The results are in: the winner of our poll for the first miniseries of 2021 is TalKing of the Hill Season 2 Part 1! That means Talking Simpsons Network patrons at the $5 level and above will get to hear eleven new episodes weekly sta...
2021-01-10 23:47:30 +0000 UTC View Post
As we finish a much deserved holiday break, we're taking a week off from Simpsons to give you listeners a special treat: Four HOURS of Iron Giant chat! In case you didn't know, each month we do a premium podcast for our $10 Patreon subscribers, an...
2021-01-06 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we're exploring the DuckTales reboot made especially for us, as chosen by our premium Patreon subscriber Royce! We explore how this relaunch of the Disney Afternoon universe came to be, plus how it's expertly aimed at Millenials and their kids. Then we cover the early season 2 episode (don't worry, no big spoilers)...
2021-01-04 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe just concluded our most recent miniseries of Futurama's second season, and we can't wait to start preparing our next round of Patreon-exclusive podcasts! If you're a new subscriber here, you should know that your Talking Simpsons Network subscription offers you so much, including TWO Patreon-exclusive podcast miniseries ea...
2021-01-03 07:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHAPPY NEW YEAR from us at the Talking Simpsons Network! We're all hoping 2021 will be a better one for all of us, and as the holidays come to an end, we're looking forward to our next podcasts. Specifically, the subject of our $10 premium podcast for February, which we need your help to decide.
Currently, we're so far a...
2021-01-01 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy holidays to all you listeners from the Talking Simpsons Network! We hope you have as happy a New Year's Eve/Day as possible right now, as we celebrate socially distanced as well. And as we enter 2021 with hope in our hearts for...
2020-12-31 07:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostVideo Password: wedgie7
We're ending 2020 with a bang as we go through all the deleted scenes from season 11! And it's a huge collection, with over 7 minutes of hidden ones from the DVDs that we culled together and edited into airing order. See lost nudity, unaired endings, and lost of weird stuff that could've been par...
2020-12-31 03:10:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We're ending 2020 with a bang as we go through all the deleted scenes from season 11! And it's a huge collection, with over 7 minutes of hidden ones from the DVDs that we culled together and edited into airing order. See lost nudity, unaired endings, and lost of weird stuff that could've been part of our collective memories o...
2020-12-31 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Our community podcast is here once again as we reach the end of 2020! We chat about Simpsons news and some of the recent episodes, we preview some of the podcasts coming in January, discuss what we've been playing/watching over the holidays, AND we react to some of our favorite Patreon comments from December! So listen now fo...
2020-12-30 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We've reached the end of 2020 on the Talking Simpsons Network, meaning it's time for us to discuss one of the most controversial films in Japanese animation! This time around, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1997's The End o...
2020-12-28 05:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Fittingly we've reached the end of the year of What A Cartoon Movies as we discuss the final film of Evangelion (not counting the four that came after) for a full FIVE HOURS. How did this controversial movie get made? How does it hold up more than 23 years after release? And is the newest English localization an improvement f...
2020-12-28 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Carolyn Omine has been working on The Simpsons since season 10, and has been working on the series for the last 20 years! We chat with her about moments like Stupid Sexy Flanders, Monkey Knife Fights, working as the only woman in the writers' room at the...
2020-12-24 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Xmas, everyone! We've reached the end of Talking Futurama Season 2 Part 2! (Has it really been nine weeks?) But we're ending this miniseries with a whopper of an episode featuring the legendary comedic talents of Sarah Silverman and Pauly Shore combined. Listen in and witness the return of the once-important ca...
2020-12-24 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We reach the end of season 11 (and 2020), so we're joined by the returning Matt McMuscles -- check out his YouTube channel and his 2020-12-23 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're finally goin' on down to South Park for a look at the series that put Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the map, and has remained a Comedy Central mainstay for nearly 25 years! And since the series started its life as a Christmas-related short, it's only fair that we tackle a Christmas episode of South Park that celebrates ...
2020-12-21 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we're covering the rare Halloween episode of Futurama—just in time for five days after Halloween! (In the year, 2000 anyway) Yes, it's the premiere of broadcast season three, which spins a wild tale of were-car horror almost as terrifying as how Fox would treat Futurama over the next few years. Listen in...
2020-12-18 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Gamespot Reviews Editor Kallie Plagge returns for the most harrowing week in Marge's life. After a failed wedding, Becky moves in and Marge is certain she's a usurper. Were all the scary dramas of the '90s right in terrifying Marge of a young au pair? Or ...
2020-12-16 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the first of two holiday cartoons for the end of 2020! After covering Garfield's Halloween toon in 2018, we return again to the Monday-hater's second holiday special. Garfield hates heading to...
2020-12-14 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, war were declared and the Planet Express crew finds themselves fighting in a send-up of what was then our most unpopular and disastrous war! Yes, this pre-9/11 look at American military intervention may leave you feeling a little uncomfortable, but at least the jokes about M*A*S*H go down easy. Listen in and learn ...
2020-12-11 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're joined by fantastic artist and friend Nina Matsumoto, for a very special occasion worthy of breaking our chronological format! Back in November 2019, we all attended a Simpsons table read for this very episode of season 32, and now that it...
2020-12-09 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing from the '90s can truly stay dead, so it was only a matter of time before we saw a revival of Warner Bros.' Silver Age of animation with the return of Animaniacs. And while it could have been a cheap, cynical cash-in, the presence of Steven Spielberg assured that someone spent a whole lot of money on this series—whi...
2020-12-07 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news, everyone! For our first ever Talking Futurama interview, we're talking to the great Eric Rogers, who acted as assistant to the writers for the first two production seasons, wrote of the "Terror at 500 Feet" segment of Anthology of Interest I, and returned for the Comedy Central reboot of Futurama as a regular write...
2020-12-05 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Talking Futurama tackles a format-breaking episode that seemed like it was going to become a regular occurrence until it didn't: the Anthology of Interest! Futurama's answer to Treehouse of Horror spins three tales slightly wilder than what you'd already see on an outlandish sci-fi series, all brought t...
2020-12-04 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We made it out of November and we have tons to talk about on our monthly community podcast! We react to some of The Simpsons' newest episodes, we announce what podcasts are coming your way in December, we chat about what we've been up to the last few weeks, AND we react to some of the best Patreon comments from the last month...
2020-12-02 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe here at the Talking Simpsons Network are as excited about this year ending as you are! And as we enter the the holidays with a tense November in the rearview mirror, it's time once more to vote on the next film we'll be podcasting about. And as was customary for a lot of 2020, the subject of our $10 premium podcast will be...
2020-12-01 14:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The US election season is (mostly) over and the holidays are about to happen as we reach the end of a... rough year for all involved. You guys have helped us make it through this tough time, and we hope we've done the same for you. A...
2020-11-30 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 2005's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of...
2020-11-30 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Get out your finest wheel of Wensleydale, because it's time for our four-hour tour of Aardman's fantastic 2005 film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. When the British stop-motion studio finally got into feature films with 2000's Chicken Run, it was only a matter of time before their star characters appeared...
2020-11-30 04:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for a Futurama episode about stuffing your face, just as you're probably on the brink of eating Thanksgiving leftovers for the next five days! This week, the Planet Express crew stumbles upon a planet filled to the brim with delicious morsels, which end up being the offspring of our old pals from Omicron Persei 8. A...
2020-11-27 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Bill Kopp is the co-creator of Eek! The Cat and The Terrible Thunderlizards, creator of The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Mad Jack The Pirate, AND he was one of the first animators on The Simpsons way back in 1987! We chatted with Bill recently about his career, covering a lot of the early days of The Simpsons sho...
2020-11-26 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
