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From the creators of Talking Simpsons comes What A Cartoon!, an audio exploration of every cartoon ever! Join hosts Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey (as well as several guests) for an in-depth look at a different episode of a different cartoon every week!

What A Cartoon‪!‬ Talking Simpsons Network

    • TV & Film
    • 4.4 • 42 Ratings

From the creators of Talking Simpsons comes What A Cartoon!, an audio exploration of every cartoon ever! Join hosts Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey (as well as several guests) for an in-depth look at a different episode of a different cartoon every week!

    What A Cartoon! - Invader ZIM - "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy" & "Hamstergeddon"

    What A Cartoon! - Invader ZIM - "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy" & "Hamstergeddon"

    Chosen by premium patron ToonJay, we're covering one of the most influential toons from the start of the millennium: Invader ZIM! We go into the seemingly impossible circumstances that led a 22-year-old Jhonen Vasquez to make a Nicktoon, how 9/11 and Columbine affected it, and how it got a second life after cancelation! Then we dig into two of its best episodes, one about time-traveling pigs and the other about a giant hamster. So grab your GIR plushy and listen in!
    Support this podcast and get 100+ bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

    • 2 hrs 25 min
    A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Batman/Superman: The World's Finest

    A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Batman/Superman: The World's Finest

    A superheroic month of podcasting comes to a close on the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got an awesome podcast about another animated feature film! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1997's TV movie Batman/Superman: World's Finest! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing and all of our previous What A Cartoon Movie podcasts. Sign up today!

    • 47 min
    What A Cartoon! - Superman "The Mechanical Monsters" & "The Arctic Giant"

    What A Cartoon! - Superman "The Mechanical Monsters" & "The Arctic Giant"

    We're up, up, and away with this pair of Superman classics chosen by premium patron Devin! Yes, we are going all the way back to the golden age of animation to discuss our first Fleischer Studios series on the podcast, so we go deep into the history of those creators as well as the creators of Superman. Then we take a look at two of the best action cartoons of all time (which are also in the public domain), and we reflect on how influential these Kryptonian shorts still are, so look up in the sky and listen now!
    Support this podcast and get 100+ bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

    • 2 hrs 9 min
    A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Dumbo

    A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Dumbo

    Another month has passed at the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got another awesome podcast about an animated feature film! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1941's Dumbo! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current pledge to $10) to hear the whole thing and all of our previous What A Cartoon Movie podcasts. Sign up today!

    • 47 min
    Special Free Version of Beauty And The Beast - What A Cartoon Movie!

    Special Free Version of Beauty And The Beast - What A Cartoon Movie!

    Happy new year! As we podcasters wrap up our holiday break, we're taking a week off from Simpsons to give you listeners a special treat: FIVE HOURS of Disney Renaissance chat! In case you didn't know, each month we do a premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie, for our $10 Patreon subscribers, and now we're giving everyone a taste of the massive animation podcast fun we have each month. So to provide a sample of our 2022 slate of releases, we go scene-by-scene and song-by-song through the classic that inspired See My Vest (among many other things). Enjoy our in-depth history and dissection of this beastly beauty of a film, and be sure to subscribe if you want to hear more!
    Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

    • 5 hrs 1 min
    Bonus New Year's Episode - TalKing of the Hill "Hank's Dirty Laundry"

    Bonus New Year's Episode - TalKing of the Hill "Hank's Dirty Laundry"

    The Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off for the holiday season, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post an episode of our Patreon-exclusive TalKing of the Hill podcast miniseries! If you like this episode and want to hear the rest (with more to come every month), head over to Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up at the $5 level. Once you do, you'll have immediate access to all of our limited miniseries, covering animated shows like Futurama, Mission Hill, The Critic, and Batman: The Animated Series. So visit Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up today!

    • 2 hrs 8 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
42 Ratings

42 Ratings

Encarta Master ,

yep.

good stuff.

Red Crypt ,

Soap Boxarama

Why even bother to review shows if you are only gonna give your opinion on how things are now? Your South Park episode was the biggest load of garbage yet. There is no way to write something good that is inclusive to everyone, they did an entire episode all about it, you two are the epitome of Chef when they bring him back after the actor quit. If you can’t laugh at everything, then don’t laugh at anything. South Park has never been a show that teaches real lessons, it’s always satire, just like Rick and Morty, Archer, etc. If you decide to take it more then satire and get on a soap box about it, then maybe the show isn’t for you. Last time I will listen, get over yourself.

Fretzlemania ,

Decent

It’s a nice nostalgia trip but like Talking Simpson’s, Bob and Henry often break into politics and virtue signalling when any “controversial” celebrity pop up. This is cartoon talk not political talk. That alone makes some episodes insufferable. Other than that you guys do fine.

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