We return to the Gundam franchise this week, and we're joined by Gundam expert/USG Editor-In-Chief/our good friend Kat Bailey! 20 years ago this year Gundam Wing premiered on Cartoon Network ...
2020-06-01 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Summer is here and the Talking Simpsons Network is ready for it all. We may all be spending more time indoors, it's time for a bunch of new podcasts, and this month means five different What A Cartoons! Duckmen? Baby Muppets? Clownis...
2020-05-31 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Mission Hill hits its midway point with a Kevin-focused episode about the trials of getting into a good college—namely, Yale. When the Jolly Boys find out good grades alone won't get them into the Ivy League, they set out to break the code of the SATs in order to get a perfect score. Meanwhile, Posey's poorly worded classif...
2020-05-29 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Before the summer begins, it's time for another episode of our monthly community podcast! In the Simpsons news we've got details on Alf Clausen's lawsuit, dates on the arrival of 4:3 aspect ratio, and more predictions coming true! Then we preview some cool stuff coming soon, share a couple of gifts we got during the month, an...
2020-05-27 04:00:02 +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 1999's Toy Story 2! Listen now to this fr...
2020-05-25 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSummer is about to begin for the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we once more need your help in our poll for the next subject of our premium podcast. As you may know, once a month we release the What A Cartoon Movie! podcast, an extra-long discussion about an animated film, exclusively for our $10 Patreon subscribers...
2020-05-24 23:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hey howdy hey, it's time for May's episode of What A Cartoon Movie! And the winner of this month's Pixar sequel poll is—unsurprisingly—the fantastic Toy Story 2. It's an amazing follow-up that quite honestly shouldn't be thanks to the extremely small window of time Pixar had to rescue and finish it, and we go into Toy Sto...
2020-05-24 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Talking Mission Hill continues as Andy's budding art career hits so many brick walls that he decides to sell out and become Ron's sleazy protege. But Kevin sees the promise in Andy's cartoons and wants to steer him away from the world of vice and into a modest income drawing for an alt weekly. Will Andy make his full transiti...
2020-05-22 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As we reach the end of our first season re-evaluation, we've got Giant Bomb's Alex Navarro to help us with the Simpsons' platinum album, The Simpsons Sings The Blues! At the height of Bartmania, Matt Groening, Jim Brooks, and David Geffen brought togethe...
2020-05-20 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by our premium patron Jibbly, it's time to return to the DC Animated Universe with Justice League! The 2001 toon made the Superfriends cool for the first time ever, and set ratings records for Cartoon Network. How did Bruce Timm's team grow to handle a bigger series and expanded the DC stories they had already told? We...
2020-05-18 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What if they made jokes about Star Wars on TV? A commonplace concept in 2020, but 20 years ago, sitcoms rarely skewered legitimate nerd culture. So please keep this in mind as we explore an episode of Mission Hill where a shared love interest between the French brothers comes to a head with a series of jokes that were serious...
2020-05-15 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A special surprise podcast today, an interview with Spencer Grammer, the actress behind Summer on Rick & Morty! We chat with her about the new season, her favorite moments, and what it's like growing up the daughter of Sideshow Bob!
2020-05-15 00:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we welcome on Thad Komorowski of the Cartoon Logic podcast, as we dig into the messy production of Some Enchanted Evening! Originally conceived as the pilot, the first di...
2020-05-13 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by our premium patron L, we're covering the original Dragon Ball anime with our expert friend Shivam Bhatt (co-host of the Commanderin' podcast)! We discuss how Akira Toriyam...
2020-05-11 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a brand new interview with Lauren MacMullan, Designer and Supervising Director of Mission Hill! Available a week early for $5+, we chatted with the Oscar-nominated artist about her decades in animation! Lauren told us about how she defined Mission Hill's look and feel from its creation, and shares some fun behind-the-sce...
2020-05-10 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Mission Hill rolls on with an in-depth parody of something that was once extremely relevant, but now only exists as a nostalgia piece: MTV's The Real World. Those of you who lived through the '90s were no doubt captivated by season upon season of aimless youths picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, and even An...
2020-05-08 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Professional cartoonist KC Green (check out his newest book, He Is A Good Boy!) returns once more for the best episode of season one, Krusty Gets Busted! It'...
2020-05-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we're visiting one of the earliest What A Cartoon! subjects—and one of our favorites—the great MTV cartoon, Beavis and Butt-Head. But instead of jumping back to their heyday in the go-go '90s, we're heading back to the less-distant year of 2011, when MTV's crude cartoon got a fresh reboot and all seemed right w...
2020-05-04 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to cover the second episode of Mission Hill, and the final one to air as part of The WB's fall 1999 lineup! Perhaps those Warner prudes were too offended by the serious topic this very special episode covers: masturbation. More specifically, how Kevin's newfound discovery of self-love leads to catastrophic property ...
2020-05-01 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Summer is just around the corner—at least, that's what we're observing from the safety of indoors. And with another month comes another dose of podcast fun to keep you nice and distracted! This month, we have a wide range of topics...
2020-04-30 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month has passed, so it's time once again for another episode of our community podcast! This time, we cover plenty of Simpsons news, like the grand arrival of the 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+, a brand-new A.V. Club interview with longtime show runner Al Jean, the recently discovered Krustygate scandal in Who Shot Mr. B...
2020-04-29 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
With the end of April, the Talking Simpsons Network has another awesome podcast about an animated feature film ready for you! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1979's Lupin III feature film, The Castle of Cagliostr...
2020-04-27 05:56:47 +0000 UTC View Post
This month you all were asked to choose a classic Hayao Miyazaki film, and so we're doing his feature film debut, the Lupin III film, The Castle of Cagliostro! We not only cover how Miyazaki made this movie, but also how he was welcomed to work on it by his lesser known animation mentor, Yasuo Otsuka. Learn how they both shap...
2020-04-27 04:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostMay is just around the corner on the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we need your help once again with the next subject of our premium podcast, As you may know, once a month we release the What A Cartoon Movie! podcast, an extra-long discussion about an animated film, exclusively for our $10 Patreon subscribers. And ...
2020-04-24 20:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to formally kick off our fifth limited miniseries on the Talking Simpsons Network—thanks so much for signing up to listen! This week, we explore the second episode of the series, where Andy finds himself in a father figure role as he joins the PTA in a desperate attempt to get laid. Meanwhile, Kevin and the Jolly ...
2020-04-24 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're beginning our new Patreon-exclusive podcast miniseries, Talking Mission Hill! And we're sharing the first episode with all of you, featuring our Mission Hill expert/pal Matthew Jay (2020-04-22 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we are joined again by premium Patreon subscriber Casey to talk about a classic of '90s anime, Revolutionary Girl Utena! From many of the folks who adapted Sailor Moon, this challenging show pushed against gender roles and sexuality like few animated series did nearly 25 years ago. Learn how it was made, Utena's ong...
2020-04-20 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The fantastic Jon Vitti is one of the most accomplished writers in comedy history, having written for The Simpsons' golden years, as well as King of the Hill, The Larry Sanders Show, The Office (US), Saturday Night Live, The Critic, and so much more! We finally got a chance to chat with him about the early days of The Simpson...
2020-04-17 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We all take an unplanned trip to France and our guide is returning guest/USG Editor-In-Chief Kat Bailey! We discuss the power of cherry bombs, the first appearance of Agnes, and how we forgot...
2020-04-15 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
