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LaughterShock Presents:

'The Continuing Adventures of the Gopher Twins'

It all began in a small studio in Chatsworth, California. The year...1980. Nino King and Frank O'Leary, (creators of the 'FONK' Network, a long-running telephone answering machine message service and 24-hour 'Dial-A-Joke-Line'), began which was soon to be an underground, cult phenomenon; The first cartoon, telephone, soap-opera!

Week after week, day after day...from Australia to Japan, Great Britain to Canada, even from as obscure a location as Winnemucca...listeners called in on their simple telephones to catch up on the latest adventures of the bizarre 'Gopher Twins' cast!!

We are proud to now be able to bring you the 'Gopher Twins' episodes in their uncut, entirety for the first time ever here on the World Wide Web!

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BackTrack Episodes


Episode 1- "Tricks or Treats-The Genesis" (running time=2min 25sec)

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Episode 2-"Tricks or Treats-Part 2" (running time=2min 6sec)

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Episode 3 - "Alexandria Surprise" (running time=2min 24sec)

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Episode 4 - "Who's On First?" (running time=5min 14sec)

When we last left Grover and Gunther they were trapped in the boudoir of the sexy, (and very randy), Alexandria LaRue. With an invitation to a night of unbridled, erotic, sweaty passion just which one of our studly rodents would be the first to climb aboard the 'HOOOOO TRAIN'? Or...would the brothers share yet another adventure ...together? And what about this strange Dr. Furberg who wanders the halls of this bizarre mansion? Let's find out now as we continue with "Who's On First?" Episode 4 of the Gopher Twins.

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Episode 5 - "Rodents On The Run!" (running time=12min 40sec)

Last week at the Rockyview Prison in Oregon, Rover Gopher, Rufus Rat, and Malignant Mole found their escape tunnel surfacing directly into the guard's washroom, which, as bad luck would have it, was occupied by the staunch Officer Officer. In a hasty attempt to overcome the obstacle, they KO'd the cop with a flying mole butt and were on route to a hospital in Las Vegas. The amnesic Gunder Gopher and paramedic Belliger Badger ousted the lovely Alexandria LaRue from the ambulance and made a sudden detour to a roadside bar, as we continue now with "Rodents On The Run"

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Episode 6 - "Funeral For A Friend"' (running time=12min 11sec)

Last week, inside a roadside bar in Nevada, Gunther Gopher and Belligerent Badger, realizing that they were without the needed cash to pay for their intoxication, created a barroom brawl to cover their quick retreat from the saloon and are now en route to Oregon at the Rocky Butte Prison. Grover Gopher and Rufus Rat were aghast as their comrade Malignant Mole was gunned down by the guards during their bungled escape. As our two mourners make their way through the woods outside the prison, we continue now with "Funeral for a Friend".

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Episode 7 - "Git" (running time=12min 37sec)

Last week at Malignant Mole's funeral, the lovable shrew was resurrected from the depths of the prison toilet and rushed to a nearby hospital with Officer at his side and Tidy Bowl in his lungs. After his recovery he was then introduced to his hospital roommate, the delirious Dr. Furberg. In the Oregon woods Rufus Rat was abandoned and abducted from a sound sleep by a tribe of cordial artisans, leaving Grover Gopher to rest beneath the stars alone. In Sparks, Nevada, Gunther Gopher and Ligeran Badger made a detour from their trek up to Oregon to wet their whistles at the Mustang Ranch, a very popular Nevada bordello. As we continue now with "Git!"

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Episode 8 - "Reflections" (running time=13min 29sec)

Last week at the Emergency Hospital Dr. Furberg and Malignant Mole were visited by Officer to inform the duo of their scheduled release. On a highway in Oregon Rufus Rat and Grover Gopher learn the pros and cons of hitchhiking, where they were given a lift by a very gay driver. At the Mustang Ranch in Sparks, Nevada, Gunther Gopher and belligerent Badger, attempting to relieve E.H. McKinney of some quick cash, were caught in the act by the Texas Millionaire. In a murderous moment the horrified Gunther watched as the oil tycoon was stabbed to death by the abrasive Badger. As the two beat a feet from the scene we continue now with "Reflections".

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Episode 9 - "Reflections (Part II)" (running time=12min 48sec)

When we last left the Menden-Volignen mole, he and Dr. Furberg had made their arrival at the doctor's luxurious laboratory, where they're about to commence with some very questionable experiments on a highway in Oregon. The dung hit the fan when vehicle number 1, occupied by Rufus, Locke, and Grover, collided head-on into vehicle number 2, which, as fate would have it, was occupied by none other than Belligerent Badger and the still amnesic Gunther Gopher. There were no casualties but what followed was a barrage of flashbacks, which have thus far carried into this episode as we continue now with "Reflections Part 2".

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Episode 10 - "The Moles From Brazil"' (running time=13min 39sec)

Last week, amidst the rubble of a head-on collision, the Gopher Twins were at last reunited. Having refreshed each other on their previous escapades, they have decided to beat feet upon the arrival of the Oregon police, with only the belligerent Badger remaining at the scene. Over at Dr. Furberg's lab, a malignant mole is about to emerge from the anesthesia of the doctor's very questionable cloning experiment. As we continue now with "The Moles from Brazil".

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Episode 11 - "The Moles From Brazil Part 2" (running time=14min 28sec)

When we last left the demented Dr. Furberg, he was rubbing his success at having created the first duplicate from Malignant Mole's brain cell all over his face. Belligerent Badger, accompanying Officer Officer to headquarters, fingered Gunther Gopher as the murderer of E.H. McKinney. At the accused Gopher's house, after having been reunited with a very pregnant Alexandria, Gunther, Grover, Rufus, and Rock hid in the basement as the authorities arrived with a warrant for Gunther's arrest. As Officer Officer leaves empty-handed, the righteous Rufus has set out to either capture or crush like a bug the bastardly belligerent badger. As we continue now with "The Moles from Brazil Part 2".

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Episode 12 - "A Shot in the Dark" (running time=13min 48sec)

Last week in a McDonald's restaurant, Portland Dr. Furberg and his group of grumbling mole clones began to wreak havoc beneath the arches at a local bar. Rufus rat came face to face with his long-time comrade, Malignant Mole, whom he believed to be dead and having been introduced to Malignant's Mexican amigo, Guacamole. The three have set out to find belligerent badger, believed to be diving into some nearby air pie, and on a remote highway Jumper, Rover, and Alexandria, on route to an unknown destination, are about to be pulled over by the law as we continue now with "A Shot In The Dark".

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Episode 13 - "Smokey and the Gopher" (running time=13min 37sec)

Last week, inside a sleazy hotel room, Rufus and his motley posse caught Belligerent with his pants down. After a barrage of fists and firearms one lay battered and another lay dead but when the smoke cleared, what was for sure was Belligerent's signed confession. After annihilating the local McDonald's, Dr. Furberg and his grumbling mole clones have decided to try their hand at baseball. Elsewhere on a stretch of Oregon highway, the Twins have put the hammer down in Alexandria, souped-up GTO with Officer Bill and the pregnant Miss Larue in hot pursuit. As we continue now with "Smokey And The Gopher".

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Episode 14 - "Coffee, Tea or Moles?" (running time=12min 57sec)

Last week at the Portland airport Dr. Furberg and his grumbling mole clones boarded a plane for New York. Once there Dr. Furberg has hopes of becoming the new trainer for the Yankees. This news comes after a request by owner George Steinbrenner, who made the decision after an impressive showing by Berbert's clones against the Portland Beavers. After a minor collision Gunther Gopher was taken away by the authorities and locked up in a Portland jail. His first visitor was his brother Grover, who introduced him to the attorney for his trial, the pessimistic Weebus Weasel. As we continue now with "Coffee, Tea, Or Moles".

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Episode 15 - "Conflicts of Interest" (running time=13min 22sec)

Last week at 20,000 ft above ground level, Dr. Furberg and the clones found themselves hostage inside their United Airlines jet as it was skyjacked by terrorist Raja Koon. In a dark alley near the Portland police station, Guacamole was flattened beneath the wheels of a speeding car and Rufus Ratt was then gunned down by the unknown driver of the same. In downtown Sparks, Nevada, as Gunther's trial gets underway outside the courthouse, the pregnant Alexandria watched in horror as her brother-in-law to be, Grover Gopher, was abducted by an unknown cabbie. As we continue now with "Conflicts Of Interest".

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Episode 16 - "Leave It to the Beaver" (running time=17min 42sec)

Last week the Sky Jack Light 852 plummeted to Earth, spewing fuselage and awesome sound effects upon impact. Yet in spite of the almost certain deaths of all aboard, the mole clones emerged from the carnage unscathed. Elsewhere at an undisclosed location, Rover Gopher is being held hostage by a madman known only as Johnny. As the abducted rodent ponders his dilemma, his brother Gunther sits on death row with praise killer Dingo. After the birth of her son, Alexandria has a scheme in mind that may possibly emancipate the child's father from his appointment with the electric chair as we continue now with "Leave it to the Beaver".

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Episode 17 - "and Baby Makes Three" (running time=13min 31sec)

Last week as Alexandria cuddled her newborn infant, she watched in horror as the child underwent a startling transformation. On an uncharted island Dr. Furberg and the clones are being pursued by a mysterious blue bog. At the meeting of Rufus Ratt and Johnny, Fitz and One-Liners flew while trying to establish each other's superiority. When the smoke had cleared it revealed the safe return of Johnny's hostage Grover Gopher on a city bus. The content belligerent badger was stunned to find himself face to face with his long-lost loved mad badger. Back at the prison Gopher Gopher and Dingo are charting their plans for escape as we continue now with "A Baby Makes Three".

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Episode 18 - "Dead Meat On A Merry Go Round" (running time=11min 50sec)

Last week at the Nevada State Prison Gunther and Dingle, after coaxing the prison guard with a barrel of a 38, managed to slip from their cell but in their haste to get past the electronic security doors accidentally triggered the facility's alarm system. On a mysterious atoll in the Caribbean, Dr. Furberg and the clones were introduced to Lord Beltoid, Supreme Chieftain of the island of the Fenestratia. While Rufus, Rock, Johnny, and the reacquainted malignant Boland Grover Gopher plot their search for the badger, the belligerent wombat is at this minute confessing his sins for the lovely mad badger. As we continue now with "Dead Meat On A Merry Go Round".

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Episode 19 - "The Good, The Badge and the Ugly" (running time=13min 50sec)

Last week on the island of Penistratia, Dr. Furberg and the clones learned their mysterious host, Lord Deltoid, to be the leader of the island and not your average cosmic muffin, as had been the Doctor's theory. At the Nevada State Prison, the sands ran out on Bingo's hourglass as he was executed in the electric chair on death row. With his body still warm, his cell mate Gunther awaits his turn to die. As his final seconds rapidly took away, his comrades, meanwhile, have cornered Bulliger and Badger at the end of a deserted road as we continue now with "The Good, The Badge, and The Ugly".

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Episode 20 - "Reunion in Reno" (running time=13min 58sec)

Last week at a deserted old warehouse, Belliger and Badger slipped out of sight through a basement door, leaving the drunken Willy Wombat alone inside, with Rufus and Johnny unaware of the switch outside. On to Fenestratia it was learned that Dr. Ferberd was brought to the Bazaar Island to succeed Lord Deltoid as Ruler Supreme. At the Nevada State Prison, Gunther Gopher was snapped from death when the governor called to issue his pardon. Having at last been freed, Rover Gopher, Malignant Mole, and Rock Rabbit have arrived at the Reno Airport to retrieve their emancipated friend and brother. As we continue now with "Reunion in Reno".

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Episode 21 - "B T The Bermuda Triangle" (running time13min 34sec

Last week at the Silver Spur Motel in Reno, Gunther and Alexandria were about to consummate their reunion when they were visited by Grover Rock and Malignant. It was there that the three guests learned of a wedding and the plans for the reacquainted lovebirds back at the Old Comstock Warehouse. The innocent Willy Wombat perished inside the inferno, with Johnny and Double O thinking the actual victim to be the bastardly belligerent badger. Across the waters on the Fenestratia, the islanders gave Dr. Furberg a less than half-assed welcome while in the shadows a diabolical mutiny is underway for the overthrow of Lord Deltoid. As we continue now with BT, the Bermuda Triangle.

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Episode 22 - "Love In The Triangle" (running time=13min 10sec)

Last week on the island of Defenestratia, Doctor Furburg was introduced to the lovely Telena, head priestess of the island Orgasium. Inside her lavishly decorated food law, the doctor is about to taste the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat at the Portland Prison. Gunther Gopher, having learned of Rufus Rath's plight, has delayed his wedding plans momentarily to visit his comrade in his time of need and to invite the incarcerated rodent to the upcoming ceremony. With a red tape severed by a compassionate officer, we continue now with "Love in the Triangle".

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Episode 23 - "Matrimony and Mayhem" (running time=13min 53sec)

Last week high atop the Sacred Tower of Shard on the island of the Fenestratia, four deltoids reigned, not to mention his life, which was terminated by Sir Richard, Titus, and Telena. Caught in the eye of this evening and seconds from death is Dr. Burr-Burgh, a pawn in this sinister uprising, back in Portland at the wedding of Gunther and Alexandria. The joyous ceremony was cut to the quick with the presence of an evil visitor known only as Shep, who somehow holds a dark place in Alexandria's past as we continue now with "Matrimony And Mayhem".

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Episode 24 - "Sap at Sea" (running time=13min 44sec)

Last week, somewhere in the waters of the Caribbean, Dr. Ferber drifted aimlessly aboard a makeshift raft constructed from the bodies of the fatally wounded mole clones. The surviving clones, left alone on the island, reluctantly bid farewell to the good doctor as he makes a clean escape from defenestration. Back at Oregon, at the wedding of Gunther and Alexandria, all hell broke loose when the mysterious intruder Shep riddled the church with gunfire, then made off with a bride-to-be. With friends and guests wishing them good luck, the twins have set off for California to capture Alexandria and her abductor. As we continue now with "Sap At Sea".

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Episode 25 - "Some Junk" (running time=14min 46sec)

Last week in the waters of the Caribbean, Dr. Furber was given a brief glimmer of hope as what was thought to be a rescue ship lumbered toward him through the fog. While attempting to board the vessel, he was rifled back into the water by the captain of the ship, a ship laden with smuggled cocaine. Meanwhile the twins, having crossed the border into the cold state of California, made a quick stop to eat a beautiful hitchhiker, the totally tubular valley squirrel. After dropping their passenger off at home, they are now in Hollywood to begin their search for Alexandria. As we swing back to the Rocky View prison in Oregon, to check in on lupus rats, we continue now with "Some Junk".

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Episode 26 - "Rusky Business" (running time=14min 39sec)

Last week, as Grover, Gunther, and Valley Squirrel made their entrance at the San Fernando Valley New Wave Club Fazes, they were introduced to Val's rad friend, the Mondo Bitchin' Punk Skunk, who has vowed to aid the twins in their search for Alexandria. At the Rocky View Prison in Oregon, Rufus Rad was about to become the victim of his own worst fears. As he was assaulted by a gang of down-home homo hicks, the Furly Banger Brothers, who have lust in their gut and eyes on his butt. Back in the waters of the Caribbean, Dr. Furberg was lifted from the briny sea by an emerging submarine as we continue now with "Rusty Business".

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Episode 27 - "Skunk Trek" (running time=12min 47sec)

When we last left Dr. Furberg, he had just been introduced to the only American aboard the Soviet sub, the bastardly belligerent badger, who has resurfaced with a new identity and matching color red. Back in L.A. the gopher twins, in their search for Alexandria, were introduced to Val's rad friend Punk Skunk, who appears to have acquired some new evidence in this L.A. ruse disappearance. Back at the Rocky Butte prison in Oregon, Officer Officer was alerted to the plight of Rufus Rat but may have arrived at the showers too late to save the rowdy rodent from a fate worse than death. As we continue now with "Skunk Trek".

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Episode 28 - "Skunk Trek II - The Rat's a Con" (running time=13min 47sec)

Last week at the home of Punk Skunk, the four super sleuths acquired a clue in the whereabouts of Alexandria and Shep, aboard the Commie Sub. Dr. Furberg was semi-enlightened to the identity of his American host, Comrade Bajerski, and back at the Rocky Creek Prison in Oregon. A mismanaged shootout at the showers by Officer Bill and his posse left only Officer and Rufus Rat to emerge from the carnage, with only the former officer's left nut remaining as his legacy. With a lifeless gonad in hand Rufus and Double O prepare to break the news to the prison warden as we continue now with "Skunk Trek 2: The Rats-a-Con!".

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Episode 29 - "Skunk Trek III - Search for Alexandria" (running time=19min 5sec)

In an aggravated final attempt to squeeze out information from Dr. Furberg, Private Roboff battered the medic around the Soviet sub and threatened even greater bodily harm if he didn't come clean. At the Rocky View Prison in Oregon, Warden Five, having learned of the prison's scheduled demolition, released Rufus Radford maturely on his own recognizance. Back at the Westwood Theater Gunther Gopher and Punk Skunk found Gina, their only link to Alexandria's abductor, very much dead, slumped lifeless in the second row. As we continue now with "Skunk Trek Three - The Search for Alexandria".

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Episode 30 - "Badge in the U.S.S.R" (Series Finale)" (running time=16min 23sec)

When we last left the Soviet sub to Mastrovich, Glitter and Badger had just breathed a baffled furburg on the American secret weapon that has, oddly enough, found its way into the Russian hands. At a ritzy hotel in Los Angeles, Twins Punk Skunk and Valley Squirrel checked into their suite and will now continue their search for Alexandria. During a quick detour to the gift shop, Valley Squirrel bumped into a very stoned woman who, unbeknownst to her, is the subject of their very intense search. As we continue now with "Badge in the U.S.S.R." (Series Finale)

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