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A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.... more
FAQs about A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight:How many episodes does A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight have?The podcast currently has 311 episodes available.
July 15, 2024A Special Presentation 249: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [2 of 2]Dr.Seuss was a newspaper political cartoonist and that TOTALLY makes any Seuss vehicle fair game for our show, so says us! This week we look at the 1953 flopstravaganza The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, with digressions about Star Wars and the horror of childhood piano lessons....more1h 10minPlay
July 08, 2024A Special Presentation 248: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [1 of 2]Dr.Seuss was a newspaper political cartoonist and that TOTALLY makes any Seuss vehicle fair game for our show, so says us! This week we look at the 1953 flopstravaganza The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, with digressions about Star Wars and the horror of childhood piano lessons....more1h 58minPlay
July 01, 2024A Special Presentation 247: The Garfield Movie [2 of 2]Join us as we go where we've never gone before: The movie theater! We took a look at the Garfield Movie, currently in theaters, the fat cat's first foray into cinema since the live action Garfield series! Were we surprised? We were surprised! And you will be too as we talk about the lasagna that makes you gay, the TV that glowed, and also the correct spelling of the word "eggcorn."...more1h 25minPlay
June 24, 2024A Special Presentation 246: The Garfield Movie [1 of 2]Join us as we go where we've never gone before: The movie theater! We took a look at the Garfield Movie, currently in theaters, the fat cat's first foray into cinema since the live action Garfield series! Were we surprised? We were surprised! And you will be too as we talk about the lasagna that makes you gay, the TV that glowed, and also the correct spelling of the word "eggcorn."...more1h 3minPlay
June 17, 2024A Special Presentation 245: Garfield Goes HollywoodIn honor of the new Garfield movie in which Garfield goes Hollywood, we looked at the classic Garfield TV special... Garfield Goes Hollywood! In theory, we instead mostly talked about the lasagna that makes you gay. Oh, we're gay now btw. Probably because we ate the lasagna that makes you gay!...more1h 35minPlay
June 10, 2024A Special Presentation 244: Lucky LukeIt's Lucky Luke, the Franco-Belgian comic about the American west, adapted into a cartoon series by Hanna Barbera. We were so excited to talk about it that instead we ended up talking about Willy Wonka, fentynal the cop killer, and Donut the gay Christian dog. Any excuse NOT to talk about Lucky Luke! ...more1h 28minPlay
June 03, 2024A Special Presentation 243: One of a Kind MarcieWe take a look at an episode of the most recent Peanuts adaptation, the one from Apple TV: One of a Kind Marcie. This is probably the first ever Peanuts property to center Marcie. How does it hold up? How's the Peanuts world without Charles Schultz? And, most importantly of all, what are the Peanuts characters' political affiliations?...more57minPlay
May 27, 2024A Special Presentation 242: Kid Power [2 of 2]Morrie Turner's Wee Pals imagines "what if Peanuts was integrated?" Featuring a rainbow coalition of kids from all races, religions, and abilities, Wee Pals is a piece of aspirational art imagining a better future. And Rankin-Bass's animated adaption "Kid Power" certainly shares that ethos. Join us for a discussion of the mildly didactic Kid Power TV series. (WARNING!!! There's some discussion about racism in this one)...more1h 5minPlay
May 20, 2024A Special Presentation 241: Kid Power [1 of 2]Morrie Turner's Wee Pals imagines "what if Peanuts was integrated?" Featuring a rainbow coalition of kids from all races, religions, and abilities, Wee Pals is a piece of aspirational art imagining a better future. And Rankin-Bass's animated adaption "Kid Power" certainly shares that ethos. Join us for a discussion of the mildly didactic Kid Power TV series. (WARNING!!! There's some discussion about racism in this one)...more1h 2minPlay
May 13, 2024A Special Presentation 240: Dick Tracy specials w/ Ryan EstradaAfter the failure of the Dick Tracy movie, Warren Beatty was so mad at the studio that he decided to make sure the studio never regained the rights to make another Dick Tracy movie. To that end, every 12 years or so he makes a weird avant garde art piece dick tracy zoom interview intended to be seen by no one... but which allows him to retain copyright! Artist, author and adventurer Ryan Estrada joins us to talk about these delightful exercises in spite....more1h 7minPlay
FAQs about A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight:How many episodes does A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight have?The podcast currently has 311 episodes available.