I remember their TV show. Some years ago for some strange reason I bought a Deluxe Edition of their first album.
My favorite songs were Daydream Believer, Valleri, I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone (Paul Revere & the Raiders did a nice version too) and Pleasant Valley Sunday.
RIP Peter.
They certainly had the best songwriters and musicians working for them.
I thought Pleasant Valley Sunday was about the town we'd just moved to, and (as an 11-year-old) I thought it was complementary. The irony and snarkiness of it went right over my head.
Interesting how so many of their songs were not about love, romance, attraction, etc., but were about ideas and concepts. Daydream Believer was an insightful song.
They would play episodes on Nickelodeon back in the late 80s. Strangely enough I found the show entertaining as an 10 year old back then.