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NNadir

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13. It was my personal introduction to political wit.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 10:48 AM

Aug 15

There was also Dudley Doright, Fractured Fairy Tales, and Sherman's wayback machine.

That show was pure magic.

When my kids were small the only children's show in my recollection that compared in subtle wit, albeit with more social than political focused commentary, was Fairly Odd Parents.

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