153. Liv asks: What if clocks were bananas and monkeys ate time?

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Today, we learn about Mr. Eric as he travels back in time. Can he stop the Time Monkey, or will he get stuck in his past? Lessons include: Our past helps shape who we are today, even the parts that aren’t so great; new challenges are always scary, but they can help us learn about ourselves. This remastered classic first aired on February 17th, 2020. Subscribe and show your Support! Grownups, help your kids share questions & ideas at [email protected], via voicemail at 205-605-WHAT (9428), or on Instagram @whatifworldpodcast Want more kids podcasts for the whole family? Grown-ups, subscribe to Starglow+ here. Learn more about Starglow Media here. Follow Starglow on Instagram and YouTube Eric and Karen O'Keeffe make What If World. Our producer is Miss Lynn. Character art by Ana Stretcu, episode art by Lynn Hickernell, podcast art by Jason O’Keefe, and theme song by Craig Martinson.

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0:00.0	What if kittens played the Glockingfield?
0:07.0	And what if unicorns were real?
0:12.0	What if you could fly or travel back in time?
0:17.0	We welcome you to what if world. What if world?
0:22.6	This is what if world.
0:25.6	This is what if world.
0:28.6	I'd like to thank Karen O'Keefe, my co-creator, Craig Martinson for our theme song, Dr. Lee, who put my hand back together all those years ago.
0:41.3	And all you kids at home who know our past is part of who we are, good, bad, and weird.
0:47.3	So go ahead and...
0:48.3	Stop, Mr. Eric.
0:49.3	You're doing it all backwards.
0:51.3	Um, what are you talking about, Wendyina?
0:53.3	This is how I always end the show.
0:55.5	But you're at the beginning of the show. No, I, I, I just told the whole story. Then what was the
1:02.6	story about? Um, a, a monkey, maybe, or like a banana, I think? No, a banana you say. What's going
1:10.4	on, Wendyana? I'm here from the future, which is your past, and I think someone let out the time monkey.
1:15.6	What?
1:16.6	Oh, what?
1:18.6	Don't let it eat that last piece of banana.
1:20.6	Why not, Wendiana?
1:22.6	It's just one little bite of banana.
1:24.6	One little bite of banana. One little bite of banana. Uh-oh.
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