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Do you remember when everything from sitcoms to commercials to Saturday morning cartoons had some sort of lesson buried in it? We do! In this episode we talk about some of the fictional role models like Bill sitting on Capitol Hill and Smokey the bear, as well as several of our favorite sitcoms that were full of lessons.

00:00 Previously on Chat and Father
00:52 Welcome to Chat and Bother
01:20 Lessons from 80s TV for Gen X - Big Fun with the Wretched
02:01 ABC After School Specials
02:41 Smokey the Bear
02:58 McGruff the Crime Dog
03:19 The Indian with the Single Tear Commercial
03:57 "It's 10:00. Do you know where your kids are?" Commercials
04:26 Anti-Drug Commercials, referencing "This is your brain on drugs"
05:01 Starving Children in Africa Commercials and Child Sponsorship
06:44 "Hankering for a Hunk of Cheese"
07:11 The Balanced Breakfast
08:18 Unbalanced Breakfasts on 80s/90s TV
09:03 *Schoolhouse Rock*: "I'm Just a Bill" and "Conjunction Junction"
10:04 Public Service Announcements and the Ad Council
10:30 Sitcoms with Lessons - The Facts of Life
11:04 Shows with "Misbehaving" or "Mouthy" Children - Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Webster, Punky Brewster
12:52 The Gooch - Different Strokes
13:14 Eddie Murphy
14:10 Red Foxx and Whoopi Goldberg
14:49 The Lesson from Whoopi Goldberg's Special
16:07 Lessons from MacGyver
16:56 Gen X - The Perfect Generation?
17:02 G.I. Joe and Captain Planet
17:30 He-Man and Cringer
19:47 Next Time on Chat and Bother