A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight

We compared Baby Blues to Mission Hill so much that we decided to just  talk about Mission Hill, the cartoon that is NOT based on a comic but  rather on a comic artist. Enjoy the fictionalized life of a young Matt Groening and also despair that we don't live in a cool loft in a cool  city with cool roommates.

We compared Baby Blues to Mission Hill so much that we decided to just talk about Mission Hill, the cartoon that is NOT based on a comic but rather on a comic artist. Enjoy the fictionalized life of a young Matt Groening and also despair that we don't live in a cool loft in a cool city with cool roommates.

What is Baby Blues about? Well, it's not about a baby. Or any blues. Really, it's about America's favorite sitcom family: The Bittermans! Join us as we unravel why The Bittermans, er, Baby Blues failed to resonate with the futuristic TV audience of 2000 and instead ended up relegated to the Adult Swim zombie revival bloc.

No, we’re not kidding— he’s HERE! Special Presentation is very proud to present the podcast debut of the one and only McGruff! But did you know, he almost wasn’t the one and only McGruff? He’s here with Paul DelPonte of the National Crime Prevention Council to share some amazing stories from his history (like the name he almost got stuck with!), preview his next exciting endeavor, and bring you up...

It's Snoopy's Reunion! All the Snoopies are reuniting... that means Snoopy, Spike, Marbles, a bunch of other who-cares Snoopies, and Belle. Learn the dark secret of Snoopy's parentage and stay tuned for sexy sexy V O R E.

Our final stop in Video Armageddon...Tamagotchi Toons!! It's the 90s and the Tamagotchi are coming to Earth to learn about Earth culture! Learn how to draw a Tamagotchi with Handy Warhol (it'll make sense) and meet Bill -- the most 90s guy of all!! -- and his saxophone!

Is this Battletoads? For once the answer is YES! Rash, Pimple, and Zitz were beloved as video game characters, but how do they fare as cartoons? Well, today we learned a very important lesson. Some games should stay as games.

We had so much fun delving into the bizarre ways that video games get adapted into comics, we had to take another dive in! This time we’ve got more familiar faces like Mario and Zelda, some obscure ones like Plok and the Battletoads, and even REALLY obscure ones like Rad Gravity and Psycho Fox! Joining us to wax lyrical on Legend of Zelda is returning friend of the pod (and co-creator of Hyspace)...

Video Armageddon, our month-long look at failed video games, continues with Defenders of Dynotron City, a rare misfire from those beloved Monkey Island scribes over at LucasArts! This city of mutants is protected by buzzsaw girl, a guy with a detachable head, a monkey, a dog, and more! You have to wonder why the kids didn't go for it. 

For July, we're doing a Special Summer Spectacular!! A whole month NOT of comic strips turned into cartoons, but video games turned into FAILED cartoons. First up, we're looking at Bubsy, the game that was not Sonic but which, if the timeline was different, might have saved humanity.

Nathan Mazri, the infamous entergaging entrepreneur behind the Garfield Eats restaurant, Garfield Eats line of frozen foods, and the Garfield Eats NFT, is BACK with another venture... it's a reality show all about his time as the owner of Garfield Eats, which he apparently spent harassing his employees. Join us for a two hour discussion about the mind of Mazri, including questions about his cologn...

Nathan Mazri, the infamous entergaging entrepreneur behind the Garfield Eats restaurant, Garfield Eats line of frozen foods, and the Garfield Eats NFT, is BACK with another venture... it's a reality show all about his time as the owner of Garfield Eats, which he apparently spent harassing his employees. Join us for a two hour discussion about the mind of Mazri, including questions about his cologn...

Blimey, govna! We're returning to cross the pond to look at Reg Smythe's beloved wife-beating drunk... Andy Capp! This almost ridiculously faithful adaptation of the popular comic stars James Bolam of Grandpa in My Pocket and shows... maybe Andy Capp is better when it's not a comic strip!

Oh no, the martians are invading!! This week, we're joined by Alex of Saucer Cinema and Dead Crustacean to talk about Tim Burton's magnum opus, Mars Attacks, based on the Topps trading cards and starring Jack Nicholson (twice!), Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Lisa Marie, and Frank Welker (providing the Martian acks!) Does Burton capture the over-the-top mayhem of the original cards? Or should he hav...

Oh no, the martians are invading!! This week, we're joined by Alex of Saucer Cinema and Dead Crustacean to talk about Tim Burton's magnum opus, Mars Attacks, based on the Topps trading cards and starring Jack Nicholson (twice!), Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Lisa Marie, and Frank Welker (providing the Martian acks!) Does Burton capture the over-the-top mayhem of the original cards? Or should he hav...

It's a BIG discussion about a BIG dog! Not Howard huge, not Clifford, it's Marmaduke! We watch the 2010 big screen debut of Brad Anderson's Big Dog. So it's time to lead, follow, or get out of the way as we marm your dukes with Marmaduke. Marmaduke is dead. (Stay tuned for the discussion of the moral universe of Big Mama's House!)

It's a BIG discussion about a BIG dog! Not Howard huge, not Clifford, it's Marmaduke! We watch the 2010 big screen debut of Brad Anderson's Big Dog. So it's time to lead, follow, or get out of the way as we marm your dukes with Marmaduke. Marmaduke is dead. (Stay tuned for the discussion of the moral universe of Big Mama's House in part 2!)

Where do the toys come from? Have you ever wondered that? Well, some toys wonder that. In this episode, we look at the Disney Channel original film from 1983, "Where the Toys Come From," in which wind-up toys Peepers and Zoom take us on a magical tour of the Tomy toy factory and shows us how toys are conceived, designed, and assembled. Come for the toys, stay for the discussion of Popeye magazine...

Ello, govna! Shine yer shoes fer ya? It's an all Bri'ish episide of A  Special Presentation, it is! Cor! Blimey! Chazzwazzer!  Today we're  joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan ,  our resident expert on British culture, to discuss Britain's favorite  daughters, the Fat Slags, and how they made their less than successful  transition from the pages of Viz to the silver scr...

Ello, govna! Shine yer shoes fer ya? It's an all Bri'ish episide of A Special Presentation, it is! Cor! Blimey! Chazzwazzer!  Today we're joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan , our resident expert on British culture, to discuss Britain's favorite daughters, the Fat Slags, and how they made their less than successful transition from the pages of Viz to the silver screen. Mike talks about how extr...

We're back to talking about Garfield. Ethan and Mike both remember the Napoleon of Garfield adaptations, the TV series Garfield and Friends, but this is... The Garfield Show, the French co-produced CGI show. It's also got Garfield. We look at two episodes, Fast Friends (wherein Garfield competes for food with a very fast ferret) and Long Lost Lyman (where we finally solve the mystery about Jon's l...

We're back to talking about Garfield. Ethan and Mike both remember the Napoleon of Garfield adaptations, the TV series Garfield and Friends, but this is... The Garfield Show, the French co-produced CGI show. It's also got Garfield. We look at two episodes, Fast Friends (wherein Garfield competes for food with a very fast ferret) and Long Lost Lyman (where we finally solve the mystery about Jon's l...

We're back with more Peanuts specials! There's like a million of these. This one is the Easter one! You know, Easter... that holiday that everyone...  tolerates. I mean, there's eggs, there's chocolate... it's okay. In this episode, we look into the history of baked sugar diorama eggs and talk about which Sweet Pickles character comes to collect you when you die. Oh, also we talk about Peanuts.

There She Is!! (Korean: 떳다 그녀!!) is a South Korean Flash cartoon series produced by a three-person team  and hosted on the Korean website SamBakZa.  Based on comic strip 'One day' (Korean: 어떤날), that makes it fair game for our purposes! Let's check it out and learn about how cat/bunny love is not a crime!

We're back discussing France's favorite short king, Asterix the Gaul. Last time, we spoke about the first Asterix film, which series creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo were not consulted about and which they hated so much that they got the potential sequel scrapped. But this later film, Asterix and the 12 Tasks, DID involve Goscinny and Uderzo and it's one of the most beloved of the Asterix...