Saturday Mourning Cartoons

Ep 66: Schoolhouse Rock!

Sean and Dave are back to school AGAIN this week with Schoolhouse Rock!  What an amazing an iconic show.  We dive into three specific and notable educational cartoons; Conjunction Junction, Verb: it's what's happenin', and of course, I'm just a Bill.  You'll smile from the nostaligia and then cringe at the US legistative process.  Go and listen now because homeroom is in five minutes!  

Ep 65: Recess

School is in session, so Sean and Dave are in class (already bored) and gearing up for RECESS!   This little gem from Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere stars six extremely trope specific friends and their microcosm of a playground where they tackle difficult issue; friendship, loyalty, is today pizza day in the cafeteria.  September kicks off SMC's "Back to School" month so join us for Recess and relive the nostalgia of the playground.  

Ep 64: The Tick

Dave and Sean are joined by Jason Schlafstein, of the DC based Flying V Theatre company, to talk about The Tick.  Did you ever want a satirical comic book character introduced to you when you were in your formative teenage years?  I'm positive the answer is yes, so you'll love The Tick.  He's big, he's blue, and he yells SPOON has his warcry.  Joined by his trusted side-kick Arthur, they set out together to save The City!  

Ep 63: Star Wars Droids

Dave and Sean are joined by Max Nicholson from IGN and MTV to talk about Star Wars: Droids!  We watched Episode 5 "The Lost Prince" - Artoo and Threepio lose their new jobs waiting tables at Doodnik's café and end up as part of a droid auction. They soon find themselves working in a Keschell mine alongside an alien in disguise due to a bounty placed on his head.  This episode was nuts had had about five different story lines running concurrently. Also, a member of the band The Police wrote the theme song!  

Ep 62: Spider-Man The Animated Series

Dave and Sean are joined by Evan Valentine from Collider.com to talk about the 90's animated show Spider-Man: the animated series.  This show is crazy!  We watched just one episode from the Neogenic Nightmare story arch that had so much happen within the span of 22 minutes that it made us all dizzy.  This show was jam packed of cameos including; The Punisher, Kraven the Hunter, Morbius the Living Vampire!  Despite the pure distilled web slinging fun, the episode was a great way to jump back into the 90's Fox Kid program that we remembered fondly.  

You can check out more of Evan Valentine on Collider.com!  

Ep 61: The Head

Dave and Sean jump back into the 90's MTV foray and watched The Head!  The Head began as an ongoing series that originally ran under the title MTV's Oddities, running for 2 seasons and 14 episodes.  Created by Eric Fogel, The Head is the story of Jim, a trade-school student in New York City who awakens one morning to find that his cranium has enlarged to mammoth proportions. A week later, out bursts Roy, a little purple alien with an odd sense of humor who has taken up residence in Jim's head.

Ep 60: Godzilla the Original Animated Series

The series follows the adventures of a team of scientists on the Calico, a hydrofoil research vessel, headed by Captain Carl Majors. The rest of the crew include scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete, her research assistant Brock, and the ship's first mate, Carl. Also along for the ride is Godzuki, the "cowardly cousin" of Godzilla and Pete's best friend, who has a lighthearted role in the show. The group often call upon Godzilla by using a special communicator when in peril, such as attacks by other giant monsters.

Ep 59: San Diego Comic-Con 2015

Dave took a work trip to San Diego Comic-Con 2015!  Sean receives all of Dave's lessons learned.  Yes, this is a departure from talking about Saturday Mourning Cartoons, but guys this is a hum-dinger and a lot of fun.  Enjoy! 

Ep 58: Powerpuff Girls

Ep 57: Mighty Orbots