The Cartoncast

The Cartoncast

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The Cartoncast episodes

  • 129 - Catdog
    The Cartoncasters had an embarrassing problem. Someone - and we're not
    pointing fingers at anyone - stapled their butts together. Was it
    hilarious? Yeah, I mean it had its moments. Was it interesting? Not as much
    as you might think. Maybe it was a commentary on society or a dark look at
    the long-term effects of ostracism, but pretty much everybody just focused
    on how their butts were stapled together. Thankfully nobody talks about the
    incident any more. Too busy watching that guy who holds his breath and
    pokes holes in himself like a sponge.
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  • 128 - Super Mario Bros. Suite
    It started innocently enough - Ben and Zane decided to go shopping for
    matching overalls. Little did they know that a cursory simultaneous trip to
    the bathroom would herald decades-spanning, dimension-hopping struggle for
    their very souls. They were whisked away to colorful, fantastic realms,
    curiously vertically-designed in nature. Strangely, no matter where they
    went, everyone knew who they were. Whether they were plumbers, doctors,
    athletes, explorers, or detectives - everyone was hooked on the brothers.
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  • 127 - The Clone Wars
    A short time ago, on a podcast network pretty nearby, Ben and Zane were
    trying to unravel the mysteries of the force. Thankfully, a nearby Jedi
    known as 'Ulysses' set them straight. It was really complicated, what with
    balance being ill-defined, and the whole mind-control thing. Basically, he
    claimed, the force just did whatever it wanted, and you either caught the
    wave or got out the way. They didn't much care for his answers, but at
    least they didn't have to talk to the B1's.
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  • 126 - Scrambl'd - Fraggle Rock
    Ben and Zane had a problem. Or rather, they had no problems at all. All
    their cares had been danced away. Sure, their society was a fractured
    class-divided race-divided shantytown without access to electricity or felt
    cleaner, but none of that seemed to matter. The Cartoncasters had each
    other, they had music, and they had Hawaiian shirts as far as the eye could
    see. Which was not very far, living in a dark cave and all. Down in Fraggle
    Rock.
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  • 125 - Bootlegg'd - Sita Sings the Blues
    Welcome again to our Bootlegg'd segment, where we tune in this time to
    watch "Sita Sings the Blues", an animated adaptation of The Ramayana, a
    famous and hugely influential Indian epic. This incarnation of the story
    focuses on a woman's struggle to be worthy of her husband's love, but the
    movie is about a whole lot more, including thinly veiled domestic abuse
    parallels, the author's own personal struggles, and anachronistic media
    presentations from across the ages that somehow form a more perfect whole.
    And our discussion is about even more than that, so get ready for a
    record-breaking number of disclaimers at the top of the episode, the
    eternal struggle of separating content from creator, and an unreasonable
    number of Jojo's references. That's all!
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  • 124 - Moomin
    It was a beautiful sunny day in the Moomin countryside, as Ben and Zane
    ambled slowly toward the river. Perfect day for fishing. Whenever they
    caught one, they gave it a pat on the head and threw it back. All in good
    fun, and the point was to enjoy each others' company regardless. When the
    lake grew dark, the Cartoncasters grew wary. Bubbling water gave way to a
    giant ever-burning snail. It waved its eyeballs in semaphore, and they
    realized the problem: those fish got all out of order and he had to start
    his counting over again. To make it up to him, they brought him Jello the
    next day. That's just being neighborly.
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  • Unshell'd - Spongebob Draft
    There comes a time in a man's life where he must truly shake the
    foundations he was raised on. When he must confront what he knows to be
    true and pushes against its limits. He breaks free from the shackles of his
    previous existence and embraces a world where truly anything is
    possible.***Scene Missing***So we went and did a Spongebob draft. Confused?
    So were we.
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  • 123 - Johnny Bravo
    In a lot of ways, Johnny was just like Ben and Zane remembered him:
    energetic, juvenile, and with a flimsy understanding of personal space.
    Still, he was charming enough...until he met the other guest the
    Cartoncasters invited, the Queen. He kept trying to pelt her with
    "smoocherinos" and ask to see her crown. They apologized, and she said it
    was quite alright, provided she could string him up in the town square and
    smack him about. It was a result that, surprisingly, everyone was okay
    with. At least, we assume, as men, that everyone was okay with it.
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  • 122 - Reheat'd - She-ra
    Welcome to our first Reheat'd segment, where we look at how a particular
    property has changed over the years. Today we have Andrew Spohn from the
    delightful podcast Amusement Sparks on the show, and he brought us a real
    treat. The new She-ra show takes the core positive message of female
    empowerment and builds on that ideal, including tons of representation
    without beating you over the head. Add onto that a solid set of voice
    actors, get rid of some of the He-man toy-mania that was slowing it down,
    wait 30 years for the public to pick up what you're putting down, and you
    have a great reimagining of a show well worth dusting off for a new
    generation. For the Honor of Grayskull!
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  • 121 - Alvin and the Chipmunks
    With only a night before the big show, Ben and Zane had to get the band
    back together. They called Gary Lane to fill in the third spot in their
    classic band "The Cartoncasters" and went to practicing. Unfortunately, a
    series of comedic mishaps involving a disco ball, super-glue, doughnut
    holes prevented them from getting anything done until the show. They tuned
    their instruments as best they could and tried to pump up the crowd, but
    before long there was a riot on their hands. They had to call in a Witch
    Doctor to put a hex on the audience so they would forget all about this
    show...at least for 20 years or so.
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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.