An extra-electoral podcast this week as the show gets political with the hosts of the awesome podcast Bad Faith, Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas! We get their insight into the politics of Mr. Burns' self-financed run for governor in this iconic episode, we discuss how it compares ...
2021-03-10 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be 2001's Shrek. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of this podcast when it goes live on Monday, April 25, but $10 subscribers will be able to hear the ...
2021-03-08 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
After interviewing co-creator Bill Kopp last year, it was only a matter of time before we covered the overlooked Fox Kids classic, Eek! The Cat!! We cover the history of Kopp and creative partner Savage Steve Holland as they brought the unlucky purple cat to life. Then we cover the first season favorite of ours that is slathered in Elvis references. So listen along, because it never hurts to help!
2021-03-08 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back our pal Drew Mackie from the Gayest Episode Ever Podcast for an early season 12 episode all about Hollywood dads! After a book fair, Krusty learns he has a daughter he never met before (played by Drew Barrymore), leading the clown on a strange journey of fatherhood with Homer as his guide. All that plus the debuts of Johnny Tightlips...
2021-03-03 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope everyone is doing well two months into 2021, as we at Talking Simpsons Network are hard at work on lots of fun podcasts. Additionally, check out our EXCELLENT new banner image above made by the always amazing Nina Matsumoto! As we enter next month, we're not just hard at work on Talking Simpsons and What A Cartoon!, but also on our monthly $10 premium podcast, and we'll need your help to decide ...
2021-03-01 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
More than two years after we last covered it, we're returning to Freakazoid! The second season of the cult classic was full of subversive and indulgent moments, and that's certainly true for the season premiere. A regular date turns into a shot-for-shot parody of Hello, Dolly in this beloved episode of the series, so listen along, it's a textbook case for Sigmund Freud!
2021-03-01 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Two whole months into 2021 and we at Talking Simpsons Network hope you're all hanging in there. We're doing alright ourselves, deep into recording a ton of podcasts for the month to come, including our next Patreon-exclusive miniseries, TalKing of the Hill Season 2 Part 1 (premiering March 26)! And we've got other cool surprises coming your way, including FIVE new What A Cartoon! pod...
2021-02-27 22:12:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Monthly Talking Futurama rolls on with this touching and worm-infested fan-favorite episode! When Fry finds self-improvement through a toilet sandwich, the crew decides to investigate the infestation in his bowels—leaving Leela to decide if Fry is better off swarming with parasites. Listen in and learn the origins of fast food special sauce, the preferred pornography of Scruffy, and just how well jerk prunes work as a laxative. So sit back and get ready for another podcast that's stronger t...
2021-02-26 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The shortest month of 2021 is nearing its end, and we've got lots of Simpsons news to look back on! Not just the usual stuff too, as we chat with our pall Drew Mackie about his viral Simpsons video. Plus, we preview some upcoming podcasts from us, reflect on our own February fun, and respond to some of our favorite Pa...
2021-02-24 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, it's Henry, and I really hope you enjoyed this month's What A Cartoon Movie! We covered one of my all-time favorites, Whisper of the Heart, and I wanted to shar...
2021-02-22 06:11:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Once more it's time for the Talking Simpsons Network to cover a Studio Ghibli film, and this time it's one of their best but also most underrated! This month our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1995's Whisper of the Heart! Listen now to this free extended preview of Yoshifumi Kondo's film, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing and all of o...
2021-02-22 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
1995's Whisper of the Heart is one of the best films in Studio Ghibli's history, adapting a comic into a grounded fairy tale of passion and creativity. Listen along as we discuss the career of the late Yoshifumi Kondo, how this film would be his only one as director, and how it came to be. Then we discuss long form this animated exploration of turbulent teen years yearning for Country Roads, so listen now!
2021-02-22 04:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for our season 2 revisit to cover perhaps the most important Simpsons episode ever, and we're joined by our returning guest Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK KO and Co-Executive Producer on Steven Universe. We discuss how Simpsons changed TV with its trio of Tales From The Crypt-inspired adventures, and we celebrate the trio of classic directors who made it all work, so listen now... if you dare!
2021-02-17 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we're covering the cartoon that kicked off The Disney Afternoon programming block! Before Disney's TV efforts switched over to adapting feature films in the mid-90s, TaleSpin stood as one of their most interesting animated series to date, with its odd mix of Cheers, Casablanca, and Indiana Jones... and starring characters from The Jungle Book? Despite how odd it sounds on paper, TaleSpin adds up to a great adventure series, and one that kicked off a beloved block of Disney bliss fo...
2021-02-15 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back podcaster/journalist Dave Schilling--check out his podcast Full Court Chat--for the proper start of season 12! In the landmark 250th episode, the town is divided between slobs and snobs, Homer becomes The Mayor, and somehow it all turns into a concert by The Who. All that plus an open-ended badger fight in this week's podcast!
2021-02-10 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be 1990's DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of this podcast when it goes live on Monday, March 29, but ...
2021-02-09 17:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the generous contributions of patron David Whittington, we're once again talking about one of our all-time favorites, The Venture Bros! After the show's tragic cancellation in 2020, we return to the fifth season and discuss that premiere and the show's second half, full of references that arrive at least three levels deep. So grab some student green and enjoy this week's extra-large podcast!
2021-02-08 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome on podcaster/comedy writer Mark Malkoff--check out his great show The Carson Podcast--for the landmark episode of Homer growing back his hair. We chat about dream assistants in Hollywood, old SNL sketches, non-canon Burns history, and MORE. So listen to this week's podcast, live from Hair City, Utah! 2021-02-03 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Congratulations from all of us at the Talking Simpsons Network for making it through the first month of 2021! It's a time of new beginnings and that includes tons of new podcasts coming your way from us. And not just Talking Simpsons and What A Cartoon! but also our monthly $10 premium podcast, which we need your help to decide what we'll be covering in March.
Currently, we're so far ahead in podcast recordings that we've already recorded February's What A Cartoon Movie! (Whisper of the...
2021-02-01 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're joined by one of our top Patreon supporters, Devin, to discuss the short film that spawned two decades of Digimon media! Not only do we dig into the creation of digital pets, but we also cover the career of Mamoru Hosoda and how Digimon was a launching pad for his career. Then we chat about the surprisingly deep and violent first cartoon of the Digimon universe (with a couple of asides about the US localization of it) so listen along to this week's podcast from the digital wor...
2021-02-01 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, February: the shortest month—and thankfully, we're not living in a cruel leap year like 2020. This page on the calendar might only span 28 days, but it's just as packed with podcasts as any month on What a Cartoon. This time around, we kick things off by examining the very artful origins of a glorified toy commercial, then move on to discuss a two-parter of a recently canceled Adult Swim series...
2021-01-29 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the Talking Simpsons Network hitting its $15000 goal, Talking Futurama is now a regular monthly thing! And we're kicking off this newest run of the miniseries with the horniest installment of the show to date. Listen in as we explore the importance of good fundamentals in women's basketball, learn about the classic dirty (and extremely offensive) joke this episode is based on, and discuss the wonderful Bea Arthur. All this and more in our in-depth podcast all about the Emmy-losing p...
2021-01-29 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, 2021 has arrived, along with our first community podcast of the new year! Listen in as we discuss the recent passing of a Simpsons writer, more political Simpsons predictions, the debut of a new voice actor, the return of Disenchantment, the case of the missing Simpsons calendars, and more! And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments about the most recent round of episodes. Listen in and get ready for another year packed with great podcasts!
2021-01-27 05:00:02 +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 1999's Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip! 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 Carto...
2021-01-25 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The first Cartoon Network series spawned from the pilot program What A Cartoon (our podcast's namesake), Dexter's Laboratory came into being in 1995 as one of the most important animated programs CN would ever produce. Not only did it launch the careers of several important creators, Dexter's Lab was so popular it received an early '00s reboot, and launched the first of many, many Cartoon Network original movies! On this episode of What A Cartoon Movie, listen in for a doubl...
2021-01-25 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
For our first season 12 episode, we welcome back Merritt K from Fanbyte to discuss one of the weirdest Halloween eps ever! Homer dies and is trying to get to heaven, Lisa is reading fairy tales, and all humans fight all dolphins in a huge war for the fate of the Earth. Plus a ton of Tress MacNeille screaming! How does the horror hold up? And why did thi...
2021-01-20 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As chosen by premium Patreon subscriber Duckmeat, we cover the new Disney TV series, Amphibia! We discuss how the series was created out of a love for stories of people transported to magical worlds mixed with the creator's Thai background, and we cover how he got that on the big screen. Then we discuss the slimy, bug-filled second episode of the series, all on one froggy podcast!
2021-01-18 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news, everyone!
Earlier today, we were so close to hitting our $15000 goal for making Talking Futurama a monthly series that I tweeted a little proposition: If we make it to 15k by the end of the day, we'll not only make Talking Futurama a regular monthly series, we'll also send out the...
2021-01-14 03:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Professional cartoonist KC Green (check out his newest book, He Is A Good Boy!) returns as we begin our renewed exploration of season two! It's the highest rated episode of Simpsons EVER, so we discuss the battle with The Cosby Show, the move to Thursday, and the first ep that reacted to Bartmania. We dig deep into this ve...
2021-01-13 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, as chosen by premium Patreon subscriber Phil, we're covering a bedrock of TV animation: The Flintstones! The series is now a bit of a forgotten institution, so we explore how the show came to define the 1960s. And after we cover the creation of it, we also dive into the show's first downfall, as defined by a little green alien that only Fred and Barney can see. Listen along as we have a gay old time!
2021-01-11 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post