When I was in school, people didn't sensationalize it. Nowadays, people say there is a boogie man and lock the kids up behind bars and padlocks, as the police pat them down at the front door. It was a different time, StillNotAlexWinchester. It was a different time. Back then, we could still formulate some semblance of freedom.
I met Buzz about 10 years ago. It was extremely disappointing. He actually yelled at me about emergency equipment taking up some of the bin space in 1st class on the aircraft I was working on. Of all people, HE should be understanding about aviation safety equipment. He even barked at fellow passengers, including a young kid, for accidentally brushing against the side of his seat as they boarded. His wife was lovely and very polite though. I felt sorry for her because she kept having to pat his arm and ask him to calm down and be nice. He partook in all the services we provide on those longer flights and did not say “Please” or “Thank You” one time in 4hrs. As he deplaned, without warning, he literally shoved my entire body a foot and half to the side so he could pop his head into the flight deck and say “Thanks Guys.” You could tell he was so proud of himself for gracing those pilots with his presence. I get it, I’m a lowly female flight attendant but, Buzz was one of my childhood heroes. I now know the saying, “Never meet your heroes” definitely holds true.
Well, fuck!? I HOPE you're just exaggerating. It's BOTH hard to disagree with your nicely worded, well thought out loong comment, but, people DO exaggerate this day and age.
Generally because residual cheques are not a thing to live on as a actor because it can lead to a very nasty condition called Hollywood Trailer Park-itits
@OP: Same. I clicked on this, and regretted it. This happened 34 years ago tomorrow. I was a tween, it was my bday, and ALL the teachers had tvs in their rooms.😢 Jan. 28th, 1986💝
@@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 I remember being a freshman in college. My hand was literally on the TV to turn it off to go to class when the shuttle exploded. I was in shock. Maybe 10 minutes later I got my composure and ran to class. In that short a time, all classes had been cancelled for the day. Walking back to my dorm, the flag in the center courtyard was already at half mast. Was truly a sad day.
I remember I was in the 4th grade in Catholic school and the Principal came over the loud speaker and explained what happened and our whole school went to a impromptu mass at the church right after.
“Kids, I know that tragedy three months ago may have soured you to watching live events in class, but I promise bad things don’t happen every time we watch television in the class room. Now here, let’s watch the first ever live coverage of a day in the life of a Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant worker...”
Know what's crazy? That really did sour a lot of people from watching live events. I still get uncomfortable til this day watching shuttle launches or anything that could go wrong. Challenger literally scarred almost a whole generation of kids for life. Lol
Kahrem Favors imagine how messed up they were a year later when watching Buds Dwyer’s press conference (warning, it DOES exist unedited on RUclips and it WILL ruin your day).
Kahrem Favors Very true. My dad worked on the Challenger shuttle (and a few others, as well), so my mom decided to watch the takeoff on TV. After it exploded, she didn't watch any big live event after that again, (at least, until 9/11, when media coverage was constant).
This sounds like a genuinely good episode when all the other ones feel like they have a hamfisted message they can’t tackle effectively. Everything ends up okay in all the other special episodes but part of the message here is to move on and not to be scared. Punky gets to keep dreaming of becoming an astronaut even after witnessing a NASA tragedy. Think Punky will settle for a 2020 spinoff?
I remember watching this episode as a kid, and the line that stuck with me was Mike saying he would still fly in a space shuttle if offered the chance. That really had an impact on me.
Well put. I was in 10th grade and thinking about going to school for Aerospace Engineering when Challenger exploded. People today are numbed to tragedy, back in 1986 shuttle launches were so common the general public placed no risk on them whatsoever. It might get a clip on the news that night but had stopped being an event. Challenger changed that and woke the nation up. What is more, with this launch having a teacher going into space schools across the country were watching this live which was enormously traumatizing for those kids. This episode approached the issue well and did a good job of addressing the issue in a manner suitable to little kids. We can all laugh at the treatment given here by Funny or Die, it is funny, but I applaud the show for tackling the issue so well. As for me I did go on to get my Aerospace Engineering degree, although I never even tried to be an astronaut. On the night of Sept 28, 1988 my friends and I drove down from our university in Daytona Beach to see the Return to Space. We slept on the dock in Titusville, across from the Space Center and watched Discovery's Return to Space on Sept 29th. It was an incredible experience which I am glad I had the privilege of having.
I didn’t watch it at school but was pissed when I got home from school and couldn’t watch Scooby Doo because every channel was covering it. Oh, the dark days before I got cable TV...
I was 6 when this happened. I don't think we watched it in school, but I remember being very confused about the teacher in space. I thought a whole class was with her and a bunch of 2nd graders exploded as well. It was very scary.
@@cesarcueto1995 He wasn't implying it was. They're just something inherently funny about the baldness of such a grim statement concerning a character in a kids' TV show.
Its a rather blunt wording of an experience thousands and thousands of kids across the US experienced that day in their school rooms or auditoriums. No one expected a tragedy, so schools everywhere were in full celebration and anticipating the 'lessons from space' that were scheduled for the next week that would be telecast into the classrooms as well. Parents everywhere had to find a way to help their kids deal with what they had seen. This was before the day of 'crisis counselors' coming in after a traumatic event.
@Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows It really wasn’t wise for kids to be watching when there had been other problems with space missions before, but you know, hindsight and all. It must have been really upsetting.
I was in 4th grade when this happened. I have a memory of discussing this at lunch with some other students. I cannot remember if we saw it live. Wasn't Punky also in 4th grade here?
A famous video game writer that I knew just happened to be wearing a pajama top with a pattern of a cartoon astronaut floating in space, with his dog wearing a bubble helmet and debris floating around them, the day the Challenger blew up. She got sent home, like she was somehow prophetic and being insensitive. The 80s, everybody!
Karmin Jones because he wasn’t watching the tv you dumbass. He was shocked by the statement, as anybody would be. Imagine a friend just coming up to you and saying “your parents are dead”.
And here's something people may not know: there was an entertainment figure who had been in talks to go on the shuttle. His name? Carroll Spinney. Yes, as in "the man inside Big Bird."
@@jessicare5331 Yep, and they couldn’t have Mr. Spinney do it in person without a suit with his Big Bird voice, because that would destroy the illusion. But can you imagine if they got another childrens show entertainer to do it like Mr. Rogers?! That course of action could have really *BEEN* the end of NASA!
That was also dangerous because this B plot came not long after Henry had an ulcer removed. That was supposed to be the season/series finale, but that ran for five weeks so they decided to throw this on at the end to help kids deal with the Challenger explosion. Anna: Henry could've been at the studio too. It's lucky thing he was home when Punky came home early. Another thing along with that is I wonder why the school never phoned him to tell him Punky was coming home?
I remember that. I was a little kid. The teacher had us watch that horror show in the classroom. I don't think anyone fully understood right away what happened. It exploded and we all stared, just stunned. The teacher turned the tv off and then I think other teachers came to talk. It was so crazy. We were little kids sitting there like wtf just happened?
This episode was the first time I was ever interested in a news story. I remember hearing about it but not understanding it but when I saw this episode and Punky got so upset over it I remember starting to cry over it too. I think I was 5 at the time.
I was about 5 too, we watched it live on tv in class, and we didnt really know what was happening, or why the teachers were crying. I never saw this pb episode.
We all watched the Challenger disaster nationwide live in school. My first grade teacher quietly shut off the TV and the principal got on the intercom to explain what we had seen. We had a moment of prayer and silence that lasted about 30 minutes while the teachers talked.
One thing I liked is that he isn't afraid to let go of the sarcasm and be serious about the subjects in the episode. Like here when he quoted Henry saying sometimes bad things happen to good people and in That's So Raven when he summarizes Eddie's story about losing a childhood friend because of a bigoted father. Those moments show that the subjects themselves are not necessarily a laughing matter, but the way the episodes approach them often are.
Soleil Moon Frye went on to have a cameo in an episode of Saved by the Bell. I can only hope he works that into a future episode of Zack Morris is Trash.
So these kid's parents bought them costumes for career day? Why am I more amazed at that? Sidenote.. I was in second grade watching the Challenger in school.. U wanna talk about childhood trauma. At least Punky had a magician dog and Buzz Aldrin to fall back on. 😂😂😂
@@davidbeppler3032 Bruh.. This episode isn't about 9-11.. Its about the space shuttle exploding.. Television was too PC in 2K to have a special episode about terrorism with laugh tracks. We were all traumatized and on high alert.. Kids and adults.
The fact that Buzz is the third act of this episode is beautiful, as he had seen so many other astronauts sacrifice everything to push us skyward yet he never doubted the mission.
We watched this live on TV when I was in 6th grade in Miami! The school almost shut down and classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. To this day I remember that day like it happened yesterday.
I remember watching the shuttle explode in class, my teacher knew the teacher on the ship, they sent all the kids home. That was a tragic moment when I was in kindergarten.
I did too and after that I never wanted too. I was in the third grade and my parents used this episode to tell us what happened. I didn't know about it until this episode.
I thought this episode was handled well. The Challenger Explosion was definitely traumatic for many children, as it was the 1st real disaster many 70's & 80's children faced. I'd just turned 5, but I still remember. I was a bit too young to be interested in Punky Brewster, but I hope the episode helped other children.
Never noticed it until now but , that's the same actor who played the commander 👮 of the Californian police academy within the original police academy movies
I WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD WHEN THE CHALLENGER EXPLODED BUT I DEFINITELY REMEMBER WATCHING THE NEWS THE SATURDAY MORNING THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA EXPLODED IN 2003.
My traumatizing childhood event was the Colombine High School shooting, which was then followed two and a half years later by 9/11, although I was 15 by then.
I was a ninth grader when Oklahoma City happened. It was that daycare that felt like a real kick to the stomach. I was a freshman in college when Columbine happened. That one hurt too. And 9/11...I was student teaching a room full of kindergartners.
I’m 23 & saw all of these tragedies. Columbine I was 2, 9/11 I was 4, Virginia Tech I was 10, Sandy Hook I was 15, Aurora Movie Theatre I was 15, Pulse Night Club I was 19 ,Parkland I was 21. I’ve seen it all on tv & I’m still so traumatized by all of this.
My traumatized childhood event was Sandy Hook! I was in 5th grade when it happened! And literally the few months that happened some jackass fucking spray painted death to thee kids on my elementary school roof!
I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade living in Orlando, Florida when we witnessed the Challenger explode at school. Punky was my childhood hero- loved her cheerful and carefree spirit and style! The 80s are filled with great memories and nostalgia ♥️
I remember watching the Challenger blow up in school. Before the launch my teacher let me and my class watch she rolled out the TV and turned on ABC and we watched it take off but something was off I couldn't at the age of 7 figure it out then and I still can't figure it out nearly 35 years later at 42. All I know is that was a moment in my life that I will never forget I wasn't scared and I wasn't crying or anything but I was stunned and my teacher after we watched that unfortunate tragedy unfold tried with all of her might to comfort us and make sense of it all but I learned a very valuable lesson that day. That lesson was life can end in the blink of an eye and without us even knowing it so don't take it for granted and enjoy it while you have it. I'm sad for the people who died that day but their unfortunate deaths gave me an appreciation of life that I didn't have up to that point. I was just a kid what did I know but the Challenger disaster gave me a life lesson that I will take to my grave.
I was in 4th grade, when I watched this happen on tv in class. It was devastating for a 4th grader. It really hurt me watching that happen. It's 1 thing I'll never ever forget. I love Punky Bruster as well.
What's really twisted, is that they filmed the part with the kids in the class room after the teacher say "And we can all watch it together, would you like that?" and they scream 'YEAH!" in unison, After the actually event had occurred.
Tribute to the quality of children actors from the 80's. TV shows these days wouldn't shake a dead cat at a topic like this in fear of social media fallout and show cancellation because they traumatized their children for showing them what's really happening in the world.
That's not twisted so much as exactly what happened in real life in a lot of schools. My junior high watched it live as did most others that I knew about.
Was prolly a mass trauma event to try to screw up kids or stop them from wanting to be astronauts. It worked on me when I saw this at age 5. Then we stopped going into space as much. Js it's possible. Kids who missed it got to get the trauma watching this episode. Like me. Punky was my fav
@@scottshanahan3827 Not twisted at all. I remember when this happened and similar to the episode most schools were watching. When that shuttle exploded the school was chaos. We were all crying and they let us go home for the day. Heartbreaking really.
I met Buzz Aldrin once. Or at least his nurse at the time while he was checking in. He was sitting in a wheelchair looking bored. Didn't say a word. And I wasn't really in the position to show excitement over celebrity guests. But, for whatever reason he was in that chair it wasn't some years later that he was on his own two feet and clocked a flat-earther in the face. So, he must be doing better. In that sense, I've met quite a few celebrities. But most get their keys without checking in or are checked in by someone else in their place while they stand back trying to not look noticeable. Oh crap, that reminded me... Well, my favorite guest was Kenny Loggins because he was literally standing behind a couple who came for his concert and they kept bickering with each other and neither looked around to notice a guy wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses inside standing behind them with a guy in a suit while someone else checked him in. They went off about how excited they are to see him and that they are huge fans and etc... It was so hard not to say "turn around..." but... That's all they had to do. And recognize him. I wouldn't have, but I had no idea what he looked like. We got notified of the "special" guests and knew full ahead of time he was checking in. Oooh! I did hang out with... Art Neville from the Neville brothers! He smoked over two packs a day. He wanted to order cigs at night and the place I worked at had a gift shop but they closed at like 8:00 pm. I told him I could send a bellman into town for him, but that we don't have any petty cash for things like that. He then got angry and said "Why?! Because I'm black?!" Haha, so I sent the bellman with my own 20 to pick up some smokes for him. I got reimbursed by the company but I really really wanted to be able to say "Art Neville owes me 20 bucks for some smokes!!" He came down and wanted me to smoke with him, I had looked him up on Wikipedia and learned of the band and his own band he had for a while so that I would seem knowledged or something. It worked, he loved hearing about his own band more than the one he was in with his brothers (who were also there, but they weren't as lively.). Well. This ended up being more than about Buzz. Oh crap, I talked to Rob Reiner too. So, I guess there were two that I got to actually meet. Rob was introduced to me by the manager of the resort because he knew I was a movie buff. So that was cool. Meeting a guy who was responsible for so many movies including Spinal Tap. He was more interested in the ice show that was going to start though and basically just gave me a handshake and said "Hi".
Usually I hate these Special Episodes they did in the 80s (Thus loving watching this... as I do). This one stands out though. I remember I was in 4th grade and the entire school had an assembly to watch because we were part of a program to name a shuttle and a teacher being on the mission was a big deal. Back then I don't remember much but I remember seeing it blow up and being really shocked... not by it blowing up. I'd seen every action movie I could by then and loved explosions. I was shocked by the reactions of all the adults in the room who went ash white and rushed to get every student back to the classes. Shows like this were encouraged to talk about it because like it or not, this was the first tragedy that so many kids watched live all together. There was no getting around it.
I watched the shuttle explode at school in the library, the teachers turned off the tv and walked us back to our classes in stone silence. Looking back at it now makes me laugh
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So sad that u guys made it funny. Those laugh tracks are real?
I saw 9/11 live and all i got was this lousy t-shirt.
@@foxdie1001 wow that's sad and funny
That's fucked up, think we wouldn't catch that? that you'd just sneak it in......hmm..."He wants to be the future" Smh. sad because it's true.
"They were never seen again because they probably fucking killed themselves"
"Allen brought a gun to school. When he grows up, he wants to be the future."
Raymond Gallant I died laughing when he said that
Raymond Gallant, and that's why this series is winning the Internet
Raymond Gallant I finally got the joke. Ouch 😁
my jaw dropped when I heard that. All my brain was thinking was "holy crap... did they go there?"
Explain it to me. Flew right over my head.
"For a professional photographer, Henry sure is taking a while to get the picture." hahahaha! This episode had a lot of great one-liners!
i died at that line
That one is a beautiful, beautiful line.
Does Henry not have a radio? Surely those were invented by the time he was 25
She can wear it ( t shirt,) to let the bullies know she loes math and science to streamline the locker shoving process
I immediately came to the comments after hearing that just knowing it’d be top comment lol
"Punky loves magic, she made her parents dissappear" LMFAO right out the gate with the good shit!
I still can't get over that her mom just fucking left her in a grocery store. It doesn't get more brutal than that
Funny, the actress was in the final 3 seasons of "Sabrina: the teenage witch".
@@lumen8341 Stuff like that, and even worse, does actually happen in real life.
I laughed out loud when I heard that 🤣🤣🤣
Almost spit out my coffee multiple times with these sick Burns
“Alan’s dad says this’ll be the end of NASA. Mike tells Alan his dad’s an alcoholic.” I screamed
maddie i don't remember mike saying that to alan
NASA = need another seven astronauts
@@jackiehammack9541 it was a joke in the video
“Growing up they thought Buzz was cray cray too. But he showed all those stupid assholes.”
I can’t breathe. 🤣🤣🤣
It was all a hoax, nobody was on the shuttle, nobody died, they're still alive today
😂😂😂 that one got me too
"Alan brought a gun to school. When he grows up, he wants to be the future."
My favorite joke of the whole series.
But we never see alan again... He probably fucking killed himself i was waiting for the punch line today
So true......
Mine will always be "Also a D story about Comet falling in love with Kimmie's dog. Who cares high score." from the Full House video.
For me, its Dana Lambert filing a white lady complaint.
@@TheSupart91 Better himself than anyone else.
"I pity the fool who has to raise Alan"
😭😭😭
And then his parents split up and he was forced to move away.
Alan was me when I was a kid love everything about joining the army
Would you like that
Apparently Mr. T stands for Tard.
I couldn’t stop laughing so hard by the timing of that line 😂😂😂😂
"Alan brought a gun to school, when he grows up he wants to be the future." my sides are in orbit 😂😂😂
J Po Unlike those astronauts
@@Mr.-Roybot nice haha
I didn't get it. I must have been out of school for too long.
When I was in school, people didn't sensationalize it. Nowadays, people say there is a boogie man and lock the kids up behind bars and padlocks, as the police pat them down at the front door. It was a different time, StillNotAlexWinchester. It was a different time. Back then, we could still formulate some semblance of freedom.
No, I'm saying that militarizing schools is inappropriate.
I met Buzz about 10 years ago. It was extremely disappointing. He actually yelled at me about emergency equipment taking up some of the bin space in 1st class on the aircraft I was working on. Of all people, HE should be understanding about aviation safety equipment. He even barked at fellow passengers, including a young kid, for accidentally brushing against the side of his seat as they boarded. His wife was lovely and very polite though. I felt sorry for her because she kept having to pat his arm and ask him to calm down and be nice. He partook in all the services we provide on those longer flights and did not say “Please” or “Thank You” one time in 4hrs. As he deplaned, without warning, he literally shoved my entire body a foot and half to the side so he could pop his head into the flight deck and say “Thanks Guys.” You could tell he was so proud of himself for gracing those pilots with his presence. I get it, I’m a lowly female flight attendant but, Buzz was one of my childhood heroes. I now know the saying, “Never meet your heroes” definitely holds true.
Well, fuck!? I HOPE you're just exaggerating. It's BOTH hard to disagree with your nicely worded, well thought out loong comment, but, people DO exaggerate this day and age.
PLEASE tell me someone humbled him. His behavior, including touching you in any way, deserved some responses.
Years of having stupid ass “flat earthers” harass him and tell him his whole life isn’t true probably turned him bitter to the world lol
So I shouldn't try to meet Clint Eastwood, Chris Pratt, or Tobey Maguire? 😂😂😂
@@Wolf_3125 Probably not
“Because the world is a scary place, where sometimes good people explode for no discernible reason”
I mean you’re not wrong
I remember my school made a memorial for it a space shuttle statue model at the school yard I was in the 4 th grade
It was so sad and shocking I always remember 💔
Shannon Celeste your cute 😘♥️💗💖💋😍
I was in first grade I still remember this at my babysitter's house!! Wow and peter jennings reported it
I was In 2nd grade when this happened
Punky says no because she hates reruns
Generally because residual cheques are not a thing to live on as a actor because it can lead to a very nasty condition called Hollywood Trailer Park-itits
Say what you will about the cola wars, but at least pepsi didn't hold their recipe for ransom.
I lost it at this!!
How come there are none of this show?
The idea of Mr. T saving astronauts from an explosion is hilarious.
Lol, You think he'd team up with Rambo to do it?
"If 'Houston, we have a problem'...
If no one else can help...
And if you can find them...
Maybe you can hire: The A-Team"
If Multiverse hypothesis is true, this may actually have happened. That's what I'm telling myself, anyway...
I Pity the Fool who don’t quality control them O’Rings!
What's so funny punk?
"For a professional photographer, Henry sure is taking a while to get the picture."
“Punky loves magic, she made her parents disappear” 😂😂 No chill 🤣
She wants to discover new planets where she also has no parents
@@lightknight876 🤣🤣🤣
Punky drove Henry to sleeping pill Addition and in reboot she drove Mother to the bottle lush
*“Those astronauts must’ve been some really, really good people”*
I wanted to laugh but it brought tears instead 😢
@OP: Same. I clicked on this, and regretted it. This happened 34 years ago tomorrow. I was a tween, it was my bday, and ALL the teachers had tvs in their rooms.😢 Jan. 28th, 1986💝
@@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 I remember being a freshman in college. My hand was literally on the TV to turn it off to go to class when the shuttle exploded. I was in shock. Maybe 10 minutes later I got my composure and ran to class. In that short a time, all classes had been cancelled for the day. Walking back to my dorm, the flag in the center courtyard was already at half mast. Was truly a sad day.
@@clarky23 yes it was I saw it
I remember I was in the 4th grade in Catholic school and the Principal came over the loud speaker and explained what happened and our whole school went to a impromptu mass at the church right after.
This still shakes me up
“Kids, I know that tragedy three months ago may have soured you to watching live events in class, but I promise bad things don’t happen every time we watch television in the class room. Now here, let’s watch the first ever live coverage of a day in the life of a Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant worker...”
"See that, kids? That's called the elephant's foot! That man right there is going to die horribly. Isn't learning fun?"
Know what's crazy? That really did sour a lot of people from watching live events. I still get uncomfortable til this day watching shuttle launches or anything that could go wrong. Challenger literally scarred almost a whole generation of kids for life. Lol
Kahrem Favors imagine how messed up they were a year later when watching Buds Dwyer’s press conference (warning, it DOES exist unedited on RUclips and it WILL ruin your day).
@@SAPProd
No way bro. I'll take your word for it. Lol. I'm 40 years old and that shit still bothers me to this day
Kahrem Favors Very true. My dad worked on the Challenger shuttle (and a few others, as well), so my mom decided to watch the takeoff on TV. After it exploded, she didn't watch any big live event after that again, (at least, until 9/11, when media coverage was constant).
"There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, that can't be fixed with a free t-shirt." LOLOL love these videos
In my world there's nothing that can't be fixed with pizza.
Speaks the truth 😊
“The shuttle exploded??”
“The F*** kinda question is that Henry?”
😂😂😂😂
Give the man a break - he didn't watch the launch on TV, and there were no mobiles and social media in those days.
@@itsjemmabond And he may have been in the dark room developing film for a while.
@@katymvt Probably.
He probably didn't know.
Are you sure??
This is EXACTLY how it happened. I was 10 years old, we watched the launch live in our classroom. It was shocking and yes, traumatizing.
Yes, I remember watching it in my classroom as well; I was in the third grade.
This sounds like a genuinely good episode when all the other ones feel like they have a hamfisted message they can’t tackle effectively. Everything ends up okay in all the other special episodes but part of the message here is to move on and not to be scared. Punky gets to keep dreaming of becoming an astronaut even after witnessing a NASA tragedy.
Think Punky will settle for a 2020 spinoff?
I hope not.
No, we don't need them messing up old shows. Please, no.
I remember watching this episode as a kid, and the line that stuck with me was Mike saying he would still fly in a space shuttle if offered the chance. That really had an impact on me.
Well put. I was in 10th grade and thinking about going to school for Aerospace Engineering when Challenger exploded. People today are numbed to tragedy, back in 1986 shuttle launches were so common the general public placed no risk on them whatsoever. It might get a clip on the news that night but had stopped being an event. Challenger changed that and woke the nation up. What is more, with this launch having a teacher going into space schools across the country were watching this live which was enormously traumatizing for those kids. This episode approached the issue well and did a good job of addressing the issue in a manner suitable to little kids. We can all laugh at the treatment given here by Funny or Die, it is funny, but I applaud the show for tackling the issue so well.
As for me I did go on to get my Aerospace Engineering degree, although I never even tried to be an astronaut. On the night of Sept 28, 1988 my friends and I drove down from our university in Daytona Beach to see the Return to Space. We slept on the dock in Titusville, across from the Space Center and watched Discovery's Return to Space on Sept 29th. It was an incredible experience which I am glad I had the privilege of having.
She’s getting a 2020 reboot, but like the other reboots, it’s not a remake.
“The further you get to the ground, the more likely it is you’ll explode.” Oh man I laughed harder at that then I should have.
I got sad when Teach said they could watch it on TV but that line brought me right back to laughter. Good stuff.
This line was one of my favorites too!
"I was hoping they would go to commercial" Like "the Challenger explosion will return right after these messages" ?
Kevin Riley
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@@RLucas3000 I'm going to hell for laughing at that.
@@RLucas3000 Hahahah bravo, man.
@@RLucas3000 Wash em down with some Tang. Or New Coke.
sounds like some Erick Andre shit
"And Punky wants to go to Coachella with her dog." I'm done! 😂
Yep
Lol
A very special episode: Horsing around: Bojack tries a joint and loses his mind
"The class counted down the shuttle launch and stopped cheering 73 seconds later" God damn lol.
Exactly what should I do with my Fridays now Dashiell? 😂
Exactly what I was thinking.
Weekends are for hoe shit
I can't believe I'm an adult, and I didn't end up marrying Punky. I was so sure I was going to.
bradleypariah
Clearly, you forgot the kidnapping and Stockholm syndrome part of the plan.
NeverMindGaming she and bradleypariah are both forty-ish to fifty-ish now.
The original manic pixie dream girl / owner of a genius dog.
My neighbor wishes the same. He 41.
bradleypariah looking at Mayim now would... well she does have a lot of that sweet sweet TV money and a PhD so yeah, marriage material.
Relatable for literally every Challenger watching classroom at the time pretty tramautizing
Ikr! We were all so excited and then SO sad.
Scott Coleman
No joke, my teacher said "No homework, I don't care what you do" and rushed out and got drunk in the teacher's lounge.
I didn’t watch it at school but was pissed when I got home from school and couldn’t watch Scooby Doo because every channel was covering it. Oh, the dark days before I got cable TV...
I was 6 when this happened. I don't think we watched it in school, but I remember being very confused about the teacher in space. I thought a whole class was with her and a bunch of 2nd graders exploded as well. It was very scary.
I was in first grade; even the teacher cried.
“Watched her heroes burn to death in the sky on live tv” is the most hilarious and grim thing I’ve ever heard
I don't think that's a joke.
@@cesarcueto1995 He wasn't implying it was. They're just something inherently funny about the baldness of such a grim statement concerning a character in a kids' TV show.
@@Onigirli there is? I don't see how that is at all funny kid show or not
Its a rather blunt wording of an experience thousands and thousands of kids across the US experienced that day in their school rooms or auditoriums. No one expected a tragedy, so schools everywhere were in full celebration and anticipating the 'lessons from space' that were scheduled for the next week that would be telecast into the classrooms as well. Parents everywhere had to find a way to help their kids deal with what they had seen. This was before the day of 'crisis counselors' coming in after a traumatic event.
@Crime_scoper-X The shuttle launched at 11:38 EDT. In AZ where I live, the time was 9:38. That's AM, in the morning. (Jan Griffiths).
I still remember going to school in the 3rd grade that morning and we watched that shuttle incident.
@Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows It really wasn’t wise for kids to be watching when there had been other problems with space missions before, but you know, hindsight and all. It must have been really upsetting.
I was 5 when that happened so likely it wasnt playing where i was or i just dont remember if it had been.
I was in 4th grade when this happened. I have a memory of discussing this at lunch with some other students. I cannot remember if we saw it live. Wasn't Punky also in 4th grade here?
Lol "Alans dads an alcoholic" Lmao
Naddie Err Later in the series, Allen’s parents got divorced and he had to move. That’s how he was written out of the show.
Aung Un'Rama True fake story, bro. It was unceremonious to say the least.
Captain Freedom yep I remember that episode
Before I watch, I’m going to assume Punky was responsible for the tragedy. Keep asking questions
Oh Our Founding Liars, you make my life worth living.
Ice water can't melt o-ring gaskets, Mr Feynman!
A famous video game writer that I knew just happened to be wearing a pajama top with a pattern of a cartoon astronaut floating in space, with his dog wearing a bubble helmet and debris floating around them, the day the Challenger blew up. She got sent home, like she was somehow prophetic and being insensitive. The 80s, everybody!
Well she needed to make sure there was an opening.
It was obviously freemasons. I thought you were up on this shit.
"...to streamline their locker shoving selection process."
Lol
Lmao
For those of us that watched the disaster..
“Roger, Challenger, go at throttle up”
Words that are seared into my memories...
Then Scobee said "Roger, go at throttle up". Then BOOM!!!! (Jan Griffiths).
"The challenger exploded :("
"Are you sure?"
Wtf
This weirdly reminds me of the morning of 9/11, with my family, though...
"What the fuck kinda question is that henry?"
Karmin Jones because he wasn’t watching the tv you dumbass. He was shocked by the statement, as anybody would be. Imagine a friend just coming up to you and saying “your parents are dead”.
@@Nmdixon-cu7vm no, it sounded like he was questioning the integrity of Punky's observation.
@@Nmdixon-cu7vm exactly! Remember it happened on 80s they didn't have androids or IPHONES, internet and social networks.
The Coachella comment made me laugh
And here's something people may not know: there was an entertainment figure who had been in talks to go on the shuttle.
His name? Carroll Spinney. Yes, as in "the man inside Big Bird."
The reason Big Bird didn't go to space was size considerations. The bird was too big.
@@jessicare5331 Yep, and they couldn’t have Mr. Spinney do it in person without a suit with his Big Bird voice, because that would destroy the illusion. But can you imagine if they got another childrens show entertainer to do it like Mr. Rogers?! That course of action could have really *BEEN* the end of NASA!
They should have sent Cookie Monster. That prick is selfish.
"Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Those astronauts must be some really, really good people" hit me right in the feels 😥
This episode was literally named "Accidents Happen," which is inadvertently hilarious. Also, holy shit, Punky was taught by Nauls!
Fun Fact: Jim Carrey had auditioned for the role of that teacher
I'm not sure, he probably would have overshadowed everyone. The same thing happened with Urkel in Family Matters.
@@itsjemmabond No. Urkel was the worst part of that show
@ChrisHansenGamingAndVlogs YOU shut the f up
@@Not_Always He still overshadowed the rest of the cast though
Interesting...
I need more "Very special episodes" it's life!
this actually looks kinda sweet.... but dang did they goof it up with that b-story
welcome to the 80s ;)
why didn't henry already know about the shuttle exploding? did he not leave the house all day? did he not turn on the tv once??
That was also dangerous because this B plot came not long after Henry had an ulcer removed. That was supposed to be the season/series finale, but that ran for five weeks so they decided to throw this on at the end to help kids deal with the Challenger explosion.
Anna: Henry could've been at the studio too. It's lucky thing he was home when Punky came home early. Another thing along with that is I wonder why the school never phoned him to tell him Punky was coming home?
HOW DID THEY GET BUZZ F---ING ALDRIN?!
“Buzz was in town for a lecture.” Says it right there. 😄
Buzz was on a lot of kids shows when I was growing up
The same way 30 Rock did. A paycheck.
Punky power I guess.😉
Gotta do something in between those nasa gigs.
"The further you get from the ground the more likely you are to explode" lol
I remember that. I was a little kid. The teacher had us watch that horror show in the classroom. I don't think anyone fully understood right away what happened. It exploded and we all stared, just stunned. The teacher turned the tv off and then I think other teachers came to talk. It was so crazy. We were little kids sitting there like wtf just happened?
Wow you must be old as fuck
@@cesarcueto1995 You think 40ish is "old as fuck"?
@@davidlevy706 it certainly isn't young
@@cesarcueto1995 And you perceive nothing between the two categories?
@@davidlevy706 nope. What's it to you
Compared to all the other special epiosdes, I actually thought this one was actually well done, so...riffing on it must have been HARD.
This episode was the first time I was ever interested in a news story. I remember hearing about it but not understanding it but when I saw this episode and Punky got so upset over it I remember starting to cry over it too. I think I was 5 at the time.
I was about 5 too, we watched it live on tv in class, and we didnt really know what was happening, or why the teachers were crying. I never saw this pb episode.
The schoolteacher (TK Carter) also played the cook in “The Thing”.
Wasn't he also a teacher in the earliest Saved by the bell seasons?
@@paulsletten8985 Yes, he was. Mylo was his name.
Hes been in other things I think as well
The first I seen was when he was in the movie Dr. Detroit with .Dan Aykroyd. He was great in that movie he should have been bigger star.
We all watched the Challenger disaster nationwide live in school. My first grade teacher quietly shut off the TV and the principal got on the intercom to explain what we had seen. We had a moment of prayer and silence that lasted about 30 minutes while the teachers talked.
"You know that guy caught some heat out of the gate" ....I'm done
Nothing can’t be a fixed with a free t-shirt. Now you’re speakin my language.
Wasn't the teacher on Good Morning Miss Bliss?
AKA Zack Morris is Trash: The Early Years?
You're right. He was the maintenance supervisor.
And yes, ZACK MORRIS IS TRASH!
Later on, Punky Brewster starts gold-digging on Screech when Zack tries to sell his pasta sauce.
“When he grows up, he wants to be the future.”
Bruuuhhh....
(well... American future)
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 Well, the story did take place in Chicago...
I was in high school that day. One class was watching it.
There was chearing and clapping. Then suddenly loud gasps and crying. It was awful.
Yep
Rip
One thing I liked is that he isn't afraid to let go of the sarcasm and be serious about the subjects in the episode. Like here when he quoted Henry saying sometimes bad things happen to good people and in That's So Raven when he summarizes Eddie's story about losing a childhood friend because of a bigoted father.
Those moments show that the subjects themselves are not necessarily a laughing matter, but the way the episodes approach them often are.
Soleil Moon Frye went on to have a cameo in an episode of Saved by the Bell. I can only hope he works that into a future episode of Zack Morris is Trash.
Mark H. Agree
@@kellykocsis1941 I'm hoping this wasn't a coincidence. 🤞
Her fucking name is Sun Moon Frye
Mark Paul Gosselar also guest-starred on Punky Brewster
dc619, No, it's Soleil Lune Frye.
So these kid's parents bought them costumes for career day? Why am I more amazed at that? Sidenote.. I was in second grade watching the Challenger in school.. U wanna talk about childhood trauma. At least Punky had a magician dog and Buzz Aldrin to fall back on. 😂😂😂
We missed seeing that shit on live TV cause my class was at lunch. Of course once I got home EVERY station had the Challenger 'splosion on a loop.
my mom had to talk me down for like a week after that shit. Lol
Me too! I was home from school and there was a Barbra Mandrell Wesson commercial on during the price is right and it got interrupted by Dan Rather
Good thing the next generation didn't have anything traumatic...like 9/11.
@@davidbeppler3032 Bruh.. This episode isn't about 9-11.. Its about the space shuttle exploding.. Television was too PC in 2K to have a special episode about terrorism with laugh tracks. We were all traumatized and on high alert.. Kids and adults.
Henry don’t watch the news lol. “I pity the fool that has to raise Allen “ lmao
The fact that Buzz is the third act of this episode is beautiful, as he had seen so many other astronauts sacrifice everything to push us skyward yet he never doubted the mission.
We watched this live on TV when I was in 6th grade in Miami! The school almost shut down and classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. To this day I remember that day like it happened yesterday.
Blast off on all her haters...
There's an extremely inappropriate joke in there.
Best episode in my opinion. It was still funny and didn't have to resort to making fun of the tragedy itself.
Of Punky or A Very Special Episode?
I remember watching the shuttle explode in class, my teacher knew the teacher on the ship, they sent all the kids home. That was a tragic moment when I was in kindergarten.
Gonna be honest, when I was a little girl, I also wanted to be an astronaut, and the Challenger explosion also really affected me. I was very upset.
I did too and after that I never wanted too. I was in the third grade and my parents used this episode to tell us what happened. I didn't know about it until this episode.
I thought this episode was handled well. The Challenger Explosion was definitely traumatic for many children, as it was the 1st real disaster many 70's & 80's children faced. I'd just turned 5, but I still remember. I was a bit too young to be interested in Punky Brewster, but I hope the episode helped other children.
Never noticed it until now but , that's the same actor who played the commander 👮 of the Californian police academy within the original police academy movies
2:37 woah, I just realized that Vanessa Bayer based her hillarious weekend update child news anchor character on Punky Brewster
“MotherFUCKin dog does motherFUCKin magic”
I remember this episode. Damn it's crazy looking back at it now.
Yes bc it was a mass trauma event
I remember our classroom was confused but then the teacher started to cry when the shuttle exploded...
I WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD WHEN THE CHALLENGER EXPLODED BUT I DEFINITELY REMEMBER WATCHING THE NEWS THE SATURDAY MORNING THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA EXPLODED IN 2003.
When the kid said he thought Mr. T would save them I died. 😄
Forgot Punky's adopted father was the chief from Police Academy. Stay away from the podium Punky.
"She want's to go to space, where she also has no parents" WTF why did you just- wtf lmao
Guy is savage lol
I forgot that punky used to project her voice like she was in a school play
"it exploded? Are you sure?"
The fuck kind of question is that, Henry? LMAO!!!
My traumatizing childhood event was the Colombine High School shooting, which was then followed two and a half years later by 9/11, although I was 15 by then.
And then the Columbia shuttle exploded two years later. So hey you got all three.
Mine was OK city 7th grade
I was a ninth grader when Oklahoma City happened. It was that daycare that felt like a real kick to the stomach. I was a freshman in college when Columbine happened. That one hurt too. And 9/11...I was student teaching a room full of kindergartners.
I’m 23 & saw all of these tragedies. Columbine I was 2, 9/11 I was 4, Virginia Tech I was 10, Sandy Hook I was 15, Aurora Movie Theatre I was 15, Pulse Night Club I was 19 ,Parkland I was 21. I’ve seen it all on tv & I’m still so traumatized by all of this.
My traumatized childhood event was Sandy Hook! I was in 5th grade when it happened! And literally the few months that happened some jackass fucking spray painted death to thee kids on my elementary school roof!
This episode actually made me cry the first time I watched it.
I think it is awesome that this show tackled this issue. There were ALOT of packed classrooms filled with terrified kids that day.
roeyjevels punky Brewster tackled many issues like drugs and there was a episode in season 3 where pinky’s friend Joey who’s dad was a alcoholic
"Please! No! She hates reruns!" Dropped me!
0:46 An underrated aspect of comedy is knowing when to use “butt” and when to use “ass.” Dash is a master of this
Sad this is the last Very Special Episode for a while.
Over that sadness when I realize ZMIT will take its place in two weeks.
You should review the episode where Punkys friend got trapped in a refrigerator and almost suffocated to death.
All because of hide and seek.
sad that a few real kids died doing that back in those days
@@therealflamelit yeah unfortunately...
I remember this episode, so sad
That haunts me to this day.
Yep. Remember that episode from when I was 3 or 4 when it aired. Traumatizing lol
"Its not enough to see her heroes burn to death on live tv..now she has to be bullied for having dreams" oh man 🤣🤣🤣
I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade living in Orlando, Florida when we witnessed the Challenger explode at school. Punky was my childhood hero- loved her cheerful and carefree spirit and style! The 80s are filled with great memories and nostalgia ♥️
I remember watching the Challenger blow up in school. Before the launch my teacher let me and my class watch she rolled out the TV and turned on ABC and we watched it take off but something was off I couldn't at the age of 7 figure it out then and I still can't figure it out nearly 35 years later at 42. All I know is that was a moment in my life that I will never forget I wasn't scared and I wasn't crying or anything but I was stunned and my teacher after we watched that unfortunate tragedy unfold tried with all of her might to comfort us and make sense of it all but I learned a very valuable lesson that day. That lesson was life can end in the blink of an eye and without us even knowing it so don't take it for granted and enjoy it while you have it. I'm sad for the people who died that day but their unfortunate deaths gave me an appreciation of life that I didn't have up to that point. I was just a kid what did I know but the Challenger disaster gave me a life lesson that I will take to my grave.
Jokes on you, people still think that the earth is flat
It's a pizza.
MR Esotericana where the fuck you get this info. Sounds legit.
"We want to be like Sally Ride, the first woman in space."
Valentina Tereshkova: "Cука!"
"I pity the fool who has to raise allen" got me hahaha
This series is so good that I watch the episodes for shows (like this) that I have never heard of or seen
I was in 4th grade, when I watched this happen on tv in class. It was devastating for a 4th grader. It really hurt me watching that happen. It's 1 thing I'll never ever forget. I love Punky Bruster as well.
What's really twisted, is that they filmed the part with the kids in the class room after the teacher say "And we can all watch it together, would you like that?" and they scream 'YEAH!" in unison, After the actually event had occurred.
Tribute to the quality of children actors from the 80's. TV shows these days wouldn't shake a dead cat at a topic like this in fear of social media fallout and show cancellation because they traumatized their children for showing them what's really happening in the world.
That's not twisted so much as exactly what happened in real life in a lot of schools. My junior high watched it live as did most others that I knew about.
Was prolly a mass trauma event to try to screw up kids or stop them from wanting to be astronauts. It worked on me when I saw this at age 5. Then we stopped going into space as much. Js it's possible. Kids who missed it got to get the trauma watching this episode. Like me. Punky was my fav
@@scottshanahan3827 Not twisted at all. I remember when this happened and similar to the episode most schools were watching. When that shuttle exploded the school was chaos. We were all crying and they let us go home for the day. Heartbreaking really.
I met Buzz Aldrin once. Or at least his nurse at the time while he was checking in. He was sitting in a wheelchair looking bored. Didn't say a word. And I wasn't really in the position to show excitement over celebrity guests. But, for whatever reason he was in that chair it wasn't some years later that he was on his own two feet and clocked a flat-earther in the face. So, he must be doing better. In that sense, I've met quite a few celebrities. But most get their keys without checking in or are checked in by someone else in their place while they stand back trying to not look noticeable.
Oh crap, that reminded me... Well, my favorite guest was Kenny Loggins because he was literally standing behind a couple who came for his concert and they kept bickering with each other and neither looked around to notice a guy wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses inside standing behind them with a guy in a suit while someone else checked him in. They went off about how excited they are to see him and that they are huge fans and etc... It was so hard not to say "turn around..." but... That's all they had to do. And recognize him. I wouldn't have, but I had no idea what he looked like. We got notified of the "special" guests and knew full ahead of time he was checking in.
Oooh! I did hang out with... Art Neville from the Neville brothers! He smoked over two packs a day. He wanted to order cigs at night and the place I worked at had a gift shop but they closed at like 8:00 pm. I told him I could send a bellman into town for him, but that we don't have any petty cash for things like that. He then got angry and said "Why?! Because I'm black?!" Haha, so I sent the bellman with my own 20 to pick up some smokes for him. I got reimbursed by the company but I really really wanted to be able to say "Art Neville owes me 20 bucks for some smokes!!" He came down and wanted me to smoke with him, I had looked him up on Wikipedia and learned of the band and his own band he had for a while so that I would seem knowledged or something. It worked, he loved hearing about his own band more than the one he was in with his brothers (who were also there, but they weren't as lively.). Well. This ended up being more than about Buzz.
Oh crap, I talked to Rob Reiner too. So, I guess there were two that I got to actually meet. Rob was introduced to me by the manager of the resort because he knew I was a movie buff. So that was cool. Meeting a guy who was responsible for so many movies including Spinal Tap. He was more interested in the ice show that was going to start though and basically just gave me a handshake and said "Hi".
Alright, that was somewhat interesting and probably a lot of effort to write. I gave it a like.
Haha, thanks. It doesn't really take me much to write a lot.
This series is a real blast *wink wink*
“And there’s nothing, and I mean NOTHING that can’t be fixed with a free t-shirt.” 😂
Usually I hate these Special Episodes they did in the 80s (Thus loving watching this... as I do). This one stands out though. I remember I was in 4th grade and the entire school had an assembly to watch because we were part of a program to name a shuttle and a teacher being on the mission was a big deal. Back then I don't remember much but I remember seeing it blow up and being really shocked... not by it blowing up. I'd seen every action movie I could by then and loved explosions. I was shocked by the reactions of all the adults in the room who went ash white and rushed to get every student back to the classes. Shows like this were encouraged to talk about it because like it or not, this was the first tragedy that so many kids watched live all together. There was no getting around it.
"The first dog to chew his ass on Mars!" Such great K-9 aspirations...
"Fukn sick brah" haha!
FINNALY A PUNKY BREWSTER EPISODE
YAAAAAAAAAAY
I watched the shuttle explode at school in the library, the teachers turned off the tv and walked us back to our classes in stone silence. Looking back at it now makes me laugh
"I pity the fool who has to raise Allen" i can't fucking breathe