The Cartoncast

The Cartoncast

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The Cartoncast episodes

  • 175 - Bootlegg'd - Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby Doo meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
    Horror has a fairly narrow relationship with cartoons. Scooby doo paved the
    way for others to tip their toes in, and Courage the Cowardly Dog angled
    toward an absurdist bent where horror and comedy meet. Unfortunately, not
    even these two titans of the genre can withstand the Curse of the Direct to
    Video Movie.
    Thanks to Dan Caves of The Cocktail Party Congress and Nic Robes of What’s
    With You Scooby Doo for coming on the show!
    Links of note:
    * War on Drugs
    * Simpsons - Santa’s Little Helper learns obedience
    * “Can’t make those marks without positraction.”
    * Legal Eagle - My Cousin Vinny
    * Different outfits gag from Avatar: The Last Airbender
    * Elizabeth Holmes duped Henry Kissinger
    * Galaxy Quest - The Beryllium Sphere
    * Human hearing range
    * Effin’ Birds
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  • 174 - Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
    Ben and Zane were having a hell of a time with a missing person’s case.
    Since Fillmore was off the case (he was a loose cannon who played by his
    own rules), they brought on the guy who connected them in the first place,
    Josh. As they looked for the child, whose description was remarkably
    similar to that of a speak-and-spell, they got a little sidetracked by a
    series of 80’s nostalgia. They didn’t come to any strong conclusions about
    what happened, but at least nobody missed the kid anyway.
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  • 173 - Mike Tyson Mysteries
    Zane had been looking for Ben for months. Turns out, finding him wasn’t the
    hard part, the real problem began when he had to extract him from a cult of
    personality based around “solving the mysteries of the universe.”
    Thankfully, their leader was very easily distracted. But the Cartoncasters
    still don’t know how he summoned a ghost. Or why.
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  • One-Legg'd - Dr. Who: Dreamland
    With Ben still out undergoing his 5th resurrection, our resident Timelord
    Phil returns to guide us through another one of The Doctor’s adventures.
    This one is a take on the classic Area 51 tropes, which it plays straight,
    subverts, reverts, and eventually abandons in favor of a flying brain
    scorpion.
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  • One-Legg'd - Garfield: His 9 Lives
    We’re all familiar with Garfield. But did you know he’s lived a double
    life? And it’s actually nine lives?! That’s right, Garfield the Cat is but
    one in a line of cats with strange and sometimes nonsensical stories.
    Thankfully, God isn’t the only one with too much omniscient information and
    a booming voice - If anybody knows more obscure trivia, it’s Josh.
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  • One-Legg'd - Bionicle: Mask of Light
    It was the early 2000’s. Children’s programming was a lawless expanse of
    deeply weird and traumatizing concepts. And some genius thought, hell yeah
    why doesn’t Lego make a movie? With a classic plot, accessible Lego-like
    visuals, and a lore that is too vast for us to get into right now,
    Bionicle: Mask of Light is the best way for the general population to see
    if they’re ready for Bionicle. Join Alex, Bionicle Madman, as we take a
    look.
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  • 172 - Ouran High School Host Club
    Listen Senpai, Ben and Zane are willing to deal with as many weird,
    dramatic, sexual antics as it takes, but we draw the line at trying to
    figure out if those antics are sincere or a complete facade. Do you really
    love The Cartoncast? Do you even know? Are the bananas sexual imagery or
    are they a relic of slapstick? Stop playing with our hearts, Senpai!
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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.