The gift giving season is upon us so it seemed appropriate to foist upon Kate that old tale of copious consumption and old-fashioned department stores (with just a touch of multiculturalism for spice). Yep! Corduroy it is! I find it very very important to begin this podcast by laying down the law on Marry, Kiss, Kill. Then we do Star Wars, and it pretty much goes from there. And yes. We’re both marrying Yoda.

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Show Notes:

– Mr. Fancy Handwriting Guy.

– I am so right. There is no comic duo like Strega Nona and Anthony. NO ONE!

– Voila. Scary clown, demented rabbit (there are none in Alice Through the Looking Glass, but I wasn’t going to mention it), and the giraffe.

– Mom is so stylish and the girl’s jacket? Dude. I want that.

– I am very interested in your evidence as to whether or not Corduroy really does have agency, or if this is just in the girl’s head.

– THE MISSING CLOWN?!? WHERE THE HECK DID IT GO???

– Behold. The worst security guard in the world.

– THE CLOWN IS BACK!!!  Corduroy, don’t sleep there!

– The fluctuating age of the nameless girl. And her oddly small bed.

– The two sequels to Corduroy are Don Freeman created a sequel, A Pocket for Corduroy, in 1978. In 2006,  B. G. Hennessy created Corduroy Lost and Found as a sequel. And I don’t mention it but there were lots of unofficial Corduroy sequels, but I didn’t feel they were worth mentioning.

– #22 on the picture book poll was Corduroy!

– The wikipedia page for Corduroy.

– Woohoo! Today’s Special. This one goes out to all of you who watched it when I did on early Nickelodeon:

– Once you see it, you can never unsee it. The Corduroy television movie:

– The Saturday morning cartoon show!

– The bear’s mouth is not open, therefore . . . . hm.

– American Vandal. Here’s the trailer for the show I referenced.

– And for those few of you unfamiliar with it . . . Stranger Things.