The Cartoncast

The Cartoncast

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The Cartoncast episodes

  • 136 - Reheat'd: The Magic School Bus Rides Again
    Ben and Zane decided to enroll in night school. They felt like they knew
    enough science, but someone on the internet warned them that night school
    would ruin the education they already received, and they just had to follow
    up on that. The Cartoncasters found, however, that the class was exactly
    the same as it was during the day. They were tired, so the classroom looked
    a little weird to their blurry eyes, and the teacher clearly learned a few
    things since that morning, but nothing was really that different. The went
    on the internet to discuss this, and then immediately decided it was better
    to just go outside.
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  • 135 - Bootlegg'd - Balto
    Generally our Bootlegg’d segments look at the great, the awful, the
    sensational and the weird. But what if a movie was… blander? Balto is the
    very model of a standard kid’s feel-good movie from the mid-90’s with a
    gimmick of being based on a real story. But what it provides in spectacle
    and good-will toward dogs (dogwill), it lacks in pacing, message, and
    character development. Listen in as we talk about where it came up short,
    and how we would have changed this from an okay movie into a very good boy.
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  • 134 - Oban Star Racers
    After buying a lemon from a shifty, fast-talking salesman, Ben and Zane
    worked tirelessly to spruce up and modernize the Cartonmobile. Turbo jets,
    gyro-stabilizers, Matroyshka shell shields, this baby had it all. They
    thought it would just be for show, but it turns out it’s the only vehicle
    on Earth capable of competing in the Star Race, with the fate of humanity
    hanging in the balance. They may not have any training or even basic motor
    skills, but they had the one thing all pod racers need; the Force. Force to
    break everyone else’s ships before the race that is.
    * Molly, Star Racer
    * Leekspin
    * Transformers “Romeo and Juliet”
    * FFT characters have no noses but go play it anyway
    * Official game of the Cartoncast
    * Aramark not known for quality
    * That War World episode of Justice League
    * Kirby Star Racer
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  • 133 - Ed Edd n' Eddy
    How many years had it been, since the Egg boys first left the Cul De Sac to
    search their fortune? They say you can’t go home again - would the place
    from their youth even remotely resemble their halcyon days, affixed in
    amber and reinforced by nostalgia? Surely they weren’t the same bright-eyed
    youths that left, so sure of their strength and conviction. The Egg boys
    were silent, but they each thought the same thing - this reunion was
    couldn’t possibly live up to their idyllic memories.
    But no. It was perfect. The Egg boys were home.
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  • 5-year Victory Lap
    It’s not every day that the Cartoncasters get to just hang out and talk
    about themselves with their podcasting buddies - in fact, we only let
    ourselves do it once every five years! But Dan and Nic (and special ghost
    Andrew) join in for thought-provoking discussions, random bullshit, and
    even a quiz! Thanks to everyone for listening!
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  • 132 - G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero
    Ben and Zane were in a pickle. Due to a gaff in their taxes, it turned out
    half of their podcasting efforts needed to be written off as a
    counter-terrorism media operation to defend America from the villainous
    Cobra (over both land and air, to get full recompensation). They were in a
    bind until a G.I. Joe member, Egg Head, told them that the real secret to
    protecting America was to start in your communities: donating your time to
    homeless shelters, offering to be on the neighborhood watch, and to be sure
    to always be wearing a fabulously revealing ensemble. Those Cobra clowns
    won’t know what hit ‘em. Yo Joe!
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  • 131 - Fillmore!
    Ben and Zane had set up this stakeout weeks ago, but it might all be for
    nothing if their informant, Josh "Most Extreme" McCloud, shortchanged them
    with his tip. He told them to stay frosty, that the perp always returns to
    the scene of the crime. And when the crime is piracy, X marks the spot - X
    middle school, that is. They watched the target - one Cornelius Fillmore -
    for hours. He quipped, he deduced, he even did some sick backflips, but the
    kid was clean - his checkered past was far behind him. They kept watching,
    though. Kid was compelling.
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  • 130 - Bootlegg'd - Fiddlesticks
    Put on your best tux and shine those shoes, because today we have a special
    guest on the Cartoncast for our Bootlegg'd segment. Jeff Ryan, author of 'A
    Mouse Divided', has agreed to talk to us about the creators of the immortal
    Mickey Mouse, and how their falling out propelled one to greatness - and
    the other to obscurity. Today we tackle "Fiddlesticks", an Ub Iwerks
    production shortly after he left Walt Disney to strike out on his own,
    starring 'Flip the Frog'. Listen in to find out what we think of this solo
    venture, and how it stacks up to the Mouse himself.
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About The Cartoncast

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As we describe it, this is the '8th grade lit paper' of cartoon podcasts. It involves a deliberate investigation to what makes old cartoons tick, and a healthy respect for digression. Also eggs.