A ripple of perverse net interest has suddenly swirled around this 1987 ABC After School Special. Yesterday, on Boing Boing Cory Doctorow wrote “ABC After-School Specials hit their zenith (or nadir) with The Day My Kid Went Punk, a punksploitation show to rival the CHiPS "Rip and Destroy" episode (and yes, that's Bernie Kopell, the doctor from the Love Boat, as the outraged dad)” On Doc40 we not only note that it took ABC a full decade to catch up with punk, but, being less sane than most sites – and never ever prejudging our excellent readers – we also offer you nothing less than a link to the whole damned show if you want it. Click here to watch.
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ReplyDeleteAt least the After School Special looks slightly better than the old Wonder Woman episode "Amazon Hot Wax." I remember it depicted its punk rockers as looking like a variation on Marcel Marceau. Of course, since it's been years since I saw that episode, I could have misremembered it.
ReplyDeleteNo,that's just a hillbilly who got into the hair jell,that's not a real punk.
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