We hope everyone enjoyed our April Fool's month of live action because now that spring has sprung, it's time for toons to return in a big way! This month we've got a listener request for us to reexamine a very recent season of American Dad, a pair of heartfelt episodes of Futurama and King of the Hill, the very first episode of Batman: The Animated Series, AND we're starting our Summer of Pixar with ...
2023-04-30 18:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us as we discuss the mystery of 31-year-old jokes, new Simpsons shoes and toys, Hank Azaria's predictions, and Fox's plans to use jokes in their Dominion lawsuit. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments from the most recent round of episodes. So listen in as we salute our half-inflated dark lord!
2023-04-26 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our most recent live-action April Fools reaches its end on the Talking Simpsons Network, which means we've got an awesome podcast about another non-animated feature film! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers will hear us talk about 1986's Little Shop of Horrors (The Director's Cut)! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whol...
2023-04-24 04:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another April Fool's month closes for What A Cartoon Movie, and this time we're covering one of our favorite musicals ever, Little Shops of Horrors! After first covering the history of how a 1960 film that led to a1982 off-off Broadway musical that then led to a big budget musical, we then discuss all our favorite songs, the brilliant performances, and the perfect tragic ending of the director's cut that test audiences rejected! There's so much to chew on this, so get ready for somewhere that...
2023-04-24 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Nobody rocks like Springfield in an extra-long ep with special guests Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher of Found Footage Festival and VCR Party Live! (Check out 2023-04-19 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This month, we've got an episode that's Peak Peggy as the Hill matriarch throws her hat in the ring for the Mrs. Heimlich County beauty pageant. But will Peggy's already healthy self-esteem take a wallop when she's put in direct competition with younger and more accomplished contestants? Listen in to hear the heartwarming resolution, and learn important butt-taping tips!
2023-04-17 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome returning great Eric Szyszka from the We Hate Movies podcast for arguably the worst episode of season 13! This incredibly scattershot story begins with a screaming bug, an arrest, and a skeleton all in the first act, then it turns into a murder mystery before a too-long parody of Green Mile. But surely it'll all come together for a satisfying e...
2023-04-12 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the further adventures of Cubert and Dwight, the Futurama characters so popular that Fox decided to air this episode second-to-last! As this beloved series is about to slip off the airwaves—but don't worry, we still have a bunch of Fox episodes to cover—Bender finds himself the new star of All My Circuits. But will his easy-to-imitate and very cool behavior lead a generation of kids to ruin? Get off your tractor and listen in to hear the shocking conclusion!
2023-04-10 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Sideshow Bob's triumphant return, and it's also the triumphant return of the awesome Stephen Sajdak, cohost of the great We Hate Movies podcast! Bob Terwilliger is back and seemingly is happy to marry Bart's Aunt Selma, but could he possibly have sinister intentions? We dig into the creation of this mystery, plus a ton of background on Simpsons vs D...
2023-04-05 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
April has arrived, spring has sprung, and it's once again time to cover a live-action subject on the What A Cartoon podcast. And this time around, we're digging into the oft-referenced but never-fully-discussed sketch series, Mr. Show with Bob and David. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross might be renowned comic (and at times, dramatic) superstars in our current era, but back in 1995, they were scrappy upstarts, looking to bring their brand of revolutionary alt-comedy to the small screen. The resul...
2023-04-03 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to yet another April on the Talking Simpsons Network, where you are the fool! Well, you're at least slightly foolish if you don't remember this is the time when we traditionally veer away from cartoons and temporarily dive into live-action stuff with cartoonish qualities. That's why we're kicking this month off with a look at the fantastic sketch series, Mr. Show with Bob and David, ...
2023-03-31 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Somehow a fourth of the year is over, and we've got a ton to reflect on in our monthly community podcast. First, we look back on the four most recent Simpsons episodes from season 34, along with some other Simpsons-related news, then we give a preview of our April fools' month of live-action podcasts, plus we talk about all we played & watched in Mar...
2023-03-29 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month has passed at the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got another awesome podcast about an animated feature film! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 2000's Chicken Run! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing and all of our previous What A Cartoon Movie podcasts....
2023-03-27 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
After winning a handful of Oscars, the British stop-motion studio Aardman decided to enter a new frontier: the world of feature-length motion pictures. And thankfully, those plucky upstarts over at DreamWorks—including a little guy named Jeffrey Katzenberg—were more than willing to help these creative folks meet their goal. The result was 2000's Chicken Run, a charming stop-motion creation that tapped into then-popular World War II nostalgia to weave a tale of prisoner-of-war chickens esc...
2023-03-27 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons, Batman's dead! ...That's right, dead serious about getting drugs off the streets of Gotham! In the thrilling return of Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series, join us as we explore the story of a meek little man getting caught up in the web of organized crime and seemingly killing The Caped Crusader. But when The Joker finds out this Joe Schmoe ruined his only source of joy, he has some special plans in mind for Mr. Sidney Debris. So listen in and prepare to lear...
2023-03-24 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We're once more joined again by great journalist/podcaster Brendan James, cohost of the brilliant Blowback series as we dig into a tale of college and germs! We talk a lot about Lisa finding a new lease on life posing as a college student, while Bart learns to love a normal life inside a bubble. We explain all the references and context like a class of Passive ...
2023-03-22 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The short-lived fertility arc continues this month as Hank goes to great lengths to up his sperm count for the sake of having another baby. But insult gets added to injury when Cotton and Didi arrive at the Hill home with a big surprise: Hank's 75-year-old dad is about to become a new father! When the reality of the situation sinks in, though, Cotton flees to Vegas, leaving Hank, Dale, and Bill no choice but to track him down. Will Hank stop his father from abandoning his upcoming ba...
2023-03-20 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back fan-favorite guest Griffin Newman from the excellent podcast Blank Check for a classic country episode! We discuss Matt Groening's only solo writing credit on the series, how it ties into a biopic from 1980, the guest star power of Beverly D'Angelo, and so much more as Homer becomes imitates Colonel Parker in a more grounded way ...
2023-03-15 04:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This month, we're talking about a topic that's never tedious: freedom of speech. Wait, where are you going? Futurama tackles the always relevant topic of flag respecting when proud immigrant Dr. Zoidberg devours a flag to show his love for the planet Earth. Little does he know, this act will land him in hot water—which is pretty appropriate for a weird lobster man. Listen in for our thoughts on this early '00s treatment of the topic, and learn plenty of depressing informat...
2023-03-13 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's big first-time guest is the great YouTube video essayist ToonrificTariq, and we welcome him for a season 13 episode about Apu's infidelities! After a quick Civil War reenactment, Homer learns that Apu is cheating on Manjula in a story that is very of its time with the gender politics of infidelity. All that, plus a ton of talk about James Lipton, the mysterious lack of Jan Hooks, and so much more. ...
2023-03-08 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by premium patron ToonJay, we're covering one of the most influential toons from the start of the millennium: Invader ZIM! We go into the seemingly impossible circumstances that led a 22-year-old Jhonen Vasquez to make a Nicktoon, how 9/11 and Columbine affected it, and how it got a second life after cancelation! Then we dig into two of its best episodes, one about time-traveling pigs and the other about a giant hamster. So grab your GIR plushy and listen in!
2023-03-06 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us as we discuss The Simpsons getting renewed for seasons 35 and 36, a new wave of Super7 toys, the long-awaited appearance of Lizzo in this year's season finale, and more. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments from the most recent round of episodes. So listen in as we bring this short month to a merciful end!
2023-03-01 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
2023 is moving fast. It just felt like yesterday we were preparing for our live show, and now March is here! And as we near the start of spring, we've got some really cool podcasts planned to get us out of winter. Not only are we finally covering one of the biggest cult class...
2023-02-28 17:42:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A superheroic month of podcasting comes to a close on the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got an awesome podcast about another animated feature film! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1997's TV movie Batman/Superman: World's Finest! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing...
2023-02-27 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We've covered Batman and Superman a ton on separate podcasts, but what about the pair of them together? Now is the time as we cover the first crossover in the Bruce Timm DC animated universe, as Batman chases Joker to Metropolis, which leads to friction with Superman AND Lex Luthor. Not to mention Lois Lane falls for Bruce Wayne in a love affair few comic fans expected, all leading to an explosive battle full of robots and kryptonite. Learn how this Emmy-winning TV movie happened and the hist...
2023-02-27 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for season 3's memorable showcase of Santa's Little Helper, and we're joined once again by the fantastic Andrew Jupin from the We Hate Movies podcast! After we chat a ton about the show satirizing the lottery, we then follow the family dog on a journey from near-death to renewed life to murderous rage and back again to his happy home. So listen along ...
2023-02-22 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this month's installment of TalKing of the Hill we're bringing you a tale of love, puppies, and tubes that desperately need to be loosened. As the clock ticks down on Ladybird's biological clock, Hank pulls out all the stops to get his beloved dog pregnant. But with all of his attention focused on his dear pup, are Peggy's needs in the doghouse? Listen in and, as an added challenge, see if you can spot all 15 seconds of William H. Macy's performance!
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2023-02-20 05:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're up, up, and away with this pair of Superman classics chosen by premium patron Devin! Yes, we are going all the way back to the golden age of animation to discuss our first Fleischer Studios series on the podcast, so we go deep into the history of those creators as well as the creators of Superman. Then we take a look at two of the best action cartoons of all time (which are also in the public domain), and we reflect on how influential these Kryptonian shorts still are, so look up in the...
2023-02-17 07:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back our good pal Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK KO and Executive Producer on Steven Universe, for an episode all about animation in 2002. Ian tells us how his own life mirrors Bart's comic moving over into Flash animation of the day, plus we've got the history of the real website disaster that inspired the ep. All that plus a lot of Stan Lee chat, so face-front True Believers!
2023-02-15 04:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Head back with us to the mythical year of 2003, when superheroes were a blast from the past and not the default subject of all entertainment! When Fry and Leela seek aid for their aches and pains, they rub on a special cream that unexpectedly gives them super strength and lickety speed. (Also, Bender is there.) Thus, The New Justice Team is formed; but will their dealings with the nefarious Zookeeper lead the trio to a life of crime? Listen in and learn the answer on the funky fresh ...
2023-02-13 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post