The Cartoncast

By Ben and Zane

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.... more

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The podcast currently has 262 episodes available.

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April 16, 2017 83 - Earthworm Jim
Ben and Zane were crawling around eating dirt on a dare, when Gary Lane,
notable groovy guy, stepped up to them to tell them the good word of the
Great Worm Spirit. Instantly hooked, they all trotted toward the nearest
Church of the GWS, but were unfortunately crushed by a falling cow on the
way there. Truly, the Great Worm Spirit gives with one end, and... ehh...
does something gross with the other end.
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April 04, 2017 82 - Disney's House of Mouse
Ben and Zane went to the new club in town, the House of Mouse, hoping for a
pleasant evening of Fivel movies and Sherlock Holmes references. But what
they found terrified them. The whole estate had been left untended for
ages. Long-rotten bodies had been exhumed and made to dance in a macabre
performance, and everyone from the greeter to the waiter was but a shadow
of their former selves. They begged to be freed from their eternal show,
but even the Cartoncasters' strongest venom could not stop the power of the
magic kingdom.
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March 27, 2017 81 - Jonny Quest
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March 14, 2017 80 - Bootlegg'd - Lupin III - The Mystery of Mamo
Join the Cartoncasters for this special Bootlegg'd segment, where we look
at an anime film for the first time. Lupin III is a very successful, long
running franchise, which showcases a Japanese twist on the much beloved spy
genre. Its long history produced many incarnations of Lupin III with wildly
varying quality, similar to the history of James Bond. The Mystery of Mamo
is one of the more beloved examples, with all that quick-witted Lupin
goodness, mildly soured by an emergency injection of Heinlein right at the
finish.
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March 08, 2017 79 - Popeye the Sailor
Ben and Zane were touring the 1930's with the help of their Time Lord
friend Phil. They took in the old-timey horse races and...sock hops?
Anyway, as they passed the docks, they were shoved out of the way by a
gigantic, meaty man. A sailor saw this and jumped out of his boat, using
his clearly-diseased arms to take down the bully, punching him into several
steaks. As the Cartoncasters went to leave, the sailor started muttering
something that they couldn't understand, something about olive oil and
"just needing a bit more of the green stuff."
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February 27, 2017 78 - Capitol Critters
It's been a while since Ben and Zane checked in with Buster Bunny. Time had
not treated him well. The disillusionment of adolescence left him ripe for
distraction and the glory of mob mentality. He fell in with the wrong
crowd, started disrespecting his momma, and filled his dissatisfaction of
the underclass with lewd distractions and senseless violence. If only he
would listen to us say that in a race war, there is no victor.
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February 19, 2017 One-Legg'd - Gravity Falls
Greetings, mystery eggberts! Because Ben shows no signs of watching this
great show, Zane is using the nuclear option and just recording an episode
without him. Helping him investigate the strangeness of the situation is
Ethan, certified twin and conspiracianado. Listen as Ethan and Zane drop
hints about the secret history of the U.S. government, dire visions of the
future, and the lifelong question of what happens to the little light in
the fridge when you close it.Ethan is full of spiders. Don't go peeking.
born lie bit you florid mess.
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February 11, 2017 77 - Daria
While talking about the latest episode of Sick Sad World (are people
illegally cutting baseball diamonds in half? Three sides and you're out,
next on Sick Sad World!), Ben and Zane saw the new girl in school walk by.
But then they got distracted by the weird kid's gambling ring, and the
teacher's rampage, and the spat between the Canadian couple, and by the
time they got back around to looking at the new girl they just kind of
stopped caring. La la la la la.
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January 29, 2017 76 - Thundercats
Ben and Zane were visiting Eternia - sorry, Third Earth - and found a
fascinating war unfolding around them. Apparently, some renegade members of
a barbaric race were subjecting the natives to a dogmatic psuedo-mysitcal
religious mandate. The leader of this band, He-man - excuse me, Lion-O -
called himself 'The Lord of the Thundercats', and ruled by divine right.
His mission, he said, was to lead a crusade against the so-called great
evil of Skeletor - oh forget it.
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December 26, 2016 75.5 - Scrambl'd - Kid Radd part 2
In the second part of our in-depth summary of Kid Radd, we follow Radd from
his quest to find powerful allies to fight the Moderators up through the
dramatic conclusion and epilogue. As the party goes in and out of video
game parodies, the author moves between drama and comedy to convey the
central themes which are restated, just, so many times.
Read Kid Radd here
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FAQs about The Cartoncast:

How many episodes does The Cartoncast have?

The podcast currently has 262 episodes available.