The Ka-Chat

We did it folks. We managed to put off watching Cars 2 for a second time for 100 episodes! To celebrate we decided to... watch Cars 2? Aw dang. We really messed this whole thing up. That's right folks, the Ka-Chat boys are at it again, this time going over this movie with a fine toothed comb. Did Mater almost kill Luigi once? Do we feel any differently about the portrayal of the Lemons? And do Sal...

In 2017, it was announced that there would a new entry into the Carsverse, a spin-off about Space that would be coming out in 2019. However, when Disneytoon Studios shut it's doors for good, that project was cancelled. But what could it have been?  We spend about half the episode talking about that. The other half is mostly about Star Wars. So.... Hope you enjoy that!

I tried for a while to come up with a title pun, but this felt more appropriate with the general vibe of the episode, ya know? Anyway, for Labor Day, we decided to do an episode centered around the working class in the Carverse, the forklifts, or as they call them, the Pitties. It, uh.... really bums us out, mostly. But hopefully us getting bummed out might entertain you! Or you can just join us i...

They're the bad guys. (Duh) Is Billie Eilish still hot with the teens? I guess there's no way to know for sure. Anyway, this week we are looking into the two antagonists of Cars 3 and trying to figure out what makes them tick. Is Sterling really a Lightning McQueen fan, or was it all an act? What is like to be specifically engineered for racing like Jackson Storm? And wouldn't you prefer to be a g...

Man, that title pun took me a while. Can you tell?  Anyway, John's back, and you know what that means! That's right, we immediately spend the episode not talking about Cars. I dunno, we just both like superheroes a lot, ok? And we bring it around in the last 10-15 minutes and make our own Car-ified version of the Suicide Squad, so... yeah. There's the Cars-nection.

Lucas has had enough. He refuses to go another moment without exploring Cars Land, but he can't actually make it out to sunny Anaheim right now. So to help him do the next best thing, his good friend and former Disneyland cast member Emma has joined to tell him all about this magical place. And with a special appearance from her cat, Beanz, they work together to (virtually) peek around every corne...

Y'all, the Lizes have had it TOO GOOD for TOO LONG. They keep throwing question after question at John and Lucas, and quite frankly, Lucas has had enough of it. So this week, he's flipping the script and putting his girlfriend, Liz, in the hot seat to see how she likes it when the questions are being directed at her! (Note: This entire description is a joke. Liz and Lizzie are both very kind and g...

Now, I know what you're thinking: "John doesn't sound like John this week." And that's because this week, he's not! Yes, that's right, while John is on paternity leave after the birth of his son, Lucas is gonna bring a whole cast of characters to fill his microphone slot and keep the Cars content coming in a special mini-series we're calling "Side Roads". And first to the starting line is Rob Mill...

Hey, we did 100 of these! Wild. And I, the anonymous and impartial writer of these descriptions, declare that releasing 100 episodes of a podcast about Disney/Pixar's Cars movies is the biggest accomplishment of both John and Lucas's lives. Please do not fact check this by checking John's social media from the past week or by listening to the first minute and a half of this episode. Anyway, we wat...

Crack open those textbooks folks, because this week, we're giving another one of our famous history lectures. That's right, both of The Ka-Chat boys have come prepared with moments from our storied human history that they think would be oh so interesting in the Carsverse. Well, half of The Ka-Chat boys did, anyway. The other half mostly talks about Bones and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but I...

Hey, do you happen to have the time? Because I've got a feeling that it's hero time. That's a Ben 10 reference. This episode is our Ben 10 and Generator Rex episode. Really, it's supposed to be our Ben 10 episode, but that was too hard so we cheated and used another show to do all the hard work. 

But like, not the video game. The crime. But like, not the stealing of a car, more like a Car stealing something? Listen, Lucas had some trouble coming up with the title this week, so cut him some slack. Anyway, this week we are coming at you with a look at the world of crime in the Carsverse! How hard would it be to commit murder? What would heisting be like? And what's up with the Easter Buggy,...

Listen, the title may be dumb, but it made Lucas laugh, and that's all that matters. Anyway, with John just weeks away from the birth of his first child, we figured we would use this opportunity to milk his new knowledge of the exciting world of pregnancy! Join us as, honestly, we get a bit too in depth into the details of pregnancy and childbirth, doing our best (but not that good of a job) at ap...

Hey wait, it's been a year? ANOTHER ONE??? Well, you know what they say, time flies when you're making a weird podcast about some children's movies with your best friend! Anyway, for this one, we decided to celebrate by having a game night for us and anyone who wants to play along with us. Join us for exciting trivia about the movies, our podcast, and every in between. Or, you can choose to sit ba...

You remember when we did an episode about Toy Story 90 episodes ago that had very little to do with Cars and we were like "Yeah, we're gonna do this sometimes! It's not always gonna be about Cars!" and then we never really kept to that except for the time Lucas talked about Netflix Christmas movies for a long time?  Well, good. Cause this one is about Soul. Also, a little bit about Cars, because a...

FINALLY, we've got around to exploring this fan favorite! We know you've all been clamoring for, uh... let me check my notes... the guy who has a mattress on his head from Cars? Really? You have? Well, who am I to judge, John and Lucas made the episode so there must be something there. And what's there is an incredible journey where (due in large part to the lack of content they decided to base th...

This week, John and Lucas sweat the small stuff.   .......That's all I came up with for the episode description, I really thought more jokes would start flowing after that. Well, anyway, we're talking about microscopic beings this week! Are bacteria minuscule submarines? Are viruses and computer viruses one and the same in the Carsverse? And would masking even be effective on their giant, giant mo...

Hey uh, we're doing another one of these! Like the Toy Car Story episode, but this time exploring Finding Nemo and it's sequel. Anyway, join us as we examine the implications of underwater society of sentient submarines and whatnot that are also fish, I guess. How do they breath down there? What's up with them eating each other? And what are the implications of the prominently featured dentists of...

Well, us two old fogeys decided to finally get with the times and check out TikTok. And boy, is there ever a wealth of content for us there. Cosplay, skits, mind-probing quesitons, and of course, the sexualization of fictional characters who are also, ya know, Cars. So join John and Lucas as they basically siphon content from others on an app they aren't too great at using.   *Note: If you'd like...

Oops, Lucas needed a bonus day to get this one done. Oh well! It's here now, and boy is it a doozy. We finally go into the two best tire salesmen this side of the Mississippi, their background, their jobs, and everything in between. Two notable moments: 1. Lucas and John spend a while comparing one of these characters to a USA network show that hasn't been on since 2013. 2. Lucas realizes that the...

Order up! This episode was slated to be about the service industry in general, with the fast food and dining industries just being a portion of it, but we got caught up in them, as we are want to do. So! Go ahead and pull around to the second window for your helping of speculation on what they eat and why they eat it, how portions would work in a society with both forklifts and aircraft carriers,...

You remember when we talked about WALL•E a bunch in our first few episodes, but before we had enough structure to make into an entry in a mini series? Well, now that we have that structure (and Lucas has actually watched the movie) we decided to revisit it, 80ish episodes later! Did the humans merge with their chairs and become the Carfolk we know and love? Did the robots take over and become even...

My first thought was to theme the episode description around the Pokérap, but then I remembered that is 95% just Pokémon names with some singing in between, and that doesn't really translate into a, ya know, podcast episode description. Anyway, in honor of Pokémon's 25th anniversary, we decided to go ahead and do a full episode on the franchise that has been with us for a majority of our lives and...

So in the Carsverse, there are characters like Jay Limo and Boat Reynolds that are just car versions of real life people. So... what's up with that? Join us as we discuss the implications of these dopplegangers, including a large amount of evidence from a promotional Youtube video in which 2 children berate professional NASCAR drivers about the process of being physically transformed into Cars in...

Listen. This is an entire episode on parking. But like.... parking is important to cars! So what's up with that in Cars??? Somehow we manage to fill our time on that, and we do so by diving into their relationship with sleep, personal belongings, and property itself. We also do that by going on an extended Westworld analogy. So.... a pretty good episode, all told.