Balki Bartokomous is no longer a perfect stranger | Queen's B | 80s water parks tried to kill us

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Balki Bartokomous is on everyone’s podcast — so why isn’t he on ours?

Maybe it’s because we know nothing about Fred Savage and the brother from his mother.

We marvel at an ’80s star’s chameleon-like ability to blend in — but by George, give us a Time and we’ll figure out who that boy is.

Dori takes us to Action Park — and even though we never went there in the ’80s, every Gen Xer went to a water park that tried to kill them and trap their mullets in the pool inlet valves.

Finally we wonder: why would a time-travelling teenager try a Tab?

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Bronson Pinchot Discussion (00:02:02): https://youtu.be/2ewBBTZnscU?si=bjh2A3UzlQp_jJio

Boy George's Appearance (00:12:06): https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/833720/80s-pop-icon-looks-completely-unrecognizable-in-rare-sighting-amid-exciting-new-role/

Freddie Mercury's Secret Daughter (00:16:26): https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/freddie-mercurys-secret-daughter-bombshell-35288787

Cocaine and Popeye (22:19): https://pagesix.com/2025/05/23/celebrity-news/1980s-hit-popeye-fueled-by-cocaine-says-mogul-barry-diller/

Action Park (26:56): https://youtu.be/mqg48h_uKYM?si=2ByuCoCN7Gv2sEzN

Fandango Movie Introduction (00:46:05): https://youtu.be/AK-zl6S3MS0?si=B5qUWfNTQNdttfGN

Movie Trivia Segment (00:52:37): https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/28535/1980s-popular-movie-trivia-quiz/

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