Continuing our month-long dive into all things GHOSTBUSTERS, this week DPTC talks about the time The Real Ghostbusters went on a game show hosted by none other than SATAN HIMSELF… or at least a “minor demon” who looks a HELL of a lot like him! The prize? The Ghostbusters’ very souls!
October is here and the reason for the season is GHOSTBUSTERS… all month! This week DPTC covers Filmation’s take on ghostbusting with a time-hopping adventure that sends Jake Kong Jr, Eddie Spencer Jr., and pals back to the Salem Witch Trials! Intolerance, fate pens, jury tampering, hollowed-out gorillas… all this and more on DPTC!
DPTC hits rock bottom with the debut episode of DINOSAUCERS, easily the worst toon we’ve covered thus far! How could alien dinosaurs in spaceships go so wrong? Oh, we’ll tell you how -- while discussing other important topics such as bootleg toys and child scientists!
1994: armageddon. 3994 years later: the debut episode of THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN! DPTC travels to post-apocalyptic Earth to talk about milking fruit, abuser tactics, and the future’s favorite film JAWS! If you like your world un-ended, Save That Moon today, folks!
Saddle up, pard! Those DPTC boys are moseyin’ back to the 1990s for the debut of WILD WEST C.O.W.-BOYS OF MOO MESA! “Bonanza meets TMNT” sounds mighty good on paper, but in reality… hooooo boy. We’ll be goldurned if we didn’t have fun jawin’ about it, though, so pull up a stool and commence to listenin'!
From the studio that brought us Thundercats comes the debut episode of the sci-fi/cop show mashup SILVERHAWKS! Travel to the distant Limbo Galaxy with the DPTC boys to discuss prison design, the secrets of the Rankin-Bass Formula, and how to properly handle mimes!
Will and Travis once again return(ia) to Eternia with the episode “Quest for HE-MAN”… and take a hard left turn toward the weird, whacky world of Trainis — a land of M.C. “Master of Ceremonies” Escher-style backgrounds, Looney Tunes voices, and the sexiest bird woman this side of the universe!
DPTC keeps it patriotic deep into July (a.k.a., Worldwide America Month) with a look at the cartoon debut of Mr. America himself, HULK HOGAN's Rock 'N' Wrestling, in which a cavalcade of ethnic stereotypes race for Hollywood stardom!
July is America’s month and DPTC is returning to America’s toon — RAMBO: THE FORCE OF FREEDOM! What’s more American than a shirtless soldier and his pals saving a U.S. senator’s dog from mercenary ninjas? Nothing.
Trigger warning to the max! DPTC tackles racism with the Junkyard Gang when they return to FAT ALBERT! Think they won’t be discussing Nazis in the same breath as the magic of Dippin' Dots? Guess again!
Will and Travis finally return to perennial toy and toon juggernaut TRANSFORMERS for the timelessly hip episode “Auto Bop!” Decepticons running night clubs, Transformers dancing, boomboxes facing off in a battle royale… Set your dial between Casey and Kasem, ToonCast fans, because this is True Jive, Vol. 10!
DPTC is hanging ten all the way back to 1996 to scope out the most radical dudes of all time, the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, in their final season episode “Mobster from Dimension X!” Mutants. Lasers. Aliens. Zoot suit gangsters. This one truly has it all!
Will and Travis finally return to round out DINO-RIDERS with its final episode, “Ice Age Adventure!” How could this 22-minute toy commercial with aliens, dinosaurs, time travel, and (alleged) cavewoman sex magic possibly be so bad? Tune in and find out!
Things get spoooooky at the DPTC studio as KAT COUCH (NATURE OF THE BEAST) joins Will and Travis to talk about the REAL GHOSTBUSTERS episode “No One Comes to Lupusville!” Vampire-blindness, crank girls, and what having a rat tail says about a person… What other secrets does this episode hold? We’ll never tell!
Voice actor and director NICOLE ENDICOTT (SEVEN MORTAL SINS) joins Will and Travis to talk about Nintendo toon CAPTAIN N’s first crossover with the LEGEND OF ZELDA! Talking points: Link’s tailor (and “Links” Taylor), baby wants a kiss-kiss, skipped nips… oh, and the DPTC crew gets sucked into Hyrule. We’re warpin’ over here!
Will and Travis call an emergency recording to respond to news that has toon fandom in a tizzy — the announcement of a new Thundercats cartoon, THUNDERCATS ROAR! We give our take on the promo, share some choice Twitter opinions, and share a tale of a DPTC prank gone wrong!
DPTC returns for a third helping of the toon that kicked off the podcast, the all-time classic THUNDERCATS! Will and Travis talk about the Cats' adorably creepy new neighbors, the Ro-Bear Berbils, and reflect on their own deep fear of artificial intelligence!
Inspired by RAMBO: THE FORCE OF FREEDOM, Will and Travis pitch their ideas for adapting R-rated action films of yesteryear to cartoon series! Ever wanted to see a DIE HARD toon? How about SPEED: THE ANIMATED SERIES? These and more on this minisode!
ACTION-PACKED APRIL concludes with a return to G.I. JOE and the "Primordial Plot," in which the Joes battle dinosaurs! Clonin’ bones, the Cobra work environment, the right to bear grappling hooks... good thing KAT COUCH (NATURE OF THE BEAST) is here to tackle all this and more with us!
ACTION-PACKED APRIL strikes again with the debut episode of CHUCK NORRIS KARATE KOMMANDOS, in which Chuck Norris leads a government-sanctioned team of children and Asian stereotypes into battle against the terrorist group VULTURE!
ACTION-PACKED APRIL continues with the debut episode of M.A.S.K., a show about heroic hi-tech drivers and pilots fighting crime… or is it about one man’s private militia fighting an illegal war fueled by dirty money, blackmail, and vengeance? DPTC uncovers the truth!
In this sinister minisode, Will and Trav tackle what is perhaps THE important issue: EVIL. A new system for measuring a villain’s awfulness — The EVIL SCALE — is established and the first full draft of the 7 DEADLY TOON SINS is finally canonized.
ACTION-PACKED APRIL is here and the DPTC boys are on a mission to find the toughest, meanest, most fightin’-est two-fisted toons out there… and they may have found their man! His name? John Rambo. It doesn’t get more shirtlessly action-packed than the debut episode of RAMBO: THE FORCE OF FREEDOM!
Will and Travis bid farewell to an old friend: TOYS “R” US. With stores closing, the boys overcome car troubles for a field trip to make one final purchase and scope out what kind of toys kids these days are buying.
MARCH MARVEL MADNESS comes to a stunning conclusion as pal of the show MIMO MORREALE returns to discuss the failed 1989 pilot PRYDE OF THE X-MEN! Doggy shame, cluckholds, and more accents than you can shake a stick at! A finale in the Might Marvel Fashion, true believers!
DPTC’s 25th episode is a MARCH MARVEL MADNESS bonus! Will and Travis return to 1966’s MARVEL SUPER HEROES to hang with the AVENGERS — Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver — as they face oppression, propaganda, and robots! Trigger warning ahead!
MARCH MARVEL MADNESS rolls on to 1979 for this terrifying episode of SPIDER-WOMAN filled to the brim with horrors ! Vampires, wolfmen, Frankenstein(s), sexism, child endangerment, beams of all kinds… this one has it all, true believer! A true golden standard of animation.
MARCH MARVEL MADNESS takes DPTC back to 1966 for THE MARVEL SUPER HEROES starring THE AVENGERS! Almost 50 years before they topped the box office, CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN, and THOR took on Zemo and his Masters of Evil on TV screens everywhere! A must-listen, True Believers!
It’s MARCH MARVEL MADNESS, True Believers! Each week, DPTC covers a different Marvel Comics toon! In this astonishing tale, SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS Iceman and Firestar face their greatest challenge: arcade game come to life Videoman!
After viewing such conscious toons as Fat Albert, Bravestarr, and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, DPTC asks the question: What team of toons would YOU want to help a loved one on the wrong path? Will, Travis, and returning guest Mimo Morreale assemble their own Cartoon All-Stars on this stunning mini-episode!
