It's spooky season and Faith's part ofthe plant kingdom! To celebrate we look at 1991's “Little Shop” aa baffling attempt at turning Little Shop of Horrors into a programfor VERY young children. It begs such questions as “Why make acartoon about a man-eating plant with no man-eating?” and “Why replace the do-whop music with New Jack Swing?” Elsewhere we discuss the history of the Little Shop of Horrors franchise andFaith's ties to it. Plus an all-new (or all-old) defunct sponsor,headlines, and the new game show that's sweeping the nation: Cormania! So kick back, grab your mini Kit Kats, and Toon In to avery Toon Travel Halloween!
On this episode of Toon Travel Paul and Faith go back in time to 1984 to look at the incredibly weird fall preview special “Laugh Busters” featuring a combination of animation and live action done the cheapest way possible. Featuring a confusing plot, D-list celebrities, and horrifying mascots this show baffled our hosts in ways that no program has before. But hey where else can you see The Smurfs, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Mr. t, and Kitt the talking car all in one piece of media? Also a new round of headlines, a brand new defunct sponsor, and Faith takes on “Buster Busters” our most challenging game show to date!
Toon Travel returns with an all new season as our intrepid hosts tackle a show all about traveling to strange new worlds and seeking out new life forms. That's right we're talking about Care Bears specifically the third season when the creators decided they would rather make a Star Trek cartoon. Meanwhile Paul & Faith discuss how they spent their summer vacation, a new defunct sponsor, headlines, and a rousing game of "Doyou care? Bear.”
It's a bittersweet moment on the T.O.O.N (Temporal Observation & Orbital Navigation) machine as we've reached our first semester finale! Nolan Duncan joins Paul and Faith as we look back at one of his nostalgic favorites: “Darkwing Duck!” It's not just any episode of Darkwing Duck, no it's “Time & Punishment” a surprisingly dark time travel episode that's also a warning about authoritarianism.We also discussed the history of the larger Disney Afternoon, Darkwing Duck's robust voice cast, and Nolan's unusual connection with the show.
We also discuss a new batch of headlines and in place of our sponsor a very unusual (but catchy) PSA. Finally we round things out with a super villain guessing game and some closing thoughts on the series thus far!
Toon Travel returns with a new episode! Faith is back just in time to take a look at “Tales From The Cryptkeeper” a show which has no right to be as entertaining as it is. I mean think about it it's an children's adaptation of a late night R-rated horror series based on a comic book so controversial that parents burned it in the street! Yet as crazy as this concept sounds our hosts found a lot to enjoy about this show including a pair of endearing protagonists, a witty script, and a cool art style!Elsewhere we explore the headlines for 1993 including the real reason we don't have more outdoor boxing events and Paul embarks on an ill-fated sponsorship deal. Finally we play a rousing round of the new game show that's sweeping the nation: “Crypt, Dark, or Creep!” So hop aboard the T.O.O.N (that's Temporal Observation & Orbital Navigation) machine, grab some cereal, and kick back & enjoy the ride in the latest episode of Marshall University's favorite time traveling retro-cartoon podcast!
Faith is away on spring break but that's ok because we've got two special guests... Nalon and Zella from the Lizards Inc podcast! Yes, for the first time ever a human sized squirrel and two genuine lizard people will host a podcast together! This week's episode will look at 1993's comic book adaptation Cadillacs and Dinosaurs a show that combined the prehistoric with the post apocalyptic in one easy to watch package! Topics include reptile representation in children's television, would the apocalypse change AM radio?, and is our hero actually an idiot? Grab your cereal and kick back to enjoy this time traveling crossover retro-cartoon extravaganza!
Introducing a new show by the Dead Podcasters Society. Welcome to Toon Travel, the show where we travel through time and talk about cartoons. In our first episode, hosts Paul Sebert and Faith Casto go back in time to 1986 and look at two very different Ghostbusters cartoons: First we look at “The Real Ghostbusters” with the classic seasonal episode “When Halloween Was Forever” followed by the inexplicable oddity of “Filmation's Ghostbusters” and the episode “Wacky Wax Museum.” Also our intrepid hosts face the against the unexpected side-effects of time travel! Discussions include ghosts who are too many things, sequels to movies that don't exists, and a scandal that could only happen in the world of physical media! So kick back, grab a bowl of cereal and enjoy what is sure to be the greatest time-hopping retro-cartoon podcast of all time!