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PREVIEW: What A Cartoon Movie - An Extremely Goofy Movie
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 2000's An Extremely Goofy Movie! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then sub...
What A Cartoon Movie! - An Extremely Goofy Movie
As the go-go '90s reached their end and Disney enthusiasm was at an all-time low, the studio relied on the highly profitable direct-to-video market to keep their animation efforts afloat. Classics like Bambi and Cinderella saw follow-ups in the cheaper clamshell format, but this money factory al...
Talking Simpsons - Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy With Rebecca Sugar
"Millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act. That they can never be anything more than vacuous ninnies whose only goal is to look pretty, land a rich husband, and spend all day on the phone with their equally vacuous friends talking about how damn terrific it is to...
TalKing of the Hill - A Beer Can Named Desire
"You know, I'm not sure if being a millionaire is such a good idea. Bobby's only been around rich people for a few hours and he already looks like that kid on the paint can." - Hank HillHank gets the chance of a lifetime, Bill has sex with potential cousins, and Bobby becomes a South...
Talking Simpsons - The Ziff Who Came to Dinner With Chris Cabin
"This guy's the one what done the thing that why you're here for! I'm talking malfeasance here!" - Moe SzyslakDisgraced internet billionaire Artie Ziff returns as a rafter-sucking attic-dweller who eventually finds himself consensually living in the same home with Marge—his for...
Talking Futurama - The Mutants Are Revolting
"Bender, I've been to wang-dang-doodles all up and down the galaxy, but this is the dangest wang I ever doodled." - Ethan "Bubblegum" TateFuturama rings in its 100th episode with a heartwarming, sewage-filled tale of Leela leading the mutants in their struggle for civil rights. A...
Talking Simpsons - Homer and Apu With Mike Mitchell
"Silly customer! You cannot hurt a Twinkie!" - Apu NahasapeemapetilonApu receives a well-deserved spiritual depantsing when he knowingly sells Homer tainted meat and ends up in the unemployment line. But with the help of his oafish friend, and benevolent Hollywood superstar James Woods, he m...
Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series - The Laughing Fish
What's this? Your regular episode of What A Cartoon, being interrupted by something completely different? No, you're not the victim of a dastardly Joker scheme—though you'll at least hear us talk about one of those. As a little diversion from our regular programming schedule, this mont...
Talking Simpsons Network - The May 2025 Schedule
This month, we've got some surprises for you on the Talking Simpsons Network. We have our usual collection of great podcasts coming your way, not to mention an early start to a themed summer of movies, and the return of a certain Dark Knight. And remember, if you'd like to listen to this mon...
Talk To The Audience?!? - April 2025
As Simpsons season 36 comes to a close, we're up to our necks in an incredible amount of news on this super-size episode of Talk to the Audience. Listen in as we discuss the Simpsons' four-season renewal, a new voice for Jimbo Jones, the potential loss of a historic writing room, and Nancy C...
PREVIEW: What A Cartoon Movie - Looney Tunes: Back in Action
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 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then...
What A Cartoon Movie! - Looney Tunes: Back in Action
After the glorified shoe/Michael Jordan commercial known as Space Jam, we as a people deserved a real Looney Tunes movie. And that sort of happened in 2003, when Joe Dante's Looney Tunes: Back in Action hit theaters—then did so poorly it's a shock the IP remains with us today. This live-ac...
Talking Simpsons - Smart & Smarter With Mike Drucker
"Sweetie, you seem so blue. Did the last of something die?" - Marge SimpsonLisa's curse of forever being in second place strikes again when she discovers Maggie somehow has a higher IQ. Can guest star Simon Cowell help Lisa get over her resentment before a shockingly realistic recreation...
TalKing of the Hill - Aisle 8A
"She can't be a woman! I'm still a kid! Lookat me—I even got the kids' MEAL! I LOVE this toy!" - Bobby HillConnie becomes a woman—very suddenly—while staying at the Hills', leaving Hank to play surrogate mother until someone with more menstruation experience can step in...
Talking Simpsons - Bart Gets Famous With Alan Siegel
"I shouldn't let this bother me. I'm in television now. It's my job to be repetitive. My job! My job! Repetitiveness is my job!" - Bart SimpsonA trip to the box factory causes Bart to catch the showbiz bug when he sneaks away and lands a gig behind the scenes at The Krusty the Cl...
Talking Futurama - Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences With Chris Wade
"You're asking me, the renowned spokesman for Paul Masson wine, to recreate my brilliant 1938 radio broadcast merely to impress and deceive the wife of this skinny reptile? Sorry—never mind. I'll do it for free." - Orson WellesThis month, we examine the horrifying world of Omicroni...
Talking Simpsons - Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
"You're panhandling! I should have known from that panhandling sign! Plus that ticket you got for panhandling!" - Marge SimpsonMilhouse briefly moves away, Homer becomes a part-time vagrant, and Bart and Lisa form a temporary bond in this overstuffed episode bookended by Isabel "Weez...
What A Cartoon! - Red Dwarf "Gunmen of the Apocalypse"
A whole decade before Futurama wowed Fox viewers with its masterful mix of sci-fi and comedy, BBC Two launched Red Dwarf, an outer space version of The Odd Couple set three million years in the future. And, over the course of the last 30-plus years, this smash hit evolved beyond its simple sitcom pr...
Talking Simpsons - The Critic Pilot with Will Menaker
This week, we're taking a bit of a diversion to talk about the two-season also-ran created by former Simpsons showrunners, Al Jean and Mike Reiss. How did a live-action Krusty the Clown spin-off turn into a prime-time cartoon that mashed Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert together into one adorably pat...
PREVIEW: What A Cartoon Movie - An American Tail
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 1986's An American Tail! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe a...
What A Cartoon Movie! - An American Tail
When Don Bluth set out to show up his former employer in the early '80s, The Secret of NIMH got absolutely wrecked by E.T. at the box office—as most things were. Little did he know, the father of that wrinkled alien would contact him a few years later with the opportunity to collaborate on an ...
Talking Simpsons Network - The April 2025 Schedule
Another live-action month has begun on the Talking Simpsons Network, and, as usual, we're taking a slight diversion from our normal coverage to bring you podcasts about media that's at least cartoony in spirit. And remember, if you'd like to listen to this month's episodes of TalKing...
Talk To The Audience?!? - March 2025
We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us as we scrape together what little news we can during this ongoing Simpsons drought, check in on Disney+'s new 24-hour Simpsons stream, and celebrate the second r...
Talking Simpsons - Margical History Tour
"All my life I was looking for that one woman whose execution could bring me happiness. Now I realize I was just beheading myself for divorcing you." - Homer Simpson (as Henry VIII)Discover the magic of history and state-funded learning institutions as Marge leads us through three different ...
TalKing of the Hill - Little Horrors of Shop
"You see, this is why we do shop: not to be more popular or to get into college, but to sand, and drill, and chisel things... for our moms." - Hank HillHank and Peggy butt heads (and possibly butt joints) when a forced vacation takes Hank down a new path in life—one that makes him a shoo-i...
Talking Simpsons - Homer The Vigilante With Neil Campbell
"Lisa, never EVER stop in the middle of a hoedown!" - Homer SimpsonWe explore the darker side of heavy sack beatings and taking the law into your own hands as we discuss an episode that reveals the cognitive benefits of rhythmic jug-hooting.Our guest: Neil Campbell(Comedy Bang! Bang!, Brookl...
Talking Futurama - The Prisoner of Benda
"As I told you on Sucker Punch Day, I'm through being a chump!" - Philip J. FryAs the Planet Express crew trades forms willy-nilly, they learn valuable lessons about what it's like to be trapped in a horrifyingly old or brutally ugly sack of flesh. But will they be able to get their ...
Talking Simpsons - Diatribe of a Mad Housewife With TheRealJims
"If I write a book, will they tell me when it comes out?" - Marge SimpsonLearn all about the publishing world as we discuss an episode that both lampoons and harpoons the world of bodice-ripping romance novels.Our guest:TheRealJims
What A Cartoon! - Wander Over Yonder "The Cartoon" and "The Bot"
Thanks to premium patron ToonJay, we're continuing our coverage of all things Craig McCracken with a look at his short-lived series, Wander Over Yonder. Listen in as we explore two distinctly different episodes of this colorful, snappy cartoon: one that sends up the worst period of TV animation,...
Talking Simpsons Network - The March 2025 Schedule
Hey folks, you'll feel like you've come down with March Madness (Podcast Edition) when you check out the many shows on the Talking Simpsons Network this month! And remember, if you'd like to listen to this month's episodes of TalKing of the Hill and Talking Futurama, you'll need ...



























