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A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie! for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
This month's What A Cartoon Movie brings haunts and holly as we discuss The Nightmare Before Christmas for over THREE HOURS, and it's available for all our $10+ Patreon subscribers! If you want to hear what you're missing, listen to this free preview, then sign up at Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons (or up your ...
What A Cartoon Movie! - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
What's this?!?! October's What A Cartoon Movie! is here and it's good whether you're in the mood for scares or Santa! Directed by Henry Selick and featuring an unforgettable soundtrack by Danny Elfman, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a holiday classic. We discuss the long development ...
What A Cartoon! - The November 2019 Schedule
The holiday season is starting to ramp up, and we've got another month of great podcasts to help ease the pain of travel, family, and overeating! We kick off November with a mega-hit cartoon that sold a billion video games and turned a generation on to anime, then follow it up with a slightly more mature (in relati...
Talking Simpsons - Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers" With Stephen Sajdak
We're once again joined by Stephen Sajdak, cohost of the great We Hate Movies podcast, and be sure to check out their awesome West Coast tour happening RIGHT NOW! Stephen helps us deal with our road rage as we watch Marge drive all over Springfield, which somehow leads us from singing teachers to a dangerous rhino ...
What A Cartoon! - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This week's What A Cartoon! podcast takes a journey back to the mid-60s days of Peanuts-mania with the property's third TV special ever! Charles M. Schulz's comic stood as a pillar of the funny pages for 50 years, influencing almost every type of pop culture in its extremely long run. So it only made sense ...
Talking Futurama - I Second That Emotion
Talking Futurama is back, baby! You voted (and paid) for it, so we're proud to present the first of ten new Talking Futurama episodes! Our second season premiere brings a truly disgusting story of toilets, emotions, and legendary sub-sewer monsters that's all fueled by Bender learning how to feel empathy by bei...
Talking Simpsons - I'm With Cupid With Nick Prueher
It's Simpsons' second Valentine's Day episode, and we've got a great guest: Nick Prueher from Found Footage Festival/VCR Party Live! We talk about Nick's nostalgic tribute to VHS and his intriguing history with Simpsons, then chat about Apu's troublesome Valentine's adventure! We talk about ...
What A Cartoon! - Gravity Falls "Summerween"
Chosen by Nick, one of our premium Patreon supporters, we're covering the Halloween-themed episode of Gravity Falls! We explore the long history of Alex Hirsch's hit Disney Channel series, with a spoiler-free discussion of the show's mythology, history, and many talented writers and artists who worked on it...
Talking Simpsons - Homer To The Max with Nathan Rabin
Max Power invades the show this week, as we welcome on the great writer and podcaster Nathan Rabin (check out his upcoming Weird Al book)! We discuss mid-season TV, replaceable voice actors, network retooling, cactuses, and the parties of liberal elites all in one joke-packed podcast! So strap yourself in and hear the ...
What A Cartoon! - Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Thanks to the generous patronage of Devin Hoffarth, this week's episode of What A Cartoon! features a Halloween classic that just celebrated its 70th birthday! Making up one half of the oddly named package film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Disney's adaptation of the classic Washington Irving story dr...
Talking Simpsons - Sunday Cruddy Sunday With Kat Bailey
It's time for the Super Bowl, so we welcome back our football friend/USG Editor-In-Chief Kat Bailey to explain sports to us nerds! The show heads to Super Bowl XXXIII for drinking, arrests, egg magic, controversy, billionaire tyrants, tons of guest stars, and absolutely no football! So listen to this week's pod...
What A Cartoon! - Disenchantment "In Her Own Write"
The second season of Disenchantment has dropped on Netflix, so we are here to share our thoughts on it all! We return to Dreamland to review the newest batch of episodes, discuss what has improved since, and then delve into the eighth episode of the season! Can Bean find fulfillment as a writer? Can a pig act? And what...
Talking Simpsons - Mike Scully Interview II
It's time for another Talking Simpsons interview for you lovely patrons and this is a biggie! Mike Scully returns to chat with us again, and just in time as we are now deep into his second season running the show! Not only does Mike share with us tales of casting Helen Hunt, U2, and Rupert Murdoch (plus teases of M...
A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie! for Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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 Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door for more than FOUR HOURS! (It's our longest podcast yet!) ...
Talking Simpsons - Family Guy "Death Has A Shadow"
We've reached a very important moment in Simpsons history: The premiere of Family Guy. The controversial series has been airing next to The Simpsons on-and-off for the last 20 years starting on Super Bowl Sunday in 1999. And so we take a little pause on our chronological breakdown to explore the creation of Family ...
Vote On The October 2019 What A Cartoon Movie!
October is here with tricks and treats for our lovely subscribers to the Talking Simpsons Network! Not only do we have an October What A Cartoon! schedule full of Halloween classics, but we also have scary movie plans too! That's right, this month's What A Cartoon Movie! poll is themed for Halloweenies!!As we&#...
What A Cartoon Movie! - Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Though the Cowboy Bebop television series has a definitive end, its creators couldn't leave it behind forever. So, 2001 gave us Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's door—renamed Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in America so as not to offend Bob Dylan—a standalone adventure with Spike and the gang that gave us all...
What A Cartoon! - The October 2019 Schedule
October is beginning for all the Talking Simpsons Network listeners, and that means it's time for Halloween podcasts! What A Cartoon is doing a month full of spooky classics, plus we check in with the second season of Matt Groening's Netflix series! And that's just the start of a month of surprises, includi...
What A Cartoon! - Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water "Marie's Island"
Before Neon Genesis Evangelion changed the anime landscape in the mid-'90s, the animation studio GAINAX had their first stab at a full TV series with Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Based on the remnants of an old pitch by none other than Hayao Miyazaki himself, Nadia came into being as a highly troubled productio...
We're Selling Limited Quantities Of Our Awesome Live Show Posters!!
We've done so many great live podcasts in the last year, and one of the best parts is our amazing friend Nina Matsumoto did these INCREDIBLE posters to promote the shows! Previously the posters were only available for sale to folks there live, but not anymore!We're now selling sets of all three posters on eBay ...
Talk to the Audience?!? Episode 28
September comes to a close, and that means it's time again to reflect on Simpsons news with our lovely community on Patreon! We talk about Emmys, Yeardley Smith, a disappointing Phil Hartman documentary, and more news, plus a fun preview of what content we're putting out next month, AND we respond to some of ou...
Talking Simpsons - Wild Barts Can't Be Broken With Will Sloan
This mash-up of baseball and musicals is cause for the return of Will Sloan, the cohost of podcasts The Important Cinema Club and Michael And Us! After celebrating the local sports team, Homer gets the kids a harsh curfew, and that somehow leads to lengthy parodies of Village of the Damned AND Bye Bye Birdie! Listen no...
What A Cartoon! - Cybersix "Mysterious Shadow" With Special Guest Sfé R. Monster
Just in time for Cybersix's 20th anniversary, we celebrate this Tokyo-Vancouver collaboration with special guest, comic writer/artist/editor Sfé R. Monster! We discuss the show's complex creation, the amazing TMS animation, and the queer and trans narratives Cybersix spoke to! So listen as we analyze the first...
Talking Simpsons - Viva Ned Flanders With Dan Ryckert
We welcome back our pal Dan Ryckert (from Giant Bomb and the podcast Panning The Stream) for a trip to Sin City! After Dan details his unique Vegas wedding and his Simpsons table read experience, we dig into Ned Flanders' age, the importance of roof cooking, the neon nuttiness of Las Vegas casinos, and the dangers ...
What A Cartoon! - Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist "Bully"
Before cable television grew up in the late '90s by becoming a different kind of must-see TV, networks needed lots of content—and cheap. Enter Dr. Katz, a barely (but endearingly) animated show that mostly existed as a unique way to package existing stand-up routines. Despite its budget-friendly approach, Katz be...
Vote On The Fall 2019 Miniseries!!
Earlier this year The Talking Simpsons Network hit one of our biggest subscriber milestones, which meant it's time for us to do not one but TWO Patreon-exclusive miniseries a year! And after concluding TalKing of the Hill's first season, it's time for you lovely patrons to help us decide the subject of our ...
Talking Simpsons - Mayored To The Mob With KC Green
Professional cartoonist KC Green (check out his new Kickstarter!) returns to talk comic conventions, Star Wars, The Mafia, and more for Mayored to the Mob! After a dangerous comic-con for Mark Hamill, Homer becomes Quimby's new bodyguard, which somehow leads to rat milk in the streets! Luke, be a Jedi tonight and l...
What A Cartoon! - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood "Fullmetal Alchemist"
Thanks to the generous donations of patron and special guest David Whittington, this week we're exploring a very popular remake of perhaps the most popular anime of the modern era: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood! While the 2003 adaptation did a great job of taking the story in an original direction, Brotherhood e...
SPECIAL POLL: September Movie Tie-Breaker!!
Special Poll! What A Cartoon Movie Tie-Breaker!!It's an UNPRECEDENTED moment for the Talking Simpsons Network! We have a tie in this month's poll for the What A Cartoon Movie! The subject for the podcast was between 4 choices and the top two, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Your Name got the exact same number of vo...
Talking Simpsons - The PAX West 2019 Live Show With Special Guest Mike Drucker!
A special treat this week, as the podcast went up to Seattle, WA for the PAX West convention over Labor Day weekend! We were joined by professional comedian/writer Mike Drucker, as he helped us deconstruct The Cromulent World of Fictional Simpsons Video Games! From Slugfest to Dash Dingo, we deconstruct the first decad...
