Looks Unfamiliar: Katy Brent – I’ve Never Been Though Because Spiders

Ewoks (ABC/Lucasfilm, 1985-86) - listen to Katy Brent 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 novelist Katy Brent, who’s scouring ‘the market’ for any trace of Round The Twist, Ewoks, Global Hypercolor, Boglins, Out Of This World, Defenders Of The Earth and Garbage Pail Kids. Along the way we’ll be discussing the ethical ramifications of a relationship founded on the Round The Twist theme, debating the plural of Those Spidery Octopus Things That Rolled Down Windows, revealing how to avoid getting caught literally Global Hypercolor-handed and estimating the street value of Corroded Charlie and his likely effect on the plot development of any further series of The Wire.

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Maureen Flannigan as Evie in Out Of This World (MCA, 1987-91) - listen to Katy Brent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Boglins - listen to Katy Brent and Tim Worthington talking about them in Looks Unfamiliar.

Defenders Of The Earth (King Features/Marvel, 1986-87) - listen to Katy Brent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Round The Twist (The Seven Network, 1989) - listen to Katy Brent and Tim Worthington talking about it in Looks Unfamiliar.

Garbage Pail Kids (Topps 1985) - listen to Katy Brent and Tim Worthington talking about them in Looks Unfamiliar.

About Katy

Katy Brent is a novelist. You can find Katy’s books How To Kill Men And Get Away With It here and The Murder After The Night Before here and follow her on Instagram here.

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There’s lots more about tons of other imported sitcoms, serials and animations that got repeated endlessly in the BBC and ITV children’s schedules when they probably didn’t even all get shown in America in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, available in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here, from the Kindle Store here and directly from Black And White Publishing here.

If you’ve enjoyed this, you’ll enjoy Tim’s book Can’t Help Thinking About Me, a collection of columns and features with a personal twist. Can’t Help Thinking About Me is available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

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Further Listening

There’s more about the mid-eighties Star Wars Expanded Universe with Phil Catterall on Droids here and Defenders Of The Earth spinoff Phantom 2040 here.

Katy also appears in The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar alongside Lydia Mizon on Smashie And Nicey – The End Of An Era, Tim Worthington on Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops and the BBC Pinocchio, Ricardo Autobahn on the Panther 6, Mitch Benn on BusyBodies, Joanne Sheppard on The Water Babies and Spine Chillers, Phil Norman on Spy Trap and Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on dancing reindeer and school recorder ensembles, which you can find here.