You Could Leave Kids Alone in the Desert for 40 Days on Television w/ Laurel McGoff

You Could Do That On Television

Mohanad Elshieky & Hannah Wright

2000s, Reality Tv, Comedy, Interviews

4.9 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Hannah and Mohanad chat with former Kid Nation cast-member Laurel McGoff about her time as the queen of the Green District and all the juicy behind the scenes gossip from the show. She also unfortunately teaches us all what an “ookie cookie” is and we’ll never be the same. Follow us on Instagram @youcoulddothatontelevisionJoin our patreon for bonus content and discord benefitsHannah's Instagram Mohanad's Instagram Art by heyshermie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back, everyone.
0:08.7	This is Mohanah Dilchechei.
0:10.0	And this is Hannah Wright.
0:11.3	And this is You Could Do That on television, the podcast where we talk about all the insane TV from the 2000s that you could definitely not make now.
0:20.1	Yes.
0:20.7	And today we'll be talking about Kid Nation.
0:24.2	Hell yeah.
0:24.9	Yeah, an incredible show from 2007.
0:27.8	It was a CBS show.
0:29.4	And basically the idea of this show is they have 40 kids.
0:32.4	The ages from 8 to 15.
0:35.7	And they put them in a ranch in New Mexico, a ghost town in New Mexico.
0:40.2	An abandoned ghost town.
0:41.8	For 40 days.
0:43.7	And they have to, Lord of the Flies, form their own society.
0:47.4	Yes, they have to yellow jacket it.
0:49.9	K-Nation was one of my favorite shows when it was actually airing.
0:54.5	Yeah.
0:55.1	Oh, my God.
0:55.6	Favorite to re-watch and favorite to introduce people to that haven't seen it already. Yeah. So I've just watched it. Yeah, you're the first time watcher. Last week. Yeah. Like, I knew about the show and everything. And I was like, maybe like watching the first 10 minutes. and then I was like, oh God, I have 13 episodes to watch now.
1:11.7	And then literally 20 minutes in, I was like, maybe like watching the first 10 minutes. And then I was like, oh, God, I have 13 episodes to watch now.
1:11.7	And then literally 20 minutes in, I was like, oh, I think I'm just watching this the whole day. Straight through. Yeah. Like, I finished it in a day and a half the whole season. Yeah. It's an amazing show to binge watch. Amazing. And today we have a guest. Very special guest with us. Yes. In studio we have from Kid Nation, Laurel.
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