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5 min read“I’m not making this up. You saw this too.” That line, spoken by one of the hosts of Weird Kids, captures the central energy of this episode: the thrill of discovering that a piece of media you thought was a private childhood fever dream actually exists in the shared world. The episode, titled “Hollyweird,” is a loose, conversational deep-dive into the strange, often dark corners of childhood entertainment and the equally strange experience of being a child actor inside that world. The throughline is a shared sense of being “weird kids”—people whose formative years were shaped by obscure cartoons, unsettling TV movies, and the peculiar, behind-the-scenes reality of working in Hollywood as a minor.
The Fever Dreams of Childhood Media
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What you'll learn
- 1 Hollyweird | EP 20 | Weird Kids
- 2 Timestamped Outline
- 3 (01:08) **Opening Banter & Golden Girls Clue** - The hosts play a round of Golden Girls-themed Clue before diving into the episode
- 4 (02:30) **Summer Fashion & Decluttering Philosophy** - Tommy discusses his fashion choices after the fashion episode and a friend's minimalist philosophy
- 5 (04:52) **Listener Question: Media That Feels Like a Fever Dream** - Introducing a question from @Dapper Paladin about obscure childhood media that others assume is imaginary
- 6 (05:56) **The Electric Grandmother** - Ashley shares her most obscure childhood media: a TV movie about a robot grandmother
- 7 (07:54) **Raggedy Ann & Andy and Sanrio Films** - Talisen shares several obscure and dark animated films from childhood
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Guests on this episode
Show Notes
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Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe are here to talk about their time on the big screen! From tricking little Ashley into thinking she'd never see Jean-Claude Van Damme again to Roy Scheider accidentally almost drowning little Taliesin in ocean riptides, they've got some pretty wild stories to share!
Just don't ask them to do a press junket about it...apparently those are kind of a drag.
Also in this episode:
• Swimming with the fishes (well, dolphins)
• Indescipherable Valentine’s Day Cards
• Obscure Children's Movies
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Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe deep dive into their lives as the Weird Kids! This is a formal invitation to all the misfits, outcasts, and weirdos to take a seat at our table and join these former child actors as they embrace their unique upbringings and celebrate all things weird and wonderful.
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Produced by Maxwell James and Will Lamborn
Theme Song by Dave Heatwave
Animation by Max Schapiro
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