Episode 18: Jackie Chan Adventures by AniMateys Podcast

We continue our discussion of batman, discussing it's new fancy clothing and some very emotional content packed deep in the later episodes of the show. Enjoy!

After a whole lot of time, we're back and we are VERY proud to bring you one of the greatest kids cartoons of all time: BATMAN! DA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATMAAAAAAAN. A staple of the early and mid 90's, Batman TAS paved the way for the DC animated universe to follow, and had a massive impact on nerds like me (Chris). Paige and I sit down and only begin to crack open the chocolate shell and reach the rich, gooey caramel that lies beneath the surface. Eco-terrorism, the politics of violence, Selena Kyle (<3), and so many lady doctors?! I only have one other thing to say: it takes too damn long to get to Barbra!

This week we begin our foray into the WB network's animated series with the Animaniacs, a sketch comedy cartoon in the vein of Loony Toons.

Both the name of a wonderful period of time in school and a TV show, Recess is up this week. Paige and I worked tirelessly on an Ocean's 11 style plan to bring you this episode full of weirdly sophisticated playground societies and other oddities this week.

This week we finish up with the amazing Gargoyles. As is appropriate for a Halloween spoopy episode, we spend a lot of time talking about our villains and the magical mythos that Gargoyles uses to create a great show!

Disney gives us many shows, but none so dark and magical as the original show Gargoyles. We hop into this multilayered and complex cartoon, all the while talking about how sexy the bi-con Elisa Maza was and the coolest villain name ever (XANATOS!)

This week we go a bit deeper into The Proud Family and explore problematic economic and relationship politics communicated in the show. Thanks for listening and find us also on iTunes!

We are proud to present the first episode centering on the Disney Channel original show The Proud Family. Our discussion this episode centers on setting the stage to understand the contributions the show gave to animated TV while also carefully examining just how certain aspects of the show advance problematic themes and behaviors. For example, why does this family hit each other so much?

Off hiatus and ready to bring back all the fun of cartoons with all the depth and wit we can muster. This week we speak about Courage the Cowardly Dog, why it's a great show even after all this time and why it still creeps us out.