Turtle Soup: A TMNT Podcast

On this episode, we throw down yet another installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 41 – 44. Also, Preston does a terrible Ryan impression, we discuss Batfleck (unfortunately), a drunk Mr. Greg and Ryan get into an epic debate about the value of the Captain America movie … Continue reading Episode 44 – Drunk Greg Goes to Town! →

On this episode of Turtle Soup, we cover the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 37 – 40. We also manage to discuss Ryan and Joe’s new card game Shootinanny, experiencing a living room Séance, and Eric’s fear of being “left behind”. DOWNLOAD: Episode 43 – Retro Racist … Continue reading Episode 43 – Retro Racist Mutagen Ray… →

On this episode of Turtle Soup, we cover the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 33 – 36! Other topics featured: Outdated TMNT: Out of the Shadows extended gameplay video analysis, why the PlayStation is better than X-Box, how different Big Lots is nowadays, and Ryan’s journey to … Continue reading Episode 42 – The Highly Desired Technology Showcase! →

On this helping of Turtle Soup, we cover the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 29 -32! We also wander around the topics of yet another harrowing chapter of Eric’s figure collecting tales, Ryan getting sniped for alternate covers at the comic shop, Nick Mom, and pointing out … Continue reading Episode 41 – The Retarded Jimmy Buffet of the New Millennium. →

On this installment, we cover the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 25-28. As per the regular, we also stray and find ourselves talking about the truth behind the Jackson 5 Motown sessions, Kevin Eastman’s engagement, and the story of the Old Drink (beware!) Be sure to check out … Continue reading Episodes 40 – Old Drink, No Tip… →

On this episode we review the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 21-24. In other randomness, we cover how horribly f**ked up Detroit is, some SDCC coverage concerning news for the IDW TMNT comic, and the state of the figure industry. Be sure to check out our Facebook Group … Continue reading Episode 39 – The Naval Jackpot. →

On this episode, we examine the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Season 3, episodes 17-20. We also stray from the lair a bit and discuss Eric’s Necca knock off Turtle figures (and the mysterious Chinese currency that they came with) and Ryan’s nervous anticipation about the premier of PAWNED. Be sure to check … Continue reading Episode 38 – Kung Pow Lobotomy! →

On this episode, we throw down yet another installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 13-16. As usual, we also manage to discuss more exciting things about the Out of the Shadows game, the casting of Shredder is the new Michael Bay TMNT film, the surprising quality … Continue reading Episode 37 – The Slack of The Beyond. →

On this episode, we throw down yet another installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 9 – 12. Also discussed is the old school days of VHS, Some friendly X-Box One trash talking, and the skinny on the wrap of Ryan’s Directoral debut, PAWNED! DOWNLOAD: Episode 36 … Continue reading Episode 36 – If You Don’t Go, You’re Gonna Blow… →

In this episode we cover more ridiculousness with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Season 3, episodes 5-8. We also talk all about our slow-earned respect for Roseanne Barr, whether or not expanded universe media counts as cannon, some crazy happenings on the set of Ryan’s movie, and LOTTERY … Continue reading Episode 35 – Hook a Ninja Up! →

Hey, guys! We’re still catching up with releasing these bad boys, but I’m REALLY excited to drop this one tonight since we are beginning the TMNT Animated Series, Season 3. Being 47 episodes in length and aired over two months in late 1989, this run will take us about 12 episodes … Continue reading Episode 34 – Two Big Ol’ Katas! →

So, it’s been a while, huh? I can, without a doubt, claim the full brunt of whatever blame there is to be had as to why there has not been a new episode of the podcast posted since MAY 31ST. Yes, more than a month. The good news: with the exception of one week, we … Continue reading Episode 33 – Accidentally Racy as Fugggg… →

Hey, guys! I wanted to take a moment and introduce you to our new sponsor – SUPER EXCITE: A Freakin’ Awesome Comic Book Magazine! Headed up by our good friend Joe Martin, SUPER EXCITE’s goal is to fill the role of a magazine covering comic news in a post-Wizard world. Essentially, it’s a fan based, … Continue reading Episode 32 – The Inside Story… →

Man, things are zipping along! We record again tonight. That’s about it. Booyakasha!             On this episode, we review Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, #25 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Adventures #5. We also reveal the winner of our TMNT Adventures Caption Contest, cover the … Continue reading Episode 31 – Ol’ Colonel Booder and the Cryin’ Indian Boys →

A little better this week. Tuesday instead of Friday. It ain’t Monday… but what is? Monday, I guess. Yep. So, Daft Punk’s much awaited new album has leaked a week before it’s official release. It can be found on Soundcloud in one huge file or several other sites individually wrapped. It is seriously worth your time. … Continue reading Episode 30 – Life’s a BEACH! →

I know it’s not Monday. I’m pretty sure it’s Friday. So when you hear me utter the words “WE’RE LIVE! SO WE RECORD ON FRIDAY AND RELEASE ON THAT MONDAY! BOOOOOM!”, remember that that will almost always happen, just not this week due to some film production stuffs going down, sucking my time up like … Continue reading Episode 29 – New York’s Premier Kick-Man →

Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages (well, maybe not all ages…) this is a momentous occasion. After months of steadily working forward, I am proud to announce that we are, indeed, LIVE! Yes, it’s true! We will record our new episodes on Friday and release them Monday. No more dated news talk, sports stories, or jokes. … Continue reading Episode 28 – Givin’ Me the Misery… →

Traffic sucks. Nobody likes it. Why, then, do some of us react so caustically toward other drivers who are stuck in the same thing? We’re all stuck here. Yet, somehow, all it takes is one jerk and the whole thing gets up in a tizzy. The one thing I can’t stand above all is someone … Continue reading Episode 27 – Fun with Tongue Guns. →

Writing these blogs can be awesome when you really have something to say. However, they can be mystifying if your mind is running up blanks. Politics? Nothing of note. Funny stories? They’re in the podcast. Show news? Wait… I got it! OUR NEW CONTEST! Now, you may ask yourself, who won the last one? Remember, the … Continue reading Episode 26: Jessica Hahn and the Slash For Cash… Dojo. →

This whole thing lined up way too serendipitous, if you think about it. We hit our 25th episode and through absolutely no arrangement on our part, we wind up covering one of the most iconic moments for the TMNT and, indeed, the history of video games. So we made a … Continue reading Episode 25 – IF. GET. SERIOUS! →

Anyone else excited about baseball? I know I’m a nerd and all (I guess…) but I’m unapologetic about my love of sports. I love em. I get as nerdy about my teams as I do about certain comic creators or my favorite engineers. For being a group of people who are generally … Continue reading Episode 24 – Accidentally Asian as Fuggg… →

Moving scary fast at this point, guys.                On this, our 23rd episode, we complete our coverage of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987) – Season 2 by reviewing Episodes 9 – 13. We also manage to touch on a fan’s encounter with April O’Neil, … Continue reading Episode 23 – “Wait’ll You See My Tech…” →

I think summer has arrived. At least here in Florida. When you’ve lived here your whole life, you grow to have a strange love / hate relationship with the heat. When seemingly everyone else in every part of America is enjoying “Fall”, you sit in the broiling heat until at … Continue reading Episode 22 – “Wow, You’re a Regular Abe Lincoln…” →

Hello, all. I hope everyone’s Easter (regardless of denomination) was excellent. Things over here at the Turtle Soup camp are great. We’re getting closer and closer to being caught up and getting these episodes out of the can. We’re talking about Valentine’s Day and it’s April. Not bad. Not bad at all…     … Continue reading Episode 21- Art, Art of Art, Aartvark. →

Howdy! I hope this fine Thursday finds you all well. I, for one, am enduring a rough cold. The kind that makes your nose feel like broken glass. The kind that fills your chest with thick, yellow slime. While I know that these symptoms are our body’s way of defeating evil viruses, … Continue reading Episode 20 – Havin’ Some Sport With the Fat One! →