The Cartoncast

The Cartoncast

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The Cartoncast episodes

  • 171 - Rocko's Modern Life
    We interrupt your regularly scheduled episode intro to bring you me giving
    my absolute minimum effort because the 2nd covid shot knocked the gumption
    right out of me.
    Thanks to the inimitable Nic for coming on the show! You can find his work
    at What’s With You, Scooby Doo.
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  • 170 - Bootlegg'd - Firebreather
    Firebreather is a film with a unique visual flair, a well-trod
    coming-of-age plot, and a number of bizarre choices that led us to a
    mixture of amusement and bemusement. You wouldn’t expect a straight-to-TV
    movie to go through too many drafts, but the sheer number of strange
    choices make for a movie that alternately bored us and gave us whiplash. Oh
    well, at least we always have dodgeball.
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  • 169 - Dragon Tales
    Ben and Zane had regressed to the age of children (moreso than normal) and
    they needed to be kept entertained. After playing violent video games and
    loading up on sugar, the Cartoncasters couldn’t be kept safely in this
    world. No, they were instead sent to a magical world of reptilian
    babysitters, draggin’ them around on adventures. It kept their short
    attention spans occupied, and they didn’t cause too much damage to the
    local ecology. But they didn’t really learn anything either.
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  • Unshell'd - Early Flash Animation
    Flash Player had a good long run, and plenty of people are saying good
    riddance. But we’ve got a duty as cartoon podcasters to honor our fallen
    forefather for his years of, if not quality, at least dedicated service.
    Here’s to you, Flash Player. Let’s hope no one ever mentions badger badger
    ever again.
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  • 168 - Dr. Stone
    Ooof, ouch. What a crick in the neck. Still, that nap left the
    Cartoncasters feeling pretty refreshed. How long were we out? What? 4000
    years? Oh jeez, it looks like all of civilization passed Ben and Zane by.
    They’ll have to use their grit and gumption to recreate everything mankind
    has ever used, starting with the top priorities of side-slit dresses and
    grain alcohol. Get Excited.
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  • 167 - Reheat'd - Harley Quinn
    Ben and Zane were tired of their dark, gritty, realistic night-jobs of
    fighting crime in Gotham. So they hung up the cape and the cowl, poured a
    glass of something non-alcoholic (“It’s 1:30, I’m not getting fucked up on
    a Wednesday!”), and watched as the city decayed into a wretched den of
    debauchery and mayhem. Honestly, the place looks a lot better now.
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  • 166 - Bootlegg'd - Sonic the Hedgehog
    In 2021, Ben and Zane watch a movie from 2020 that feels extremely 2019. A
    movie that was surprisingly good despite its formula, its pedigree, and its
    development, but which could have been far better if it had stripped away
    some of its family-friendly trappings and leaned into its strongest
    aspects. But it’s a fine movie for the whole family - which, at Olive
    Garden, is everybody.
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  • 165 - The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour
    Ben and Zane were chilling in different dimensions (Ben in the
    audio-slapstick dimension, Zane in the melty-cake-face one) when a
    combination of magic, high-tech, and a complete disregard for aesthetics
    threw them into a single room. Now that they’re recording from the same
    place, they can do shorter, more concentrated episodes - an hour of power,
    if you will.
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  • 164 - Bobby's World
    The Cartoncasters were ready for Calvin & Hobbes style imagination zones.
    They were ready for canned 80’s sitcom laugh lines. They were even ready
    for flagrant Minnesota accents. But when they showed up to meet Bobby, they
    realized that Howie Mandell was just a step too far over the line. Never
    again, folks.
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  • 163 - Wordgirl
    Alas, Ben and Zane were without their handy dictionary, but the
    Cartoncasters had to foil the dastardly Joshua in his mad question to
    drench downtown in Sonic memorabilia (“memorabilia” are objects meant to
    evoke a specific memory). Without the right words to describe the scene,
    they had to watch impotently as this new villain desecrated fair
    Cartontopia (“desecrate” means to spoil or worsen something). Thankfully,
    Wordgirl managed to show him the error of his ways. She also showed him a
    monkey.
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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.