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Ep. 58 - The Pirates of Dark Water with Frankie Griffen

eating watermelon rocks

On this week's episode, multimedia multihyphenate magic man Frankie Griffen (@frankieg_baby) steps out of The Wizarding World Live and in to THE WATERING WORLD (AS WE) DIVE into The Pirates Of Dark Water! Beth and Frankie have a whole lot to say about one of Hanna Barbera's two attempts at a dramatic series, and halfway through the episode Brandon is

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Ep. 57 - Spongebob Squarepants with Daniel Spenser

thank you and im sorry

On this week's show, superstar animator, designer, musician and dude who got his legs broken in the pilot of Better Call Saul Daniel Spenser (@danspenser) joins us to talk everybody's favorite anthropomorphic sea creature, Spongebob! We go deep on this long running classic, discuss why it works, and where it fits in the greater Nickelodeon oeuvre. 

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Ep. 56 - Ralph Bakshi with Kash Abdulmalik

"One La Jetée please..." says 13 year old Kash

On this week's episode the inimitable Kash Abdulmalik (@hashtagkashtag, you've definitely seen him on TV at this point) joins us to discuss one of animation's great weirdos, Ralph Bakshi. We also take a long, some might say episode co-opting, detour into the world of Heavy Metal. Gaze upon this episodes rockin' bewwwwwbage and be entertained! 

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Ep. 54 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? with Michael Duquette

we could cure death if we thought it would be a good enough bit

(Yo just imagine I typed out the Looney Tunes theme phonetically, because that's what I was gonna do but then it suddenly just seemed really daunting)

On this week's show we're taking the red car to Toontown as we talk Who Framed Roger Rabbit? with Michael Duquette (@sir_duque, Hollywood & Spine, The Second Disc). 

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Ep. 53 - Kids Animation with Rula Eskaf

the ever expanding dunk-zone

This week we get gemsical(?) as the one and only Rula Eskaf (@rulesandaustin on IG) joins us to discuss kids animation. While we focus mainly on Steven Universe, we touch upon the earlier Cartoon Network shows that inspired SU and its contemporaries, its competitors at Nickelodeon and Disney, and the newer wave of streaming shows like She-Ra and Kipo. 

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Ep. 52 - Galaxy Express 999 with Dom Johnson

My Neighbor Is A Dracula

Choo Choooooooo! We take to the starry space skies on the freightrain of friendship as we talk Galaxy Express 999 with Dom Johnson (@thedomjohnson, literally every show at The Pack). Will we find immortality in new robot forms, or will we die on an antique looking space train? Listen and find out! 

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Ep. 51 - Clone High with Whitney Reynolds

In Medias Scrubs

ER UH TODAY WE'RE TALKING CLONE HIGH WITH WHITNEY ER UH REYNOLDS (@WHITNEYARNER ON TWITT-ER-UH)! IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE BEST SHOW OF ALL TIME, WHERE THE KENNEDYS ARE PORTRAYED IN A PERFECT LIGHT AND NOTHING, ER UH, BAD EVER HAPPENS TO THEM.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE CLONE HIGH YOU CAN GET OFF MY DINGHY!!!

Ep. 50 - Law & Order with Hooks

Richard Belzer's vampire novelty song [NOT A BIT]

On this week's show, late night world champion HOOKS (@babyfacehooks) joins us to talk Law & Order*. Honestly the most important thing that comes up in this show is Richard Belzer's vampire novelty song that is INCREDIBLY thirsty, but we also talk about the fact that shows have been running for multiple decades and kinda invented a whole genre or whatever

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Ep. 49 - Mad Men with Kaeli Quick

Don my boyyyyyyy *Exhales huge vape plume*

On this week's show we're talking Mad Men with the one and only Kaeli Quick (@Kaeli on twitter, @kaelioke on IG). I honestly don't have a bit for this week's show description, it's just a really really solid episode. We talk about the dang show for almost two hours, what, you want we should cut off our nipples or something? Please. 

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