This week, Mike and Ethan look at this weird Charlie Brown special that is NOT associated with any holiday, it's all about that overly-civilized, underly-dogified dog Snoopy eating 100 pizzas and having a nightmare that he's a Klondike gold rush sled dog. Also in this episode, Mike retells the story of his own nightmare, that time that he ate two (2) weed brownies and journeyed to a witch's sabbat. Mike is ALWAYS telling that story!

Those of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special   Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for  every  one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to  miss  out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into  another full  episode! We're joined this time with our good friend Aurelina!

Those of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special  Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for every  one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to miss  out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into another full  episode! We're joined this time with our good friend Cage of Mirrors!

Those of you watching us on Twitter may remember that we did a special Advent calendar this year, reviewing a classic holiday special for every one of the 25 odd days of Christmas... But we didn't want you to miss out, so we combined all the short 2-minute Advent snippets into a full episode!

We're rounding out our Christmas season with a look at The Smurf's Christmas, one of like 8 smurf Christmases. This IS thematic because, as you Belgians may already know, the Smurfs was originally a comic over there. This week, we welcome special guest Aurelina, creator of Furry Found Footage and Mike's old podcasting partner from SHOW. Let's smurf it up as we discuss just WHO is that mysterious stranger who's threatening the smurfs and does goodness make the badness go away?

Garfield, Odie and Jon go to visit Jon's family on the farm for Christmas in a most unusual Christmas special. Mike didn't like it when it premiered in 1987, but we're reassessing it today! 

Did you know that there was a Rugrats comic strip? It sucked, of course. Just lots of boring puns about babies, but it did two important things: It was a better baby comic than Marvin and it gave us an excuse to watch A Rugrats Chanukah for our 2020 Decemberween Festival of Holiday Specials. Mike and Ethan discuss their extremely sketchy understanding of the Jewish faith and also why Angelica is the best rugrat.

It's the holiday season, so we're looking at some holiday specials! Today we watched Rankin Bass' The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, based on a book by L. Frank Baum. And since there WAS a comic strip, Queer Visitors from the Land of Oz, based on a different L. Frank Baum book... what the heck, we'll count it. L. Frank Baum was never content to rely on pre-existing canon for his stories, so of course his take on Santa is extremely unique. 

This week, we thought we would look at Fabulous Funnies, a 70s Filmation series that brought all the best comic strips of the 20s to life! So we thought, why not get the scoop from someone who was actually there? Veteran cartoon writer Buzz Dixon, most famous for his work on GI Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony, Inhumanoids, Jem, Cowboys of Moo Mesa, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and literally EVERY cartoon of the 1980s, was gracious enough to sit down with us for a conversation about his first writing gig... and also the inner workings of 1980s animation, the body horror of Turbo Teen, the Q*Bert Show that could have been, and (of course) The Little Clowns of Happytown.

This week, we were GOING to look at some more comic-themed commercials, but then we watched... a music video?... about Zippy the Pinhead. And it turns out that we have A LOT to say about Zippy the Pinhead. Join us for a discussion of this weird music video and also all things Zippy from the Zippy the Pinhead stage play to the secret history of San Francisco's Doggy Diner.

Welcome back to the podcast where Mike and Ethan talk about adaptations  of newspaper comics into other mediums. Did you know that before he was a  children's author Dr. Seuss was a newspaper cartoonist? A political  cartoonist, technically, but it still counts for our mandate! Because we  declare it to be so! We thought to look at one of two Seuss cartoons  that wasn't based on a pre-existing property, Pontoffel Pock, Where are You?  It's about this guy and his flying piano.

Welcome back to the podcast where Mike and Ethan talk about adaptations of newspaper comics into other mediums. Did you know that before he was a children's author Dr. Seuss was a newspaper cartoonist? A political cartoonist, technically, but it still counts for our mandate! Because we declare it to be so! We thought to look at one of two Seuss cartoons that wasn't based on a pre-existing property, it's the Hoober Bloob Highway. Join Mr. Hoober Bloob and his robot lute sidekick as they try to convince a baby to be born.

We're taking a break from our usual format for an EXTRA special  Halloween episode, on THIS most holy of nights HALLOWEEN, a day earlier than our usual posting time, to invite all our BEST pals to watch some  beloved classic Halloween specials with us! We're joined by friends of  the pod vorejokesdotjpg, poundforpoundcake, atomicfattymutant, and dungeonmaster11 to watch The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t, The Last Halloween, The Wickedest Witch, and Mr. Boogedy. Get  ready to be spooOOOooOoOooOOoked! Special thanks to Morbiose for adding  the scares to this extra spooky episode!

We're taking a break from our usual format for an EXTRA special Halloween episode, wherein we invited all our BEST pals to watch some beloved classic Halloween specials with us! We're joined by friends of the pod Moodyferret, vorejokesdotjpg, poundforpoundcake, and Morbiose to watch Lumpkin the Pumpkin, Raggedy Ann & Andy in: The Pumpkin that Couldn't Smile, Halloween is Grinch Night, and Witch's Night Out. Get ready to be spooOOOooOoOooOOoked! Special thanks to Morbiose for adding the scares to this extra spooky episode!

It's the Addams Family! They're creepy AND they're kooky and altogether ooky. Ten years after the 1960s series ended, the original cast got back together for this special Halloween reunion that involves a Great Pumpkin analogue, a long-lost twin brother, a pair of super oiled up body builders (it doesn't really make sense in context), and (of course) some criminals trying to steal the Addams fortune. Is it a low point for the Addams as a media franchise? Well.Maybe.  Join us as Mike and Ethan remember the Addams Family on this Halloween season.

Mike and Ethan continue a month of Halloween coverage with the classic Peanuts special that has defined Halloween for generations, with all the great bits that you know and love -- the Great Pumpkin, the jerkfaces who give Charlie Brown rocks during trick or treat (???) and Snoopy's WW I flying ace delusions. What a weird special.  In retrospect, Peanuts is bizarre.

This week, our Halloween coverage continues with More Tales from the Far Side, the never-seen-in-America sequel to Tales from the Far Side. It's Tales from the FARTHER Side, you might say!  It's got to be Halloween cuz what other holiday would this represent?

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) kick off the Halloween season with a look at the surprisingly obscure Tales from the Far Side, the Far Side adaptation that is ostensibly a Halloween special because, really, what other holiday could you possibly expect to make an appropriately apt Far Side adaptation for?

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at video games based on comic strips, including... well, you know what, just listen to the episode. Be surprised.

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at a fogotten cartoon series pilot, Carlton Your Doorman. WTF??? What does this have to do with comics? Well, Carlton Your Doorman is based on the character of Carlton the doorman from Rhoda, the phenomenally popular unseen character who was the first ever role of Lorenzo Music, the man who would eventually portray Garfield. See? There's a connection.

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at Garfield's 10 Anniversary special. Can you believe that Garfield is 10 years old today? It's a celebration of all things Garfield with this special that looks behind the scenes of Paws Inc to learn the awful, terrifying secrets of Garfield's production.

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at Garfield's 10 Anniversary special. Can you believe that Garfield is 10 years old today? It's a celebration of all things Garfield with this special that looks behind the scenes of Paws Inc to learn the awful, terrifying secrets of Garfield's production.

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)  look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a  whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield,  Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you  need in your life!

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)  look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a  whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield,  Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you  need in your life!

This week, Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) look at all your favorite cartoon characters selling out and shilling a whole lot of stupid garbage! Thaaaaat's capitalism! Join BC, Garfield, Peanuts and more as they tell you what consumer goods or services you need in your life!

Heeeey it's life in the army with Beetle Bailey, the soldier who's been enlisted for 50 years yet never seen a day of combat in America's eternal forever war. What happens when Beetle Bailey has to represent Camp Swampy in front of some Pentagon Brass and then Plato makes a flying chair helicopter that shoots things? It's madness when Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) look at this animated adaptation of everyone's favorite soldier boy.

In this episode Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) discuss the animated adaptation of Hagar the Horrible, Hagar Knows Best, where Dik Browne takes all three of the (questionable) facts that he knows about vikings to make this hilarious tale of traditional viking Hagar dealing with his wacky modern-timesy kids. When exactly was the age of the vikings? We're still not sure.

Hey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one but TWO Pogo specials featuring Pogo, his awful sexy skunk friend Miss Hezbollah, and a suicidal porcupine.

Hey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one but TWO Pogo specials featuring Pogo, his awful sexy skunk friend Miss Hezbollah, and a suicidal porcupine.

It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!

It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!

It's those Fantastic Funnies! Imagine that it's wayback in 1980 and CBS feels like there's just NOT enough awareness of the funny pages. People just weren't aware of these things called comics. So naturally they decided to make a primetime extravaganza starring Loni Anderson to tell people about the fact that comic strips existed. This special introduces us to popular "new" comics like Cathy and Broomhilda and "popular" old comics like Prince Valiant... and keep listening alllll the way to the end of our 3 part deep dive into THOSE FANTASTIC FUNNIES to meet that brand new star, Garfield!

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss    animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode,  we  finally break our comic rule for the SECOND time: We talk about   something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly  and  the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies!?, an animated film about a little   girl dealing with her divorced mother getting remarried. BUT it was  directed by Bill  Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly  inspired by same.  So we're counting it!

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss   animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we  finally break our comic rule for the SECOND time: We talk about  something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly and  the Skywalkerz in Two Daddies!?, an animated film about a little  girl dealing with her divorced mother getting remarried. BUT it was directed by Bill  Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly inspired by same.  So we're counting it!

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss  animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. In this episode, we finally break our comic rule for the first time: We talk about something that was NEVER actually a comic strip! Instead, it's Molly and the Skywalkerz in Happily Ever After, an animated film about a little girl dealing with her parents' divorce. BUT it was directed by Bill Melendez of the Peanuts specials and was very clearly inspired by same. So we're counting it! Plus, hang around afterwards and Mike will explain the extremely short-lived phenomenon that dominated the circa 2005 breast enlargement fetish community: tit-stealing shades.

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss  animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Today we return to our least favorite comic turned into most favorite special, Cathy, for a discussion of the final Cathy special, Cathy's Valentine, and a huge derailment into 1980s commercials. Cathy's Valentine aired only once and was never released on VHS or DVD, so the only way to see it now is via a recording that someone made way back in 1989... which includes a whole bunch of awesome commercials about panty hose, Kate & Alley, and just how cool New Coke is.

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss  animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. This time, we celebrate the day when trees are born. It's Arbor Day! Arbor Day, Charlie Brown! Oh that Charlie Brown, he's gonna plant a tree. Tree stuff. 

It's A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss  animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Or, in this case, a comic from Scholastic hand-outs.  So TECHNICALLY this falls under the letter of our mandate to discuss comic strip adaptations. It Zwibble is a dinosaur that teaches kids about taking care of the environment and is super effective which is why there are no issues today at all related to environmental devastation. Oh. Kids, get excited to be LECTURED by It Zwibble the star-touched dinosaur, the most focus grouped of all ecology-minded mascots.

Welcome to our 30th EPISODE ahem ahem of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips. Or, in this case, a web comic. We're looking at Control Alt Delete: The Web Series, the web series based on Control Alt Delete: The Web Comic. It's the web comic so good that we instead get distracted and start talking about great ideas for TV series like THE GAMER FAMILY and SECRET CENTAUR. Someone should really make those for real.

Welcome to episode 31 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  In this episode, we continue our look at not ONE but two comics turned cartoons: It's the cute and not all that menacing American Dennis the Menace and the  more menacing and class conscious British Dennis the Menace.  Joining us for this episode is our UK correspondent Alex Whitington (@EHCB), Olympus U game dev, co-creator of Amy Ook and the man Mike blames for everything that goes wrong in old blighty.  Also we talked so much that we had to SPLIT it into 2 episodes so you  can hear all about not just Dennis the Menace but also digressions about Nina Paley, different kinds of fascism, and capri sun. See more of  Ethan  at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Welcome to episode 30 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)       discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  In  this episode, we look at not ONE but two comics turned cartoons: It's the cute and not all that menacing American Dennis the Menace and the more menacing and class conscious British Dennis the Menace.  Joinng us for this episode is our UK correspondent Alex Whitington (@EHCB), Olympus U game dev, co-creator of Amy Ook and the man Mike blames for everything that goes wrong in old blighty. Also we talked so much that we had to SPLIT it into 2 episodes so you can hear all about not just Dennis the Menace but also digressions about Nina Paley, different kinds of fascism, and capri sun. See more of Ethan  at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Welcome to episode 29 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)      discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  In this episode, we look at the also-ran series The Kid, an adaptation of Gahan Wilson's deliciously morbid Nuts strip from National Lampoon magazine. Mike also talks about his favorite cartoon, Gahan Wilson's Diner. See more of Ethan  at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Welcome to episode 28 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)     discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  This is our first time dipping into For Better or For Worse, the extremely nice and extremely Canadian comic strip about that extremely nice and extremely Canadian family the Pattersons. Or, as some wags have dubbed them, the Foobs.  In the Bestest Present, we see young Michael before he ran into a burning building to rescue his manuscript and young Elizabeth before she settled for dorkass neighbor nice guy Gordon.  See more of Ethan  at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Welcome to episode 27 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)    discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  This time , we meet those second rate superheroes THE DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH! What do you get when mandrake the Magician, Flash Gordon, Lothar, and the Phantom team up? You get one guy who can do literally anything via magic and three guys who're just along for the ride.  See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html !See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Welcome to episode 26 of A Special Presentation or Alf will Not be Seen Tonight, the podcast where Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron)   discuss animated specials based on newspaper comic strips.  This time  we're talkin' about that lovable blobfish ZIGGY! We were supposed to post this for Christmas but OOPS we forgot XP So enjoy Ziggy's Gift!  See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com !

Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI)   to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated   special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen   as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of   Garfield.  There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had   to divide it into 3 parts.  Enjoy part 3 in which we discuss Diana's Piano (TV special), Lab Animal (TV special & book), Primal Self (book), Garfield (TV special & book), and Space Cat (TV special & book). Music courtesy  of @morbiomatic! See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel Joy Traveler at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.  See Travis' spooky writing, A Collection of Midnight Treats at:  https://gumroad.com/l/KhKqn

Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI)  to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated  special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen  as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of  Garfield.  There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had  to divide it into 3 parts.  Enjoy part 1 in which we discuss In the Garden  (book & TV special), Babes & Bullets (book & TV special), The Exterminators (book), Court Musician (TV special), and Stunt Cat (TV special). Music courtesy  of @morbiomatic! See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel Joy Traveler at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.  See Travis' spooky writing, A Collection of Midnight Treats at:  https://gumroad.com/l/KhKqn

Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) welcome special guest Travis (@DMXI) to discuss Garfield's 9 Lives, comparing the book to the animated special, both of which are weirdly fucked up in their own ways. Listen as Mike repeatedly forgets that Jim Hensen is NOT the creator of Garfield.  There are just two many lives in this compilation, so we had to divide it into 3 parts.  Enjoy part 1 in which we discuss Cave Cat (book & TV special), King Cat (TV special), and The Vikings (book). Music courtesy  of @morbiomatic! See more of Ethan at http://www.thehungryreader.com or read his novel Joy Traveler at: http://www.bogleech.com/creepy/creepy18joytraveler.html ! See more of Mike at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com or at @midnight_pals.  See Travis' spooky writing, A Collection of Midnight Treats at:  https://gumroad.com/l/KhKqn