? Hang on to your hats as we blast back to 1987 to revisit the Filmation space western BraveStarr and its dickens of a backstory.  ****  ? Guests:  Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words With Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).  Sammy Hain (@SammyHain).  ****  ? Topics & Tangents:  1. The official BraveStarr YouTube channel.  2. The Fisher-Price Western Town I used as a backdrop for the much larger Bravestarr action figure.  3. Joey’s interview with Pat Fraley (Marshal BraveStarr).  4. This episode uses flashback scenes from the movie BraveStarr: The Legend, which explains why the animation quality isn’t consistent.  5. Young Tex Hex looks like a purple Faker from He-Man.  6. Stampede, the show’s even bigger bad, grants Tex Hex the power of transformation, because Filmation really wanted to teach kids that things that transform are evil.  7. The “present-day” husband of Tex’s former love, Ursula, looks like Fred Ward.  8. The time BraveStarr found a kid dead of a drug overdose.  ****  ? Retro Commercial Break:  • Marshal BraveStarr, Tex Hex, and Neutralaser Toy Commercial, 1986.  ****  ? And Now, These Messages:  Christmas Time in the City.  “BraveStarr” and “Tex’s Terrible Night” ©1987 Filmation Associates.  Say hi on Twitter and Instagram.  Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.