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Moments in Madness

Moments in Madness

By Jayson Drury

From very special episodes to the outright surreal, there have been always been episodes of television that have broken boundaries and subverted our beliefs and made history. These are the Moments in television Madness
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Episode 9: Starfish Hitler

Moments in MadnessJan 21, 2021

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Episode 8: Lucy is Enceinte

Episode 8: Lucy is Enceinte

This week the always incredible Sophie joins me to discuss depictions of pregnancy and television as we explore the I Love Lucy classic episode Lucy is Enceinte.
Jan 07, 202146:28
Episode 7: The Wars on Christmas--Holiday special

Episode 7: The Wars on Christmas--Holiday special

After a really dark last episode I'm joined by Andrew and Valeska to hopefully bring a little light to your life with discussion about a holiday classic. 


Dec 25, 202057:58
Episode 6: Killing All the Right People

Episode 6: Killing All the Right People

This week we are back with a bang with a near 2 HOUR episode--featuring Adam Norton The Spaceman Lawyer me to discuss the Designing Women episode: Killing All the Right People--the AIDS epidemic,  COVID and how governmental negligence always impacts the LGBTIQ+ community greater. We also debate whether anyone has ever had their mind changed by a television program before---and much, much, much MORE. 


REFERENCES:

That Lindsay Ellis video essay on Rent: https://youtu.be/q0qfFbtIj5w

"Policing Desire: Pornography, AIDS and the Media" by Simon Watney

"And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS epidemic" by Randy Shilts

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/07/opinion/senator-helms-s-callousness-toward-aids-victims.html

https://apnews.com/65c596e0514c81b20536d9cbf33c066f

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/03/24/the-unique-impact-of-coronavirus-on-uk-lgbt-community-will-disproportionally-affect-them/#5c40f1c3b401

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/04/03/implications-of-covid-19-for-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention/

https://lgbt.foundation/coronavirus/impact

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802250/

https://www.hrc.org/realmikepence

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/02/how-mike-pence-made-indianas-hiv-outbreak-worse-118648

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945417/



Dec 10, 202002:05:09
Preshow Episode 6A
Dec 04, 202009:17
Episode 5: Garfield and his 9 Lives

Episode 5: Garfield and his 9 Lives

This week it's Halloween and here to make it a little spooky I have Andrew Roebuck with me to discuss the  last 80s Garfield anthology cartoon Garfield and his 9 Lives. We also get into scary programming for kids, the appeal of Garfield, corporate mascots and we watch some incredibly terrifying animated shorts sure to make your Halloween frightening.


Enjoy!

You can follow Andrew on twitter: @winemovienerd

And also check out his podcasts:

Milkshakes and Mimosas a Riverdale Podcast and Triassic Park a podcast for dinosaur films prior to the release of Jurassic Park

You can also check out Andrew' audio production website for all of your audio engineering needs at: https://www.roebuckaudiocasting.net/

Shorts:

Foxed by James Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsu6ufDfYo

The Sandman by Paul Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hz3QB31K_c

Alma by Rodrigo Blaas: https://vimeo.com/4749536

The Mysterious Stranger from The Adventures of Mark Twain by Will Vinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaRouocBes


References:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249939111_Television_News_and_Fear_A_Child_Survey

Children and the Discourse of Fear David L. Altheide First published: 22 December 2011

Children Talk Horror Videos: Reading as a Social Performance Gemma MossFirst Published August 1, 1993 Research Article

The Impact of “Scary” TV and Film on Children’s Internalizing Emotions: A Meta-Analysis Laura J. Pearce & Andy P. Field School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK

Adolescents’ Fright Reactions to Television and Films by Joanne Cantor and  Sandra Reilly 



Oct 29, 202001:10:36
Episode 5A
Oct 22, 202014:09
Episode 4: It Creeps

Episode 4: It Creeps

This week the brilliant Valeska Griffiths joins the show to discuss an episode of Degrassi High: It Creeps, Feminist Horror, Teenage high school drama and the effect on expectations, impacts of consumerism and growth, LSD use,  Ewan McGregor's penis and much much more.


Please follow Valeksa on twitter @BitchcraftTO


Also check out

 Anatomyofascream.com

https://www.salemhorror.com/lectures


Also you can reach the podcast:

 Email:  Mail@momentsinmadness.com

Twitter: @themadnessbox 


Theme song by the great Lynda Starr

Twitter: @LyndaStarrMusic


Some references for this episode:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/degrassi

Canadians Television; Text and Context  published by WilFrid Laurier University

Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) by Jean Baudrillard

https://thewalrus.ca/teenage-dreams/

Media and the American Child by George Comstock




Oct 15, 202058:32
Episode 4A
Oct 08, 202012:30
Episode 3: The Rockumentary
Sep 24, 202059:55
Episode 3A

Episode 3A

In this episode I recap my conversation about The Principal and the Pauper--announce the subject of next episode, read an email which does NOT like the show and some other stuff.
Twitter: @TheMadnessBox
Email:
Mail@MomentsinMadness.com
References:
Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture by John Alberti
www.simpsonsarchive.com/
www.deadhomersociety.com/
The Fall of The Simpsons What Happened by Super Eyepatch Wolf: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk
Famous trials: The Tichborne claimant, Troppmann, Prince Pierre Bonaparte, Mrs. Wharton, The meteor, Mrs. Fair by John Torrey Morse



Sep 17, 202013:19
Episode 2: The Principal and the Pauper
Sep 10, 202001:08:16
Episode 2A

Episode 2A

Reading some listener mail, feedback, talking about some resources that went into The Bicycle Man episode and also the subject of the next episode. 

Please rate and comment on iTunes or where you listen.  Also follow on twitter @Themadnessbox and send an email Mail@momentsinmadness.com.

Sep 03, 202020:21
Episode 1: The Bicycle Man
Aug 27, 202001:07:43
Episode 1A

Episode 1A

First preshow episode--Introducing the show and first episode.
Aug 26, 202004:56