Echo Valley: The Original Bubblegum Music Podcast

Professor Bubblegum

We celebrate the best and grooviest sounds of bubblegum pop music from the 60's and 70's like The Archies, Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Osmonds, Monkees and Josie & the Pussycats!

  • 1 hour 18 seconds
    Echo Valley 174 (S7E24) Kid Bubblegum's Song

    In this Season 7 Finale, will we finally hear Kid Bubblegum's original bubblegum song? (Editor's Note: Yes) A dramatic reading of a Happy Days novel! A very sad and joyful Sad Song Marathon! Plus plenty of great bubblegum pop from The Action Brass, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Music Man, Josie and the Pussycats, December's Children, Patrice Holloway, Maggie MacNeal, Bonnie St. Claire, John Denver, The Partridge Family, Anson Williams, Gregorious, Captain Groovy and his Bubblegum Army and Millie Small!

    29 November 2024, 8:51 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Echo Valley 173 (S7E23) Eurovision 1974

    What better place for Kid Bubblegum to learn how to write a great bubblegum pop song than the 1974 Eurovision finals?! We are witness to the live performances of this historic competition! You might think you know all about that magic year, but there are still plenty of surprises! And in our dramatic reading we learn that TV's Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, can't act but is attractive! Plus plenty of great bubblegum music from The American Breed, The DeFranco Family, Carita Holmström, Olivia Newton-John, The Wombles, Ireen Sheer, Lynda Carter, White Plains, Ricky and the Vacels, Tina Reynolds, Mouth and MacNeal, The Music Explosion and ABBA!

    3 July 2024, 1:39 am
  • 1 hour 36 seconds
    Echo Valley 172 (S7E22) Our Elfth Annual Christmas Special

    Twelve years in a row, Echo Valley has celebrated Christmas with a ton of bubblegum! Here we go again! What are the bubblegum roots of Silver Bells? Patty Duke "celebrates" the holidays! Dramatic readings of the poetry of Richard Thomas, John Boy from the Waltons, and he sings! Shirley Jones and Shaun Cassidy sing together! Plenty of cheery candy from The Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, The Brady Bunch, Bobby Goldsboro, Tommy Roe, George Gobel, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, The Hondells, The Pipsqueeks, The Trashmen, Fred Flintstone, The Rosebuds, and Owl City!

    22 December 2023, 6:30 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Echo Valley 171 (S7E21) Marching to the Music

    Kid Bubblegum starts to write his own original bubblegum song! Whose voice sings the songs on Scooby-Doo? As part of our dramatic reading, Bobby Sherman gives a rousing speech to a football team! Strange gum from Batman's Adam West! Plenty of gummy good stuff from The Rubettes, The Lemon Pipers, The American Breed, The Cowsills, The New Beats, Austin Roberts, Wind (with Tony Orlando), Tommy Roe, The Original Caste, The Partridge Family, Joan Holloway, Peter Lawford, The Rare Breed, Rachel Sweet and Rex Smith!

    12 November 2023, 6:46 pm
  • 58 minutes 51 seconds
    Echo Valley 170 (S7E20) Candy Kisses

    A fast moving hour of bubblegum sweetness! A dramatic reading of Danny Partridge and his escape from kidnappers! We've heard of Herb Alpert, but who's Dore Alpert? What bubblegum band was the first member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame? Ellen Greenwich as a solo artist! A couple of commercials sung by The Cyrkle! And a whole bunch more bubblegum pop by The Ohio Express, The Partridge Family, The McCoys, Trini Lopez, Bobby Sherman, Rodney Allen Rippy, The Jackpots, The Jalopy Five, The 1970 English World Cup Team, Dana Countryman, Cyan, John Fred and his Playboy Band, The Garden Gnomes, and The Cattanooga Cats!

    23 September 2023, 5:23 pm
  • 1 hour 58 seconds
    Echo Valley 169 (S7E19) Bubblegum Movies

    We sample some of the great songs from bubblegum movies! A dramatic reading of a Monkees paperback! Can we find the legendary 1970 Olivia-Newton John scifi musical Toomorrow? Sha Na Na talk about Grease! Ken sings! Bubblegum pop from Reunion, Andy and David Williams, and a bunch of great movies like Barbie (2023), Pufnstuf (1970), Melody (1971), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), Grease (1978), Head (1968), Jem and the Holograms (2015), That Thing You Do (1996), and The Idolmaker (1980).

    27 August 2023, 5:15 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Echo Valley 168 (S7E18) Viva Rock Vegas

    Can Kid Bubblegum learn to write songs in Las Vegas? Can Maverick teach us to play poker while singing cowboy songs? Have you ever heard the full length Partridge Family theme? Does Barbie rap? Plenty of great bubblegum music from Tony Christie, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ann Margrock, Andy Kim, Annemarie, James Garner, Don and the Goodtimes, and First Class!

    30 July 2023, 12:38 am
  • 59 minutes 27 seconds
    Echo Valley 167 (S7E17) Gimme Dat Ding

    That bubblegum music just keeps bubblin' away! Is Rupert Holmes the secret genius behind bubblegum pop? Who are The Jackpots and why do they deserve a double bubble? Soupy Sales teaches us The Mouse! Learn about Davy Jones' special kiss! A Song from Pogo! Lots and lots of bubblegum pop from The Cuff Links, Andy and David Williams, The Pipkins, The Archies, Every Mother's Son, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Brady Bunch, The Kids from Fame, The Monkees, The DeFranco Family, The Flying Giraffe, The Royal Guardsmen, and Bobby Bloom!

    6 July 2023, 1:09 am
  • 59 minutes 37 seconds
    Echo Valley 166 (S7E16) Christmas Sugar Cookies

    The 11th Annual Echo Valley Christmas Special! It's ok to open this hour of goodies before Christmas Day! A Brady Bunch Double Bubble! We take your calls! Learn how to put the little tykes to bed! A sentimental tribute to Sesame Street's Bob McGrath! Pacman loves Christmas! Johnny Carson looks at popular Christmas toys! Plenty of stocking stuffers from The Partridge Family, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Davy Jones, The Beach Boys, The Buckingham's, The Archies, Barbie and Ken, The Jackson 5, Dressy Bessy, Detroit Junior, The Ivy League, Marv Meredith, The Flintstones, and Carnegy Hall!

    19 December 2022, 6:03 pm
  • 58 minutes 52 seconds
    Echo Valley 165 (S7E15) Every Song is You

    Another hour of sweet, sweet fun! Kid Bubblegum is taking some college classes in how to write bubblegum music! Has bubblegum come to the Ponderosa? What Barry Manilow hit was a cover of a David Cassidy song? A double bubble from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids! Plenty of bubblegum pop from Josie and the Pussycats, Ohio Express, The Partridge Family, Brass Button, Common Ground, Hello, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, David Cassidy, Ricky Wilde, Bobby Sherman, Lorne Greene, The Monkees, The Vogues and Ed “Kookie” Byrnes!

    16 November 2022, 7:58 pm
  • 1 hour
    Echo Valley 164 (S7E14) ABC

    There sure are a lot of bubblegum songs that like the alphabet! What makes up the New Sound?! Who are the Liverbirds and how do they pronounce their name?! Enjoy an hour of bubblegum music from The Bay City Rollers, The Brady Bunch, Alacran, Albert Hammond, The Monkees, ABCMouse, East Main Street Explosion, Sparrow, The Liverbirds, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Barry Kirk, and Steve Day and the Syndicate!

    24 July 2022, 8:53 pm
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