking specific parental, actual

parental. There wouldn't have been a lot to choose

from. Yeah, there wouldn't have been a lot to

choose from. That's what I was going to say.

I was like, how the hell am I going to get 10

things out of this? And it's like, holy crap.

Yeah, especially since we're just talking about

live action stuff. We're not including cartoons,

and we're not including shows that would have

been in additional other parts of the telecast,

like sitcoms and stuff like that. When we get

to the sitcoms, this is actually going to be

one of the better ones, I think, because there's

going to be a lot of actual parents to choose

from instead of just adult figures. Yeah, exactly.

I'm sorry. I have to call TFG one Grimlock out

in the you stream chat, dude The telecast is

live -action television stuff. It's not cartoons

and why would the heck would you want? Tommy's

mom from Rugrats. It didn't say joke or just

kidding. So I know just kidding I know but still

I always want to interpret that as joke and I

know it stands for just kidding I know but I

always want to I always like in my mind say joke

when I see that I've got to fix that. She's a

crazy redhead. I'm sorry. I'm not going to get

too distracted here. Well, the reason he thought

it was probably Roadgrass is because every time

you use for him, it's almost for Tombcast. Or

for cartoons of some sort. I thought it was going

to be a little bit harder for me just thinking

of it. But once I started going through, I had

like 13 or 14 just... the first time I went through

and I had to cut a few of them, which wasn't

too hard. Why is it always when you make lists?

Say you're going to do a top 10 or a top 100.

You get 10 or 12 more than what you actually

need, and you have to go back and cut people.

That's a good point. That's just the way I work.

I had said in our last record, I don't have a

darn clue what it was, but that I had just made

that top 10. female voice actors of the nineties

list for... That was Tooncast... Yeah. For something.

No, ATTF. Yeah, all things Transformers. For

behind the voice actors and I did that top ten

for the females of the nineties and I... Last

couple days I was trying to revamp my nineties

male list because there was a few that I thought,

you know, like I said with Tara Strong that might

fit better in the 2000s. So I decided to do...

You know get everybody's name down for 90s and

2000s that I thought qualified and then and then

break it down in the top 10 for each decade Yeah,

I definitely had like 36 names to whittle down

to 20. I don't know. It's just the way I work

I guess um, but uh anything else we need to Put

a disclaimer on before we get into our top 10

I don't think so. Okay, so I mean, you know how

this is gonna work and for everybody listening

We're just gonna go back and forth You know,

starting at the number 10 for our list and we'll

alternate all the way down to the 1 and we'll

discuss things we think needing discussed and

we'll bypass other ones or we'll just see how

it goes. So why don't you get us started with

your number 10. Bill Nye. Interesting choice.

I almost had him on my list actually. It's more

so not because of a parental figure type of thing.

It's almost like he's that TV science teacher.

I mean, technically that's what he was on television,

but I mean, it's almost like, you know, like

when I was in science class, they would always

send us home to do homework or to, you know,

find out an experiment or whatever. And I would

always end up watching Bill Nye. And I think,

actually, I could be mistaken. It might have

been Beakman's World, but good Lord, who would

want that guy as a... Anyway, but anyways. It

was either Bill Nye or Beakman's World where

I first learned about the colored soda bottles,

the hourglass soda bottles. You know what I'm

talking about? I think so. Where you take two

soda bottles and you put a clamp around and you

take them end on end. You put the liquid in.

You put water in with food coloring inside of

it. Then you clamp the two bottles together with

some sort of hard plastic clamp and then you

can do the tornado twist it Yeah, make tornadoes

and all that stuff. So that was always fun in

school. Well, that's that's one of the good things

that would be about If you had someone like a

Bill Nye as a parental unit Because think about

like if you're like a youngster and you have

someone over like for a sleepover or something

all the different like Experiments you could

do and you know, it'd be a fun time Plus, he

came across as a guy that wasn't necessarily

so nerdy that it was annoying. He was like a

cool scientist. I'm definitely cool with your

choice for number 10. It's similar to someone

that I'll talk about a little bit later. My number

10 is kind of iffy. I don't think you're going

to know who he is, but it's Mr. Ernst from Hey

Dude. He was the head of the ranch at Hey Dude.

The reason I'm saying it's kind of iffy because

he was a little bit of like a moron Like he wasn't

necessarily the brightest guy in the world The

reason I put him in there though is because like

underneath it all he really did care about all

the people at the camp I remember watching an

episode where Ted from hey, dude, you know is

having some print or some some problems where

he runs away from us home and he's trying to

hide out at the camp and stuff like that and

Mr. Ernst just really has some heart to heart

talks with him and tries to explain what's best

for him and just that caringness that he had

for the campers. You're going to see on my list

different people that are there for completely

different qualities and I guess if you could

take them all and take each one of those qualities

and put it into one person it would be like...

the number one but yeah I just I mean he wasn't

he wouldn't be great as far as like he'd be annoying

and he would make you do like these stupid things

to try to like he always had these schemes about

like getting rich or doing different stuff and

he wasn't very bright but just for that caring

factor I thought he deserved my tenth spot so

how about your your next one I'm not sure, you

may remember this guy, but I'm not sure if you

will or not, because this is one that I added

because of our clarification of what to put on

the list. Gordon, one of the adults from Sesame

Street. Gordon Robinson. Hey, you actually know

his last name. I do know his last name. Every

time I saw him on Sesame Street, he was always

trying to teach Snuffy or Big Bird or... or Oscar

or Elmo or Grover. He's always trying to help

them out and teach them something and help them

get through day to day. Were you aware of how

many different Gordons there were? I only remember

the one from the 80s. Yeah, the bald one? Yeah,

that's the one I remember. He was the second

one. There was actually, the original one's name

was Matt Robinson, the guy that you're talking

about, which is also the one I remember, his

name Rosco Orman. Then he died in 2002. I don't

know how many there's been now, if there's been

three or four. I think he's still a character

on the show. But I think they're on their third

or fourth different person. I'm pretty sure the

one that we're remembering is no longer with

us, but he was always one of my favorite human

characters on Sesame Street. And you're right,

he was always being that guy that they could

go to to get help, which it's always good when

you have an adult that you feel comfortable enough

with going to your problems with. Excellent choice.

My number nine, and you should know this one,

and I guess this is maybe one of my weirdest

ones on the list, and this is just for the cool,

fun to hang out with factor. Not necessarily

that they'd be the best parent in the world,

but I'm going with Max from Saved by the Bell.

That was his name, right? The guy that ran the

Max? I don't know if that was his name or not.

Think I we haven't got to that episode yet, so

I'm not real studied up on it even though I know

say by the bell like by the like the back of

my hand Yeah, I know most of the characters,

but I don't I believe you are a magician guy

that ran you know that he ran the max not for

the entire run of the show, but The guy that

ran the max you do crazy little card tricks and

magician tricks and whatnot, but you know he

was that guy so if I can if I'm getting the name

wrong I'll correct it when we get to the save

by the bell episode, but I'm looking it up right

now. Keep talking about why you like Max. Well,

the main reason, like I said, he didn't have

a chance to display too many parental characteristics,

but what he did do is he was always having these

fun little tricks, kind of like the same reason

why I think your choice for Bill Nye is good,

because they can entertain you, and that's good

and apparent at times. He would give them advice

every once in a while when they would have a

problem. You're correct, sir. What was his name?

Max, played by magician -comedian Ed Alonso,

is the owner of the Max, the favorite hangout

of the gang. He acted as sort of a liaison between

the adult and kid world. So he is Max and he

ran the Max? Yeah. Okay. And I should have just

looked at our use -frame because Grimlock was

telling us I was right. But yeah, it was just

that fun part. You could go to him and get a

little bit of advice every once in a while and

basically he was that fun. He could entertain

you and stuff. So it's not like... I wouldn't

necessarily want him as my parent, but to have

some of his characteristics in a parent would

be kind of cool. That's my number nine. I had

to come up with something I didn't think anyone

else would think of. So what about you? My...

Go ahead. Oh, number eight, right. I got confused

there for a minute. The Mac's burned down in

Saved by the Bell, the new class? Actually had

that they actually had that as a storyline. You're

not just like pulling our chain. That's terrible

Anyways, we'll have to talk about that in a future

episode Yes, go ahead. My number eight is the

chief the from Carmen San Diego From Acme detective

agencies where in the world is Carmen San Diego?

She was one of the ones I had on my list and

I she got cut The chief was hilarious just the

way she interacted with I believe the host name

was Greg I don't remember his last name. Yeah,

it was Greg. You're right. Yeah Just the way

she interacted the way she gave the lessons of

where Carmen was and just her voice when Thigpen

is just She was an amazing amazing actress. Unfortunately,

she passed away in 2003. I'm starting to think

you don't have anyone on your list that's still

alive I'm just kidding I'll tell you why she

got cut. She got cut only because I loved her

too. That was one of the best parts about that

show. The only reason I cut her was because out

of all the ones on my list, I was afraid she

would be too strict on me and too hard on me,

almost too military -like. But I understand why

you have her on your list. I'm not saying it's

a bad choice It was like the one last ones I

cut But I was just the one part of me was like

she might not be very fun as a parent But maybe

she would be I'm not sure see I think of her

because obviously she's a game show type of person

I think of her more as a role model, like teacher

type, kind of like Bill Nye in that sense, instead

of an actual parental type figure. So she would

probably fall into the category of role model,

and just the way that she presented herself,

the way her personality was on Carmen Santiago.

And she did look like, out of all the people

that we were exposed to, she looked like one

of the ones that had maybe some of the best parenting

skills. as being able to run a household, take

charge, not take any crap, and raise good kids.

I just don't want to be one of them. My number

eight, I'm going to cheat a little bit. I'm not

sure if you remember this show at all or not,

but one of the episodes coming up on the telecast,

I think much later actually, it's one of the

last episodes, is a TV show called The Elephant

Show, also known as Sharon Lois and Bram's Elephant

Show. There were three adult characters named

Sharon, Lois and Bram and they provided entertainment

by singing and doing all these little skits.

They were just really cool. I'm putting all three

of them as my number eight in a package deal

just because they would be fun parents to have

at a very young age. because they were very musical.

They would be people that would foster your creative

and imagination skills. Small kids are entertained

with music and they were very good with that.

So it just seemed like it would be fun to have

them around in those early years around the house

singing songs and just having kind of fun. So

I slid them in at number eight. Kind of cheating.

Yeah, I have no idea who they are. I remember

when Steve sent me the art for telecast for season

one, which you can go over to our Facebook page,

facebook .com slash GeekCastRadioNetwork, and

you'll look at our fundos, our photos, and you'll

see that on the telecast album. But when Steve

sent me the art for that, I'm like, what in the

hell show is that? I'll send you a YouTube link

or something. Fundos. Do we just make up a word?

Apparently so I try to decide what it's gonna

mean though. Maybe by the end of the episode.

I'll have him definitely No, I was really supposed

to say photos like fundos though. Yeah, although

it sounds like something you'd eat What are we

on number seven? Yeah, and I am gonna cheat I

wouldn't do this as a best friend type of thing

cuz you guys already did best friend But I made

a note next to number seven to be a kid Again

choice and I put Pee Wee Herman Hold on hold

on Hold on shut up. I don't want to see any typing

in the you stream. I don't want to hear anything

from you Regardless of his later in life exploits

Pee Wee's Playhouse was one of the best children's

program on Back then I am NOT disagreeing that

that would be a cool parent in the fact that

you would just have loads of fun in the way that

he was in Pee Wee's Playhouse. Like that was

a fun environment. He was, you know, crazy and

entertaining. So I'm not disagreeing with you

on that part. I just find it very ironic that

we're coming up with our best parental units

and we got Pee Wee Herman in there. I'm not saying

it's wrong. I'm just saying it's funny. Someone's

gonna lay into us. We're gonna have somebody

comments on this post over at geocastradio .com

This is one for that one guy, but this is one

for Waltman XP to listen to or something Peewee

Herman, we want him to be our father Now I need

to clarify I Said to be a kid again like to be

it wouldn't be a best friend type But just like

to bring out the inner child in me It would be

Pee Wee Herman. It's almost like big or something.

That's the image that came into my head when

you said be a kid again. Pee Wee Herman and Tom

Hanks, oh my god. That's, okay, yeah, moving

on, you're number seven. All right, my number

seven, I don't know, I'm not comfortable with

this one either, but it's kind of like my Mr.

Ernst, where the guy's kind of an idiot, but

deep down he really cares. I put Mr. Belding

at number seven. I don't know like I'm torn on

this one too because I know he's kind of annoying

and he's kind of cheesy and he's kind of not

the brightest guy in the world but you know when

it came right down to it he would do anything

for those kids and you know that's a huge characteristic

and you know we've had some people on our list

because they'd be fun or entertaining or because

you know they'd be good role models or different

factors and for me this one it comes down to

the same as Mr. Ernst deep down I could really

sense a heart in these two individuals, whereas

some of the other ones didn't have a chance to

display that emotional side, and for me, Mr.

Belding comes in at number seven. Very interesting.

He'll come up a little bit later on. What's your

number six? That's not a good start. This is

probably the only crazy one that I know of. Besides

T .W. Herman, that one wasn't crazy. No, that

wasn't crazy. No, no, no. Um Michael Jackson

No, no hell no what I'm not trying to talk bad

about anybody that's I Forget what the hell his

name is but Pete and Pete's dad, okay And for

those who don't know Pete and Pete's dad is The

one episode he's the guy in the episode the the

camping episode the dad that has to be the best

camper the best Outdoorsman and he just obsesses

on beyond belief on this and I just I think it

would be cool to have a dad like that to you

know, someone who thinks outside of the box and

isn't so strict and isn't you know a I'm sure

he does care about both Pete and Pete but at

the same time he's off in his own little world

His name was Don Wrigley There you go. Um, yeah

the only problem I had with him is the fact that

he was he almost seemed like one of those people

that would have nothing to do with the with The

kids lives if he didn't have to You know what

I mean? Like I said, he's kind of like an early

live -action. Oh, no, no, no, wait No, that happened

after 94. Yeah, he's kind of like a Not so fat

fat live -action version of Homer Simpson except

he doesn't curse and he's not a bumbler Yeah,

I mean he just really hasn't he just his own

he has in his own world. He's doing his own thing

Yeah, but you know I can kind I'm glad you put

him in instead of the mom That was a joke when

I said that earlier. My number six is actually

our first repeat, and that's why I knew his last

name, Gordon Robinson from Sesame Street. Oh,

cool. So we're thinking alike on that one. Yeah,

for me, I'm just going to echo kind of what you

said and repeat myself a little bit. He was the

one human from Sesame Street that I just connected

with immediately when I was a kid. And I always

thought it would be cool to have him in my neighborhood

or have him be one of the adults that I could

interact with on a daily basis, whether it be

at school or wherever, at the grocery store,

newspaper stand. I know those aren't around anymore

hardly. But he just seemed like a very cool person.

He seemed like someone that you would respect

before you even knew him. He's just that type

of guy that seemed like his presence just...

demanded respect. But at the same time, he was

very gentle, almost had a soothing nature to

him. For the same reason you put him on your

list, I put him at number six. Halfway through,

folks. We've had some interesting choices so

far. My number five is the same as your number

seven, Mr. Belding. I have to disagree. I will

agree that he is slightly cheesy, but I don't

think he's one of those ignorant people or He

might be a little bit slow -witted as far as

catching up to what scheme Zach might have going

or whatever But I don't think he's the type kind

of like Don Wrigley where he's just spaced out

out there. He's not that tight. Well, the other

thing about him, I don't mean to interrupt you,

but the other thing about him is the actor that

was playing him. It wasn't just the character

that cared about these kids, the actor. It was

the actor. The actor very much, Haskins, really,

I think that's his name, really cared about the

actors because if you're thinking about Saved

by the Bell was a show, the kids were basically

growing up on that show, and he's basically the

main adult that's involved with this. Even in

interviews he does today, he still knows what

all of them are doing. He will do anything for

them. That came out in his character as someone

who genuinely cared about these kids both on

screen and off screen. Which you know that and

that's very cool to see an actor like that Dennis

has yes Richard Askins Dennis has yes But I've

listened to a few our interviews and he's he

impresses me every time I hear him speak So very

cool guy number five for me Part of me wanted

to put this guy higher, but I just couldn't Number

five for me is mr. Rogers now You can't really

come up with a more perfect role model than Mr.

Rogers. That goes without question. The only

reason I didn't put him closer to number one

on my list, and I would totally understand other

people putting him higher than me, but the only

reason I didn't put him a little bit higher is

because it seems like the type of guy that would

be a great dad up until a certain age. You know

what I mean like he'd do perfect for your younger

years But I'm not sure I would relate to him

as well or deal with him as well. Once I hit

my teenage years I'll come back but but everything

about him. I think is cool You know, he was definitely

good with getting you in touch with your emotions

and helping you deal with things He wasn't gonna

try to like sugarcoat things, you know You would

have been able to deal with a lot of different

issues and problems. I like the fact that he

was musical and creative and he could explain

things to you. Just an all -around great guy.

He's very soothing and stuff like that. Something

about him though, I just can't quite put him

up where I think he probably deserves to be a

little bit higher. But for me, number five, knowing

that I'm putting him a little bit too low. So

go ahead for your number four. Uh, my number

four, um... Uh -oh. Oh, God. Don't scare me like

that. The only reason why this person's on my

list is because... If you say the guy in the

rat suit from Beakman, I'm going to be upset.

No, no, no. The only reason why this person is

on my list is because when I was watching this

show as a kid, I had a huge crush on her. And

it probably goes to the fact that when I was

younger, I used to love older women for some

strange reason. I used to have crushes on a whole

bunch of older women at the time. Is this turning

into an episode of, like, Maury Povich or something?

No. But staying, even though we are explicit

here at GeekHat's Radio Network, staying PG -13

and trying to keep it, you know, fairly, you

know, non -creepy. This person, she did amazing

with the kids that she taught. She cared very

well for them. Number four for me is Miss Bliss.

Excellent choice. No, I 100 % agree. Even more

so than Mr. Belding. Just watching her interact

with those kids, especially at a junior high

age, she did a great job. Yeah. And talk about

HUD for teaching. Hailey Mills. She wasn't a

bad looking girl. Lady. Woman. Yes, no. No she

wasn't. So what about you for number four? Oh,

where did I go from number four? Oh, number four

you're not going to know either unfortunately.

I went back to Hate Dude. There was a character

named Lucy on Hate Dude who was the person at

the ranch that actually knew how to ranch. She

actually knew how to do stuff with the horses

and riding and all these other things that I

don't even know. But she is the one on that show

that they would go to for advice. They didn't

go to Mr. Ernst, even though he was kind of a

caring person for her or for the kids. She was

the one that was the most intelligent one. She

was the one that was always handing out advice.

And she genuinely looked like she could have

been any one of their moms. I mean, it was just

like this adopted mom that inherited all these

ranch kids. And she just seemed like someone

that you'd be very comfortable. uh... going to

with your problems and that's a big cat that's

a big category for me and that's why a couple

of them on my list of had that that characteristic

you just love that damn show too much that's

all i do love that show uh... my number three

is actual parents uh... The darling parents from

Clarissa explains I thought you might throw them

in there somewhere I Think my number two is really

gonna throw you off. Anyway staying with the

darling parents Oh, uh, uh, Janet and... What

was the dad's name? God, off the top of my head,

what was it? Come on, Grimlock, get researching.

Dad on Clarissa. Obviously Mike has not researched

his list very well. I'm just kidding. Well, speaking

of Grimlock, since I did just call him out, he

mentions George Feeney in the chat. Dude, we

are currently going off of the season one of

the telecast, which is 90s kids live action shows.

Boy Meets World may be covered in future seasons

of Telecast, but it's not currently in season

one. Yeah, I mean, I can see how you're saying,

I can see how a lot of people would put that

kind of as a kids' show, but we're talking about

more like a kids' kids, and that one would fall

in with the sitcoms, and you'll see it later.

Yeah, that would fall in with sitcoms, right.

That's a later season. But no, The Darling Parents,

oh, Jesus, I know the mother's name was Janet.

We'll get to it. Keep going. We'll get to it.

Keep going. But I really like the way that they

interacted, and I really liked, let's see, that's

what it was, Janet and Marshall, darling, damn

it. I liked how Janet and Marshall interacted

with each other, but also with their kids. They

kind of, again, were those parents that didn't

really interfere with their kids' lives. It was

almost like they had kids, and they let their

kids grow up by themselves. I know that there

was several episodes where Clarissa had said,

I feel like I'm raising my parents. Yeah. Because

just some of the stuff that they would do, and

I think they would be really, really fun people

to have as parents. No, I agree. They didn't

make my list. I can understand them being on

the list though. I don't know why they didn't

quite make my list. There's something about them

that I just couldn't get with, but I see what

you're saying. I'm not disagreeing with you.

I just didn't put him on my list. That's fine.

What's your number 3? My number 3 I guess is

kind of weird, but it's kind of the same as your

number 10 I believe. Your number 10 was Bill

Nye, right? Yep. My number 3 is Mr. Wizard. Mr.

Wizard was just cool for the exact same reasons

that you're talking about with Bill Nye. First

of all, you bring kids over for a sleepover,

you're having kids over, they're going to be

entertained, and you're going to be the cool

house to go to because your dad does all these

experiments and can do crazy shenanigans and

whatnot. But at the same time, he was also the

least nerdy out of all the science guys. He was

almost like Mr. Rogers, where he was just this

soothing guy that would explain things and walk.

He had a lot of same characteristics as Mr. Rogers.

I just think he would have been a cool guy. That's

why I like the show is because when you're watching

that, he just kind of brings you in and you just

feel completely at ease while he's explaining

stuff. He made it at number three, so we've had

a couple different science guys make our list.

Why am I going to not like your number two? No,

it's not I never said you weren't gonna like

it. It's something that's gonna throw you off

because I Have to preface this and say that when

I was asking you specifics of how to go about

making the list I had asked you if we could use

any of the guests the live -action Guests that

appeared on the Muppet show because the Muppet

show I believe is episode 15 of the telecast

which is coming up My number two is Christopher

Reeve Interesting The reason why I pick him,

first of all, he was Superman. One of the best

role models ever. Second of all, Christopher

Reeve, after Superman, he constantly did stuff

with, I can't even say it, he was constantly

doing stuff for other people. He was constantly

having charities. He was a huge philanthropist.

uh... he was one of those people that would go

out of his way to help anybody and it's more

so for he for me is a role model rather than

an actual parental figure of the i would want

him as my dad uh... well it would be cool to

have some as my dad it still it wouldn't wouldn't

really here It wouldn't really fit. So I put

Christopher Reeve in the role model category,

and I remember him being on an episode of The

Muppet Show, and I remember just like, oh, holy

crap, it's Christopher Reeve. You're using like

an end around. What? No, it's fine. What? I'm

just saying you can't deny he is a great role

model. I'm not denying that at all. Number two

for me. is one that you've already mentioned.

That's why I said it was a good pick. I put Miss

Bliss at number two. So obviously we're both

right on that. But Miss Bliss, like you said

before, she just did a heck of a job with those

kids, especially at the age that they were at,

dealing with a young Zach Morris. Miss Bliss

was cool. She was cool as heck. She'd be the

teacher that you wanted. She'd be like, name

the position you wanted her there. Like, whether

it was your mom, whether it was your best friend's

mom, whether it was a teacher, and you're still

sick. So we're going to just move right along.

You said it, not me. That's why I'm only laughing

here. But no, no, I agree. And one of the reasons

why I absolutely love Miss Bliss as a teacher

is because she would, like I said before, she

would actually go out of her way to teach the

kids a lesson. I specifically remember watching

an episode of Saved by the Bell about a month

and a half ago on TBS. Like 7 .30, 8 o 'clock

in the morning. It was an episode where she was

holding court. I don't know if you remember this

one. Something went missing, something happened,

whatever. I don't remember the details off the

top of my head. And she was holding court, a

mock court like they do sometimes in school.

And it turns out at the end of the episode, that

she was the culprit because she wanted to teach

them a lesson in blaming people. Not always assuming

that Zach always did it or Screech did it by

accident, you know what I mean? So Miss Bliss

was a very excellent teacher, parent, role model,

whatever you want to call her. I'm not right.

No, and I think that's why she made it on both

of our lists. All right, we need a drum roll

here. So what is your number one? You should

be able to guess by now. I should? Yeah. Mr.

Rogers? Mr. Rogers is my number one. Took me

a second, sorry. Pretty much for everything that

you said about him, just the fact that he was

so soothing, just as I said in episode 10. Just

the way that he interacted with the audience,

you felt like you were sitting in his little

apartment or his little house or whatever it

was. You felt like you were in his house with

him. He welcomed the audience in so very well.

Something nowadays shows don't do that well,

I don't think. And you know an excellent role

model as far as I kind of mentioned earlier that

I would get back to your point about maybe later

in life Maybe you wouldn't want him as your father

figure. I would kind of disagree with that because

I think Because his whole message on mr. Rogers

neighborhood was to be yourself and never let

people change you and to do what what you feel

is correct I think him as as a father figure

at like teen years and beyond, I think he would

just support his children. Granted, I'm going

off of the Fred Rogers we saw on television.

I don't have any idea how he raised his kids

in his personal life. Of course, he was never

ever one of those types of people nowadays that

you see in the news. He was no Britney Spears

or, unfortunately, Michael Jackson. You know

what I mean? He wasn't that person, so I'm not

going to say anything negative about him, but

I'm just saying I don't know how he actually

raised his children, but the way I would assume

is that he would do exactly what he did on TV.

He accepted people for who they are. If he was

my father figure, I would assume that as I grew

up, he would support me no matter what I did.

That's just what I was going to say. He would

be that type of person that would support you

no matter what you were going through, no matter

what. You know, a very tolerant person is what

he came across to me. Exactly. No, excellent

choice for number one. My number one though,

we're going to completely go somewhere we haven't

gone yet, both in the season and in this countdown.

So I guess we'll have another drum roll here

for my number one. My number one is actually

Rick Marshall, who is the dad from Land of the

Lost. I've never seen that show, so you're going

to have to give a lesson on that. Let me explain.

Now, some of these people have been on my list

because they would be entertaining and fun, like

the entertaining house to go to with your friends,

etc. Some of them were just straight -up good

role models. Some of them I put on there because

they just had this genuine compassion and care

for the young people that were there. Rick Marshall

is on my list because freaking A, he and his

kids lived with dinosaurs and he protected them

and they survived. This is just straight up,

forget all that other nonsense, he kept his kids

alive. They were transported into a land of T

-Rexes and stuff and not knowing anything about

the world or how to survive it and he set up

guidelines, he set up rules, he was like... the

excellent boy scout type guy that just knew how

to do everything as far as like camping and food

and shelter and stuff like that and if you can

save your kids in the land of the dinosaurs that

should give you some points as a pretty good

dad I would think now you know I know it's not

like your typical he might not have some of those

typical characteristics that you would be looking

for that we've seen in so many of our people

like Mr. Rogers and Ms. Bliss and you know that

we keep going on and on but This guy, I mean,

he saved his family. He saved and protected his

family, so I gotta put him on there. That'll

work. So that's why I put him in number one,

and I do look forward to getting to that episode

as well, and maybe I'll make you watch some Land

of the Lost, although it is absolutely terrible

to watch now. But... Yeah, thank God I'm not

gonna be on that episode with the telecast. We'll

get to that in a future episode. Just to give

you some final thoughts and some wrap up here,

I think the ones that we had duplicates, we had

Mr. Rogers both on our list. We had Ms. Bliss

and Mr. Belding and Gordon Robinson from Sesame

Street. So interesting that we had four crossovers

and I think we hit just about almost every part

of our show. We had one from every block, if

I'm not mistaken, because you got the Carmen

San Diego one in there for the game show block.

And I got Sharon Lois and Bram in there from

the musical variety show, Block. So I think we

covered everything. What are your thoughts about

some of these, the overall process in selecting

your list or just general thoughts? I mean, honestly,

like a few weeks ago when you and I and Tara

had done the top lists for the 90 .5 episode

of Tooncast, I was sitting here racking my brain.

for stuff. But once you had set out the guidelines

for this, I was like, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam,

I know exactly who I want. I only had to look

at the schedule on geekcastradio .com, the season

one schedule. I only had to look at it twice,

just to remember the shows and where they...

Not really where they fell in the schedule, but

just... limiting myself to all of the, just the

season one schedule of Telecast. And I think

once we get to like a sitcom season, whenever

we get to a sitcom season on Telecast, we need

to have this episode again. Oh yeah, this is

one that will definitely come up. There's a few,

there's like obviously some of these supplemental

episodes in season one will never be done again.

Some of them might show up almost every season

and this parent one is definitely one that you'll

see in the sitcom one. I do want to quickly bring

up, I forgot to do this earlier, I wanted to

bring up a couple of the people that missed my

list. I got cut right at the end just for the

heck of bringing them up. The chief from Carmen

San Diego was one of the ones that got cut. I

also had LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow get

cut. And the guy that was in charge of the kids

at the college years of Saved by the Bell, Mike

the RA. Mike the RA, I don't see him as a parental

figure at all. I see him more of ... A friend.

Not even really a friend. I see him more of as

... Do it to how you're supposed to be told or

else I'll put you in a wrestling home. Yeah.

Well, the only reason I put him on there, it

was just my first thought because at first I

was like, I'm not going to be able to come up

with 10. So I was just writing down anybody I

thought might be there. And I just, I mean, just

because he was in a position of, he was kind

of the caretaker of the kids as the RA or whatever

you want to call it, depending on what college

you're going to. So I threw him on there. I just

wanted to give him a shout out that I did at

least think of him. But yeah, you're right. That's

why he got the cut. He got the ax because he

was a little bit. too much like the kids almost

in some ways. Like a big kid. But yeah, this

is kind of, I like coming up with this stuff

and I think we had a pretty good list. I definitely

agree with year number one is Mr. Rogers. Like

I said, when I put him at number five that I

knew I was not putting him as high as he should

be. But I don't think you can go wrong with him

and Miss Bliss and like I said, a guy that protects

you from dinosaurs. Plus, you know Superman that's

true. That's true. So we had two almost guys

that could protect you from danger Peewee Herman

though, huh? Like I said now come on you've had

stuff on countdowns where you've cheated I know

I know I'm just saying I guarantee you someone

questions are inclusion of him on the list Okay,

well I'll go back and rectify this. I will say

being at Pee -wee's playhouse is my being a kid

type of choice. So just for the house that you

get with the parent. Yeah, exactly. All right,

that makes sense. In that sense, then, I am cutting

Rick Marshall from my countdown because I do

not want to live with the dinosaurs. If he's

coming with his environment, I'm taking him off

my list. I'm putting Mr. Rogers in because that

place seems pretty darn safe. I'm not gonna go

to the max either because I guess that place

burned down so I Can't wait till we get to that

episode because apparently I'm gonna need to

go on a tirade. I Yeah, I need to hold my tongue

because I'll go on a whole rant about that So

stay tuned for a future episode of the telecast

Any last thoughts Mike? No, not really. All right,

then I think we're ready to close this one out

as this shorter, all the supplemental episodes

will be kind of a little bit shorter than our

regular episodes. Has to be expected unless we

go off on some big tangents. So I'd like to thank

Mike for helping me out with this supplemental

episode since I was scrambling for people at

one point. And of course I'd like to thank all

the listeners for tuning in to episode 10 .5

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