121 - Donkey Kong Country: The Animated Series
Added 2024-01-10 07:00:04 +0000 UTCThe lads hop on Funky Kong’s biplane bound straight for Kongo Bongo as they banana slamma their way through the nightmarish musical that is Donkey Kong Country: The Animated Series. Topics include the origins of televised 3D animation, the staying power of the hit-or-miss songs, and the innate memeability of Eddie the Mean Old Yeti.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Donkey Kong Country: The Animated Series
- #1: Bad Hair Day
- #4: Barrel, Barrel, Who’s Got the Barrel?
- #6: Raiders of the Lost Banana
- #38: It’s A Wonderful Life
- Computer Animation: A Whole New World by Rita Street. Rockport Publishers, 1998.
- Culte : La planète de Donkey Kong (1996-2001)
- “DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle”. Alex Henderson Animation. 2023.
- “Inside Nintendo’s weird attempts at making movies and TV shows” by Matt Paprocki. Polygon. June 5th, 2020.
- A Note About the Development Process of Donkey Kong the Animated Series by one of its writers
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “A Message from the Kongo Bongo Tourism Board” feat. David Armstrong as “Bluster Kong”.
Comments
candy is so sexual for a kids show?!
the_cosmic_alexolotl
2024-06-12 21:53:16 +0000 UTCAlso k ruel is DK’s step dad and the fighting is how they do father son time.
Kyle Reesman
2024-03-08 14:40:49 +0000 UTCBamboo in PA it’s super invasive
Kyle Reesman
2024-02-11 23:53:08 +0000 UTCYour description of Candy Kong being designed humanish enough to be "attractive" reminded me that the Tim Burton Planet of the Apes exists.........this transgression will not be forgotten.......
Langolier
2024-01-27 03:40:31 +0000 UTCapparently shigeru miyamoto went with “donkey” because they’re famously stubborn animals, but he’s an ape because he’s much like king kong
The Worst of all Possible Worlds
2024-01-16 03:21:35 +0000 UTCI know absolutely nothing about donkey Kong, but why is he a monkey? As opposed to a donkey,
Elizabeth Power
2024-01-16 02:05:57 +0000 UTCEvery single clip has had me asking "What the fuck?!" out loud. Great job on this one, gents.
Teague Strekal
2024-01-11 17:00:33 +0000 UTCA. J. Diddy Kong
Max Johansson
2024-01-11 10:21:22 +0000 UTCGod I love this Pod.
Wilko
2024-01-11 09:15:26 +0000 UTCGouche to reply to a podcast with another podcast but I talk about it on Horror Vanguard https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500/249-super-mario-bros-with-john-leavitt
John Leavitt
2024-01-11 05:10:59 +0000 UTCI know this isn’t public domain just quite yet, but it eats Steamboat Willie’s lunch any day of the week: https://youtu.be/UXInk1PCsc8
Elsie Hupp
2024-01-11 03:59:40 +0000 UTCDon’t forget, though: it’s still copyrighted to wear white gloves.
Elsie Hupp
2024-01-11 03:57:33 +0000 UTCwhat da
The Worst of all Possible Worlds
2024-01-11 01:34:31 +0000 UTCOh hey my dad is in the live action SMB movie
John Leavitt
2024-01-11 01:23:41 +0000 UTCDavid's voice acting in the commercial is so good!!!
Aaron Whitehouse
2024-01-10 22:54:20 +0000 UTCBtw everyone the name of the R&B song is "Our Love is Stronger Than a Golden Banana" and it's up on youtube. A bop
Nietopyr
2024-01-10 21:21:12 +0000 UTCYou know those jokes for the terminally online? That's this episode but for TWOAPW heads. AKA, peak.
Dergon
2024-01-10 20:04:14 +0000 UTCThis intro is some Gaither's Pond ass shit.
Grouchiest Marxiest
2024-01-10 16:49:21 +0000 UTCA fuck I loved Zoboomafoo growing up.
Grouchiest Marxiest
2024-01-10 16:46:01 +0000 UTCOh god not Shake That Bear
Radio Free Tote Bag
2024-01-10 16:39:10 +0000 UTCJesus some of the jokes in here so far are RANCID I'm so happy
Grouchiest Marxiest
2024-01-10 16:25:58 +0000 UTCDid not expect to hear Tanz der Vampire slander today (it's deserved but how dare you?!)
The Jarda
2024-01-10 11:58:17 +0000 UTCI used to watch this show as a kid, but it feels like a fever dream.
Jeff Martin
2024-01-10 11:54:11 +0000 UTCI hate so much that I never knew Cranky Kong is the original DK. Also that means DK Jr. is current Donkey Kong's father? But where is he?? Is he a deadbeat???
Ciara Rhiannon
2024-01-10 11:25:39 +0000 UTCAny time someone mentions the 93 Mario bros movie I think about this interview clip with Bob Hoskins - https://youtu.be/X9VM-y5o7TI?feature=shared
Alex
2024-01-10 11:24:45 +0000 UTCOk but the R&B love song duet kinda fucking goes??
Leo Curtis
2024-01-10 09:43:30 +0000 UTCI see this pop into my feed and have to ask "how have I literally never heard this was a thing?" I guess the first degree answer is it was neither on Fox Kids (we had the live-action Mario sitcom though), nor a popular subject of the YouTubePoop era, nor something any Nintendo nostalgia listicle/video I've run into ever mentioned... But that still leaves me asking "how?" Well time to learn about it I guess, thanks lads
Elaine Åhlfeldt
2024-01-10 08:36:18 +0000 UTC
