A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight
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A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight
A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.
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A Special Presentation 314: Commercial Break with Mike Westfall!
Longtime friend of the pod Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House has returned, and so have the comic strip-themed commercials! Mike, Mike, and Ethan...
A Special Presentation 313: Flash Gordon
It's Flash Gordon! Not the movie with Queen, it's a Filmation joint that's so incredibly boring that we got derailed into doing an improv session abou...
![A Special Presentation 312: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [2of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1757992586520-bbb288a6f4c91.jpg)
A Special Presentation 312: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [2of 2]
In honor of the passing of Nelvana, the little animation studio that could, we're joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan to look at their most ambitious pr...
![A Special Presentation 311: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1757992196026-a818bebfe6002.jpg)
A Special Presentation 311: Rock and Rule w/ Tom of Flash in the Pan [1 of 2]
In honor of the passing of Nelvana, the little animation studio that could, we're joined by Tom of Flash in the Pan to look at their most ambitious pr...
A Special Presentation 310: Snoopy Come Home
It's an actual Peanuts theatrical movie: Snoopy Come Home! It's both more and less than the Peanuts television specials. It's the special where we lea...
A Special Presentation 309: Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown & Snoopy is Getting Married, Charlie Brown
We're back on our bullshit this week with TWO Peanuts specials wherein Snoopy almost leaves Charlie Brown for (the same?) girl dog.
A Special Presentation 308: Big Johnson shirts
We intended to talk about two Peanuts specials, but we got distracted and just talked about Big Johnson shirts for an hour. It's a Big Johnathon!
A Special Presentation 307: The Neighbors w/ Ryan Estrada
Friend of the pod Ryan Estrada returns to tell us about the exciting, intense, and lucrative world of Korean webcomics (or, as they call them in Korea...
A Special Presentation 306: Fantastic Four FIRST STEPS
Can it actually be??? A good Fantastic Four movie? After Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four (2015), one would hardly even dare hope!
A Special Presentation 305: Pokey the Penguin
The Ur-webcomic Pokey the Penguin is being adapted into animated form. And they said it couldn't be done!
A Special Presentation 304: The Fantastic Four (2015)
The Fantastic Four are back and they're still not very fantastic! Boy! They suck!
A Special Presentation 303: The Fantastic Four (2005)
They keep trying to make movies about the Fantastic Four and they keep SUCKING. There's nothing fantastic about this turkey, wah wah wahhhh!
A Special Presentation 302: Dennis the Menace, Dinosaur Hunter
Before they made the Dennis the Menace theatrical movie, they made the Dennis the Menace made-for-TV movie, wherein Dennis discovers a dinosaur bone a...
A Special Presentation 301: The Beebee Beagle Show
Hanna Barbera is known for ripping stuff off, so of course they tried to rip off the Muppet Show. How did it? Ehhhhhhhhhh...
![A Special Presentation 300: Saturday's the Place [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1751733737427-89967a2982e92.jpg)
A Special Presentation 300: Saturday's the Place [2 of 2]
Did you know that cartooning is a waste of time and paper? Janet from Three' Company sure thinks so as a reporter assigned to interview veteran cartoo...
![A Special Presentation 299: Saturday's the Place [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1751136967771-ee7483cf8c77c.jpg)
A Special Presentation 299: Saturday's the Place [1 of 2]
Did you know that cartooning is a waste of time and paper? Janet from Three' Company sure thinks so as a reporter assigned to interview veteran cartoo...
A Special Presentation 298: Saturday Morning Supercade
Remember the good old days when they had to sell kids on the exciting cartoons that were going to be on Saturday morning by making a prime time specia...
A Special Presentation 297: Q*Bert
We're breaking our own rule to ostensibly talk about the Q*Bert cartoon from Saturday Morning Supercade, but actually we got distracted to talk about...
A Special Presentation 296: Rupert and the Frog Song
Paul McCartney is, as you might know, one of the Beatles. Then he did that frog song.
A Special Presentation 295: The Huggabunch Movie w/ Mike Westfall
Oy Vey, Toy May! continues as Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House joins us to talk about the Huggabunch movie, a bunch of babies who have one sol...
A Special Presentation 294: Dear Poochie w/ Mike Westfall
Oy Vey, Toy May! continues as Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House joins us to talk about Dear Poochie, an anime about a dog who writes an advice co...
A Special Presentation 293: Mad Balls
We continue Oy Vey, Toy May! with a look at TWO attempts to adapt Mad Balls, the classic 80s toy that combined the two great tastes that go great toge...
A Special Presentation 292: My Pet Monster
It's Toy May, oy vey! And we're looking at the VHS live-action special made to promote the very heavily promoted late 80s toy My Pet Monster, whose un...
A Special Presentation 291: LIVE FROM BABSCON!! -- MLP vs Transformers vs GI Joe
LIVE from BABScon 2025! We attended the final Bay Area Brony Spectacular, where we ran a panel comparing Hasbro's 1986 box office bombs -- My Little P...
A Special Presentation 290: Ghost World
This is the first time that we've looked at an AWARD WINNING comic adaptation... it's Ghost World, starring a young Scarlet Jo Hansen, a young Thora B...
A Special Presentation 289: Garfield's Feline Fantasies
We're going back to the 80s to visit the last gasp of the classic Garfield TV specials -- Garfield's Feline Fantasies. What Garfield had an active ima...
![A Special Presentation 288: The Freak Brothers [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1742002261222-9110d9c46babe.jpg)
A Special Presentation 288: The Freak Brothers [2 of 2]
We're continuing out look at adaptations of 1960s Underground comix with a look at this attempt to update Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Broth...
![A Special Presentation 287: The Freak Brothers [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1742002154679-35e949140f647.jpg)
A Special Presentation 287: The Freak Brothers [1 of 2]
We're continuing out look at adaptations of 1960s Underground comix with a look at this attempt to update Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Broth...
![A Special Presentation 286: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739948193072-393d2d771880f.jpg)
A Special Presentation 286: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]
They made a sequel to Fritz the Cat and it doesn't involve either Robert Crumb or Ralph Bakshi, and, boy, you can really tell! They added more farts a...
![A Special Presentation 285: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739948081611-866a35105782d.jpg)
A Special Presentation 285: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]
They made a sequel to Fritz the Cat and it doesn't involve either Robert Crumb or Ralph Bakshi, and, boy, you can really tell! They added more farts a...
![A Special Presentation 284: Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739948945319-337e7dea8135a.jpg)
A Special Presentation 284: Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]
Robert Crumb's Fritz the Cat is p much synonymous with underground comix and the 60s counterculture. Ralph Bakshi's interpretation is extremely Ralph...
![A Special Presentation 283: Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739525885891-a49439c816f07.jpg)
A Special Presentation 283: Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]
Robert Crumb's Fritz the Cat is p much synonymous with underground comix and the 60s counterculture. Ralph Bakshi's interpretation is extremely Ralph...
![A Special Presentation 282: The Boondocks [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739525703077-b53d8bd0d9f5c.jpg)
A Special Presentation 282: The Boondocks [2 of 2]
We look at The Boondocks,the Adult Swim TV series adaptation of Aaron MacGruder's comic strip of the same name. In today's media environment, it may s...
![A Special Presentation 281: The Boondocks [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1739525618891-01bf894ae7ee4.jpg)
A Special Presentation 281: The Boondocks [1 of 2]
We look at The Boondocks,the Adult Swim TV series adaptation of Aaron MacGruder's comic strip of the same name. In today's media environment, it may s...
A Special Presentation 280: Over the Hedge (2 of 2)
It's finally here... after 279 episodes, we're finally doing Over the Hedge, probably the biggest comic strip adaptation of all time until Garfield th...
A Special Presentation 279: Over the Hedge (1 of 2)
It's finally here... after 279 episodes, we're finally doing Over the Hedge, probably the biggest comic strip adaptation of all time until Garfield th...
![A Special Presentation 278: The Brave Little Toaster [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1737620139492-87713dbbeb6f3.jpg)
A Special Presentation 278: The Brave Little Toaster [2 of 2]
For Ethan's birthday, we're looking at the NOT QUITE DISNEY classic, The Brave Little Toaster, based on the Thomas Disch story of the same name. It's...
![A Special Presentation 277: The Brave Little Toaster [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1737619610570-76083ea45c56a.jpg)
A Special Presentation 277: The Brave Little Toaster [1 of 2]
For Ethan's birthday, we're looking at the NOT QUITE DISNEY classic, The Brave Little Toaster, based on the Thomas Disch story of the same name. It's...
![A Special Presentation 276: Dog City [2 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1736582804439-3c381e1d5bc01.jpg)
A Special Presentation 276: Dog City [2 of 2]
Okay NOW we're talking about Dog City, Jim Henson's favorite thing to direct. It's about a city that's all dogs. Ladies and gentlemen, it's gone to th...
![A Special Presentation 275: Dog City [1 of 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/2228124/2228124-1736582649865-6a11bfb360872.jpg)
A Special Presentation 275: Dog City [1 of 2]
In theory, we meant to talk about Dog City (part of the Jim Henson Hour) but instead we ended up talking about the muppets in general, the Jim Henson...