Free Spirit - or Witch Nanny? Featuring young Alyson Hannigan

Free Spirit WAS a show. A single dad struggles to balance his
at-home law practice with raising three kids. When his youngest
son casually wishes for someone who’ll pay more attention to him,
a witch named Winnie literally drops from the sky into their
lives. Dad doesn’t know she’s a supernatural being and hires her
as a housekeeper, nanny, mother figure, and possibly a love
interest? Yikes is right! Winnie is magic, and can make pretty
much anything appear on command. But can she charm her way into
this family’s hearts? Obviously yes. Oh, and Alyson Hannigan
plays the middle child—and proto-Meg Griffin type—in one of her
first roles ever. Brynn, Aaron and Barry conjure up some theories
as to why this 1989 trope-fest was quickly made to disappear.


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some reason!)


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Hosted by:


Brynn Byrne @brynnabyrne


Aaron Yeger @aaronyeger


Andrew “Barry” Helmer @andrewhelmer


Podcast logo and artwork by Brian Walker @briguywalker


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