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A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 99: Shinbone AlleyYou know Archy the cockroach from all those old Scholastic books about 'Insects Do the Strangest Things' where they were desperate to think of a famous cockroach to name check. Archy and his pal Mehitabel, the slutty cat, were characters created by newspaper columnist Don Marquis in 1906. Many collections of Archy and Mehitabel stories were illustrated by George Herriman, the creator of Krazy Kat. And that's enough excuse to watch the very 70s Archy and Mehitabel adaptation, Shinbone Alley!
2021-08-161h 14
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 98: Snuffy Smith (2 of 2)This week, we take a deep dive into the world of Snuffy Smith, that beloved hillbilly who ganked his comic from Barney Google. You remember Barney Google, right? He's got them goo-goo-googley eyes. Anyway, Snuffy Smith starred in not one but TWO movies in 1942, Private Snuffy Smith and Hillbilly Blitzkrieg. You remember those, right?
2021-08-091h 03
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 97: Snuffy Smith (1 of 2)This week, we take a deep dive into the world of Snuffy Smith, that beloved hillbilly who ganked his comic from Barney Google. You remember Barney Google, right? He's got them goo-goo-googley eyes. Anyway, Snuffy Smith starred in not one but TWO movies in 1942, Privtae Snuffy Smith and Hillbilly Blitzkrieg. You remember those, right?
2021-08-021h 01
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 96: Mother Goose Rock and Rhyme (2 of 2)Not a lot of rocking or a lot of rhyming going on in this all-star extravaganza about the adventures of Mother Goose's son Gordon (ok) trying to save his mother who was kidnapped by... aliens? Sort of? The important thing is that this surprisingly music-free film stars Cyndy Lauper, Debbie Harry, ZZ Top, Little Richard, Bobby Brown, Paul Simon, and Art Garfunkel.
2021-07-261h 17
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 95: Mother Goose Rock n' Rhyme (1 of 2)Not a lot of rocking or a lot of rhyming going on in this all-star extravaganza about the adventures of Mother Goose's son Gordon (ok) trying to save his mother who was kidnapped by... aliens? Sort of? The important thing is that this surprisingly music-free film stars Cyndy Lauper, Debbie Harry, ZZ Top, Little Richard, Bobby Brown, Paul Simon, and Art Garfunkel.
2021-07-191h 03
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 94: In Search of Dr. Seuss (2 of 2)The Seuss is loose! This week, we return to the life of that famous cartoonist (and possibly less famous children's author) Dr Seuss. But instead of an adaptation of his work, we're looking at "In Search of Dr. Seuss," a 1994 made-for-TV documentary extravaganza about the life and times of Dr. Seuss, starring Kathy Najimy, Patrick Stewart, Robin Williams, Christopher Lloyd, and Max Headroom himself -- Matt Frewer -- as the cat in the hat.
2021-07-121h 31
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 93: In Search of Dr. Seuss (1 of 2)The Seuss is loose! This week, we return to the life of that famous cartoonist (and possibly less famous children's author) Dr Seuss. But instead of an adaptation of his work, we're looking at "In Search of Dr. Seuss," a 1994 made-for-TV documentary extravaganza about the life and times of Dr. Seuss, starring Kathy Najimy, Patrick Stewart, Robin Williams, Christopher Lloyd, and Max Headroom himself -- Matt Frewer -- as the cat in the hat.
2021-07-0557 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 92: Snoopy the Musical with Mike WestfallDon't be the moo when you can be the cow! Ahhh such words of wisdom from everyone's favorite blockhead in this, the animated adaptation of the stage musical about Snoopy. Special guest star Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House joins us to discuss the Peanuts special where Snoppy... talks?!?! A talking beagle!?!?!?
2021-06-281h 34
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 91: Garfield's Fun FestAfter the insanity of Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest seems relatively subdued... assuming that you've seen Garfield Gets Real and remember that this direct sequel -- because it is, in fact, a direct sequel -- takes place in a very specific Garfield AU. Also important? It's not really about a Fun Fest. Like, at all. We can only assume that Jim Davis has never been to a fest. But the more important thing? We have a Twitter now and you can follow us at @No_Alf_Tonight !!!
2021-06-211h 36
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 90: Garfield Gets RealJoin us for the most deranged thing we've ever watched, Garfield Gets Real. You think you're prepared. You are not prepared. What happens when Garfield stops being polite and starts being real? You're gonna lose your goddamn mind, that's what. Come for Garfield's hotdog fantasy, stay for a deep dive into the Garfield Eats menu and our pitch for the great British Bendy Bus Prime heist film, Optimus' 11
2021-06-142h 00
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 89: Saturday Morning Cartoons (3 of 3)This week, we take a little detour (mostly) away from comics to look at a bizarre 90s artifact, Greatest Hits: Saturday Morning Cartoons, a compilation of covers of beloved Gen-X Saturday morning cartoon shows by beloved Gen-X grunge bands and the associated music video marathon hosted by Drew Barrymore! Stick around for that PLUS lots of digressions about how anime sucks, the Jetsons hate children, and Fat Albert's white voice. (It'll all make sense when you hear it)
2021-06-071h 38
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 88: Saturday Morning Cartoons (2 of 3)This week, we take a little detour (mostly) away from comics to look at a bizarre 90s artifact, Greatest Hits: Saturday Morning Cartoons, a compilation of covers of beloved Gen-X Saturday morning cartoon shows by beloved Gen-X grunge bands and the associated music video marathon hosted by Drew Barrymore! Stick around for that PLUS lots of digressions about how anime sucks, the Jetsons hate children, and Fat Albert's white voice. (It'll all make sense when you hear it)
2021-05-311h 00
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 87: Saturday Morning Cartoons (1 of 3)This week, we take a little detour (mostly) away from comics to look at a bizarre 90s artifact, Greatest Hits: Saturday Morning Cartoons, a compilation of covers of beloved Gen-X Saturday morning cartoon shows by beloved Gen-X grunge bands and the associated music video marathon hosted by Drew Barrymore! Stick around for that PLUS lots of digressions about how anime sucks, the Jetsons hate children, and Fat Albert's white voice. (It'll all make sense when you hear it)
2021-05-241h 04
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 86: Li’l Abner (with Lyndsey and Ethan!)Li’l Abner, the comic that codified all the hillbilly tropes, shaped the culture your grandparents knew from whole cloth and then vanished from sight! Speaking of which, Mike has also vanished due to technical difficulties, so Ethan managed to nab friend of the show “Morbiose” Lyndsey to share her experiences as a longtime Li’l Abner fan, including the crushingly sad story of the feud between Al Capp and Ham Fisher. Stick around for the enthusiastic approval of Al Nesor, and maaaybe some affectionate light roasting of Mike. Just a little. Un piquito.
2021-05-171h 56A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 85: Totally Awesome Video Games! w/ Rocket SharkThis week, we're taking a break from talking about comics to play some video games... some video games ABOUT COMICS!! Our good pal Rocket Shark joins us as we look at games about Popeye, the Addams Family, and Mickey Mouse... and then get really mad about Blippi for some reason.
2021-05-101h 57
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 84: A Doonesbury SpecialIt's the comic that the cowards at your local paper run on the editorial page, Doonesbury! Join Mike, BD, Joanie, and that lovable goofus Zonker as they sort of, maybe, kinda grapple with the challenges of growing up and being, what, like, 30? Gary Trudeau's boomer life journey receives its only small screen treatment and uhhhh probably not an improvement.
2021-05-031h 57
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 83: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (2 of 2)It's the very first Peanuts theatrical movie, A Boy Named Charlie Brown... the movie that broke Walt Disney's stranglehold on the animated feature business. Charles Schultz and Bill Melendez totally took down the mouse and Disney has never recovered! That's why no one ever talks about Disney anymore. It's done. That's it. We especially don't need to worry about any sort of Disney monopoly slurping up all human creativity and shitting it through their blood money machine. Anyway, Peanuts!!
2021-04-261h 00
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 82: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1 of 2)It's the very first Peanuts theatrical movie, A Boy Named Charlie Brown... the movie that broke Walt Disney's stranglehold on the animated feature business. Charles Schultz and Bill Melendez totally took down the mouse and Disney has never recovered! That's why no one ever talks about Disney anymore. It's done. That's it. We especially don't need to worry about any sort of Disney monopoly slurping up all human creativity and shitting it through their blood money machine. Anyway, Peanuts!!
2021-04-191h 00
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 81: WokeIt's time to stop sleeping and open your eyes to the true nature of this imperialist settler-colonial state we call America. Or, as the kids say, to get Woke! This week, we look at Woke, a new Hulu series based on the work of Keith Knight of the K Chronicles. It's also about Toast and Butter, which, it turns out, is not a real show.
2021-04-121h 25
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 80: Jugman with Steph CherrywellThis week, we welcome our good friend Steph Cherrywell, the mind behind comics like Muertitos, Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy, and Widgey Q. Butterfluff, to talk about Jugman, a sort of Encino Ma tribute? Rip-off? starring Archie and his gang. What happens when Jughead's cavenman doppelganger runs rampant through Rivderdale, drawing buffaloes all over rich guys' foyers and eating bugs and ruining cyber-themed eating establishments?
2021-04-051h 28
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 79: The Adventures of Mark Twain (2 of 2)The newspaper connection here is small but significant (wait til the end to discover!), but that's enough justification we nee to do this viewer request: It's The Adventures of Mark Twain, Will Vinton's insane tour de force homage to the writings of Mark Twain which the Internet loves for that one bit (You know the bit.)
2021-03-291h 09
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 78: The Adventures of Mark Twain (1 of 2)The newspaper connection here is small but significant (wait til the end to discover!), but that's enough justification we nee to do this viewer request: It's The Adventures of Mark Twain, Will Vinton's insane tour de force homage to the writings of Mark Twain which the Internet loves for that one bit (You know the bit.)
2021-03-221h 02
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 77: Annie (1982) (2 of 2)In the early 80s, there was a very popular Broadway musical adaptation of the old comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, everyone's favorite serial about an orphan and her war profiteering sugar daddy. Then they turned that popular musical into a not so popular (but weirdly enduring) film. Join us for our first of two episodes about the 1982 Annie movie with Tim Curry, Bernedette Peters, and Carol Burnett.
2021-03-151h 11
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 76: Annie (1982) (1 of 2)In the early 80s, there was a very popular Broadway musical adaptation of the old comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, everyone's favorite serial about an orphan and her war profiteering sugar daddy. Then they turned that popular musical into a not so popular (but weirdly enduring) film. Join us for our first of two episodes about the 1982 Annie movie with Tim Curry, Bernedette Peters, and Carol Burnett.
2021-03-081h 06A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 75: Animated Sit Coms with Mike VagoIt's not just comics that get their own TV adaptations. Sometimes sit coms become cartoons because... reasons? Mike Vago of Why Isn't This a Movie, author and Onion AV Club contributor, joins us this week to look at some of the misbegotten attempts to bring sit coms to the... well, to the same screen really! Learn about the Duke boys on a race around the world, I Dream of Jeanie with her new bumbling genie sidekick, and the horror of Rick Springfield and Miss Tickle!
2021-03-011h 03
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 74: Garfield Coloring BooksGarfield was so popular, is it any wonder that he wasn't just adapted into cartoons but into other mediums as well? There are Garfield books, Garfield movies, Garfield... coloring books!? In this episode, we look at two (2) classic Garfield coloring books. Kids love to color!
2021-02-221h 37
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 73: Little Nemo in Slumberland (2 of 2)Little Nemo in Slumberland is a comic from the way, way, way back times of the old days, but in 1989 they tried to adapt it into this anime movie. They really, really wanted to do something great. There's so much love in this thing and... well, it's A THING. Join us for our second episode deep dive into this Nemo thing!
2021-02-151h 10
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 72: Little Nemo in Slumberland (1 of 2)Little Nemo in Slumberland is a comic from the way, way, way back times of the old days, but in 1989 they tried to adapt it into this anime movie. They really, really wanted to do something great. There's so much love in this thing and... well, it's A THING.
2021-02-0857 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 71: Free For AllFree for All is an oddity of a strip. Created by Brett Merhar in the waning days of the newspaper comic strip monoculture ie the late 90s, it was syndicated for but a single year... but Merhar still managed to convince Showtime into greenlighting a series. It wasn't good. Join us for a mega-stuffed 2 HOUR episode where we talk all about the bizarre anomaly that was Free for All, a weird webcomic-eque Bloom County clone with a ferret, and also stick around for some SURPRISING backstage news about the creator!
2021-02-011h 59
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 70: What a Nightmare Charlie Brown!This week, Mike and Ethan look at this weird Charlie Brown special that is NOT associated with any holiday, it's all about that overly-civilized, underly-dogified dog Snoopy eating 100 pizzas and having a nightmare that he's a Klondike gold rush sled dog. Also in this episode, Mike retells the story of his own nightmare, that time that he ate two (2) weed brownies and journeyed to a witch's sabbat. Mike is ALWAYS telling that story!
2021-01-251h 02A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 69: Advent Calendar 3Those of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for every one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to miss out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into another full episode! We're joined this time with our good friend Aurelina!
2021-01-1840 minA Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 68: Advent Calendar 2Those of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for every one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to miss out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into another full episode! We're joined this time with our good friend Cage of Mirrors!
2021-01-1156 minA Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 67: Advent CalendarThose of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for every one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to miss out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into a full episode!
2021-01-041h 12
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 66: The Smurfs Christmas with AurelinaWe're rounding out our Christmas season with a look at The Smurf's Christmas, one of like 8 smurf Christmases. This IS thematic because, as you Belgians may already know, the Smurfs was originally a comic over there. This week, we welcome special guest Aurelina, creator of Furry Found Footage and Mike's old podcasting partner from SHOW. Let's smurf it up as we discuss just WHO is that mysterious stranger who's threatening the smurfs and does goodness make the badness go away?
2020-12-281h 05A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 65: Garfield's Christmas SpecialGarfield, Odie and Jon go to visit Jon's family on the farm for Christmas in a most unusual Christmas special. Mike didn't like it when it premiered in 1987, but we're reassessing it today!
2020-12-211h 01
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 64: A Rugrats ChanukahDid you know that there was a Rugrats comic strip? It sucked, of course. Just lots of boring puns about babies, but it did two important things: It was a better baby comic than Marvin and it gave us an excuse to watch A Rugrats Chanukah for our 2020 Decemberween Festival of Holiday Specials. Mike and Ethan discuss their extremely sketchy understanding of the Jewish faith and also why Angelica is the best rugrat.
2020-12-141h 08A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 63: The Life and Adventures of Santa ClausIt's the holiday season, so we're looking at some holiday specials! Today we watched Rankin Bass' The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, based on a book by L. Frank Baum. And since there WAS a comic strip, Queer Visitors from the Land of Oz, based on a different L. Frank Baum book... what the heck, we'll count it. L. Frank Baum was never content to rely on pre-existing canon for his stories, so of course his take on Santa is extremely unique.
2020-12-071h 40A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 62: with Special Guest Buzz Dixon!This week, we thought we would look at Fabulous Funnies, a 70s Filmation series that brought all the best comic strips of the 20s to life! So we thought, why not get the scoop from someone who was actually there? Veteran cartoon writer Buzz Dixon, most famous for his work on GI Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony, Inhumanoids, Jem, Cowboys of Moo Mesa, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and literally EVERY cartoon of the 1980s, was gracious enough to sit down with us for a conversation about his first writing gig... and also the inner workings of 1980s animation, the...
2020-11-301h 57
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 61: I'm Zippy, Who Are You?This week, we were GOING to look at some more comic-themed commercials, but then we watched... a music video?... about Zippy the Pinhead. And it turns out that we have A LOT to say about Zippy the Pinhead. Join us for a discussion of this weird music video and also all things Zippy from the Zippy the Pinhead stage play to the secret history of San Francisco's Doggy Diner.
2020-11-231h 07
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 60: Pontoffel Pock Where Are You?Welcome back to the podcast where Mike and Ethan talk about adaptations of newspaper comics into other mediums. Did you know that before he was a children's author Dr. Seuss was a newspaper cartoonist? A political cartoonist, technically, but it still counts for our mandate! Because we declare it to be so! We thought to look at one of two Seuss cartoons that wasn't based on a pre-existing property, Pontoffel Pock, Where are You? It's about this guy and his flying piano.
2020-11-1659 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 59: The Hoober Bloob HighwayWelcome back to the podcast where Mike and Ethan talk about adaptations of newspaper comics into other mediums. Did you know that before he was a children's author Dr. Seuss was a newspaper cartoonist? A political cartoonist, technically, but it still counts for our mandate! Because we declare it to be so! We thought to look at one of two Seuss cartoons that wasn't based on a pre-existing property, it's the Hoober Bloob Highway. Join Mr. Hoober Bloob and his robot lute sidekick as they try to convince a baby to be born.
2020-11-091h 08
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 58: MORE Halloween ShenanigansWe're taking a break from our usual format for an EXTRA special Halloween episode, on THIS most holy of nights HALLOWEEN, a day earlier than our usual posting time, to invite all our BEST pals to watch some beloved classic Halloween specials with us! We're joined by friends of the pod vorejokesdotjpg, poundforpoundcake, atomicfattymutant, and dungeonmaster11 to watch The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t, The Last Halloween, The Wickedest Witch, and Mr. Boogedy. Get ready to be spooOOOooOoOooOOoked! Special thanks to Morbiose for adding the scares to this extra spooky episode!
2020-11-012h 12
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 57: Halloween Special Extravaganza!We're taking a break from our usual format for an EXTRA special Halloween episode, wherein we invited all our BEST pals to watch some beloved classic Halloween specials with us! We're joined by friends of the pod Moodyferret, vorejokesdotjpg, poundforpoundcake, and Morbiose to watch Lumpkin the Pumpkin, Raggedy Ann & Andy in: The Pumpkin that Couldn't Smile, Halloween is Grinch Night, and Witch's Night Out. Get ready to be spooOOOooOoOooOOoked! Special thanks to Morbiose for adding the scares to this extra spooky episode!
2020-10-261h 49
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 56: Halloween with the New Addams FamilyIt's the Addams Family! They're creepy AND they're kooky and altogether ooky. Ten years after the 1960s series ended, the original cast got back together for this special Halloween reunion that involves a Great Pumpkin analogue, a long-lost twin brother, a pair of super oiled up body builders (it doesn't really make sense in context), and (of course) some criminals trying to steal the Addams fortune. Is it a low point for the Addams as a media franchise? Well.Maybe. Join us as Mike and Ethan remember the Addams Family on this Halloween season.
2020-10-191h 37
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 55: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!Mike and Ethan continue a month of Halloween coverage with the classic Peanuts special that has defined Halloween for generations, with all the great bits that you know and love -- the Great Pumpkin, the jerkfaces who give Charlie Brown rocks during trick or treat (???) and Snoopy's WW I flying ace delusions. What a weird special. In retrospect, Peanuts is bizarre.
2020-10-121h 17
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 54: More Tales from the Far SideThis week, our Halloween coverage continues with More Tales from the Far Side, the never-seen-in-America sequel to Tales from the Far Side. It's Tales from the FARTHER Side, you might say! It's got to be Halloween cuz what other holiday would this represent?
2020-10-051h 55
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 53: Tales from the Far SideThis week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) kick off the Halloween season with a look at the surprisingly obscure Tales from the Far Side, the Far Side adaptation that is ostensibly a Halloween special because, really, what other holiday could you possibly expect to make an appropriately apt Far Side adaptation for?
2020-09-281h 28
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 52: Totally Awesome Video Games!This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at video games based on comic strips, including... well, you know what, just listen to the episode. Be surprised.
2020-09-211h 12
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 51: Carlton Your DoormanThis week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at a fogotten cartoon series pilot, Carlton Your Doorman. WTF??? What does this have to do with comics? Well, Carlton Your Doorman is based on the character of Carlton the doorman from Rhoda, the phenomenally popular unseen character who was the first ever role of Lorenzo Music, the man who would eventually portray Garfield. See? There's a connection.
2020-09-141h 09A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 50: Happy Birthday Garfield! 2This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at Garfield's 10 Anniversary special. Can you believe that Garfield is 10 years old today? It's a celebration of all things Garfield with this special that looks behind the scenes of Paws Inc to learn the awful, terrifying secrets of Garfield's production.
2020-09-071h 30A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 49: Happy Birthday Garfield! 1This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at Garfield's 10 Anniversary special. Can you believe that Garfield is 10 years old today? It's a celebration of all things Garfield with this special that looks behind the scenes of Paws Inc to learn the awful, terrifying secrets of Garfield's production.
2020-08-3158 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 48: Goin' Commercial! 3This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield, Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you need in your life!
2020-08-241h 17
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 47: Goin' Commercial! 2This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield, Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you need in your life!
2020-08-171h 02
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 46: Goin' Commercial! 1This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield, Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you need in your life!
2020-08-1056 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 45: Beetle BaileyHeeeey it's life in the army with Beetle Bailey, the soldier who's been enlisted for 50 years yet never seen a day of combat in America's eternal forever war. What happens when Beetle Bailey has to represent Camp Swampy in front of some Pentagon Brass and then Plato makes a flying chair helicopter that shoots things? It's madness when Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) look at this animated adaptation of everyone's favorite soldier boy.
2020-08-031h 03
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 44: Hagar Knows BestIn this episode Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) discuss the animated adaptation of Hagar the Horrible, Hagar Knows Best, where Dik Browne takes all three of the (questionable) facts that he knows about vikings to make this hilarious tale of traditional viking Hagar dealing with his wacky modern-timesy kids. When exactly was the age of the vikings? We're still not sure.
2020-07-2758 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 43: I Go Pogo & The Special Pogo Birthday Special Part 2 with MorbiomaticHey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one...
2020-07-201h 07
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 42: I Go Pogo and The Pogo Special Birthday Special Part 1 with MorbiomaticHey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one...
2020-07-131h 04
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 41: Those Fantastic Funnies Part 3It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!
2020-07-061h 18
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 40: Those Fantastic Funnies Part 2It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!
2020-06-291h 02
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 39: Those Fantastic Funnies Part 1It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!
2020-06-221h 04
Flash In The PanFlash in the Pan - Episode 46: I've Always Been A Cheeseman feat. BitterKarellaIt's our girthiest episode yet, as artist and writer BitterKarella joins Alex and Tom for three dated dalliances. MR. WONG is racist garbage, I WANT A FAT BABE is a fetish anthem, and DRAINING THE LIZARD ON A DEAD GAY WIZARD is the apotheosis of Harry Potter fandom snark. This episode isn't one for your gran! Video links in the show notes.
2020-06-182h 10
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 38: Molly and the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies?! (Part 2)It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we finally break our comic rule for the SECOND time: We talk about something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly and the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies!?, an animated film about a little girl dealing with her divorced mother getting remarried. BUT it was directed by Bill Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly inspired by same. So we're counting it!
2020-06-151h 07
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 37: Molly and the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies!? (part 1)It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we finally break our comic rule for the SECOND time: We talk about something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly and the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies!?, an animated film about a little girl dealing with her divorced mother getting remarried. BUT it was directed by Bill Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly inspired by same. So we're counting it!
2020-06-081h 01
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 36: Molly and the Skywalkerz in Happily Every AfterIt's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we finally break our comic rule for the first time: We talk about something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly and the Skywalkerz in Happily Ever After, an animated film about a little girl dealing with her parents' divorce. BUT it was directed by Bill Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly inspired by same. So we're counting it! Plus, hang around afterwards an...
2020-06-011h 30
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 35: Cathy's ValentineIt's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Today we return to our least favorite comic turned into most favorite special, Cathy, for a discussion of the final Cathy special, Cathy's Valentine, and a huge derailment into 1980s commercials. Cathy's Valentine aired only once and was never released on VHS or DVD, so the only way to see it now is via a recording that someone made way back in 1989... which includes a whole bunch of awesome commercials about panty ho...
2020-05-251h 31
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 34: It's Arbor Day, Charlie BrownIt's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This time, we celebrate the day when trees are born. It's Arbor Day! Arbor Day, Charlie Brown! Oh that Charlie Brown, he's gonna plant a tree. Tree stuff.
2020-05-181h 04
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 33: It Zwibble in Earth Day Birthday!It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Or, in this case, a comic from Scholastic hand-outs. So TECHNICALLY this falls under the letter of our mandate to discuss comic strip adaptations. It Zwibble is a dinosaur that teaches kids about taking care of the environment and is super effective which is why there are no issues today at all related to environmental devastation. Oh. Kids, get excited to be LECTURED by It Zwibble the star-touched dinosaur, the most focus gro...
2020-05-111h 12
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 32: Control Alt Delete the Web SeriesWelcome to our 30th EPISODE ahem ahem of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Or, in this case, a web comic. We're looking at Control Alt Delete: The Web Series, the web series based on Control Alt Delete: The Web Comic. It's the web comic so good that we instead get distracted and start talking about great ideas for TV series like THE GAMER FAMILY and SECRET CENTAUR. Someone should really make those for real.
2020-05-041h 13
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 31: Dennises the Menaces Part 2 with Alex WhitingtonWelcome to episode 31 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we continue our look at not ONE but two comics turned cartoons: It's the cute and not all that menacing American Dennis the Menace and the more menacing and class conscious British Dennis the Menace. Joining us for this episode is our UK correspondent Alex Whitington (@EHCB), Olympus U game dev, co-creator of Amy Ook and the man Mike blames for everything that goes wrong in old...
2020-04-271h 05
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 30: Dennis the Menace AND Dennis the Menace Part 1 with Alex WhitingtonWelcome to episode 30 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we look at not ONE but two comics turned cartoons: It's the cute and not all that menacing American Dennis the Menace and the more menacing and class conscious British Dennis the Menace. Joinng us for this episode is our UK correspondent Alex Whitington (@EHCB), Olympus U game dev, co-creator of Amy Ook and the man Mike blames for everything that goes wrong in old blighty. Also we t...
2020-04-201h 31
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 29: Gahan Wilson's The KidWelcome to episode 29 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we look at the also-ran series The Kid, an adaptation of Gahan Wilson's deliciously morbid Nuts strip from National Lampoon magazine. Mike also talks about his favorite cartoon, Gahan Wilson's Diner. See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !
2020-04-131h 29
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 28: The Bestest PresentWelcome to episode 28 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This is our first time dipping into For Better or For Worse, the extremely nice and extremely Canadian comic strip about that extremely nice and extremely Canadian family the Pattersons. Or, as some wags have dubbed them, the Foobs. In the Bestest Present, we see young Michael before he ran into a burning building to rescue his manuscript and young Elizabeth before she settled for dorkass neighbor nice guy Gordon...
2020-04-061h 15
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 27: Defenders of the EarthWelcome to episode 27 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This time , we meet those second rate superheroes THE DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH! What do you get when mandrake the Magician, Flash Gordon, Lothar, and the Phantom team up? You get one guy who can do literally anything via magic and three guys who're just along for the ride. See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytr...
2020-03-301h 32
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 26 :Ziggy's GiftWelcome to episode 26 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This time we're talkin' about that lovable blobfish ZIGGY! We were supposed to post this for Christmas but OOPS we forgot XP So enjoy Ziggy's Gift!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !
2020-03-231h 20
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 25: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 3Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI) to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of Garfield. There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had to divide it into 3 parts. Enjoy part 3 in which we discuss Diana's Piano (TV special), Lab Animal (TV special & book), Primal Self (book), Garfield (TV special & book), and Space Cat (TV special & book).
Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of E...
2020-03-161h 05
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 24: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 2 w/DMXIMike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI) to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of Garfield. There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had to divide it into 3 parts. Enjoy part 1 in which we discuss In the Garden (book & TV special), Babes & Bullets (book & TV special), The Exterminators (book), Court Musician (TV special), and Stunt Cat (TV special).
Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See mor...
2020-03-091h 01
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 23: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 1 w/DMXIMike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI) to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of Garfield. There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had to divide it into 3 parts. Enjoy part 1 in which we discuss Cave Cat (book & TV special), King Cat (TV special), and The Vikings (book).
Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or...
2020-03-0259 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 22: If I Ran the Theme Park...Did you know that there's a comic strip themed theme park in Florida called TOON LAGOON? There is. Does it suck? Maybe. But what if there was a GOOD comic strip theme park? In this episode, Mike and Ethan discuss their ideas for a GOOD comic strip theme park!
2020-02-251h 07
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 21: MORE DilbertWe're talkin' Dilbert again, you know the cat! He's your favorite office drone written by a hypnosis magician who lives in a house shaped like Dilbert's head. We literally talked about Dilbert so much that we had to break it up into two episodes, so enjoy our SECOND Dilbert episode wherein we talk about the last episode of the Dilbert TV series and also about Scott Adams The Man.
2020-02-101h 32
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 20: Dilbert Part 1We're talkin' Dilbert, you know the cat! He's your favorite office drone written by a hypnosis magician who lives in a house shaped like Dilbert's head. We literally talked about Dilbert so much that we had to break it up into two episodes, so enjoy our FIRST Dilbert episode wherein we talk about the first episode of the Dilbert TV series.
2020-02-0348 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 19: Heathcliff the MovieMike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) talk about a comic that you might remember more as a TV series but was also a theatrical movie: It's BEEFcliff the movie. Or possibly Meatcliff the movie. Listen as we talk about cats, CATS, and a brilliant plan to make sports interesting. PUT ON YOUR GRAVY HELMET AND DIVE IN! Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.
2020-01-131h 45
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 18: Bad BabyMike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) talk about another comic strip's misguided stab at animation. This week we look at the most obscure adaption ever, a cartoon with NO WIKIPEDIA ENTRY, it's Bad Baby. What's Bad Baby? That's exactly what we asked too. TOSSED SALAAAAAD AN SCRAMBLED EGGGGGGGS. Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.
2020-01-061h 27
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 17: It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie BrownWe're back after having missed our Christmas week update for no other reason than that Mike's computer died. But now it's all better! So join Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) for another discussion about a comic strip's misguided stab at animation. This week we look at It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown. It's a thing that absolutely exists and we have no idea why, but if you want to see Charles Schultz' daughter interact with Snoopy's brother Spike ala Roger Rabbit, well, then this is your thing. Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
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2019-12-301h 28
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 16: A BC Thanksgiving and A BC ChristmasIt's the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we're looking Johnny Hart's BC specials, because, believe it or not, there was a point in time when BC had enough cultural cache that people were willing to watch not just one but TWO terrible specials based on that property. But wait, how can there be a Christmas special when the title explains that it takes place in the BC era? WHAT THE?!?!? I hope someone got fired for that blunder! Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Eth...
2019-12-161h 16A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 15: A SPECIAL Special PresentationIt's the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we discuss our OWN ideas for specials based on comic strips! What would you do if you had to make a ____ holiday special? Find out our wacky ideas in this very special episode! Also we must have been hungry while we were recording, cuz we also talk about food a whole lot. Music courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
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2019-12-101h 34
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 14: Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated LaughterIt's the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we discuss a relic of the 70s, where Popeye and every terrible comic strip character that infested the awful funnies page of the 70s meets a man who hates laughter. By the time we're done, you'll agree... if the funniest thing in your world was Popeye and Snuffy Smith and the Katzenjammer Kids... well, YOU would hate laughter too! Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read...
2019-12-021h 27
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 13: Thanksgiving!It's the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we discuss TWO specials, both related to the holiday that we are encountering this week: THANKSGIVING! We're looking at Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving and Garfield's Thanksgiving. Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.
2019-11-2656 min
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 12: A Wish For Wings That WorkIt's the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we discuss a cartoon and a comic that are both very near and dear to us and to every person who enjoyed comics while growing up during a certain period of history: It's Bloom County or possibly Outland or possibly Opus... but the important thing is it's A Wish For Wings that Work! Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www...
2019-11-191h 34
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 11: A Family Circus EasterOk this episode is late but for once it's NOT my fault. Apparently there was some sort of bug in the website upload system or something that prevented it from working... but now it's FINALLY working! So join us for the extremely timely EASTER special just in time for Thanksgiving. It's Bil Keane's terrible little pun-making tykes! They're doing their thing! Mike and Ethan have lots to say about those little bastards.
2019-11-131h 29
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 10: Cartoon All-Stars to the RescueWelcome to episode 9 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we have a warning about drugs. Drugs, as it turns out, are bad. Please enjoy this podcast where we watch a video wherein your favorite cartoon all-stars tell you why drugs are bad. It stars Garfield, thus making it thematic for our purposes. You should listen because, even though every youtube yokel has already published awful grating reaction videos to Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue wherein they prete...
2019-11-051h 39
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 9: Garfield's Halloween AdventureWelcome to episode 9 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week, we've got a SPECIAL thematic episode: Because it's Garfield's Halloween special!! And it's up in time for Halloween! This one is a little different than usual... listen and see! Or, rather, listen and hear. Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html...
2019-10-281h 04
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 8: Sabrina OnlineWelcome to episode 8 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Except it's not a newspaper strip this time!! And it's not an animated special!! This time we're talking about a WEBCOMIC adapted into a RADIO PLAY! It's the Sabrina Online radio play, all about a skunk girl who doesn't wear pants. Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleec...
2019-10-221h 25
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 7: It's an Adventure, Charlie BrownWelcome to episode 7 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week we discuss It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown - it's depressing and you like it that way cuz it's Charlie Brown! Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals...
2019-10-141h 16
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 6: FlashbeagleWelcome to episode 5 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week we discuss Flashbeagle, Charles Shultz's disastrous attempt to cash in on the zeitgeist and a special so completely devoid of substance that we can't help but get derailed into talking about Crock. Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at ht...
2019-10-081h 06
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 5: Paradise!Welcome to episode 5 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week we discuss not one but TWO specials, both focused around beautiful tropical getaways. Who enjoys their tropical dream vacation more, Garfield or Cathy? This week we compare Garfield in Paradise and Cathy's Last Resort. Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html...
2019-10-011h 18
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 4: RobotmanWelcome to episode 3 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This week we discuss Robotman, a musical concept album that became an animated special as well as a comic strip. WATCH OUT FOR ROBERON! Also check out our new theme music, courtesy of @morbiomatic!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !
2019-09-231h 13
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 3: Miss Peach of the Kelly SchoolWelcome to episode 3 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. But wait!! This isn't an animated thing at all! It's...a thing... with puppets! Join as we discuss the hydrocephalic horror of the big headed munchins of that darn Kelly School.
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !
2019-09-161h 02
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 2: CathyWelcome to episode 2 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This time we're talkin' that hip new 80s comic-ago-go CATHY and all its extremely second wave feminist sensibilities. Yeet on Cathy with her chocolate, shoes, and yaoi. ACCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !
See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !
2019-09-101h 14
A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen TonightA Special Presentation 1: MarvinWelcome to the premiere episode of: A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. For our first episode, we decided to talk about the baby that everyone loves to hate, Marvin, and his incredibly loathsome sole animated appearance Marvin: Baby of the Year. Come listen as we discuss how people aged faster in the 1980s, the horror of Marvin's baby orgasms, and the lonesome death of Mel Lazarus' Mama.
See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or re...
2019-08-311h 11