Saturday Mourning Cartoons

Sean and Dave want to know if you have you ever had the following thought, "I'd love to adapt a Black Comedy anthology that used to be a 1950's comic book, that then HBO adapted into a live action show, but I want to remove all the sex, perversion, and gore, so kids can watch it!"   Extremely relatable, huh?   Well, that's exactly what the CBS Saturday morning cartoon block of programming did in the 90's with Tales from the Cryptkeeper.  

If you were ever a fan of the HBO series in the 90's then you'll remember each show was had an introduction from the Cryptkeeper himself.  So, how would you do this type of intro for a children's cartoon?  Well, you'd pepper in nothing but "Dad jokes" and bad puns.  How will Sean react to the idea of Werewolf tea?  Will Dave finally become a franchise owner for a health food store?   All of this and more on this week's episode of Saturday Mourning Cartoons! 

This week's episode is brought to you by "thoughts."  Thoughts are the things that happen in your brain!  "Think'em, think'em real good!" 

Join us next week as the SMC crew has special guest comedian Evan Valentine on the show to finish up our CBS Saturday morning cartoon block with the non so covert WildC.A.T.s!

We here at Saturday Mourning Cartoons would like to apologize, to you the listener, if you have witnessed the animated horror called Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.  "How bad is it, guys!?"   "Well, ALLLLLLRIGHTY THEN, thank you for ASS-king," spoken through our collective butt.  It was so bad that we had to invent a totally new way to classify how bad cartoons can get when you shove an intellectual property through the lens of the child's cartoon that is so desperate for you to remember that intellectual property, that it only focuses on strained catch phrases that were once funny in an adult movie. Pretty freakin' bad.  

Will Sean break down and start doing a Jim Carey impression?  Will Dave throw a fit at the absurdity of watching two voice actors try to out "Jim Carey" each other?  Only time will tell on this week's episode of Saturday Mourning Cartoons!  

This episode is brought to you by Fingers.  You've got ten of them!  "Use'em!" 

Tune in next week as we get into our 3rd cartoon for July's journey into the CBS Saturday Morning cartoon block here on the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast.

Ninja.  Ninja rap. GO GO GO!  Sean and Dave are jumping down the sewers this week with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Maybe this cartoon defined your childhood whether it was through this cartoon, or the action figure, and/or the live action movies?!  

TMNT felt like an old friend that you hadn't seen in a while and then suddenly you bump into each other and you ask the question, "why are you adding such bad sound fx?"  Ya know, relatable stuff that everyone goes through.   Our good buddy, Dr. Jason Woods, joins the show with some amazing TMNT costume stories.  At the end the gang just throws a pizza party and takes the FB quiz "which Turtle are you?"  Turns out that Dave is a 'Carrie.'  

This episode is brought to you by Hats.  They go on your head!  Crazy.  "Wear'em!"  

Tune in next week as we start our July journey in CBS Saturday Morning cartoon here on the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast.

We are closing out June by forming Voltron one final time and we're going out in style with Melanie Harker.  It turns out that Ms. Harker has never properly been introduced to any incarnation of Voltron - EVER!  We welcome her into the fold with the OG Voltron - Beast King Go Lion!  This is the original material that Peter and John (come on guys!) purchased overseas which is all subtitled and has 100% more gore and slavery than the American version.  

Will the Voltron force ever align with the proper Lion based on color?  What is Voltron's actual origin story?  Will the space mice continue to do the can-can dance?  All these questions and more are answered in this weeks episode. 

This episode is brought to you by Socks.  Just regular old socks.  "Wear'em!" 

Please also check out our incredibly fun interview with Mr. Neil Kaplan who voices Emperor Zarkon in the new Netflix original series: Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Special bonus episode?!  Sean, Dave, and Max Nicholson get to speak with voice actor Neil Kaplan who recently voiced King Zarkon from 'Voltron Legendary Defender.'  Cartoon royalty?  Indeed.  Now if I could only find that Bayard that I misplaced...

We are back again to form Voltron!  Sean and Dave are joined by our friend Max Nicholson from IGN and Collider to talk the brand new Netflix and Dreamworks show - Voltron: Legendary Defender!  I'm not sure what I can say about this week's episode other than the new Voltron is fantastic and completely binge worthy.  

Look for a mid-week extra special episode!

We're back!  And like a couple of mecha lions forming a giant fight robot, we are ready to defend the universe from the weirdest cartoons around.  Yes, this week we are finally getting into Voltron.  In fact, we are getting into Voltron ALL MONTH LONG.  Does Sean go crazy from bad voice acting?  You betcha.  Does Dave go crazy when the colors of the lions don't match up with the pilots?  You betcha.  

In our excitement about the Netflix original series Voltron Legendary Defender, we're watching Voltron shows for the entire month of June.  Check out the 80's American version that brought the franchise stateside on this week's SMC!

It's our final edition of our B-sides!  Sean and Dave are joined by Melanie Harker so we can sing the theme song for Bakugan battle brawlers, talk a little trash on our friends podcast called Law and Order: SVU (special viewing unit), and Dave briefly talks about during themes songs in dirge funeral marches.  Enjoy our final B-sides episode and we'll be back next week with all new episodes that will probably be about a bunch of lions that form together into a robot.  Yup, we're getting into Voltron for the month of June, so get ready to be disappointed. **GoBeast Lion Robot Frown**

Three weeks of B-Sides!  This is getting crazy.  Interested in hearing Sean and Dave do terrible Boston accents?  Discuss Marky Marky on the set of Transformers?  What about Chris Pratt's abs in Jurassic World?  It's all on this B-Side so enjoy!  *Sponsored by Monster Energy drinks and the Boston Oscars*

It's always a joy when our friends come on the show, especially Evan Valentine because he's just so damn a-dork-able.  Sean is constantly in awe of Evan and his knowledge of comic books.  Dave talks about the idea of a skeleton planet after Goku summons up all of earth's life force.  Enjoy part 2 of B-Sides and enjoy our revelry since this was recorded on St. Patrick's day and Sean didn't realize that it was a holiday.  He had a good reason (he's a dum dum).