Adult conversations about yesterday's animation(s). Co-hosts Will and Travis spin the good, bad, and ugly of Saturday Morning Cartoons into comedy gold!
Strap on a red hat (not that kind) and hop in the nearest portal because DPTC is finally covering MIGHTY MAX! A spunky teen hero? Origins as a (way too tiny) toy? That's right, it's the 90s and we're taking it to the (TJ) max(x). RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
DPTC rings in 2023 with their traditional New Year viewing of JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS (a.k.a, J & The Grams)! With her hologram-generating AI seized by the government, can a pop singer save the president from an America-themed supervillain? Brought to you by nitro cold brew and booger sugar. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Blessed are the DPTC boys, for on this day they celebrate the birth of the toon messiah HE-MAN with song and revelry! Which Master of the Universe is a zaddy to the max? How many goddam batteries does a toy need? Plus: an urgent brontosaurus update. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
DPTC turns its gaze to tomorrow with Hanna-Barbera's family of the future, THE JETSONS! Don't like robot arms invading your body? Then stick to the present, you squares, while Will and Travis tackle disobedient technology, yass queens, and a very important development in Travis' home bathroom. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Happy horrordays, boils and ghouls! If you like prank calls, mean teachers, and poetic justice, you'll love DPTC's take on yet another R-rated property scrubbed clean for Saturday morning cartoons – the terrifying TALES FROM THE CRYPTKEEPER, just in time for Halloween! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
They're laboratory mice. Their genes have been confirmed as spliced. They're PINKY & THE BRAIN and they may be Steven Spielberg's greatest contribution to the world of toons. That's right, bucko. This one's a Stevie. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
STONE PROTECTORS? More like “Trolls 4 Boyz!” Back in 1993, desperate toymakers reached for treasure trolls in a misguided attempt to feed the TMNT-frenzied masses. From classic rock trivia to sweet Danish dads, DPTC mines this toon for everything it's worth… and that ain't much. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Will and Travis get extra-caffeinated in hopes of answering the age-old question: WHERE ON EARTH IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? Let a master criminal pump you full of geography facts with this slick slice of hyperactive edutainment. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter, VISIT dptooncast.com
From the funny papers to Saturday morning cartoons, one fact remains: GARFIELD is a malignant narcissist. Will and Travis take an unflinching look at this famous kitty, his animated series GARFIELD & FRIENDS, and grocery shopping. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Do decapitations have a place in Saturday morning cartoons? USA Network sure thought so when they adapted R-rated cult classic movie HIGHLANDER into a post-apocalyptic sci-fi animated series! Divorced dads welcome. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
For all you fans of guns, boobs, and Satan out there: comic book legend Todd McFarlane sees you. That's why he teamed up with HBO to bring you SPAWN, a “mature” superhero cartoon sure to delight 13 year old boys everywhere. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Whose little ponies are these? Mine. It's MY LITTLE PONY. Will and Travis discuss pony categories, horse winks, and a documentary about the adult men who love these little cuties: Bronies. Who's my beautiful baby? RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Will and Travis ring in another rockin' New Year with the hardest working AI-enhanced band in showbiz: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS! The AMAs? Abbey Road? Madison Square Garden? Psh, as if. These ladies are off to the #1 yeti capital of the world… the mystical city of Shangri-La! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Proud new fathers Travis and Will finally tackle those adult puppets turned infant cartoons: MUPPET BABIES! Somebody restrict these kids' screen time because they are addicted to television and neglectful Nanny is MIA. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
DPTC celebrates Halloween with two generations of GHOSTBUSTERS! No, not Ghostbusters: Afterlife -- it's the EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS series finale, which proves that it takes a ghost-pocalypse to bridge the gap between Ghostboomers and Generation X(treme). RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
From Nickelodeon and the creators of Rugrats comes a lumpy, squishy, roach-infested horror comedy: AAAHH!!! REAL MONSTERS!!!!! Grab your exclamation points and get ready to scream along with Will and Travis about this classic Nicktoon!!!!!!!!!! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
With the season of the witch upon us, DPTC turns its attention to the master or horror himself: SCOOBY-DOO! Listen if you dare to discover Scoob's origins, how the show is like Law & Order, and just what ghost behavior is (or isn't). RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Daniel Craig may have No Time to Die as James Bond in theaters this week but DPTC has plenty of time to discuss his teenage “nephew” (wink wink) and scourge of adult terrorists everywhere: JAMES BOND JR.! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Dungeon master BRANDON HUNT joins the DPTC boys to discuss the 1980s DUNGEONS & DRAGONS animated series! Did this toon capture the spirit of the legendary RPG? The answer is a resounding “kinda.” RATE, REVIEW, FOLLOW on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT DPTOONCAST.COM
Born out of the 1980s greeting cards arms race, one tiny girl stands between us and a colorless world: RAINBOW BRITE! Will and Travis cover the deep spirituality and complicated lore of this trademarked Hallmark product. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Heavy metal, Satanic panic, and corporate finances?! Now that sounds like a job for America's elite military force G.I. JOE! Will and Travis tackle perhaps the single finest cartoon (and worst band) ever produced: “Cold Slither.” RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
With production on Ren & Stimpy out of control, Nickelodeon sought a kinder, gentler toon about neurotic animals and bodily functions: ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE! Hear the Nicktoons Gospel as only Will and Travis can preach it! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
DC Comics horror icon SWAMP THING has done it all: print, film, TV, and a Saturday morning cartoon full of Cronenberg-ian monstrosities! DPTC covers the #1 plant elemental muckety man for a rowdy Earth Day celebration! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Disney’s animation department in the crapper? “Impossible!” you say? WRONG. Let Will and Travis be your guides on the road from creative bankruptcy to classics like DuckTales -- a road paved with the hybrid animals known as THE WUZZLES! RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
What could possibly get an anti-drinking episode of TINY TOON ADVENTURES banned from TV? Will and Travis shine a light on the Looney Tunes’ checkered past with alcohol and on this very special episode gone wrong. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
DPTC celebrates Mario Day (MAR10) with Nintendo’s animated (and live action) debut: the SUPER MARIO BROS. Super Show! Proof positive that video game cartoons are best served with middle aged men doing improv community theater. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
When THE FLINTSTONES dropped in ratings, Hanna-Barbera had just the fix: throw a spaceman at it! Will and Travis reflect on the Stone Age sitcom and when it just might have maybe possibly jumped the shark. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Turns out there is life on Mars… an extreme trio of emotionally scarred cyber-soldiers called the BIKER MICE FROM MARS! DPTC’s take? “TMNT with PTSD.” RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com
Corporate America’s #1 weapon in the War for Valentine’s Day… the CARE BEARS! Tushie talk abounds as Will and Travis take a good long look at these cuties’ history, anatomy, and funeral etiquette. RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts! || FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter || VISIT dptooncast.com
The DPTC boys check in on HE-MAN and Eternia’s newest attraction: the circus! Are clowns actually creepy? Only the real ones. Don’t let sex perverts ruin a perfectly good phrase -- join the fight to take back “down to clown” today! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast!
Will and Travis celebrate 100 episodes of DPTC by “Hangin’ Tough” with the hottest boy band to ever star in their own toon: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK! You want malls, 90s dance music, Trapper Keepers, and beautiful boys? “You Got It (The Right Stuff)!” DPTC returns in early 2021 so stay subscribed! In the meantime, be sure to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast, and check out our “X-Men Attack” music video on YouTube!
DPTC boldly goes deep on Filmation’s STAR TREK animated series! An episode filled to the brim with more sex, sabotage, and sweeeeet swindling than Captain Picard’s visit to the pleasure planet Risa (Trekkie brownie points, we got a lotta stuff wrong). Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
It’s Halloween year-round now thanks to Tim Burton’s BEETLEJUICE cartoon and its indoctrination of a generation of sunny horror lovers! This episode of DPTC is best listened to while searching for spiderweb-print ponchos on Etsy. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
(PART 2 of 2) Will, Travis, and the SUPER FRIENDS confront the greatest evil: $$$$$! Forget mirror universe Justice Leagues and DC Comics’ worst supervillains traveling through time... It’s all about that $$$$$, bay-beeeee!!! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
(PART 1 of 2) DPTC finally covers Justice League: The Hanna-Barbera Cut, a.k.a. SUPER FRIENDS! Superman. Batman. Wonder Woman. A dog, a monkey, and a stable of teenagers… DC Comics’ finest superheroes! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
GUMMI BEARS: a 1985 Disney animated series inspired by candy, a race of mystical talking cryptids hiding from humanity, or a colony of separatists running an illegal performance-enhancing drug operation? The answer: ALL OF THE ABOVE! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
TMNT ripoff + 90s environmental message + R-rated source material = TOXIC CRUSADERS! Will and Travis watch this cartoon adaption of Troma Entertainment’s violent horror-comedy Toxic Avenger series -- all in honor of Earth Day! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
DPTC tackles its first anime with 1984’s #1 super robot, VOLTRON! He’s made of lions, defends the universe, and has been meticulously scrubbed of violence and Japanese references to suit American audiences. What’s not to love?! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Is ANIMANIACS another WB-Spielberg 90s classic or just “a bunch of assholes?” Can it be both? And can the DPTC boys find common ground on this and other such divisive topics as duck market saturation, Seinfeld, and mammal-on-mammal violence? Probably. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Get both mean and green this St. Patrick’s Day with DPTC and the least pinchable Marvel superhero: THE INCREDIBLE HULK! Get this episode some ripped purple pants because it’s a real monster -- stuffed with 3 different Hulk toons spanning 3 decades! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
If you don’t trust the government, blame INSPECTOR GADGET! DPTC is the only podcast brave enough to unravel the tangled web of espionage, conspiracy, and unrelenting positivity that is Gerald Gatsby Gadget’s world. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Which RUGRATS characters deserve jail time? ALL OF 'EM. DPTC tackles this 90s Nickelodeon classic starring ugly babies, deeply flawed parents, and a budding sociopath in pigtails! Plus: The 3 "Ya Gotta's" of Parenting! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Sega Boiz Will and Travis are back and ready to tackle two, count ‘em, two toons featuring recent Hollywood star SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! Urkel, George Bush Sr., and chili dogs sure do make for a mighty fine 90s gumbo! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Surprise! Cartoon Network’s THUNDERCATS reboot finally dropped! With fans in a fury, Will and Travis are forced out of their between-seasons exile to share their thoughts, feelings, and whether or not their masculinity was threatened by a kids’ cartoon. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube!
Will and Travis say goodbye to 2019 and to DPTC season 2 in traditional Tooncast fashion: by watching an episode of JEM and the Holograms! Pop stars stranded alone on a desert island. Attempted manslaughter. Gramophones. Listen to find out more about mom, deep tissue makeup, and the Norweigan Black Metal Method of making it in the music biz! DPTC will return in a few short months so stay subscribed for Tooncast news! While we’re away, be sure to peruse our deep backlog and rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube. Thanks for listening and tudor your own duders till we get back!
Will and Travis celebrate Toonsmas with HE-MAN & SHE-RA: A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Are He-Man and She-Ra their worlds’ messiahs? How much per minute for a Skeletor 900 number? All this and a gift exchange on this holiday spectacular! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
Did you know that George Lucas made an expensive, disappointing STAR WARS prequel… BACK IN 1985?! Allow Will and Travis to introduce you to the STAR WARS: DROIDS animated series! C-3PO. R2-D2. Tony Danza? All these and more in this star-studded extravaganza! ABC Saturday Morning 1985 Promo ABC Saturday Sneak Peek and Fun Fit Test Cybertronic Spree - “Trouble Again” Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
Big muscles and big missiles in a grim ‘n’ gritty world -- that’s G.I. JOE EXTREME, baby! Will and Travis airdrop direct into this 1995 warzone of a toon to see if sunglasses, ponytails, and shoulder pads can possibly improve on the classic series! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
Travel to the confusing future/past of giant robots as the DPTC boys dive into 1996’s computer-animated TRANSFORMERS series, BEAST WARS (colon Transformers)! Animal-bots have us pondering the age-old question: who benches more, gorillas or bears? Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
Will and Travis return to the post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy stew of THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN where disembodied brain-wizards and predatory whales have inherited the earth! But is this truly a nerd’s wonderland or just another piece of jock propaganda? Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
The DPTC boys celebrate Halloween with an episode full of sexy vampires, werewolf butlers, robot Frankensteins, and Marvel superheroes! Plus a close study of “Monster Mash.” We all know someone was working in the lab. But who? And just how late? Fans of Spider-Man, X-Men, and accurate Transylvanian accents step right up! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @dptooncast and check out our X-Men/Baby Got Back mashup-parody music video “X-Men Attack” on YouTube.
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