Looks Unfamiliar: Genevieve Jenner – I Can’t Be Loyal, There’s Puppets

Bossa Nova (2000) - listen to Genevieve Jenner and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is author Genevieve Jenner, who’s flipping between college radio stations in the hope of alighting on KOMO children’s show Boomerang, hastily cancelled sitcom Over The Top, Thorazine Shuffle by Bongos Bass And Bob, early internet dating-themed romcom Bossa Nova, Wizard’s Hall by Jane Yolen and Coca-Cola’s attempt at launching a fizzy drink for Generation X OK Soda. Along the way we’ll be finding out the difference between ‘Muppets’ and ‘The Muppets’, debating how many early nineties lo-fi techno-rock propaganda bands got their own tie-in carbonated drink, and contemplating Richard Herring’s unwitting influence on the rise of dating apps.

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Boomerang (KOMO, 1975-80) - listen to Genevieve Jenner and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Over The Top (ABC, 1997) - listen to Genevieve Jenner and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Genevieve

Genevieve Jenner is a writer; you can find her website here and her short story collection Chocolate Cake For Imaginary Lives here and follow her on Bluesky at @gfrancie.bsky.social.

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Further Listening

You can also find Genevieve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, What A Way To Go! and Fruitopia here, and on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Faerie Tale Theatre here.

Genevieve also features in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Gary Bainbridge on Googi The Liverpool Duck, Tim Worthington on Ferrero Prestige, Becky Darke on Tubby Turtle, Toby Hadoke on the BBC’s After The Bomb season, Anna Cale on Grange Hill‘s Ronnie Birtles’ shoplifting storyline, Mitch Benn on internationally famous celebrities acting in eighties pop videos and Tim on Goon Pod talking about The Best Of The Goon Shows, which you can find here.