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A podcast about the high-concept, experimental, structure-breaking GIMMICK episodes of television, with deep dives into TV history! Hosted by @derekbgayle.bsky.social and @dmuma.bsky.social. Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective βœ¨πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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That's my Spider-Man! And Prince Eric.

07.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gimmicks β€” Glitterjaw

The short-lived show DAY BY DAY only had one famous episode -- a crossover with THE BRADY BUNCH -- and it's a postmodern and strangely prescient part of TV and movie history!

We go deep into this crossover and Bradymania of the 80s and 90s on our latest episode.

gimmickspodcast.com

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before being cast as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie, Christopher Daniel Barnes was in a sitcom episode where he dreamed... he was in THE BRADY BUNCH!

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Glitterjaw this week
Monday 
Super Mario Moment- 3-5 The Wizard
Fear Coded- Eat Hot Chip and Lie (Frankenstein - 2025) with Alyssa Gray
Tuesday 
Walloping Websnappers!- The X-Men Adventure (with Manicorn) (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends)

Glitterjaw this week Monday Super Mario Moment- 3-5 The Wizard Fear Coded- Eat Hot Chip and Lie (Frankenstein - 2025) with Alyssa Gray Tuesday Walloping Websnappers!- The X-Men Adventure (with Manicorn) (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends)

Glitterjaw this week 
Wednesday 
Gimmicks- DAY BY DAY becomes THE BRADY BUNCH (with Chris Cummins)
Thursday 
Novel Gaming- 'How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days' by Jessie Sylva
Friday 
Falling With Style- Hoppers

Glitterjaw this week Wednesday Gimmicks- DAY BY DAY becomes THE BRADY BUNCH (with Chris Cummins) Thursday Novel Gaming- 'How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days' by Jessie Sylva Friday Falling With Style- Hoppers

✨️ Glitterjaw this week ✨️
Day By Day our podcast collective comes out with new episodes for you!

You can listen and subscribe to all of these shows wherever you get your podcasts, or find out more about our entire collective at: www.glitterjaw.com/

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so funny that you might know about this episode but not the absolutely bonkers premise of the sitcom DAY BY DAY it was featured on (the first aired sitcom that #JuliaLouisDreyfus appears in!). Was it a good premise? (No!)

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A change in tides! Wes Craven set out to reflect the real world back to audiences in the 70's! We discuss Last House on the Left with @sharai.bsky.social in this podcast clip! Follow the links for the full #podcast ep!

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🟒: tiny.cc/TMRSpotifyWC
πŸ“Ί: patreon.com/themixedreviews

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Podcast art of a blue cloudy background with the text FALLING WITH STYLE over a yellow image of a computer-generated Beaver with the title HOPPERS

Podcast art of a blue cloudy background with the text FALLING WITH STYLE over a yellow image of a computer-generated Beaver with the title HOPPERS

Strap in! Falling With Style is talking about Pixar’s Hoppers, a zany and unpredictable sci-fi comedy that subverts typical Pixar expectations, might give kids nightmares (a good thing!), and has a moment that elicited a BIG theater audience reaction.

Find the pod: glitterjaw.com/falling-with-style

06.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
Phoebe Brady The Lost Brady Nick At Nite Promos 1998
Phoebe Brady The Lost Brady Nick At Nite Promos 1998 YouTube video by Johnny Dimsdale

If I had a nickle for everytime I saw a Seventh Brady kid get inserted into continuity, I'd have two nickles which isn't much but it's weird it happened twice.

06.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gimmicks β€” Glitterjaw

The short-lived show DAY BY DAY only had one famous episode -- a crossover with THE BRADY BUNCH -- and it's a postmodern and strangely prescient part of TV and movie history!

We go deep into this crossover and Bradymania of the 80s and 90s on our latest episode.

gimmickspodcast.com

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before being cast as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie, Christopher Daniel Barnes was in a sitcom episode where he dreamed... he was in THE BRADY BUNCH!

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

22 episode seasons too 😭

06.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 688 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4

this was so fun!!! And I got to hang with @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social and meet @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social AND @jojoginn.bsky.social.
A very good day for Danielle

05.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Pinkish Purple border with the text:
GIMMICKS
DAY BY DAY
"A Very Brady Episode"

Along with a screencap from that episode, a bright blue background with a grid of squares that features the Brady Bunch with Christopher Daniel Barnes looking confused in the cetner square

Pinkish Purple border with the text: GIMMICKS DAY BY DAY "A Very Brady Episode" Along with a screencap from that episode, a bright blue background with a grid of squares that features the Brady Bunch with Christopher Daniel Barnes looking confused in the cetner square

You've likely never heard of Day by Day, a short-lived sitcom that once had Christopher Daniel Barnes cross into The Brady Bunch reality... years before he's cast as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie!

@scifiexplosion.bsky.social joins us for this postmodern Brady send-up at gimmickspodcast.com.

04.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN!

05.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PLEASE DO!

05.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sean Connery's James Bond clearly has a problem in Never Say Never Again, & we discuss it w/ guest @onlymanwhocan.bsky.social in this clip! Full ep available at links below or wherever you listen to #podcasts!

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🍎: tiny.cc/QDivNSNAApple
πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division

05.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
A screenshot of the title screen of The Brady Bunch with Alice in the center replaced by Mega Man

A screenshot of the title screen of The Brady Bunch with Alice in the center replaced by Mega Man

04.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a tuxedo and tie is reading a piece of paper Alt: a man (Tim Curry as Mr. Body from Clue) in a tuxedo and tie is reading a piece of paper

Me: "surely, he can't have seen THE BRONX ZOO..."

04.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did someone say Christopher Daniel Barnes????

04.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a point in this where @dmuma.bsky.social lists off obscure short-lived 80s show after obscure short-lived 80s show and with each and every one of them @scifiexplosion.bsky.social has a bunch of trivia and a personal story about watching it, and I think that's beautiful

04.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' . Alt: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

We talk the weird, tangled history of a sitcom no one remembers (DAY BY DAY's cast included Julia Louis-Dreyfus!) and the enduring legacy of THE BRADY BUNCH, a sitcom everyone remembers, from Bradymania of the 80s and 90s to the many gay icons of the Brady family.

Find the pod: gimmickspodcast.com

04.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pinkish Purple border with the text:
GIMMICKS
DAY BY DAY
"A Very Brady Episode"

Along with a screencap from that episode, a bright blue background with a grid of squares that features the Brady Bunch with Christopher Daniel Barnes looking confused in the cetner square

Pinkish Purple border with the text: GIMMICKS DAY BY DAY "A Very Brady Episode" Along with a screencap from that episode, a bright blue background with a grid of squares that features the Brady Bunch with Christopher Daniel Barnes looking confused in the cetner square

You've likely never heard of Day by Day, a short-lived sitcom that once had Christopher Daniel Barnes cross into The Brady Bunch reality... years before he's cast as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie!

@scifiexplosion.bsky.social joins us for this postmodern Brady send-up at gimmickspodcast.com.

04.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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As much as "The Zeppo" is a funny, satirical episode of Buffy, it also has a lot to say about expectations of masculinity and how it causes people to make bad decisions...even when they have a role model like Daddy Giles right in front of them.

Listen to our full episode at gimmickspodcast.com!

03.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great. Now I'm going to have this tune stuck in my head all day... thanks, Jan

03.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's a story...

that you'll hear tomorrow πŸ‘€

03.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Walloping Websnappers #305
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Season 3, Episode 7
"The X-Men Adventure"

Episode image features six X-Men in the Maze of Madness, a room full of surreal architecture and psychedelic backgrounds. The X-Men featured are Firestar, Cyclops, Sprite (Kitty Pryde), Iceman, Storm, and Thunderbird.

Walloping Websnappers #305 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Season 3, Episode 7 "The X-Men Adventure" Episode image features six X-Men in the Maze of Madness, a room full of surreal architecture and psychedelic backgrounds. The X-Men featured are Firestar, Cyclops, Sprite (Kitty Pryde), Iceman, Storm, and Thunderbird.

Firestar’s ex exacts revenge on the ex-X-Man and the X-Men! @manicorn.bsky.social guides us through this backdoor pilot for an X-Men cartoon that never was, featuring a cyborg who turns the X-Mansion into a deathtrap.

We're talking Amazing Friends! wallopingwebsnappers.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/3...

03.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

STRIP LAW is pretty genius, and you should absolutely check it out if you haven't already

03.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As much as "The Zeppo" is a funny, satirical episode of Buffy, it also has a lot to say about expectations of masculinity and how it causes people to make bad decisions...even when they have a role model like Daddy Giles right in front of them.

Listen to our full episode at gimmickspodcast.com!

03.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're welcoming several new companions into the TARDIS this month!

@femalegazefilmpod.bsky.social travels to the future to discuss our fave toxic trampoline Lady Cassandra

@shhhitsgavin.bsky.social & @papillonvoleur.bsky.social head back to Dickensian times to explore The Unquiet Dead

#DoctorWho

02.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Glitterjaw This Month: Video game dating, masculinity, cryptids, and knife aliens β€” Glitterjaw Check out everything happening at Glitterjaw in February!

This month's newsletter is up as we recap everything that happened at Glitterjaw in February. We celebrated Valloween and Wes Craven, got stomped on by Koopzilla, ended a Visions journey, and much more!

www.glitterjaw.com/news/feb-2026

28.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1