A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.
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A Special Presentation 258: 5 Years! [2 of 2]
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Can you believe we've been doing this podcast for 5 years? We sure can't! Join us for a trip down memory lane where we ostensibly talk about our most popular episodes, but as usual, we get sidetracked to talk about random stuff like Piers Anthony and also babies. Mike has a new niece so he's talking about babies a lot lately!…
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A Special Presentation 257: 5 Years! [1 of 2]
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Can you believe we've been doing this podcast for 5 years? We sure can't! Join us for a trip down memory lane where we ostensibly talk about our most popular episodes, but as usual, we get sidetracked to talk about random stuff like Piers Anthony and also babies. Mike has a new niece so he's talking about babies a lot lately!…
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A Special Presentation 256: Hey Hey Hey It's Fat Albert
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This was never a comic strip, BUT it WAS a TV special... so this week we're looking at the long lost but recently rediscovered 1969 special HEY HEY IT IS FAT ALBERT, the special that inspired the later TV series. We talk about how it is Fat Albert time and also the complicated legacy of his creator.
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A Special Presentation 255: Archie - To Riverdale and Back [2 of 2]
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Archie's big appeal is that he makes being a teenager look SO COOL. So what if Archie was middle-aged? What then, smart guy? This TV special about Archie's high school reunion posits just such a scenario -- and the crazy thing? It's not too bad. But you wouldn't think it considering that we mostly talked about Christian media rip-offs and fucking t…
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A Special Presentation 254: Archie - To Riverdale and Back [1 of 2]
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Archie's big appeal is that he makes being a teenager look SO COOL. So what if Archie was middle-aged? What then, smart guy? This TV special about Archie's high school reunion posits just such a scenario -- and the crazy thing? It's not too bad. But you wouldn't think it considering that we mostly talked about Christian media rip-offs and fucking t…
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A Special Presentation 253: Alf Loves a Mystery
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This week, Alf WILL be seen tonight! Did you know that Alf loves a mystery? It's true! In a bizarre and forgotten ritual known as the PRIME TIME SPECIAL STARRING ALL YOUR FAVORITE SIT COM CHARACTERS TELLING YOU ABOUT UPCOMING SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS SERIES, Alf pens a caper about stolen jewels and junior gumshoes. And Foofur's in it too!!!…
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A Special Presentation 252: Hollywood Dog [2 of 2]
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Hollywood Dog was a pilot for a proposed live action/animated sitcom about a dog that lived in Hollywood, based on the comic from the LA Weekly by R.P. Overmyer. For a long time, this was considered lost media - but now it's been found! It's exactly what you would expect from a show called Hollywood Dog, but join us for a discussion of early 90s co…
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A Special Presentation 251: Hollywood Dog [1 of 2]
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Hollywood Dog was a pilot for a proposed live action/animated sitcom about a dog that lived in Hollywood, based on the comic from the LA Weekly by R.P. Overmyer. For a long time, this was considered lost media - but now it's been found! It's exactly what you would expect from a show called Hollywood Dog, but join us for a discussion of early 90s co…
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A Special Presentation 250: Asterix at the Olympic Games w/ Jerna
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It's Asterix! You all know and love Asterix, that indomitable Gaul who conquered both Rome and the hearts of a continent in his wacky adventures. This week, we look at Asterix's move into the live action arena with Asterix at the Olympic Games, joined by our good friend resident Flemish-Belgian comic knower Jerna! Find more of Jerna's work at: http…
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A Special Presentation 249: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [2 of 2]
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Dr.Seuss was a newspaper political cartoonist and that TOTALLY makes any Seuss vehicle fair game for our show, so says us! This week we look at the 1953 flopstravaganza The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, with digressions about Star Wars and the horror of childhood piano lessons.
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A Special Presentation 248: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [1 of 2]
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Dr.Seuss was a newspaper political cartoonist and that TOTALLY makes any Seuss vehicle fair game for our show, so says us! This week we look at the 1953 flopstravaganza The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, with digressions about Star Wars and the horror of childhood piano lessons.
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A Special Presentation 247: The Garfield Movie [2 of 2]
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Join us as we go where we've never gone before: The movie theater! We took a look at the Garfield Movie, currently in theaters, the fat cat's first foray into cinema since the live action Garfield series! Were we surprised? We were surprised! And you will be too as we talk about the lasagna that makes you gay, the TV that glowed, and also the corre…
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A Special Presentation 246: The Garfield Movie [1 of 2]
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Join us as we go where we've never gone before: The movie theater! We took a look at the Garfield Movie, currently in theaters, the fat cat's first foray into cinema since the live action Garfield series! Were we surprised? We were surprised! And you will be too as we talk about the lasagna that makes you gay, the TV that glowed, and also the corre…
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A Special Presentation 245: Garfield Goes Hollywood
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In honor of the new Garfield movie in which Garfield goes Hollywood, we looked at the classic Garfield TV special... Garfield Goes Hollywood! In theory, we instead mostly talked about the lasagna that makes you gay. Oh, we're gay now btw. Probably because we ate the lasagna that makes you gay!
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A Special Presentation 244: Lucky Luke
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It's Lucky Luke, the Franco-Belgian comic about the American west, adapted into a cartoon series by Hanna Barbera. We were so excited to talk about it that instead we ended up talking about Willy Wonka, fentynal the cop killer, and Donut the gay Christian dog. Any excuse NOT to talk about Lucky Luke!…
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A Special Presentation 243: One of a Kind Marcie
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We take a look at an episode of the most recent Peanuts adaptation, the one from Apple TV: One of a Kind Marcie. This is probably the first ever Peanuts property to center Marcie. How does it hold up? How's the Peanuts world without Charles Schultz? And, most importantly of all, what are the Peanuts characters' political affiliations?…
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A Special Presentation 242: Kid Power [2 of 2]
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Morrie Turner's Wee Pals imagines "what if Peanuts was integrated?" Featuring a rainbow coalition of kids from all races, religions, and abilities, Wee Pals is a piece of aspirational art imagining a better future. And Rankin-Bass's animated adaption "Kid Power" certainly shares that ethos. Join us for a discussion of the mildly didactic Kid Power …
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A Special Presentation 241: Kid Power [1 of 2]
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Morrie Turner's Wee Pals imagines "what if Peanuts was integrated?" Featuring a rainbow coalition of kids from all races, religions, and abilities, Wee Pals is a piece of aspirational art imagining a better future. And Rankin-Bass's animated adaption "Kid Power" certainly shares that ethos. Join us for a discussion of the mildly didactic Kid Power …
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A Special Presentation 240: Dick Tracy specials w/ Ryan Estrada
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After the failure of the Dick Tracy movie, Warren Beatty was so mad at the studio that he decided to make sure the studio never regained the rights to make another Dick Tracy movie. To that end, every 12 years or so he makes a weird avant garde art piece dick tracy zoom interview intended to be seen by no one... but which allows him to retain copyr…
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A Special Presentation 239: Bernard and Huey
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Jules Feiffer's comics in the Village Voice were THE THING back in the swingin' 60s or maybe the 50s, but we still remember them best as the thing that the last liberal wanted to read before he got got by Milo and Cutter John in Bloom County. Well, Feiffer wrote a movie script based on his comics back in the 80s and it got lost for 30 years, but no…
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A Special Presentation 238: Prince Valiant (2 of 2)
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Everyone knows Prince Valiant, the comic strip that's NO FUN. You look at that wall of text and those serious illustrations and you just know this is a scam -- it's no whimsical fun comic strip, it's probably trying to teach you something! In 1997, Prince Valiant was adapted into a theatrical film with Katherine Heigl, Ron Pearlman, Warwick Davis, …
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A Special Presentation 237: Prince Valiant (1 of 2)
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Everyone knows Prince Valiant, the comic strip that's NO FUN. You look at that wall of text and those serious illustrations and you just know this is a scam -- it's no whimsical fun comic strip, it's probably trying to teach you something! In 1997, Prince Valiant was adapted into a theatrical film with Katherine Heigl, Ron Pearlman, Warwick Davis, …
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A Special Presentation 236: The Weird Adventures of Mutt and Jeff and Bugoff
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This week, we're going back... back... back in time to look at the very FIRST ever comic strip, Mutt and Jeff. America couldn't get enough of the adventures of a short guy and a tall guy who hung out together. Come for the weird Mutt and Jeff stitched-together Frankencartoon, stay for a long digression about Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and a brand n…
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A Special Presentation 235: Marmaduke (2022)
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Marmaduuuuuke! He's a big dog.
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A Special Presentation 234: A Storm in April
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Once again, we're spending some time with Canada's favorite sons: The Foobs! Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse has an animated special all about the birth of April! What's the deal with April? Let's investigate!
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A Special Presentation 233: Jane and the Lost City
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Jane was a saucy 1940s British comic strip about a sweet young thing names Jane, famous for fighting nazis and losing her clothes through various contrived and saucy means. Jane was credited with helping the British drive back the axis in Burma, but does this late 80s big screen adaptation capture the sauciness of the original strips? We investigat…
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A Special Presentation 232: The Folks Behind the Funnies [3 of 3]
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Did you know that there are folks behind the Funnies? It's true! This 2018 documentary talks to all the big names: Lynn Johnston, Mell Lazarus, Mort Walker, Scott Adams, Etc, to learn all about what it takes to be a folk behind a funny. But you gotta listen to the notes that they're NOT playing!
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A Special Presentation 231: The Folks Behind the Funnies [2 of 3]
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Did you know that there are folks behind the Funnies? It's true! This 2018 documentary talks to all the big names: Lynn Johnston, Mell Lazarus, Mort Walker, Scott Adams, Etc, to learn all about what it takes to be a folk behind a funny. But you gotta listen to the notes that they're NOT playing!
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A Special Presentation 230: The Folks Behind the Funnies [1 of 3]
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Did you know that there are folks behind the Funnies? It's true! This 2018 documentary talks to all the big names: Lynn Johnston, Mell Lazarus, Mort Walker, Scott Adams, Etc, to learn all about what it takes to be a folk behind a funny. But you gotta listen to the notes that they're NOT playing!
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A Special Presentation 229: Curiosity Shop [2 of 2]
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In 1971, Michael Eisner decided he was going to make a commercial competitor for PBS's then ascendant Sesame Street. The result was Curiosity Shop, a show about four kids going to a curiosity shop run by the absent Mr. Jones. It featured music, puppets, and animation -- including appearances by the cast of Miss Peach, Dennis the Menace, BC, and Wiz…
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A Special Presentation 228: Curiosity Shop [1 of 2]
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In 1971, Michael Eisner decided he was going to make a commercial competitor for PBS's then ascendant Sesame Street. The result was Curiosity Shop, a show about four kids going to a curiosity shop run by the absent Mr. Jones. It featured music, puppets, and animation -- including appearances by the cast of Miss Peach, Dennis the Menace, BC, and Wiz…
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A Special Presentation 227: Dennis the Menace
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In 1993, everyone's favorite menace, Dennis, made the jump to the big screen -- in a film that could almost be good if John Hughes wasn't so dedicated to recreating the success of Home Alone. Walter Matthau is forced to carry an entire film by himself, but, damn, does he do it!
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A Special Presentation 226: Rock Odyssey w/ Morbiose
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In the early 80s, Hanna Barbera decided to take a little risk and tell the entire history of post-war America through the medium of rock and roll music and also put Scatman Crothers in it as a talking jukebox. It's like if Fantasia kind of sucked but was also about the most obvious boomer pleasing aspects of rock music. Morbiose joins us to talk ab…
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A Special Presentation 225: GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
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It's Ethan's birthday, so we're taking a little detour from our usual wheelhouse to look at another 80s cartoon robot franchise... The GoBots! You may remember them as the poor man's transformers... and you'd probably be right! Are the GoBots going places or should they be going home? Ha ha, get it? Please yourself then.…
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A Special Presentation 224: Mickey's 60th Birthday [2 of 2]
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Happy birthday, Mickey Mouse!!! To celebrate Steamboat Willie finally, FINALLY falling into the public domain, we look at the 1988 television event Mickey's 60th Birthday, when a wizard makes Mickey lose his mojo and then he meets the cast of Cheers and Family Ties (big sit coms at the time, ask your parents). We ended up talking for two hours beca…
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A Special Presentation 223: Mickey's 60th Birthday [1 of 2]
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Happy birthday, Mickey Mouse!!! To celebrate Steamboat Willie finally, FINALLY falling into the public domain, we look at the 1988 television event Mickey's 60th Birthday, when a wizard makes Mickey lose his mojo and then he meets the cast of Cheers and Family Ties (big sit coms at the time, ask your parents). We ended up talking for two hours beca…
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A Special Presentation 223: Rudolph's Shiny New Year [2 of 2]
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We're leaving our wheelhouse to discuss everyone's favorite Rankin Bass new year's special "Rudolph's Shiny New Year." Rudolph has to go to the archipelago of last years to save the baby new year and the important thing is that there's dinosaurs. A lot of questions are raised about how this worlds works, however.…
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A Special Presentation 222: Rudolph's Shiny New Year [1 of 2]
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We're leaving our wheelhouse to discuss everyone's favorite Rankin Bass new year's special "Rudolph's Shiny New Year." Rudolph has to go to the archipelago of last years to save the baby new year and the important thing is that there's dinosaurs. A lot of questions are raised about how this worlds works, however.…
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Ugly Sweater Party 2: Turtlenecks In Time
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It’s the season of giving… ourselves a break and just watching a ton of shows at once! Happy holidays once more from Mike and Ethan and our whole crew of cool friends that we invite over every year. Rocketshark, Morbiose, Fattyatomicmutant (from your favorite Tumblr memes!) and Glumdrop have joined us for some startlingly cynical Christmas specials…
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A Special Presentation 220: It's Magic, Charlie Brown!
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In this episode, we look at the Peanuts special that's so normal that it's weird. Snoopy learns to do witchcraft and damns Charlie Brown to a living hell of invisibility. Also, Charlie Brown kicks the football??????!??!?!
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A Special Presentation 219: Garfield in the Rough
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What happens when everyone's favorite fat cat goes camping and encounters an escaped panther from the zoo? Well, that's pretty much it. Join us as we look at one of the lesser Garfield specials, we were gonna talk about "It's Magic, Charlie Brown!", the snoopy special with which it was originally paired, but we got too distracted talking about comm…
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A Special Presentation 218: Mandrake (1979)
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Mandrake the Magician has, for some reason, not made the jump to the big screen in this latest round of superhero mania, but the globe-trotting crime-fighting magician of the comics page has so much potential that we can’t help but imagine a much better movie than we got with the sole Mandrake film adaptation: this 1979 made-for-TV lost dud starrin…
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A Special Presentation 217: Tubby the Tuba
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It's after Thanksgiving, and that means it's time for everyone's favorite Thanksgiving special -- Tubby the Tuba! You know Tubby the Tuba, right? You will soon! Join us for this look at everyone's favorite opera for tiny tots about a tuba who joins the circus and also goes to adopt an orphan melody and there's a frog. This all seemed like a really …
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A Special Presentation 216: Garfield the Movie [2 of 2]
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The fat orange cat finally got his big screen debut in 2004 with Garfield the Movie, the culmination of Jim Davis' long-time dream to see Garfield in theaters. Was it everything that it was cracked up to be? Why on earth did they CG Garfield but not Odie? We answer the big questions as we try to wrap our heads around the dumbest studio decision in …
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A Special Presentation 215: Garfield the Movie [1 of 2]
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The fat orange cat finally got his big screen debut in 2004 with Garfield the Movie, the culmination of Jim Davis' long-time dream to see Garfield in theaters. Was it everything that it was cracked up to be? Why on earth did they CG Garfield but not Odie? We answer the big questions as we try to wrap our heads around the dumbest studio decision in …
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A Special Presentation 214: Raggedy Ann & Andy Watch-Along! (With Glumdrop!)
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What was the movie that traumatized you as a kid? For Mike it was a movie that was once so rarely aired it was rumored not to exist, but its recent rediscovery on YouTube has brought its wonderful, egregiously over-animated horror into thousands of unsuspecting households. Join us this week for some exposure therapy, as Ethan and Glumdrop (co-autho…
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A Special Presentation 213: Halloween 4-Ever!
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It wouldn’t be a spooky Halloween without a spooky podcast where we watch terrifying eldritch cartoons! This year we’ve got Jack O’ Lantern (1972), Fat Albert’s Halloween Special (1977), and Mad Scientist (1988), plus an assortment of short subjects that features the work of animation pioneer Ub Iwerks. Now YOU tell one!…
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A Special Presentation 212: It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown & Play it Again, Charlie Brown
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We're back on our Peanuts bullshit! Today we look at TWO, yes, TWO, Peanuts specials that are so slight you might not even believe they were actually specials! Come for Peanuts, stay for tales of bible camp, vampire monkeys, and anime dog fart pranks!
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A Special Presentation 211: Blondie's Blessed Event
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Between 1938 and 1950, they released 25 Blondie movies -- 4 in 1942 alone!!! This week we look at a random one, Blondie's Blessed Event -- which brings us both the birth of Cookie and also the big screen debut of Hans Conried!
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A Special Presentation 210: Dick Tracy w/ Morbiose [2 of 2]
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We're back on our Dick Tracy bullshit! This week, our good friend Morbiose joins us to talk about the 1990 Dick Tracy movie, starring Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, and a whole host of A list actors disguised under several hundred pounds each of foam rubber.
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