The family embarrasses Homer in this backward episode, and we're exploring it all with special guest Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher of Found Footage Festival and VCR Party Live! We talk wit...
2020-02-05 02:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Requested by premium subscriber ShyRanger, this week we return to Yu-Gi-Oh! for another duel, this time in a cyberpunk future with special guest LittleKuriboh! We chat about how YGO's arrived in a dystopian third series, try our best to understand the timeline and synchro summons, and we go deep into the show's debut episode, "On Your Mark, Get Set, Duel!" So let's rev it up and listen now!
2020-02-03 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother brand new month on the Talking Simpsons Network, and as before, we've got our monthly poll to pick the next subject of our premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie! Each month we record a fresh, extra-long podcast about an animated film, and then release it for our $10 Patreon subscribers. And when we open up the voting, we want to let all the $5 folks have a chance to be heard as well so they can help pick episodes they might enjoy down the line. And as noted in our 2020-02-01 13:46:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We've hit the shortest month of the year, and we're rolling along with more podcast fun to make these 29 days worthwhile! Our month begins with a discussion of an absolutely silly Yu-Gi-Oh! series alongside a VERY special guest, followed by a close look at the Netflix series, Hilda. For the second half, we'll visit Goof Troop, one of the Disney Afternoon shows we haven't explored, then close out Febr...
2020-01-31 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy-hoy and welcome to this month's episode of our community podcast! As we outlined in our 2020 update, the final Talking Simpsons slot of every month will now be occupied by an episode of Talk to the Audience, and we've got a great one for you to kick off our new schedule. Listen in as we discuss Hank Azaria's statements on no longer voicing Apu, Kevin Smith's Simpsons guest spot, Seth MacFarlane'...
2020-01-29 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we wrap things up with a What A Cartoon Movie! This January Talking Simpsons Network is heading back to 2003 for the pioneering anime anthology, The Animatrix! Exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers, we chat about The Wachowski Sisters and how The Matrix became a cultural event worthy of a collection of nine anime shorts from some of Japan's best animators! This lengthy preview covers the history...
2020-01-27 01:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's WAC Movie is here in its new slot as the final What A Cartoon episode of the month, and boy, is this one is a biggie! Our longest podcast to date, all about The Matrix phenomenon and the anthology film inspired by it, The Animatrix! We talk about how The Wachowski Sisters teamed up with the Japanese animators that inspired them, and how it led to nine short films set in the reality of The Matrix. Listen now to be transported back to 2003 for this celebration of anime!
2020-01-27 01:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we present the live podcast we did on January 14, 2020, the exact thirtieth anniversary of the first regular episode of The Simpsons! And we were joined for the occasion by the amazing live guest Jordan Morris from the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go!
We look back on everything that's changed, some of the best and worst an...
2020-01-22 04:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
If you weren't at our big SF Sketchfest live show during January 2020, you missed out on a fantastic closing video you can only hear in the podcast. So here's the full video celebrating the characters no longer seen after season 1!
2020-01-22 04:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the generous support of our patron Jibbly, this week we're taking a look at a fairly obscure entry that still persists nearly 30 years later in the form of action figures: Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! Developed by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama, Bucky entered the world in the mid-80s as the perfect pitch for a toyetic kids' cartoon of the era—but had the misfortune to debut in the early '90s, when those types of shows were on the way out. From top to bottom, Bucky O'Hare is an inte...
2020-01-20 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back on Andrew Jupin from the awesome We Hate Movies podcast! to help us return to another season one favorite! Homer loses his job and is driven to suicidal depression in this very odd early episode. Listen now to hear about the mutants of Springfield, a different Smithers, how Hank Azaria joined the cast, and so much more!
2020-01-15 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on the podcast, we start our new tradition of once a month returning to a cartoon we had previously covered, starting with this iconic episode of Batman: The Animated Series! All the coolest villains come together for a game of poker to tell their favorite stories of almost getting Batman, but there's more twists than it seems at first. So grab your favorite rock and throw it as you listen to this week's podcast!
2020-01-13 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! Just sending out this small update on our What A Cartoon! podcast plans for this month. Previously our schedule for January said that Street Sharks would be next, but some guest planning issues mean it'll be moved to February. In its place, Sunday night's Patreon episode will be Batman: The Animated Series' "Almost Got 'Im," previously planned for the week after. And after that, we'v...
2020-01-10 19:42:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for the 30th Anniversary, Talking Simpsons returns to the first season of the show to do a much deeper dive than we did the first time! And joining us is returning favorite Eric Szyszka from the We Hate Movies podcast! We just into the debut episode, Bart The Genius, a strange but fun ep full of weiners, green skin, lying on tests, operas, an...
2020-01-08 05:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week our top-level patron David is back and he's got another new anime for us: Psycho-Pass! This scarily believable cyberpunk story is an exciting sci-fi series, and after going through the deep history of animation studio Production I.G., we detail our thoughts about the show's first episode, "Crime Coefficient." Listen now lest you endanger your hue...
2020-01-06 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the final Talking Simpsons community podcast of 2019 (technically), and we thank you for your patience as we restart our engines after a long break! Listen in and find out what we did during the holidays (mostly watch a bunch of movies), try to hold back from talking about Star Wars, and go over old Simpsons merch as well as plenty of new lists about the series' best episodes. And, as always, we answer your questions and comments from the latest round of podcasts. Thanks so much for list...
2020-01-04 21:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year! It's a whole new decade for the Talking Simpsons Network, where our podcasts are growing bigger and better than ever! And just like usual, we've got our monthly poll to pick the next subject of our premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie! Each month we record a fresh, extra-long podcast about an animated film, and then release it for our $10 Patreon subscribers. And when we open up the voting, we want to let all the $5 folks have a chance to be heard as well so they can help pic...
2020-01-01 21:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Our professional artist friend and hardcore Simpsons fan Maddie Copp has returned from spending much of the year in Japan, making this the perfect time to discuss the season 10 finale! After the Simpsons live a thrifty life, they head to Tokyo for some hijinks that have aged better than others. Learn all about dangerous game shows and wasabi (among other things) in this week's international podcast!
2020-01-01 05:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another year of What A Cartoon! If you missed our big update, you should know we're changing things up a bit—but you'll still be getting a new podcast every week. That said, to kick off 2020 we'll be covering two shows completely new to What A Cartoon!, then jumping back to the amazing Batman: The Animated Ser...
2019-12-31 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Voice actor, YouTuber, and anime expert SungWon Cho is back to assist us in exploring another off-the-beaten-path anime series! And this time, he's selected Mushishi, the much-beloved 2005 anime anthology series about a wandering expert on all things supernatural. Though some ma...
2019-12-30 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
No, no! The Talking Simpsons Network has not disbanded! It's the end of another great year of podcasts for us here, and we've had the chance to sit down and think about 2020, and what it means for our shows.
In December alone, we're releasing 17 episodes. That's a lot of content! And while we're happy to provide it, towards the end of the year we started feeling like we're spreading ourselves a...
2019-12-28 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the end of the month (and the whole year!) on the Talking Simpsons Network, so it's time for another of our in-depth, extra-long podcasts about animated feature films! In December, exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers, we talk about Brad Bird and his underrated first feature, The Iron Giant! In this free preview you'll learn a bit about how Bird got into the director's seat, and then please subscribe ...
2019-12-27 22:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We've finally reached the end of Talking Futurama Season Two Part One! And our second 2019 miniseries comes to a close with the introduction of the eighth (and seldom seen) member of Planet Express, Cubert! When Professor Farnsworth realizes his days are numbered, he dusts off an annoying clone he hopes will carry on his legacy—but Cubert is more interested in pointing out the numerous flaws in Futurama's world. When Farnsworth's depression makes him opt for an early, permanent retirement o...
2019-12-27 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We're closing out 2019 with one of 1999's best films, animated or otherwise, The Iron Giant! Our fun four hours of chat covers the career of Brad Bird, the strange origins of the film, how it flopped at the box office, and then the film's transformation into a cult hit. Then, we go moment by moment through this modern classic in our own style, so put on your best Superman suit and grab a Turbo Twinkie for this month's What A Cartoon Movie!
2019-12-27 07:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode is all about nerds coming together, so we called together the amazing nerds of Podcast: The Ride - Scott Gairdner, Mike Carlson, and Jason Sheridan! All three help us with chat about Mens...
2019-12-25 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a big one this week as we celebrate the series OK K.O., and we're joined once more by Series Creator Ian Jones-Quartey and Executive Producer Toby Jones. We cover OK K.O.'s final season, the story behind some of the last year's biggest moments, as well as how Ian and Toby addressed handling the finale. Then we go deep into the brilliantly creati...
2019-12-23 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the surprise crossover of the 31st century! When Leela is catfished online by a seeming cyclops, she soon finds herself playing the Peg Bundy to an unworthy Al, making the Katey Sagal prophecy come true! Can Fry stop their upcoming wedding before this schemer's sick dreams come true? And has Bender finally stolen enough? Pull your decaying No Ma'am t-shirts out of storage and get ready to find out why Futurama and podcasts go together like a horse and carriage!
2019-12-20 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a special anniversary this week as we celebrate the Simpsons Christmas Special turning 30. And to re-examine this classic, we've got OG Simpsons lovers (and the team behind the series OK K.O.) Ian Jones-Quartey and Toby Jones. We all head back to 1989 to cover how the sketch interstitials became a series, how the 8th episode became the premiered, and...
2019-12-17 22:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, we've got a special poll for all of you, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the debut of The Simpsons. By now you've seen we did a special episode for the holidays of returning to Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire to cover the episode anew. We got two of our favorite guests back for it, and we talked for four times as long as we did when we recorded it the first time five years ago.
After returning to season one for this week, we realized that Talking Simpsons Network...
2019-12-17 22:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
December 17, 1989, was the debut of the first-ever episode of The Simpsons, and thanks to various production issues, the show debuted with its holiday episode: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire aka The Simpsons Christmas Special. We're doing lots to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of that debut, starting with sharing our 2017 interview with the episode's writer, Mini Pond!
Mimi Pond is a very accomplished artist and writer, but her side of the story on writing this landmark episode is ra...
2019-12-17 17:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post