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 2001's Millenium Actress from the legendary Satoshi Kon! 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 pr...
2021-12-27 05:02:01 +0000 UTC
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We close out 2021 with a masterpiece that turns 20 this year, Millennium Actress by the late great Satoshi Kon. First released at the start of the century, this film reflects on Japan's past, its amazing film culture, and the passion that drives so many artists. We reflect on this lovely film and the career of Satoshi Kon that led to it. Listen in to follow this passion for a thousand years!
2021-12-27 05:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Merry Batsmas, everyone! And to celebrate the season, this week we're discussing the third and final B:TAS holiday episode, featuring four distinct stories of Yuletide cheer. It's got something for everyone: Harley and Ivy dominating a hypnotized Bruce Wayne for the sake of a Christmas shopping spree, Montoya and Bullock going undercover to catch juvenile shoplifters who may or may not be Clayface, a deadly New Year's Eve countdown with a Joker, and a rumination on surviving another cursed ye...
2021-12-24 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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As we cover perhaps Lisa's most celebrated episode, we're joined by the great author/host of the Arden podcast, Emily VanDerWerff! The Simpsons get a new substitute teacher voiced by a pseudonymous Dustin Hoffman, and it exposes the deep pains in Lisa's relationship with Homer. All that plus Bart demands more asbestos in school in this very heartfelt classi...
2021-12-22 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Our big time December podcast plans roll on, as we have another holiday classic we've long meant to cover, starting with Dr. Seuss and Chuck Jones' adaptation of The Grinch! We talk about its creation, its many unsung heroes, its broadcast history, and the story of Xmas not being bought in a store that sold millions of things bought in stores! So listen to this podcast atop of Mount Crumpit, just please don't use your smartphone to dump it!
2021-12-20 05:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Special surprise podcast for listeners who love when we talk about comics! Henry is going solo this week with special guest/Spidey fan Matt McMuscles because they both have lots of thoughts on the brand new Spider-Man film, No Way Home. Obviously, this whole podcast is FULL of SPOILERS, so only listen if you've seen the film. Henry and Matt have tons of har...
2021-12-19 03:06:52 +0000 UTC
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We've reached Batman: The Animated Series' second Christmas episode, which means it's a tale full of gun violence, hard drugs, and a fat guy who has very little in common with Santa Claus! When Detective Harvey Bullock faces several attempts on his life, the loutish detective has no choice but to team up with Batman himself to figure out who, exactly, is trying to bump him off. Can these two put their difference aside long enough to save Bullock's life? Listen in and learn why landlords are a...
2021-12-17 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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This week we welcome the great Bryan Quinby from Street Fight Radio and The P.O.D.cast to discuss this sequel episode to Maude's death! Ned is having trouble moving on with his life, and that somehow leads him to build an amusement park in an episode that went through a major...
2021-12-15 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Note to listeners: The original post for this episode was experiencing some technical difficulties and had to be deleted. You're now looking at the repost. Thanks for your patience!
Our last Talking Futurama podcast of 2021 features the return of a character nobody likes, starring in an episode unceremoniously kicked from production season three to broadcast season five. Yes, the hated Cubert Farnsworth is back, and Hermes now mysteriously has a son who's been away at boarding ...
2021-12-13 05:42:23 +0000 UTC
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Break out the tissues, because we've got a real tearjerker this week on Blabbin' Bout Batman! This time around, we're checking out an episode where Batman battles his most unlikely villain: a child actor! Well, technically she's an adult woman trapped in the body of a little girl, but that only amplifies the tragedy. Can Batman stop her evil plot to blow up her former cast members while ensuring the audience still feels ways about stuff? Listen as we explore one of the most emotionally guttin...
2021-12-10 05:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be about Disney's 1998 direct-to-video classic, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of this podcast when it goes live on Monday, January...
2021-12-08 19:17:27 +0000 UTC
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Once more we've got Alex Navarro from Nextlander returning, and he's here to give us insight as a person who plays drums AND worked on The Beatles: Rock Band! As Marge rediscovers her artistic talent, Homer wants to lose weight, and somehow Ringo Starr solves all of their problems. So join us for discussions on water parks, weight loss, artistic t...
2021-12-08 04:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Happy birthday! Last week we covered the stop-motion Rankin-Bass classic Rudolph, now we're digging into their first 2D animated Xmas classic, Frosty The Snowman! Also based on a hit pop song, this Xmas tale of death and rebirth is a beloved one, and it's directed by one of the true legends of Japanese animation. Learn all about that and also about how evil magicians are in this week's podcast!
2021-12-06 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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This week, we're covering one of the greatest gatherings of Batman's Rogue's Gallery as the Caped Crusader himself goes on trial for crimes against supervillainy! And who will defend him in this kangaroo court? None other than Janet van Dorn, one of Batman's enemies who happens to be on the right side of the law. Listen in as we discuss this episode packed with courtroom and non-courtroom action, the truncated second Fox season of the series, and the show's brief transition into The Adventure...
2021-12-03 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
If you've listened to November's episode of Talk to the Audience?!?, then you've already heard about our upcoming plans for 2022. If you haven't, here's a breakdown of what we talk about in this little audio update:
The main points:
- What a Cartoon will now be a monthly podcast.
- TalKing of the Hill will now be a monthly Patreon-exclusive miniseries, joining Talking Futurama as our second monthly exclusive podcast.
- Talking Simpsons and ...
2021-12-01 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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As inconceivable as it may seem, 2021 is just about over. We at the Talking Simpsons Network can't believe it either! Nevertheless, we're planning to swing into 2022 with just as much awesome stuff as we made in 2021, be it new podcasts of Talking Simpsons, What A...
2021-12-01 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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It's the end of the month once again, which means it's time for another community podcast! This time around, we roll into the holiday season and discuss that new Disney+ short, the show's Fargo-inspired two-parter, Smithers' boyfriend, debunked 9/11 theories, the oral history of The Simpsons: Road Rage, and more. Plus, we go over our revised 2022 schedule and briefly review Netflix's Cowboy Bebop! And, as always, we respond to your questions and comments from our most recent round of episodes...
2021-12-01 05:00:09 +0000 UTC
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We've reached the end of 2021 at long last, and we're closing out the year by looking at some classic Boomer-era holiday specials, as well as a modern classic by a beloved filmmaker who left us far too early. That's right, we'll be kicking off the month with a trip back to the world of Rankin-Bass with our examination of Frosty the Snowman, then steering our podcast sleigh towards another 1960s yulet...
2021-11-30 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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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 1964's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! 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 Cart...
2021-11-29 05:02:00 +0000 UTC
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The holiday season is upon us once again, which means we're all legally obligated to recall the most famous reindeer of all. Yes, Rudolph may have existed before the invention of television, but it was Rankin-Bass' colorful stop-motion special that truly put him on the map for generations upon generations of kids. Thanks to the magic of great songs (from the Rudolph songsmith himself) and inventive Japanese stop-motion animation, this hour-long tale of overcoming seasonal depression has remai...
2021-11-29 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This week, we're covering the B:TAS debut of the one and only Ra's Al Ghul—well, the second part, anyway. (But don't worry; the first part isn't that important!) When Batman refuses to be Ra's' heir, the back-from-the-dead villain decides to kick his satellite-based world destruction scheme into action. Can Batman stop him before billions perish? And more importantly, can the early 90s Fox Kids audience handle this much buff male shirtlessness? Listen in for answers to these questions and m...
2021-11-26 05:01:00 +0000 UTC
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We welcome back the fantastic artist Nina Matsumoto to help us chart out season 12's most ambitious episode! It's Simpsons meets Go and Run, Lola, Run in a complex adventure covering the family's difficult day. We've got severed thumbs, pedantic robots, fireworks exploding, and so much more. So listen now before we get started on the Blue Man Group!
2021-11-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Good news, everyone! We obviously had to miss SF Sketchfest 2021 thanks to a historic global pandemic—and we put on our 2020 live show just under the wire—but we'll be back once again in 2022 to delight and stupefy you with our Simpsons wisdom. We'll post another update once we have a proper topic and guest to announce, but until then, here are the relevant details:
When:...
2021-11-19 18:29:04 +0000 UTC
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This week, we've got a tale of existential terror and body horror as a Batman replicant—er, duplicant—comes to life and also comes to terms with who he is. This follow-up to the Heart of Steel two-parter asks tough questions like "What if you were a robot and no one cared if you died?" as well as "Wouldn't it be cool if Batman fought Batman?" All in all, it's a classic Batman: The Animated Series episode full of shocking revelations and tales of tricking robots with logi...
2021-11-19 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This week we're joined for the first time by awesome journalist Libby Watson from the fantastic Sick Note newsletter, and we're diving into an ep all about elder care. As Abe gets a date with an angel, she's gone far too soon, which he primarily blames Homer for. But then he forgives him pretty easily so the third act can all be about wanting to help people...
2021-11-17 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Brak emerged from the depths of a crummy action cartoon of the 60s, became one of the Cartoon Network's biggest stars 30 years later, and had less than a decade under his belt before fading back into obscurity. And the tail-end of Brak's brush with fame brought The Brak Show, a send-up of lousy sitcoms meant to be the shining star of Cartoon Network's new late-night lineup. This week, join us as we look at this Adult Swim classic, as well as the phenomenon behind the whimsical cat-boy known a...
2021-11-15 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This week's episode brings us the animated debut of The Riddler—one that's much more smug and classy than the more madcap takes on the character by Frank Gorshin and Jim Carrey. And most importantly, it's a piece of pro-worker propaganda that taught a generation of kids to despise the suits profiting off the hard work of creatives! (It's almost as if this episode was written by someone within the entertainment industry or something...) Come for the Marxism, stay for the brain-teasers and Ba...
2021-11-12 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It's a big Simpsons travel episode, and we're welcoming the awesome returning guest Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK KO and Executive Producer on Steven Universe. After a string of jokes about unionized labor, the family goes to Africa for a bunch of very generalized ideas of the continent of Africa. There are hippos, poachers, diamonds, and so much more in this week's podcast, so grab your mosquito nets!
2021-11-10 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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This month, we're talking about one of the funniest and most horrifying episodes of Futurama to date! Framed for a robbery he didn't commit, Fry pleads insanity and unwittingly ends up in a robot asylum, where the tortures he's subjected to are as cruel as they are hilarious. Listen in and learn where on his body Fry likes discs crammed into, how to sleep like an insane, drunken angel, and why Bender has a human heart in his chest cavity. So don your favorite Napoleon hat and get ready to hea...
2021-11-08 05:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This week, Batman meets his greatest nemesis to date: lost media! When a mad bomber starts mimicking the crimes of a TV show he treasured as a kid, the Caped Crusader has to track down its now-faded star to figure out where this explosive villain will strike next. Of course, it's all a big excuse to sneak Adam West into the show, and nearly 30 years later, this episode serves as a touching memorial to the legendary actor who Batusi-ed his way into our hearts. So sit back and listen to us gush...
2021-11-05 04:01:00 +0000 UTC
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