The Ka-Chat

So no one TOLD you life was gonna be this waaaaaay. (honk honk honk honk)

You got it folks, this week we're diving into all the different ways the denizens of the Carsverse find to entertain themselves, from video games, to movies and TV, to as much discussion of porn in the Carsverse as we can physically handle. So... not much. We also talk about Friends for a while (see beginning of this description) and Mater eating a carrot. We talk about that for, like, a WHILE. 

Alright. I'll be the first to admit. This one has more than a few reaches. John talks about a theory so nonsensical that I am currently breaking my rule to keep it vague who is writing these. But we cover some ground! I think. Honestly, I can't remember. We do talk about the movies The Country Bears and Tommorowland for a little bit. So if you're into obscure movies based of off features of the Disney parks, this is the episode for you.

Oh shoot! We're dropping a new type of episode on y'all! (If we ever, ya know, do this again, that is.) Welcome to the first of our series of deep dives into individual characters, Auto-Biographies. (Listen, Lucas is going to refer to it as "Profiles in Car-age" during the episode, because that was the name he first came up with, and while he stands by that name, like two days after we recorded this, John came up with "Auto-Biographies" which is obviously better.) Get ready to learn more than you ever thought you would know about our first subjects, Rusty and Dusty Rust-eze!

Hello everyone, this is you captain speaking. Please return your seats to their full, upright position, as we are making our final descent to The Ka-Chat. On your left you will see a couple of young men examining a strange little movie, Planes, a spin-off to the main Cars movies. If you look closely you may notice some odd details, including a plane/car hybrid, a nonsensical plane racing system, and a completely tonally deaf WWII battle sequence. Looks like those two little rascals have their hands full this week. Anyway, we have touched down here in the best Carscast around, please remain seated until we have reached the gate, and be careful when opening the overhead compartments, as items may have shifted in landing.

PLAY BALL! This week, we are diving into the exciting world of the sports of the Carsverse. It's uh.... mostly racing. Almost entirely racing. Really, it's just racing and one demolition derby that is also sort of a race. But that doesn't stop our intrepid hosts from finding an hours worth of content for you lovely folks! Even if a lot it is talking about Batman and debating who would win in a fight between Bruce Lee and The Mountain.

Ok, so usually we record these weeks in advance to create a buffer, but this one is urgent, so we recorded this last week. I don't really know how to say this, but it's happening. Jaguar has decided to slap some eyes on a self driving car, without considering the terrible consequences their actions will incur. So we have to do it. And despite spending approximately 13% of the episode talking about High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and referencing Justice League Unlimited three discrete times, we still manage to come to the conclusion that the Carpocalypse isn't just coming, it's here.

This week, we're finally giving everyone what they've been clamoring for. That's right, we're talking about the fashion of the Carsverse. What are the latest trends in paint jobs? Who is the hottest name in tires? And what's coming up for windshield wipers? Well, we answer.... almost none of those questions. Honestly, we establish pretty early on that we have no idea what we're talking about, and spend most of the episode on random tangents. But I mean, y'all have listened before, none of this should be too shocking to you.

Folks, I'll be honest, this one is a little all over the place. At one point, John brings up a subreddit about dragons having sex with cars without in any way connecting it to what we're talking about, and Lucas doesn't even question it. And it gets weirder from there. Join us as we explore organized religion within the Carsverse, from Car circumcision to WALL-E as an almighty being, and everything in between.

Oh, shoot! We've finally watched all the Cars movies! That's probably good, it was getting harder to justify, ya know, making a podcast about them without doing that. And I mean, we still have the Planes movies, but we'll burn that bridge when we come to it. Anyway, this time we do a deep dive into the third and most recent installment to the Cars series! Honestly, I think we make some pretty decent points and observations about the highs and lows of the themes and execution of those themes, but don't worry, we also get really mad about a character who appears to be wearing a toupee, just to balance it out.

If a single one of you tweets or emails us or something to tell us there is a typo in the title, I'll know you didn't actually listen to the episode first. Which, I guess has no real consequences? But.... still don't do it. Anyway, this week, we decided to take a pretty hard left turn, and just do a deep dive into one user profile on the Pixar wiki. He's passionate, he has some bold ideas for the series, and he also basically laid out our entire show before we even started thinking about it. The Ka-Chat stands on the shoulders of a giant, and we can't wait to introduce you to him. Ladies and Gentlecars, our hero, Lightening McQueen.