Th-Th-Tha-That’s All Folks! Syndicated is still running, but that concludes our season on adult animation! Moving away from the all the serious subject matter and existentialism of our previous picks, we’re covering something a little goofy for the end of season two, Mike Tyson Mysteries! Talking pigeons, gentlemen ghosts, auteur theory, tight comedy writing and a lotta lotta jokes about Cormac McCarthy.

Syndicated with Lesley and Ben will back soon with our third season: crime!Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Syndicated w/ Lesley and Ben is coming to the end of our second season and that means its time for another round of Staff Picks! This time, it’s Ben’s turn to talk about a problematic fave as we deep dive into the elaborate world building of Venture Bros. We get to talk about our favorite character designs, the charm of old animation, the beginnings of Adult Swim and Patrick Warburton. Not all comedy ages great and some of it can be pretty putrid to begin with, but Lesley and Ben talk about the importance of creative growth and find the good things they like about this loving and crass tribute to 20th Century pulp fiction and superheroes. It’s no coincidence that this episode is coming out on Halloween Day. We absolutely picked the first appearance of Dr. Byron Orpheus for a reason!Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Sneople at the Movies co-host, ParaScience investigator and fashionable enthusiast of Dungeons and Dragons, Ezra Kaye joins us to talk about the runaway success of Critical Role and its animated adaption: The Legend of Vox Machina. Is it a prequel, a spin off, an adaption or a remake? We talk about the nature of adaptions and how to adapt a work with a very specific lore and feeling (Dungeons and Dragons) for a much wider audience. Does the general public know what a warlock is? Do they need to know? Plus, violence, zombies and Professor Rattigan from The Great Mouse Detective!

Also Hellraiser comes up. Aren’t we topical?We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Infinity Break Marketing Director and local 30 Rock enthusiast Jay is BACK and so are we to talk about Tuca and Bertie. It only seems fitting that Lesley and Ben cover Tuca and Bertie for their adult animated season since they got their start together analyzing Bojack Horseman! We talk about Lisa Hanawalt and Raphael Bob-Waksberg and their career growth, fawn over Steven Yeun and talk about the wildly fluid animation style that populates the creatures of Tuca and Bertie. Plus, hear about the sordid production history of the show and our thoughts on HBO’s weird vendetta against animation that happened earlier this summer. We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Jeff Martin returns to Syndicated with Lesley and Ben to bring us a show from the pits of hell, Ugly Americans. We talk about the Comedy Central show’s potential and how it ultimately missed its mark. Turns out Ugly Americans suffers from protagonist syndrome, but we still find time to applaud its character design and background animation. We talk about the minor tweaks we could make to this show to really make it stand out in the 2010 television season. Plus, hear what Ben really thinks about Amy Schumer! Our friend Jeff Martin is currently running a crowdfunding campaign for his new book Hockeypocalypse Slashers over on Zoop, and we insist you check out his campaign.We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love.Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

It’s time for another Lesley Yates Staff Pick! Lesley suggests The Midnight Gospel to Ben and your two hosts talk about its unique format and psychedelic animation. Ben is awed by the puzzle box of trying to figure out how they sourced the audio from the interview with Duncan Trussell and Drew Pinsky and Lesley loves the original style and liquid animation of the show’s visuals. Plus, we talk about Pendleton Ward, Over the Garden Wall, recreational drug usage and decriminalization, our gardening plans, and the phenomenal interview between Little President and Clancy Gilroy. We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love.Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Lesley and Ben are joined by our friend and Lesley’s fiance, Héctor Gonzalez to tackle our first Adult Swim show, THE first Adult Swim show, Home Movies. We talk about the charm of the show’s macromedia flash player animation, the hallowed days of Newgrounds, manga, Questlove’s theory of creativity, Ben’s confusion over Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the CW, the power of amateur artistic expression, the book Station 11 and the good old days of using our parent’s camcorders to create movies and documentaries on tape.We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Your Mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to Lesley and Ben learn the ins and outs of Archer from our guest, Gabriel Dover! We talk about Archer’s creative version of continuity across its anthology format, the limited animation methods the show deploys, as well as character growth and sincerity in an otherwise zany and violent cartoon. Plus, we’d have failed in our duties if we didn’t talk about Jessica Walters at length.We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love.Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Lesley and Ben are flying solo this time and taking a trip to the moon! We’re covering Futurama - the Fox animated series that became a Comedy Central series that became a Hulu Original Series! We talk about voice actor equity in the wake of the John DiMaggio Bender news, although this episode was recorded before DiMaggio announced that he was going to join the cast of the show anyway. We take time to discuss theme parks, clashing notions of the future and reality, the artificiality of media, the endless cycle of nostalgic reboots, the art of earning your stripes in voice acting, The Simpsons, its legacy and, you guessed it, the 1902 Georges Méliès film, A Trip to the Moon.We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

Plus, Ben gets to find out what show Mr. Belvedere is from! That’s a mystery that needed to be solved!We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love.Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.

For this episode of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben, your hosts are taken to school by past guest Peter Vulfranc of These Days Are Ours to talk about Clone High, the one season MTV animated shows about the high school lives of clones of JFF, Abe Lincoln, Cleopatra, Ghandi and Joan of Arc. It’s a nostalgic ride as we talk about the jokes that don’t need to be made anymore, the art of background illustration, Luke Perry and Dawson’s Creek, the broadcasting history of the CW, the Scrub’s cast, the show’s weird internet resurgence in 2020 and its upcoming HBO revival. Featuring special guest: a discussion about the difference between comedic satire and exaggeration.

Plus, Ben gets to find out what show Mr. Belvedere is from! That’s a mystery that needed to be solved!We’re really excited to talk about Adult Animation together for Season 2 of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben. We have a wonderful line up of shows and guests coming up in the next few months. Your support means a ton to us and we’d appreciate your help spreading this show by word of mouth and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love.Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Ben Hamlin.