Season 2

047 - Good Grief! It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Turns 50!

Good grief! Keep the Halloween Spirit alive as Chris and Mackenzie wait in the Pumpkin patch to discuss It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Is there really a Great Pumpkin? How is Linus like Lisa Simpson? What does World War I have to do with Trick or Treating? How cruel is the world really? Links Watch It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown http://abc.go.com/movies-and-specials/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown Buy It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Blu-ray https://www.amazon.com/Great-Pumpkin-Charlie-Brown-Blu-ray/dp/B003NLE5K4/ref=tmm_mfc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1478219450&sr=1-2 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown About The Great Pumpkin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pumpkin About A Charlie Brown Christmas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas About Charlie Brown’s All-Stars http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Charlie_Brown%27s_All-Stars Quest for 'Great Pumpkin' puts Peanuts in corn mazes http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/10/06/1-quest-for-great-pumpkin-puts-peanuts-in-corn-mazes.html It’s The 50th Anniversary Of The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chuck-mirarchi/its-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown_b_12456016.html Why ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ is the greatest ‘Peanuts’ visual achievement https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/10/19/why-its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-is-peanuts-greatest-visual-masterpiece/ About The Peanuts Movie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peanuts_Movie The meaning of Boffo http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boffo Garfield’s Halloween Adventure https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield%27s_Halloween_Adventure About The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_(series) The Simpsons Halloween of Horror https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Halloween_of_Horror Listen to Linus and Lucy https://itun.es/us/Vrawi?i=139986099 Listen to Great Pumpkin Waltz https://itun.es/us/-FVzi?i=140965957 About Werner Herzog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog About Phineas and Ferb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb Rule of three https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(writing)

046 - What Are You Doing Here? The Struggles and Failures of BoJack Horseman

What are you doing here? Listening to Chris and Mackenzie discuss the trials and successes and failures of BoJack Horseman! Will BoJack ever succeed? How bad can things get for BoJack? Can the story of BoJack be called “The Great American Novel?” What does “The Emperor’s New Groove” have in common with “BoJack Horseman?” Links About BoJack Horseman http://bit.ly/2egGpHQ BoJack Horseman Recap: Under the Sea http://bit.ly/2e2v2FL BoJack Horseman: “Brand New Couch” - The A.V. Club http://bit.ly/2eXeix7 ‘BoJack Horseman’ redefines the cartoon with dark humor http://bit.ly/2fl3mOm How BoJack Horseman Created the Boldest Cartoon Episode in Decades http://bit.ly/2eVNvCT THE BLEAKNESS AND JOY OF “BOJACK HORSEMAN” http://bit.ly/2eX9k3H How 'BoJack Horseman' Got So Good at Depicting Mental Illness http://bit.ly/2e2szLu How BoJack Horseman's Music Made It One of the Boldest Cartoons of the Year http://bit.ly/2dNg1ZL The Great American Novel: http://bit.ly/2egFmrx Why Are We Obsessed With The Great American Novel? http://nyti.ms/2fl2M33 Excerpt from The Great American Novel by John William DeForest http://bit.ly/2dQXzL0 About Wendie Malick http://bit.ly/2e2uEY0 About Space Pens (Chris’s favorite pens!) http://bit.ly/2dNg0VK

045 - Bologna In Our Slacks: Animaniacs!

It's time for Animaniacs! Chris and Mackenzie finalize their pay for play contracts and sufficiently stuff bologna in their slacks to discuss the Warner Brothers and the Warner Sister! Who is the audience for this show?! How has Animaniacs impacted pop culture (and our personal lives)? Will there ever be a reboot? Could Animaniacs be made now? How old are Yakko, Wakko, and Dot? What's up with Wakko? How “meta” is too “meta?” Links Animaniacs http://bit.ly/2dtOo2U Cartoons that might no longer be appropriate in 2016: Animaniacs http://bit.ly/2dtMIXn A.V. Club “Hooked on a Ceiling” Review http://bit.ly/2dtQ3FX “Finger Prince” joke http://bit.ly/2dtOebT The Best of the Animaniacs on Netflix http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/animaniacs-netflix-guide/ Who is Bosko? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosko Pinky and the Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain The Behind-The-Scenes Story Of The Rise And Fall Of ‘Pinky And The Brain’ http://uproxx.com/tv/pinky-and-the-brain-anniversary-interview/ Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain How The ‘Animaniacs’ Dream Team Crafted Songs That Still Get Stuck In Your Head 20 years Later http://uproxx.com/tv/animaniacs-music-history/ Wakko’s Wish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakko's_Wish About Goodfellas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas About The Agony and the Ecstasy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_%28film%29 About the Big Eyes paintings http://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-eyes-and-the-eye-opening-story-of-margaret-keane/ What is “Meta?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta Who is Lee Strasberg? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwlCzYzjYls

044 - Tale As Old As Time: Beauty and the Beast

Mackenzie! The baguettes! Be our guest (had to say that) as Chris and Mackenzie celebrate the 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast! How are The Beast and Gaston the same character? Could Belle have transformed Gaston if she had married him? How old was the prince when he was cursed? Who is the real villain of Beauty and the Beast? What does the lime green color mean in a Disney movie? Links Beauty and the Beast http://bit.ly/2daQ9XF About Howard Ashman http://bit.ly/2daSQbP About Alan Menken http://bit.ly/2daR764 Listen to Beauty and the Beast (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Alan Menken on @AppleMusic. http://bit.ly/2daTo1g About Beauty and the Beast on Broadway http://bit.ly/2daQ6LC More Beauty and the Beast on Broadway http://bit.ly/2e5QU0K Listen to Beauty and the Beast (The Broadway Musical) by Various Artists on @AppleMusic. http://bit.ly/2dXsF6D List of Disney Princesses (Chris was wrong) http://bit.ly/2dNZZ0J Learn about designing Gaston from lead animator, Andreas Deja http://bit.ly/2dXtVGX More Gaston from Andreas Deja http://bit.ly/2daPKo7 Disney Movies Taught Us That Lime Green Is A Harbinger of Evil http://bit.ly/2dO238Y About Human Again the song http://bit.ly/2e9x1dU Anatomy of a Showtune: The Life and Times of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST http://bit.ly/2dXtPz3 THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CAST REFLECT ON WHAT MADE THE REVOLUTIONARY DISNEY FILM SO BITTERSWEET http://on.mtv.com/2emh4Rj About the “I Want” Song http://bit.ly/2dRat1L About the Multiplane Camera http://bit.ly/2dO2hgd About Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas http://bit.ly/2dg1RLM About Hans from Frozen http://bit.ly/2ee9qou 64th Academy Awards http://bit.ly/2dXsdW2 Bonjour, Girl! (NSFW) http://bit.ly/2daRKwF About The Picture of Dorian Gray http://bit.ly/2daPwgE

043 - The Breakdown: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

It's a kind of magic! Chris and Mackenzie conjure the help of a special guest, composer and musician Jacob Reed, to dive into the depths of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, starring Mickey Mouse! What exactly is the chore of carrying water from one place to another accomplishing? How is Mickey Mouse like Walter White? If Mickey Mouse is Superman and Donald Duck is Batman, does that make Goofy Wonder Woman? How does REM sleep work in mice, especially Animated mice? How is the animation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice indirectly related to the Communist Manifesto? Links Learn about and listen to music by Jacob Reed http://bit.ly/2dPuXSU Watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia http://bit.ly/2dPub8o About Fantasia http://bit.ly/2dWCODb About the making of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice http://bit.ly/2dPv2pD About the original poem by Goethe http://bit.ly/2dWmgY0 Text of the poem by Goethe http://bit.ly/2dPu3FR About The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas http://bit.ly/2d7gDrh Look at the score of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas http://bit.ly/2d7fboM What is a clef http://bit.ly/2d7gd4a About Scherzo http://bit.ly/2d7fWOC About Symphonic Poems http://bit.ly/2dWE4WM About Program music (Programmatic) http://bit.ly/2dz52Rx About Leitmotif http://bit.ly/2dPurUQ About Motif and Motivic Development http://bit.ly/2d7gDHN About Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz http://bit.ly/2dz5orI Posts about Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Andreas Deja’s Deja View http://bit.ly/2dwCpp1 About the Nicolas Cage film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) http://bit.ly/2dz5GhW About “Uncle Jack” from Breaking Bad http://bit.ly/2dPtXOF Watch a performance of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic” http://bit.ly/2dwCfOk About The Skeleton Dance http://bit.ly/2dwBUvc About The Old Mill http://bit.ly/2d7eYC4 About Kingdom Hearts http://bit.ly/2dwDxZP About Russian Futurism http://bit.ly/2dPu9xo About the bassoon http://bit.ly/2dWDjgg About the contrabassoon http://bit.ly/2d7gfci About fugue http://bit.ly/2dPu7pg About Non-Player characters or NPC http://bit.ly/2dz5orx

042 - Daddy Issues: Son of Zorn and The Venture Bros.

In this episode, Chris and Mackenzie explore the complex and complicated world of fathers and sons in the new show Son of Zorn and the not-so-new show The Venture Bros! Where can someone hold a phone in furry underwear? How is Son of Zorn like Mad Men? Who is the most two-dimensional character in Son of Zorn? How do you pronounce Sudeikis? How dangerous is Progressive Rock to one’s mind? How many clones of your sons is too many? Links Christopher Miller http://imdb.to/2d08pi5 Phil Lord http://imdb.to/2d08fYp First look at Jason Sudeikis' live-action/animated comedy Son of Zorn http://bit.ly/2dbF0aj Why you should watch crazy, celebrity-laden new animated show 'Son of Zorn' http://bit.ly/2dp4ejz Son of Zorn review from ScreenRant http://bit.ly/2dp4dMB The Venture Bros. Clone Death Montage http://bit.ly/2de9Psy The Venture Bros. Season 4 on iTunes http://bit.ly/2d08nGZ The Charmings http://bit.ly/2dp4QWb Sassy Mirror from The Charmings http://bit.ly/2dp4fUM About Family Ties http://bit.ly/2dea8DM About Jonny Quest http://bit.ly/2dvNOTL Listen to our episode on Jonny Quest! http://bit.ly/wga-028 New Moana Trailer! http://cnn.it/2dffVXV

041 - We Boldly Go Into Star Trek: The Animated Series

In our most hashtag-laden episode yet, Chris and Mackenzie celebrate Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary by boldly going into Star Trek: The Animated Series! Along for the ride is Josh Culbertson, the Writers Get Animated resident “Star Trekspert.” Is Star Trek: The Animated Series for kids? How much trouble is there and how many episodes are there in the “Tribble-gy?” How could we forget the term “Kahs-wan ordeal?” How can Star Trek continue to challenge and push for diversity? How many Star Wars references can we make during our Star Trek conversation? Links About Star Trek: The Animated Series http://bit.ly/2ddTwcx Follow Josh Culbertson on Twitter http://bit.ly/2ddTt0p Listen to the podcast We Are Compatible by Josh Culbertson and Alex Shanks http://apple.co/2ddTe5C Watch Star Trek: The Animated Series on Netflix http://nflx.it/2ddSoWu Star Trek film series http://bit.ly/2d4lzyc 'Star Trek' 50th Anniversary: Why 'Star Trek: The Animated Series' Is A True Space Oddity http://bit.ly/2d4lsm1 About the episode The Trouble with Tribbles http://bit.ly/2d4l7zV About the episode More Tribbles. More Troubles http://bit.ly/2cHeMa9 About the episode Yesteryear http://bit.ly/2cHeqAr About the episode How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth http://bit.ly/2d4kMwY Tribbles Week: Re-watching Star Trek: The Animated Series “More Tribbles, More Troubles” http://bit.ly/2d4llH8 About Limited Animation http://bit.ly/2cHed00 Bryan Fuller’s Star Trek Show an Anthology Series Taking Place at Various Points in the Main Continuity http://bit.ly/2d4lHO9 Creating Star Trek’s First Alien: Spock from Forgotten Trek http://bit.ly/2cHedxa Nichelle Nichols interview about Martin Luther King Jr. http://bit.ly/2d4ljPz Programming for Cats from the film Scrooged http://bit.ly/2d4m630 Nostalgic Impulse: In defense of… Wesley Crusher http://bit.ly/2d4l5YP Scott Bakula Is the Best Part of Looking http://bit.ly/2cHehwR About Quantum Leap http://bit.ly/2cHeDTT About Stargate http://bit.ly/2d4lOsK About Godzilla Roars http://n.pr/2d4lgn3

040 - Thine Doodles Moveable (Shakespeare in Gargoyles and The Simpsons)

Chris and Mackenzie brush up on their Shakespeare! Art thou ready for this? Writers Get Animated looks at how Gargoyles and The Simpsons play with the works of the Bard! How do the works of Shakespeare find their way into cartoons? Is Bottom from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” a precursor to BoJack Horseman? How much trouble can one wish-granting fairy cause? How powerful is the theme to Ghostbusters? Links About Shakespeare http://bit.ly/2cHWbhz About the episode “The Mirror” http://bit.ly/2cHXihc About Gargoyles http://bit.ly/2cHVAMP About “A Midsummer Night’s Dream http://bit.ly/2cHWVmu More about Gargoyles http://movies.disney.com/gargoyles Buy Gargoyles on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Gargoyles-Season-Two-Vol-1/dp/B000ATQYVA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1473940972&sr=8-4&keywords=Gargoyles Histeria’s Shakespeare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9pyNbtwImQ Gnomeo and Juliet https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gnomeo-and-juliet/ Listen to Gnomeo and Juliet (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists on @AppleMusic https://itun.es/us/Ss-2y A list of Shakespeare’s Plays http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/plays.php The Complete Works of Shakespeare http://shakespeare.mit.edu About Public Domain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_Superman Gargoyles: “Deadly Force”/“Enter Macbeth from A.V. Club http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/gargoyles-deadly-forceenter-macbeth-207993 Tales from the Public Domain from The Simpsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Public_Domain About Hamlet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet About Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/ Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh_It_Up,_Fuzzball:_The_Family_Guy_Trilogy Alas, poor Yorick http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/page_288.html About Once Upon a Time http://abc.tv/2cHWTv4

039 - It Stinks! Revisiting "The Critic"

Chris and Mackenzie travel back to the early 90’s to unearth one of their favorite forgotten gems of Animation Past: The Critic! Jay Sherman is a movie critic who only seems to review bad movies. Are we living in his dystopian Hollywood future? What does a cartoon from the 90’s have to do with the 2016 Presidential election? Why do we love characters voiced by Jon Lovitz so much? Links About The Critic http://bit.ly/2cFY0c5 The Critic on IMDB http://imdb.to/2cH0MRw About the episode “Miserable” http://avc.lu/2cH14aI About Jon Lovitz http://bit.ly/2cFYC1r Jon Lovitz as the Master Thespian on SNL http://bit.ly/2chd8OX Jon Lovitz as Tommy Flanagan (Pathological Liar) on SNL http://bit.ly/2chdeGg About Al Jean http://bit.ly/2cFXTgM About Mike Reiss http://bit.ly/2cFYRd0 “Penguins Can’t Fly!!” http://bit.ly/2chdTri Jay Sherman on The Simpsons http://bit.ly/2cFYQpk The Critic Theme http://bit.ly/2chcC3s Buy The Critic on DVD http://amzn.to/2cH1DBn Ten Frighteningly Prophetic Parodies from ‘The Critic’ http://uproxx.it/2csWF9u About “30 Rock” http://bit.ly/2cFY7EJ About “BoJack Horseman” http://bit.ly/2cheadW

038 - Kubo And The Two Strings

Grab your shamisen and paper as Chris and Mackenzie enter the world of Kubo and the Two Strings and see what unfolds! (It’s an origami joke!) How did they make Kubo? What’s going on with eyes in this film? What can Kubo control with music? How bad is Mackenzie’s Regina Spektor impression? How emotionally scarred is Chris’ almost 4-year-old son by the witches? Links Explore Laika! http://bit.ly/2bO1x8o Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast Interview with Travis Knight http://apple.co/2bGri8C ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Director Travis Knight: “That love of fantasy was something that was bestowed upon me at an early age” http://bit.ly/2bXwkmr Crafting the Epic World of Kubo: A Conversation with Laika’s Animation Supervisor Brad Schiff http://bit.ly/2bNodE7 Laika Chief Travis Knight Reveals Future Plans at Studio http://bit.ly/2cuC6N0 http://on.mtv.com/2bI7JQA LAIKA Founder and CEO Travis Knight makes his directorial debut with Kubo and the Two Strings http://bit.ly/2bO1z07 Kubo and the Two Strings Inside Laika’s Stop Motion Epic http://rol.st/2bGpelR Take A Tour Inside The Laika Exhibition Currently In Los Angeles (Photo Gallery) http://bit.ly/2bXwwC1 About the Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai http://bit.ly/2cdtgyA Explore the Realm of ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ With Interactive Map and Listen to the Full Score http://bit.ly/2bO10n0 Listen to While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Regina Spektor on Apple Music http://bit.ly/2cuBKpM About The Bicycle Thief http://bit.ly/2bGqrVm ''Pirates'': Why Davy Jones looks so amazing http://bit.ly/2cdrKwB ‘Anomalisa’ Featurette: Explore the Handmade World of Charlie Kaufman’s Latest http://bit.ly/2c5k6ab