We've got a hilarious episode about slavery this month (the very distant, non-American variety) as a trip to Osiris-4 lands Bender in the role of the planet's Pharaoh. But in his quest to be remembered, will Bender alienate his friends Fry and Leela, who he's doomed to a life of hard labor and frequent whippings? Listen in and learn the fate of our Planet Express friends, as well as important f...
2022-05-09 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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As we continue our return to season 3, we're joined again by journalist/podcaster Brendan James, cohost of the brilliant Blowback series! We talk a ton about the mafia films this ep parodies and then dig into the first appearance of Fat Tony, as well as some of t...
2022-05-04 03:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Chosen by premium Patreon subscriber Professor Gascan, we're digging into the career of Evan Dorkin and his Adult Swim pilot, Welcome to Eltingville! How did this series jump from the comic page to the TV screen? Why didn't Adult Swim order more than one episode? How accurate is all the trivia in this show? And how accurately does it reflect the nerd culture of the late '90s? Listen now before ...
2022-05-02 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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How can it already be time for a Summer of the Disney Renaissance when it feels like 2022 just began? We're still recovering from Roger Rabbit! Well, it's true, and we need your help to figure it out once again because, in addition to all our regular releases like Talking Simpsons, What A Cartoon, Talk...
2022-05-01 18:18:40 +0000 UTC
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A hearty May welcome to all Talking Simpsons Network patrons new and old! Hope you all enjoyed our big guests last month, as well as our epically long Roger Rabbit podcast. And we're keeping that energy going into the next month as we have so much planned for you. A lost Adult Swim pilot, one of the me...
2022-04-30 17:04:19 +0000 UTC
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Spring has fully sprung and we've got tons to chat about in the world of Simpsons! We chat about a couple of recent eps that changed up some history, celebrate an anniversary, eulogize Gilbert Gottfried, and lots more. Then we dig into our own fun we've had over the last month, then wrap things up by responding to many of our fave Patreon comments (including following up on the tiresome Slap Di...
2022-04-27 05:05:35 +0000 UTC
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As we reach the end of April we at the Talking Simpsons Network, are covering a film we always hoped to deconstruct! This month, our $10+ Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your current ple...
2022-04-25 04:01:59 +0000 UTC
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For any child of the '80s, one film's celebration of Golden Age cartoons will forever be burned in their memories, and that's why we're celebrating Who Framed Roger Rabbit on this massive podcast! We go deep into Roger's origins, the complex creation, the falling out of the creators, and we go scene-by-scene through every cameo, clue, and cartoon cliché in Toontown. Listen now for our shave an...
2022-04-25 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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We welcome back Andrew Jupin from the awesome We Hate Movies podcast for a frank discussion of Mr. Burns' sex life! Yes, after some poorly aged Chinese restaurant jokes, Burns gets a girlfriend with sexy results. Homer is his new wingman to the special guest star...
2022-04-20 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chris Rock guest stars at the height of his power in this month's episode, one that provides wisdom about race relations and proper backing up procedures! When Hank gets into a fender-bender with Kahn, he's forced to take a driver's ed course and ends up on the receiving end of insult comic Booda Sack—who soon becomes Bobby's hero. It's a very late-90s tale full of "yo mama" jokes an...
2022-04-18 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It's time for our final episode of the more maudlin second production season, and we welcome the great video essayist José! As Bart learns karate and Homer learns to not wish schadenfreude on Ned, we dig into the difficult production and the sitcom ...
2022-04-13 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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This month, we're covering yet another sports-focused season three episode of Futurama! When Leela's lack of depth perception leads her to become the concussion queen, she rises to blernsball fame—then learns she's only a celebrity based on her status as a living joke. Will Hank Aaron the 24th be able to train her into NOT the worse blernsball player of all time? And what does Bob Uecker's he...
2022-04-11 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be about 2010's Toy Story 3. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of...
2022-04-09 16:15:12 +0000 UTC
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Just in time for an episode about running a bar, we welcome on the cohost of The Flop House Podcast/bartender, the awesome Stuart Wellington! He gives us the scoop on this spirited Moe episode, as Homer takes over the bar ahead of it being rebuilt, a...
2022-04-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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It's time for our zuzzy and zazzy April Fool's tradition on the podcast of covering a live-action cartoon, and we're joined by a special guest! We're covering Saturday Morning All Star Hits (aka S.M.A.S.H.) with one of the executive producers, Scot...
2022-04-04 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Spring has officially begun on the Talking Simpsons Network and we're full speed ahead on podcast production! No April-foolin' from us, we're hard at work on Talking Simpsons, Talking Futurama, TalKing of the Hill, and What A Cartoon, as well as our once-a-month $10 premium podcast. And once more we'll...
2022-04-01 14:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Spring has sprung, and if you're currently not a Talking Simpson Network patron, you might look like a fool... An April Fool, if you will. Why's that? Well, we've got a ton of great Patreon-exclusive podcasts coming at you this month—and one of them is about a very special movie our listeners have wa...
2022-03-31 19:01:02 +0000 UTC
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We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another episode of our community podcast. This time around, we discuss the ever-growing amount of new Simpsons merch, bootleg bars in Latin America, how the show didn't predict Russia's invasion of Ukraine, animation guild news, and more! And, as always, we respond to your questions and comments from the most recent round ...
2022-03-30 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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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 1940's Pinocchio! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your cur...
2022-03-28 04:01:04 +0000 UTC
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This month on What A Cartoon Movie, we're covering our oldest subject matter yet with a super-size podcast all about 1940's Pinocchio! The follow-up to Disney's first animated feature, Pinocchio had to prove the studio's hit movie about a young girl living with seven tiny bachelors wasn't just a fluke. And while Disney's adaptation overly sanitizes Carlo Collodi's often grim source material—e...
2022-03-28 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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This month, the Hills and the Souphanousinphones take a trip south of the border in the first truly international episode of King of the Hill. But their innocent quest to obtain the fireworks, illegal makeups, and papier-mâché that Mexico has to offer soon turns dangerous when a mitad mishap causes Hank, Dale, and Kahn to be stranded outside of the USA. Will the trio escape before they're arr...
2022-03-25 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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In the show's first truly political episode, we welcome back our pal Matt Christman from Chapo Trap House! We first reflect on the legacy of Reader's Digest and Lisa's skills as a patriotic essayist, then chat about how different things are in the 31 ye...
2022-03-23 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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We welcome back Luke Savage, writer for Jacobin and the cohost of the podcast Michael And Us, just in time for this ...
2022-03-16 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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This month on Talking Futurama, we take a trip forward to the fantastical year of 3000-or-so, as well as a less-distant voyage to back the spring of 2001, when Napster commentary was still somewhat fresh. On a search for exciting new things to do in the future, Fry discovers an existing service that downloads a celebrity's personality into a robot you can make out with. But is there something d...
2022-03-14 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be about Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of this podcast when it goes live on Monday, April 25th, but $10 subscribers will be able to ...
2022-03-08 15:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to the generosity of premium patron Devin, this week we're taking a look at the first animated adaptation of Kentaro Miura's acclaimed dark fantasy manga, Berserk! Despite its slightly silly name, Berserk weaves a grim tale of destiny, betrayal, and revenge, and made its bleak, violent medieval backdrop a smash-hit with audiences nearly a decade before A Game of Thrones. On this episode,...
2022-03-07 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Season 13 has begun, so it's a perfect time to welcome back returning pal Eric Szyszka from the We Hate Movies podcast onto the podcast! Initially, we reflect on the first ep of Simpsons to air after 9/11, and then we chat about the episode itself. Part one...
2022-03-02 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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We're far into 2022 with the Talking Simpsons Network and all our podcasts have been a whole bunch of fun! As we enter March, we're still hard at work on Talking Simpsons, Talking Futurama, TalKing of the Hill, and What A Cartoon, as well as our once-a-month $10 premium podcast. And we'll need your hel...
2022-03-01 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Spring is about to arrive at The Talking Simpsons Network, and we've got a ton of cool stuff planned for the month of St. Patrick's Day. We've got an adaptation of a classic Japanese comic, plus podcasts about robots and Mexico, all topped off with a Disney classic about talking marionettes! That's on ...
2022-02-28 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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