It's a special podcast this week as we head back to Los Angeles to chat with Matt Burnett, co-creator (with Ben Levin) of Craig of the Creek! We discuss how the Cartoon Network series came to be, how Matt started working with Ben, and M...
2019-12-16 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's highbrow meets lowbrow on this week's episode, as the PhD-carrying Futurama writers send up boxing, wrestling, the UFC, and BattleBots! When a movie theater scuffle lands Bender in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, he rises to the top as a face, but finds himself at a crossroads when his new status as a heel puts him in matches that aren't fixed in his favor. Can Bender maintain his dignity and survive a fight against Destructor? And will Leela finally defeat her master and se...
2019-12-13 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sure, you knew Talking Simpsons was doing a live podcast as part of SF Sketchfest on January 14 at 8pm, BUT there was so much we had left to announce. Like how our special guest is Jordan Morris from the excellent pod...
2019-12-12 17:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Conor Lastowka from Rifftrax and the 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back podcast returns for one of season 10's most uneven episodes! After a new Megastore opens in Springfield, Mr. Burns is no longer the most popular billionaire. In his quest for love he'll go on the radio and fly to S...
2019-12-11 05:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in October of this year, we covered the third Peanuts TV special, so now it's time to go back to where it all began! Good Ol' Charlie Brown and the gang made their formal TV debut in this 1965 Christmas special that kicked off nearly 30 consecutive years of animated Peanuts, but this now-immortal chunk of television stood as a major risk for CBS. Even though it made some odd choices that still make it a curiosity today, A Charlie Brown Christmas remains one of the most-beloved and refere...
2019-12-09 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for yet another exploration of disgusting love in the year 3000 with Futurama's first Valentine's Day celebration! Despite his obvious crush on Leela, Fry finds himself falling for Amy after learning they have a lot of aimless dirtbag traits in common regardless of their different tax brackets. But when Fry decides to go through with a breakup after getting his head sewn to Amy's shoulder, things get complicated... and icky. All this, plus important information about bad boyfriends,...
2019-12-06 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome on one of our favorite YouTube creators, Pop Arena (creator of the Nickelodeon retrospective Nick Knacks) on to talk about a really unpredictable episode! After the town loses out on an Olympics, somehow Bart befriends a bunch of old people who then engage in a Cuckoo's Nest/Titanic parody, all while Homer tries to sell springs. Grab yo...
2019-12-04 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for your support and patience, because the newest community podcast is here! This month we got perhaps our most comments ever, so there's tons of fun replies we'll be responding to. Plus, we'll dig into new rumors and news from the world of the Simpsons, AND tease some really cool stuff we've got coming very soon! Listen now!
2019-12-03 04:50:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by one of our premium Patreon subscribers, we get neo-retro with a Mickey Mouse holiday special on this week's podcast! Yes, we go into the history of how Paul Rudish and his team reshaped Disney's mascot for the 2010s, and we go through the season adventure of the Xmas special, Duck The Halls! So get festive and listen now!
2019-12-02 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's evil versus possibly more evil on this week's Talking Futurama, as we finally meet Flexo, Bender's ambiguously aligned twin! A trip to an inaccurate theme park simulation of the year 2000 brings Flexo aboard as a new member of the Planet Express crew, but there's something about him Fry doesn't like. Is it his clearly devilish (and metallic) goatee, or the fact that he's just as evil as his best friend, Bender? Whatever the case, we urge you to not spoil the shocking twist, which is as s...
2019-12-01 23:12:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe're closing out 2019 with a bang in this December's podcasts, with tons of special stuff planned. And that includes the 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 one day enjoy.
As I...
2019-12-01 22:52:58 +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 Pixar's immortal first film, Toy Story! Listen now to this free preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing and all twelve previous What A Cartoon Movi...
2019-12-01 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the holiday season with the whoop-de-do and hickory dock, so it's time for a punch of Talking Simpsons Network podcasts to keep you warm! Yes, as 2019 comes to a close, we have a ton of great stuff coming your way on the podcast What A Cartoon! If you want to prepare, we've got a list of holiday favorites, mid-'00s anime, and a couple of Cartoon Network originals!
And remember, if you're a Patreon subscriber at the $5 and up level, each of these podcasts come to you a week ahead of...
2019-12-01 01:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This month we go to infinity and beyond with our very first exploration of a Pixar property! Now at four movies (and possibly counting), the Toy Story series wasn't always a certified mega-hit—in fact, the first film barely crossed the finish line! On the newest episode of What A Cartoon Movie! join us as we examine the wild history of Pixar and the tortured production of their first movie, and give our usual detailed, scene-by-scene walkthrough of the whole shebang. Toy Story migh...
2019-11-30 18:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, due to holiday-related schedule-tightening, and the fact that the end of the month is always the busiest time for us, a few episodes this week will suffer some minor delays.
Instead of launching on Friday as usual, this week's episode of Talking Futurama will go live this weekend. And instead of releasing before the very end of the month, the next epis...
2019-11-27 18:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we welcome back Cait Raft (This Podcast Is Self Care, JackAM on Twitch), not only to talk more about the Simpsons writers' room, but also the world of art! Homer accidentally becomes an artist after almost killing a few people, and Homer is very happy living out Marg...
2019-11-27 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We all wondered where Warner Bros. would go after changing kids' TV with Tiny Toon Adventures in 1990, and the answer was Animaniacs: a faster, funnier, and often more esoteric show that didn't need to use classic characters as a crutch. While extravagant animated productions of this nature would soon become a thing of the past thanks to cheapo imports like Power Rangers, for five seasons and 99 episodes, Animaniacs gave us song-filled, sarcastic adventures in pop culture parody and satire, o...
2019-11-25 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to look at one of the horniest episodes of Futurama yet, and one about the last Futurama character you'd ever want to see horny! On this latest Planet Express adventure, we head to Zoidberg's home world so the good doctor can mate and deposit his incredible load of male jelly. But when Fry gets unwittingly involved in a disgusting mud bug love triangle, he finds himself in a battle to the death that's really only a recent tradition—but a tradition nonetheless. Lay back, grab a sel...
2019-11-22 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we get biblical with special guest David Dedrick, the colorist on the comic Sparks and the cohost of Sneaky Dragon podcast! David assists us with some religious history as us heathens learn about the Old Testament Springfield style. That means dead unicorns, eating frogs, Je...
2019-11-20 05:03:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Disney's Bonkers has become a bit of a running joke on the Talking Simpsons Network, so of course we're doing an episode about it now that Disney+ has finally made it legally available for the first time in 15 years! While Bonkers remains the most unmemorable entry in The Disney Afternoon, it's not particularly awful—just spectacularly mediocre, especially at a time when Disney was well into their rise to conquer and consume all entertainment. But Disney believed in this t...
2019-11-18 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In the spirit of Xmas, we're regifting our 2017 holiday special—recorded way back when Talking Futurama was just a glint in our eyes! Odds are, you haven't heard it, or possibly have forgotten about it, but either way we guarantee it's more valuable than 500 lizards! Listen in and transport yourself the not-too-distant past to hear our vintage feelings about a murderous Santa Claus robot who pissed off Fox almost as much as Bender's Xmas Eve crime spree. Listen, there's no time to axe us an...
2019-11-15 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A lifelong dream came true for us--no, not running onto the field during a baseball game, going to a Simpsons table read!! Hear all about our whirlwind trip to Los Angeles to see the actors and writers perform an upcoming script for the show, what it was like to meet some surprising folks, and tons more! Plus, our thoughts on the just-launched Disney Plus and what it means for The Simpsons!
We're able to do trips and podcasts like this thanks to the support of listeners at 2019-11-15 04:04:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we welcome back Luke Savage, from the Michael And Us podcast and a writer for Jacobin, to talk all about Homer's new job as a trucker! After indirectly killing a man, Homer inherits his job, which leads him into learning a giant union scam. Even more excit...
2019-11-13 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by a premium Patreon supporter, we delve in the heart of the cards this week to form the Exodia of podcast! Yes, we're covering the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series, and the debut episode. We talk about the edgier manga origins, the tough adaptation into animation, how 4Kids brought the card-selling toon to the USA, and how it all ended up owned by Konami! Plus, we go into the ridiculous first episode, so trust in the heart of the cards and listen now for your faith to be rewarded!
2019-11-11 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We're meeting you filthy hippies halfway with a podcast episode about a terrifying topic: politics! This show about the future takes us on a whimsical trip back to 1999 where it's the end of history, every problem has basically been solved, and no American President could possibly worse than Richard Nixon. It's a fun ride through the political mindset of the end of the millennium, made less depressing via plenty of jokes about Nixon's head snarling in a jar like a werewolf. Book your...
2019-11-08 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we welcome back on Super Eyepatch Wolf (be sure to check out John's YouTube channel and Patreon), all to discuss Lisa's difficult relationship with Homer! After losing her room to a cell phone tower, ...
2019-11-06 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We wanna be the very best on this week's podcast with special guest Kat Bailey (Editor-in-Chief of USGamer.net)! Yes, it's time for the original Pokémon series on What A Cartoon! We discuss the history of the original games, and then how master animators adapted it, and THEN how one localizer turned it into a stateside monopoly. Then we go analyze the Squirt...
2019-11-04 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to fall, you lovely subscribers to the Talking Simpsons Network! Whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving this month or just enjoying the November air, it's another big month at Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons! Weekly new podcasts of Talking Simpsons and What A Cartoon! Every Friday a new Talking Futurama until the end of the year that's exclusive to Patreon! And tons more surprises coming your way, PLUS our usual premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie!!
As we've done for over a...
2019-11-03 18:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Season 2 of Futurama rolls on with one of the fastest, funniest, and best-looking episodes to date! This time around, we witness Zapp Brannigan's fall from grace as the famous captain finds himself part of the Planet Express crew after blowing up DOOP's new headquarters. Will Zapp pull himself up by his velour straps and regain his status as the universe's most acclaimed genocidal space captain? Will Planet Express survive a rare double mutiny? And what of Bender's banjo? Take off your pants,...
2019-11-01 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Halloween—well, at least it WILL be for the next seven hours—and we've got an extra-big episode of our monthly community podcast for you to shove in your trick-or-treat bag this year! In the first half, we cover tons of stuff happening in the Simpsons world, including our thoughts on recent episodes, Disney+ pre-launch updates, upcoming guest stars, and even more info on what the horrible world of streaming has wrought. In the second half, as always, we respond to your questions and ...
2019-11-01 00:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post