Ray Stakenas

Knowing is Half the Podcast

Comedy EN ↓ 453 episodes

A comedy celebration of ‘80s and ‘90s cartoons. We started with the original G.I. joe and now we’re taking on everybody’s favorite animated shows from their childhood!

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Ray Stakenas

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A Real American Hero Part Three - Worms of Death 01.01.2020 1:03:21

Fans of the badass ninja known as Snake Eyes will be sorely disappointed by this episode back when he was just a weirdly standoffish commando, but the rest of it holds up surprisingly well! Baroness is delightfully spineless and cunning, the tube worms are genuinely horrifying, and we lose a few good Cobra troops to a disturbingly Major Tom-ish incident. Plus! Learn how Gina will die! Learn which...

A Real American Hero Part Two - Slaves of the Cobra Master 01.01.2020 1:09:16

We have Haley Mancini of The Powerpuff Girls on, so naturally we talk about geography. But also G.I. Joe! The Arena of Sport! Mysterious Boston accents! And, of course, plenty of love for Chris Latta. Plus! Cave fuckin’, robots who use comedy props as weapons, and why would you try to talk to Snake Eyes on a walkie talkie? And we learn that it only took Gina close to 80 episodes to recognize the r...

A Real American Hero Part One - The Cobra Strikes 01.01.2020 1:01:59

At long last, we finally circle back around to watch the *actual* first G.I. Joe episodes, the miniseries “A Real American Hero”! Um … after a brief, seven-minute digression into what “Fear Factor” made Chan eat. Do you like exotic substances? This episode has ‘em! Do you like Baroness and Major Bludd in disguise? This episode has ‘em too! Do you like in-depth discussions of cereal marshmallows an...