Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

Ronnie Neeley
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Watching, researching, discussing, and celebrating Aqua Teen Hunger Force one episode at a time. Forever! Join life-long fan of (and one-time voice actor in) ATHF, Ronnie Neeley, as he deep dives into the weird and wonderful world of Aqua Teen. When not deep diving through the show, Ronnie chats with ATHF’s cast and crew, asking them all the deep and dirty questions they didn’t think anybody cared about... but they were Dead Wrong! ...Starring Rob Schneider. So if you’re an Aqua Teen fan, listen to this podcast! Or don’t, whatevah. It don’t matter. None of this matters.

  1. Time Machine with Dave Hughes

    4D AGO

    Time Machine with Dave Hughes

    If I had a time machine, I'd go right back to the start of this recording session just to experience it again. Joining us is "Time Machine" editor Dave Hughes, one of the last remaining original employees at Adult Swim. When he isn't curating Adult Swim Smalls, producing the instant classic Haha, You Clowns, or running the long-standing Off the Air, Dave is building a legendary resume that includes Beavis and Butt-Head, Celebrity Deathmatch, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast. I bet if he had a time machine, he'd go back and do something like invest in Apple in the 90's. But not me, man. Not me. Dave also gave me a rough cut of "Time Machine", which I then blab to you about. Other topics discussed include the limited - yet impactful - vocabulary of calculators, the forgotten history of MTV's groundbreaking animation, and why Bret Michaels is gonna sue my ass back to the stone ages. Talk about a time machine! R E F E R E N C E S • Time Machine Rough Cut Screenshots: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/blog/time-machine-rough-cut-stills/ • Lowe Country (2007): https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/lowe-country • Adult Swim Smalls (new every week!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvJEW7pwb1wYawqBdFPLf_TP G U E S T S 🧀Dave Hughes - ATHF editor and producer, head of Adult Swim Smalls • Website: https://linktr.ee/cheesepapa • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chzppa/ H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf 🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com 📞 Leave a voice message: a href="https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/"...

    1h 32m
  2. Hanging Out with Dana Snyder, Matt Maiellaro, Jay Wade Edwards, and John Brestan

    JAN 5

    Hanging Out with Dana Snyder, Matt Maiellaro, Jay Wade Edwards, and John Brestan

    Today on the podcast we're joined by four certified* Aqua Teen legends: Matt Maiellaro, Dana Snyder, Jay Wade Edwards, and John Brestan. Without these guys, Aqua Teen would suck ass - and this podcast episode would be a lot lonelier. In this buffet of an episode, we're talking about the dead tech that Aqua Teen was founded on, adult swim pilots that never got finished, standards and practices being angry about Spacecataz, and why none of us are opening up Al Roker's cookbook. I mean, come on. How good could it be? Anyways, make like Jeff Goldblum and get as close as possible to being a fly on the wall at adult swim. *Legend status certified by the Dancing Is Forbidden Committee in Aqua Teen Excellence and Legacy Foundation R E F E R E N C E S • Stomp! Shout! Scream! watch for FREE: https://play.xumo.com/free-movies/stomp-shout-scream/XM0EM25OODM2J3 ♫ Vincent Price - "Pork Chops": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPCDY_BGME G U E S T S 🖥️John Brestan - ATHF producer & editor • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net • YouTube: @jbrestan 🍹Jay Wade Edwards - ATHF producer & editor • Jay's Baseball Blog: https://tinkertaylorsolerspiezio.substack.com/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JayWadeEdwards • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaywadeedwards/ 🎸Matt Maiellaro - ATHF co-creator & writer • Meat Kingdom: http://meatkingdom.net/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mattmaiellaro7460 • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealmattmaiellaro/ • Twitter: https://x.com/MattMaiellaro 🥤Dana Snyder - Voice of Master Shake • Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/eyeofthesnyder • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyeofthesnyder/ H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: a href="https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    1h 5m
  3. Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas with Dave Willis and Shawn Coleman (DIF Premium UNLOCKED)

    12/23/2025

    Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas with Dave Willis and Shawn Coleman (DIF Premium UNLOCKED)

    Come all ye Aqua Teen faithful, for Shawn Coleman & Dave Willis – the Two Minstrels of Meat – come bearing holy gifts... of KNOWLEDGE! After spending the last two Christmases deep diving our way through the wonderful world of Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas, we're finally blessed with the album's chief architects to learn all about this modern day classic! Support Dancing is Forbidden to get more cool stuff like this: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/support/ R E F E R E N C E S • Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Have Yourself A Meaty Little Christmas CD Infomercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksOL5SK4kSw • Weekend Wyzzardz (Dave Willis, Shawn Coleman, & co.) performing Creep at 2024 Parade: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBxKh_luvdQ/ • I'll Be Home For Christmas Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94OVz1Rq73o G U E S T S 🎸Shawn Coleman - Meaty Little Christmas producer, musician • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnyfresh/ • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shawncoleman.bsky.social 🎤Dave Willis - ATHF co-creator, voice of Meatwad and Carl • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davewillisshaketable/ H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf 🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com 📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/ 💬 Supporter Only Discord: a...

    1h 20m
  4. Creature from Plaque Lagoon with Todd Redner

    12/01/2025

    Creature from Plaque Lagoon with Todd Redner

    Don't try and get any sort of nest egg going, because all it'll do is get your teeth knocked out. That's the lesson I've learned from this episode. Aqua Teen art director and character designer Todd Redner joins the show to give us invaluable information behind the creation of Creature from Plaque Lagoon — he'll trade one fact for every tooth you'll offer him. We're talkin' Tooth Fairy lore, Todd seeing his 2D characters in 3D on Zombie Ninja Pro-Am, and making Wongburger — oops, sorry; Chatterman — in his new tooth form. Other topics discussed include how real life doesn't always look real in art, corporations only wanting to make cartoons for as cheap as possible, and getting in trouble with your mom for posting cartoon wieners on your blog. I also think I figured out who is actually voicing Wongburger, but.... I just don't know anymore, man. R E F E R E N C E S • Nathan Churney & Joshua Mullinax Interview: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/nathan-churney-joshua-mullinax-interview-athf-animators-sfx-laser-lenses-concept/ • Stock blood graphic used in Aqua Teen (& 100000 other things): https://motionarray.com/stock-motion-graphics/blood-spray-on-alpha-777142/ • Craig Hartin on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCxsJd3Azc8&list=PLjdzPwC4g4M6X3CaKqI0BclNU-_mlMlyD&index=1 • Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ G U E S T 🎨Todd Redner - ATHF art director, character designer, animator • Website: https://toddredner.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddredart/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@redredredraw H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: a...

    1h 58m
  5. Chick Magnet with Dana Snyder

    11/03/2025

    Chick Magnet with Dana Snyder

    Master Shake's got himself a chick magnet... but it doesn't work the way he expected. Like, in a big way. Voice of Master Shake, Dana Snyder, joins the podcast to talk about this great Season 6 episode! Dana is weighing in on why Shake is such a popular character, whether or not he was nervous to voice Shake for the very first time, and Dana gives Shake some advice on how to actually get chicks. Other topics discussed include Dana's craftiness, what ever happened to Matt Maiellaro's daughter, and adult swim banners fit for a king's castle. Dana also has an exciting announcement for Dancing Is Forbidden! Whoa! R E F E R E N C E S • Rabbot Rough Cut vs Final Cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekRmKsu3xk0 ♫ Le Sexoflex - Marriot C**k Squat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJrfNsxlq1Y • Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • DIF Giveaway Art: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOG8SU7EdCT G U E S T 🥤Dana Snyder - Voice of Master Shake • Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/eyeofthesnyder • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyeofthesnyder/ H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf 🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com 📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/ 💬 Supporter Only Discord: discord.gg/MNCJthhaEE 📸 Instagram:@AquaTeenPod 📧 Email:...

    1h 54m
  6. She Creature with John Brestan and Lear Bunda

    10/06/2025

    She Creature with John Brestan and Lear Bunda

    She Creature reminds us of life's greatest truths: never clean your pool, never cross the mob, and definitely don't go messing around with no mermaids. Adult Swim legends John Brestan & Lear Bunda - the original spec writers behind this episode - join the pod to wade through Aqua Teen's most pool-centric adventure yet. Writing bumps, thrown scripts, pool-turned-hot-tub-guy-dads, caught wangers, mispronouncing conch all your life — this one is fun for the whole family! ...assuming your family is millions of mermaid eggs. Which, by the way, I know it totally is. R E F E R E N C E S ♫ Music by SUPERWORM: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7d0LWgMvHzxjhJ9jYarRfg • Dave Willis / Sopranos Cuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDd9HH5DVMk • Terror Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18SPtOVeKQ • Matt & Ronnie's Cartoon Snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SDagBd-gE • Ronnie and Matt Maiellaro on Radio Labyrinth Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dXQT4A4bQ • Gary Anthony Williams on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnrGEnRwJw • Andy Merrill on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXGSgzBesw G U E S T S 🐱John Brestan - ATHF producer, editor, story elements on She Creature • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net • YouTube: @jbrestan 🪱Lear Bunda - ATHF editor, story elements on She Creature • Website: http://www.learbunda.com/ • YouTube: @NeonAsteroidTV • Instagram: @thebundaverse • Lear's Podcast "The Numismatist" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-numismatist/id1691592085 H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen...

    1h 28m
  7. Shake Like Me with Dink Hoeny, Shirley, Bradley Pittz, Tomas Crudez, and Bill Nugget

    09/01/2025

    Shake Like Me with Dink Hoeny, Shirley, Bradley Pittz, Tomas Crudez, and Bill Nugget

    Shake Like Me was banned from DVD and TV, but not from the Dancing Is Forbidden podcast... but maybe it should have been. Ronnie attempts to cover the notorious episode, and it goes exactly as well as you’d expect. Craigslist guests derail the show, a Kentucky mayoral candidate demands beer money, British “musicians” try to take over the show, and somewhere in there we actually talk about Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Maybe. Sort of. R E F E R E N C E S • Meat Kingdom with Seth Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRHKWJvzs08 • All Meat Kingdom Episodes: http://meatkingdom.net/ H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf 🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com 📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/ 💬 Supporter Only Discord: discord.gg/MNCJthhaEE 📸 Instagram:@AquaTeenPod 📧 Email: Hello@DancingIsForbidden.com 📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden 🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod 🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

    1h 10m
  8. Gene E. with Matt Maiellaro and Nick Gibbons

    08/04/2025

    Gene E. with Matt Maiellaro and Nick Gibbons

    If you had 12 (or 3, whatever) wishes, what would you use them on? Well it doesn't matter, either way you're turning invisible. In today's episode, we're joined by ATHF co-creator — and, unknown to him, voice of Gene Eugene — Matt Maiellaro to talk all about this animation-less episode where Shake tries to make a movie, Carl needs to see women use the restroom, Meatwad wants to be Zack and/or Cody, and Frylock attempts to make an invisibility vaccine. None of that stuff actually ends up happening, which is why this show rules. Matt and Ronnie (that's me btw) make an announcement that will change animation history for centuries to come, Nick Gibbons pops in to tells us the origin of Gene E., Bob Pettitt owns up to writing what is perhaps the best single page script of all time, and Brainrot snorts podcast episodes... which by the way, is totally illegal. R E F E R E N C E S ♫ Year Long Disaster - Leda Atomica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dk-XSkjyIk • Gene E. concept art: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMX_M2gO4So/ • Gene E. assets: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/blog/gene-e-assets/ G U E S T S 🧞‍♂️Matt Maiellaro - ATHF co-creator, writer, voice of Gene E. • Meat Kingdom: http://meatkingdom.net/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mattmaiellaro7460 • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealmattmaiellaro/ • Twitter: https://x.com/MattMaiellaro 📝Nick Gibbons - ATHF editor, producer, Gene E. story elements. • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickgibbons • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicknickgibbons 🎨 Bob Pettitt - ATHF art director, backgrounds, props. • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pettitt_art • Twitter: https://x.com/pettitt_art H O S T 🎙️Ronnie Neeley • Instagram: @ronnievneeley • Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/ • Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com • Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net ⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/ 🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!): • Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): a...

    1h 36m
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Watching, researching, discussing, and celebrating Aqua Teen Hunger Force one episode at a time. Forever! Join life-long fan of (and one-time voice actor in) ATHF, Ronnie Neeley, as he deep dives into the weird and wonderful world of Aqua Teen. When not deep diving through the show, Ronnie chats with ATHF’s cast and crew, asking them all the deep and dirty questions they didn’t think anybody cared about... but they were Dead Wrong! ...Starring Rob Schneider. So if you’re an Aqua Teen fan, listen to this podcast! Or don’t, whatevah. It don’t matter. None of this matters.

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