{"id":2378,"date":"2013-06-02T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2013-06-02T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:41:11","slug":"episode-121-the-book-of-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"Episode 121: The Book of Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7715\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2378-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep121.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep121.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep121.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep121.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2378-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep121.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep121.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2379\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bookofvirtues_honesty_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2379\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bookofvirtues_honesty_large-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"What idiots buy for their children\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bookofvirtues_honesty_large-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bookofvirtues_honesty_large.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What idiots buy for their children<\/p><\/div>All I can say is&#8230;UGH.  Ben needed a topic for this week, and we spun our &#8220;Wheel O&#8217; Topics&#8221; which landed on this turd.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when you let a talentless political idealist direct a cartoon as opposed to an actual cartoonist?  You get this.  A half-hour of preachy values, strained connections to ancient fables, and bargain basement cartoon characters so forgettable that even Chris-Chan doesn&#8217;t know who they are.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose it could have been worse.  It could have been Veggie Tales.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/APGn0LdQpGo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All I can say is&#8230;UGH. Ben needed a topic for this week, and we spun our &#8220;Wheel O&#8217; Topics&#8221; which landed on this turd. 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