What A Cartoon! - The May 2020 Schedule

Summer is just around the corner—at least, that's what we're observing from the safety of indoors. And with another month comes another dose of podcast fun to keep you nice and distracted! This month, we have a wide range of topics, including cartoon dumbasses, anime legends, super friends, and one of the world's greatest sequels. So stay inside, stay safe, and get ready for another excellent four weeks of What a Cartoon!

Also, don't forget, if you're a $5 subscriber to the Patreon, you get to hear all these upcoming episodes a week ahead of time and ad-free, along with our collection of exclusive miniseries, which includes our current one, Talking Mission Hill! And $10 subscribers get all that AND our full-length What A Cartoon Movie! podcast at the end of each month! This month, we'll be looking at the fabulous tearjerker, Toy Story 2.

So, without further ado, here's the schedule for April:

Beavis and Butt-Head 2011 Season - "Doomsday / Dumb Design" [Patreon Date: 5/4/20 - Free Feed Date 5/11/20]

As part of our mission to return to a series we've previously covered once a month, we're returning to the Beavis and Butt-Head well once again—but with a twist! This time around, we'll be covering the under-appreciated 2011 reboot that MTV quickly abandoned in favor of more reality shows starring alcoholic meatheads.

The fresh HD season isn't on any streaming service currently, but you can find it on a recent Blu-ray as well as digital storefronts like Amazon.

Dragon Ball - "Monster Beast Giran" [Patreon Date: 5/11/20 - Free Feed Date 5/18/20]

We're finally visiting one of the most important anime series of all time this month on What A Cartoon! Though the sequel series Dragon Ball Z caught more attention in America thanks to its high-stakes melodrama and brutal battles, it all started with the endlessly charming and delightfully bawdy Dragon Ball. Join us as we examine an episode where the fighting is more about gags than endless grunting as Goku battles the fearsome Giran!

The original seasons of classic Dragon Ball are available in so many places, including streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

Justice League - "Injustice For All Part 2" [Patreon Date: 5/18/20 - Free Feed Date 5/25/20]

After this collection of heroes had been a joke for 20 years thanks to the existence of Super Friends, the talented folks at Warner Bros. animation redeemed the Justice League in cartoon form with their stellar early '00s series. For our first trip into the world of Justice League, we'll be discussing an episode where nearly all the villains and heroes get to shine equally. (And even though it's a two-parter, thankfully the first part isn't all that important.)

You can get Justice League on Blu-ray, or it's streaming officially on DC Universe.

An Extended Preview of April's What A Cartoon Movie! for Toy Story 2 [Patreon Date: 5/25/20 - Free Feed Date 6/1/20]

For our Pixar sequel poll, the studio's very first follow-up emerged as the clear winner. Get ready for our full exploration of a movie that was saved from a direct-to-VHS fate—and the behind-the-scene battles that let Pixar salvage this masterpiece. And at the end of the month, we'll share our lengthy preview AND the full podcast for our $10 subscribers!

There's an amazing Blu-ray of the film out there, and you can also find it on Netflix (in the US at least) and Disney Plus.

We're looking forward to another fun month on the Talking Simpsons Network, so mark your calendars and prepare for a bunch of ultra-long podcasts as we shelter in place and while away the hours with podcasting!