{"id":879,"date":"2011-09-27T05:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=879"},"modified":"2011-10-27T08:39:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T14:39:30","slug":"episode-40-dungeons-and-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=879","title":{"rendered":"Episode 40: Dungeons and Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4753\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-879-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep40.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep40.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep40.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep40.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=879-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep40.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep40.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_880\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mazes-and-monsters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-880\" title=\"Mazes and Monsters\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mazes-and-monsters-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Most dishonest DVD cover ever.\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mazes-and-monsters-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mazes-and-monsters.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today&#39;s episode is about a CBS program based on a popular role-playing table-top game. Fortunately, this is not that program.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why would we start a series of episodes about the Sunbow era with a show that had absolutely nothing to do with Sunbow? Because we like being thorough, and it&#8217;s just easier to throw a few unrelated shows that are worth talking about under a larger banner. &#8230;And because we&#8217;d rather talk about a good show than Charmkins.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re joined by Pablo Praino once again to talk about the beloved Dungeons &amp; Dragons cartoon series. Before Transformers. Before GI Joe. Before even Muppet Babies. This show excited kids back in the early 80s with awesome adventures, funny characters, and outstanding animation.<\/p>\n<p>As a special bonus, we have a commentary of the first episode at the end of our show!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics discussed:<\/strong><br \/>\nPanty shots<br \/>\nEric is our hero.<br \/>\nDungeon Master is an asshole.<br \/>\nDoors that are big enough for your dragon<br \/>\nThieves and ninjas are too edgy for children, apparently.<br \/>\nThe DVD for Mazes And Monsters is blatantly dishonest.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a kooky movie anyway.<br \/>\nSo is Jack Chick.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_881\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_ride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-881\" title=\"The Dungeons &amp; Dragons ride!\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_ride-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Dungeons &amp; Dragons ride!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_ride-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_ride.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">...because you remember the Dungeons &amp; Dragons roller coaster back in 1983, right? Of course you do. They were all over the place!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_882\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/eric.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-882\" title=\"Eric the Cavalier\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/eric-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Eric the Cavalier\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/eric-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/eric.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;You guys have got it all wrong! The real culprit is... RED HERRING!&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_884\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_rape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-884\" title=\"Hilariously out-of-context picture\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_rape-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hilariously out-of-context picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_rape-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dnd_rape.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Believe it or not, this is nothing compared to the real horror of the Dungeons &amp; Dragons movie. There&#39;s a Wayans Brother in it!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_885\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/thief.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-885\" class=\"size-full wp-image-885\" title=\"tTief\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/thief.gif\" alt=\"Thief\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tragically, when the Thief upgrades, he BECOMES the Ninja. The poor guy just can&#39;t catch a break!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would we start a series of episodes about the Sunbow era with a show that had absolutely nothing to do with Sunbow? Because we like being thorough, and it&#8217;s just easier to throw a few unrelated shows that are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=879\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[30,19,26,7,86,38],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-80s-animation","tag-good-animation","tag-hot-girls","tag-marvel","tag-saturday-morning","tag-toei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}