A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight
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A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight
A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.
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A Special Presentation 337: Little Lulu
It's Alan Moore's favorite comic, Little Lulu! She's that wacky moppet who likes to cause trouble. What an adorable little bitch! We all love Little L...
A Special Presentation 336: You're in the Superbowl, Charlie Brown & It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown
To commemorate missing both Valentine's Day and the Superbowl, we're looking at TWO Peanuts specials for the price of one! It's the one where Charlie...
A Special Presentation 335: Kudzu
It's Kudzu, the comic that's not about the title character. You old people will remember this, it's the comic about the preacher and the parakeet. The...
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A Special Presentation 334: Captain N the Game Master [3 of 3]
For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starrin...
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A Special Presentation 333: Captain N the Game Master [2 of 3]
For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starrin...
![A Special Presentation 332: Captain N the Game Master [1 of 3]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1770484530451-a7b2538047aef.jpg)
A Special Presentation 332: Captain N the Game Master [1 of 3]
For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starrin...
A Special Presentation 331: Soup to Nuts
FINALLY, we bite the bullet and talk about the 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," famous for being written by Rube Goldberg of the Rube Goldberg machine and fo...
![A Special Presentation 330: The Ruben Award [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1769032559061-58ea820f48e51.jpg)
A Special Presentation 330: The Ruben Award [2 of 2]
In theory, we were supposed to talk about the Rube Goldberg-penned 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," but we got distracted and instead went through the entire...
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A Special Presentation 329: The Ruben Award [1 of 2]
In theory, we were supposed to talk about the Rube Goldberg-penned 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," but we got distracted and instead went through the entire...
A Special Presentation 328: The Romance of Betty Boop
Betty Boop is in the public domain. Well, sort of. The original Betty Boop, where she's a dog, is in the public domain. To commemorate this momentous...
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A Special Presentation 327: ABC Preview Park [3 of 3]
In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic teamed up with Scooby Doo to host a special preview of all the cool upcoming cartoons that kids could see on ABC Saturday m...
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A Special Presentation 326: ABC Preview Park [2 of 3]
In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic teamed up with Scooby Doo to host a special preview of all the cool upcoming cartoons that kids could see on ABC Saturday m...
![A Special Presentation 325: ABC Preview Park [1 of 3]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1766807320366-f9f84087f094f.jpg)
A Special Presentation 325: ABC Preview Park [1 of 3]
In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic teamed up with Scooby Doo to host a special preview of all the cool upcoming cartoons that kids could see on ABC Saturday m...
Ugly Sweater Party: Tis The Season to Save Santa!
Mike and Ethan have got the crew together again! Rocketshark, Fattyatomicmutant and Glumdrop are all here to save Christmas! Sometimes you just want C...
A Special Presentation 323: Jack Frost
It's the holiday season, so it's Rankin Bass time! Rankin Bass made SO MANY holiday specials that were all sort of stealth Christmas specials. They st...
A Special Presentation 322: A Comet in Moominland
A comet is threatening Moominland in this animated adaptation of the beloved Moomin comics by Finnish cartoonist Tove Marika Jansson. Moomin and his p...
A Special Presentation 321: Homestuck Pilot
That's right, we're going to tell you about Homestuck and YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN. Mike seems to have stepped out for cigarettes and we hope to see him ag...
A Special Presentation 320: The Shadow
This week, we look at the forgotten 1994 action flick The Shadow and find a surprisingly fun little romp, studded with absolute stars like Alec Baldwi...
![A Special Presentation 319: The Fabulous Funnies [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1761794286923-b6cadd5c6690b.jpg)
A Special Presentation 319: The Fabulous Funnies [2 of 2]
It's the Fabulous Funnies -- a 1970s cartoon that adapts Alley Oop, the Katzenjammer Kids, and other beloved comics of the last century into the most...
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A Special Presentation 318: The Fabulous Funnies [1 of 2]
It's the Fabulous Funnies -- a 1970s cartoon that adapts Alley Oop, the Katzenjammer Kids, and other beloved comics of the last century into the most...
A Special Presentation 317: Beakman's World w/ Fattyatomicmutant
Fattyatomicmutant joins us to talk about Beakman's World, the COOL kids' science show in the late 90s that gave kids an alternative to stodgy old Mr....
A Special Presentation 316: For Gourd So Loved The World...
By now you've surely heard that, sadly, this is the last year Halloween will be legal in America. They can't stop us from tricking and/or treating! Jo...
A Special Presentation 315: Wednesday w/ Steph Cherrywell
Steph Cherrywell, author of Unboxing Libby and The Ink Witch, joins us to talk about Wednesday, the rather Monster High-esque new Addams Family iterat...
A Special Presentation 314: Commercial Break with Mike Westfall!
Longtime friend of the pod Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House has returned, and so have the comic strip-themed commercials! Mike, Mike, and Ethan...
A Special Presentation 313: Flash Gordon
It's Flash Gordon! Not the movie with Queen, it's a Filmation joint that's so incredibly boring that we got derailed into doing an improv session abou...
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A Special Presentation 312: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [2of 2]
In honor of the passing of Nelvana, the little animation studio that could, we're joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan to look at their most ambitious pr...
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A Special Presentation 311: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [1 of 2]
In honor of the passing of Nelvana, the little animation studio that could, we're joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan to look at their most ambitious pr...
A Special Presentation 310: Snoopy Come Home
It's an actual Peanuts theatrical movie: Snoopy Come Home! It's both more and less than the Peanuts television specials. It's the special where we lea...
A Special Presentation 309: Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown & Snoopy is Getting Married, Charlie Brown
We're back on our bullshit this week with TWO Peanuts specials wherein Snoopy almost leaves Charlie Brown for (the same?) girl dog.
A Special Presentation 308: Big Johnson shirts
We intended to talk about two Peanuts specials, but we got distracted and just talked about Big Johnson shirts for an hour. It's a Big Johnathon!
A Special Presentation 307: The Neighbors w/ Ryan Estrada
Friend of the pod Ryan Estrada returns to tell us about the exciting, intense, and lucrative world of Korean webcomics (or, as they call them in Korea...
A Special Presentation 306: Fantastic Four FIRST STEPS
Can it actually be??? A good Fantastic Four movie? After Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four (2015), one would hardly even dare hope!
A Special Presentation 305: Pokey the Penguin
The Ur-webcomic Pokey the Penguin is being adapted into animated form. And they said it couldn't be done!
A Special Presentation 304: The Fantastic Four (2015)
The Fantastic Four are back and they're still not very fantastic! Boy! They suck!
A Special Presentation 303: The Fantastic Four (2005)
They keep trying to make movies about the Fantastic Four and they keep SUCKING. There's nothing fantastic about this turkey, wah wah wahhhh!
A Special Presentation 302: Dennis the Menace, Dinosaur Hunter
Before they made the Dennis the Menace theatrical movie, they made the Dennis the Menace made-for-TV movie, wherein Dennis discovers a dinosaur bone a...
A Special Presentation 301: The Beebee Beagle Show
Hanna Barbera is known for ripping stuff off, so of course they tried to rip off the Muppet Show. How did it? Ehhhhhhhhhh...
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A Special Presentation 300: Saturday's the Place [2 of 2]
Did you know that cartooning is a waste of time and paper? Janet from Three' Company sure thinks so as a reporter assigned to interview veteran cartoo...
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A Special Presentation 299: Saturday's the Place [1 of 2]
Did you know that cartooning is a waste of time and paper? Janet from Three' Company sure thinks so as a reporter assigned to interview veteran cartoo...
A Special Presentation 298: Saturday Morning Supercade
Remember the good old days when they had to sell kids on the exciting cartoons that were going to be on Saturday morning by making a prime time specia...