Episode 145: The Random Topic Show


The Late, Great Arthur Rankin

The Late, Great Arthur Rankin

We’ve been off for a few weeks, folks. To make it up to you, we’ve taken three different nights of recordings and compiled the best of it into a single, somewhat random show.

In the first segment, we reach out to you, the fans, to generate some topics for you. In the second half, Ben and I talk animation news, including the deaths of Hal Sutherland and Arthur Rankin.

Episode 144: Rankin-Bass Action Cartoons


Thundercats

Thundercats

Today, it’s the Rankin-Bass action block. We examine Thundercats, Silverhawks, Tigersharks, and whatever else we can dig up, plus our usual aftershow discussion.




Your hosts:
Ben Carver: Hero Academy
Neil Purcell: Dasien – Superhero Webcomic
Kittyhawk: Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki

Episode 143: Eight Crazy Nights

An Octadic of Whimsical Evenings

An Octadic of Whimsical Evenings

Hi folks. Neil here. Joining Ben and me this week is once again Kittyhawk, and we watched Eight Crazy Nights. Yes, I know Hanukkah is well behind us, but that’s okay. This movie isn’t really about Hanukkah anyway. Nor is it about Christmas. In fact, much in the same way Die Hard 2 takes place during the Christmas season, the holiday theme is merely a backdrop here. There is no holiday spirit here at all, except apparently for a push pin that somehow blew out all eighteen tires of a bus out of town. Yep, even the main character couldn’t escape this turd.

This movie is so foul that I almost turned it off.

Product Placement

Product Placement

Fake Dog Poop

Fake Dog Poop

This image is burned into my retinas, so I must share in my pain.

This image is burned into my retinas, so I must share in my pain.

Your hosts:
Ben Carver: Hero Academy
Neil Purcell: Dasien – Superhero Webcomic
Kittyhawk: Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki

Episode 142: Holiday Leftovers

The Ridiculous He-Man She-Ra Christmas Special

The Ridiculous He-Man She-Ra Christmas Special

Today’s podcast is a special after-Christmas show about some of the Christmas cartoons we forgot to talk about on the last Christmas episode. We talk about Garfield, Family Circus, and even a Christmas special put out by the phone company.

Kittyhawk joins us again.

Mentioned in the show: Kyle And Luke Talk About Toons.