The World Debut of SNAP CRACKLE POP JR.!

At some point in the earty aughts, when I was going through a divorce and saw my daughter mainly on the weekends, I discovered a Saturday morning show on the classic freeform station WFMU called "Greasy Kids Stuff". She and I both LOVED it. It was a music show for kids, but it wasn't cheesy kids music. No offense to The Wiggles and Baby Beluga and all that, but that stuff's aimed at a 5-year-old and younger audience; Greasy Kids Stuff, hosted by by Belinda Miller and Hova Najarian, was aimed at smart-ass 7 to 11 year olds with music that DIDN'T SPEAK DOWN TO THEM. It was wonderful music that kids and adults could both fall in love with.

So this was my first attempt at doing a sort-of tribute show to GKS. I did a few! (Later on, I started calling these shows "Snap Crackle Pop Jr."... kind of like Nick Jr. ) Rod Ross, a classic WPKN DJ with a regular 6 - 9 am Saturday morning slot, was taking time off in the summer of '24, so I volunteered to fill in - and then decided I would try to do a kid-friendly show thast was also a tribute to Hova and Belinda's GKS. Whether any kid (of any age) ever listened to these shows is something I'll never know, but I had THE BEST TIME doing these and would do them again.

Come Saturday Morning – The Sandpipers
The Crumble Song – Lorraine Bowen

I Wanna Eat Chocobars – Shonen Knife
I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
Banana Bike – The Dot Wiggin Band
Happy Noodle vs. Sad Noodle – Logan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club
Happiness Pie – Death Lurks

Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up! – Ivor Cutler
Jollity Farm – The Bonzo Dog Doo–Dah Band
The Man on the Flying Trapeze – Spike Jones & his City Slickers w/ Doodles Weaver
Beans In My Ears – The Serendipity Singers
I Am an Astronaut – Ricky Wilde
Eyeball Skeleton – Eyeball Skeleton
The Sound of Worms – Tony Burrello
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep – Middle of the Road
Kitty Kat Max – 1000 Clowns
Twiggy Twiggy/Twiggy vs. James Bond – Pizzicato 5

Bulbous Bouffant – The Vestibules
Hockey Monkey – The Zambonis w/ James Kochalka Superstar
I Got a Camera – Wild Man Fischer
Daves I Know – Bruce McCulloch
My Dad's a Lawyer – Geoff Berner
Dad, I'm In Jail – Was (Not Was)
I'd Like to Get To Know You – Spanky & Our Gang

(Oh Gilbert) I Need Help – The Junipers
Out of the Question – Gilbert O'Sullivan
Annie Almond – The Junipers
Loop De Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' In an Aeroplane) – The Beach Boys
No, You Can't Take Them – The Clouds
Figure Eight – Blossom Dearie (Multiplication Rock)

Three Is a Magic Number – Bob Dorough (Multiplication Rock)
The Magic Number – De La Soul
Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers
2-4-6-8 – The Jackson 5
That's Where the Plaque Is – Michael Shelley
She Steals Candy – Juniper
A Hard Day's Night – Peter Sellers

A Hard Day's Night – The Beatles
Cuddly Toy – The Monkees

Gimme – Fatcat & Fishface
The French Toast Man – Fred Lane
Dang Me – Roger Miller
Alley Oop – The Hollywood Argyles
Fish Heads – Barnes & Barnes
Always Check For Holes – Channels
Fluffy – Gloria Balsam

Where Do They Make Balloons? – They Might Be Giants (feat. Danny Weinkauf)
Making with The Magilla – Little Eva
Government Center – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Busey Boy – Corn Mo
Let's Not Have the Same Weight in 1978 (Let's Have More) – The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Gimme Little Sign – Brenton Wood
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens