Buddy (2026)
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Buddy (2026)

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 20261 hr 2 min
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Send us Fan Mail This week we’re reviewing Buddy (2026). We dissect its collision of ’90s children’s television and graphic horror, explore Buddy’s need for love as a form of control, and praise Keegan-Michael Key’s emotional range. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 25:33. Mentioned in the Episode Watch the Movie ⁠Buddy (2026) Main Episode ⁠Casper Kelly dives into the darkness of kids’ television with ‘Buddy’ ⁠The Black List Interview: Casper Kelly on BUDDY ⁠Child’s Play (2019) ⁠The Ban...

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I love you, you love me, da na na na na na na na na. This year we're celebrating our spooky season by reconnecting with a nostalgia core and pop culture that actually shaped us. And if you also were a 90s kid, there was a very particular kind of television that

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was waiting for you every morning. There were bright colors, painted sets, talking furniture, songs about friendship, and even adults who seemed way too excited to see you. Now that world became the inspiration for a new horror film from Caspar Kelly, the creator

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of the viral adult swim short Too Many Cooks. Kelly actually developed the idea after producers approached him about making a horror movie loosely inspired by Barney and friends, drawing from the children's television he grew up watching and watching with his own kids.

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