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We chatted with veteran voice actor and D&D Dungeon Master Matt Mercer about all things 'Critical Role', the long-running, live-action, livestreaming RPG featured on Twitch. Mercer recently had the opportunity to bring his newly created world to life through the Wizards of the Coast publication 'Explorer's Guide to Wildemount', a 304-page campaign guide that lets gamers everywhere join in to create their own unique adventures. We geeked out about all things D&D, Dunamancy, and the Mighty Nein! Mercer also brought us up to speed on the team's production process behind the scenes, from how the coronavirus has affected their timeline to an update on their upcoming animated adaptation, 'Critical Role: Legend of Vox Machina.' Listen in for all that and much more! - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore collider.com/author/dave-trumbore Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrClawMD Buy the book 'The Science of Br

In these strange times of coronavirus COVID-19, the Saturday Mourning Cartoons team has turned to a pair of animated pathogen-fighting heroes, 'Ozzy & Drix'! But just who are the title characters? Warner Bros.’ animated movie ‘Osmosis Jones’ came out in 2001 from the Farrelly Bros, and featured a live-action Bill Murray, with Chris Rock voicing the title character and David Hyde Pierce voicing Drix; Laurence Fishburne played the big bad in Thrax. Then, in 2002, ‘Ozzy & Drix’ arrived from Warner Bros. Animation on Kids WB (and later Cartoon Network) with Phil LaMarr and Jeff Bennett now voicing the title roles. How does it hold up? Listen along to find out! - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore collider.com/author/dave-trumbore Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrClawMD Buy the book 'The Science of Breaking Bad' - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @se

Need a break from coronavirus craziness? Then take a trip with the Saturday Mourning Cartoons team as we head back in time to the prehistoric era to visit the 'Valley of the Dinosaurs'! This Hanna-Barbera cartoon is but the latest in our long line of dinosaur-themed animated series (though there are probably still many more out there for us to tackle). It also has a curious tie into the popular live-action series Land of the Lost: Not only do the cartoon and the TV show have an almost identical premise in common, they both premiered on the exact same day (but two different networks) back in 1974. Does it hold up today? You'll have to listen in to find out for sure, but 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' did deliver a surprisingly solid action-adventure story, which is a rare find these days.   - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore collider.com/author/dave-trumbore Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrClawMD Buy the book

Saturday Mourning Cartoons host Dave Trumbore is joined by special guest and comicbook.com writer Evan Valentine to talk about all things 'Castlevania' Season 3. We get heavy into spoiler territory in this one, so make sure you're all caught up on the series so far before listening in! - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Special Guest: Evan Valentine https://comicbook.com/author/EvanValentine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/evcomedy Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore collider.com/author/dave-trumbore Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrClawMD Buy the book 'The Science of Breaking Bad' - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater where you can find tickets and times. If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Recommend a cartoon to us: Call us and leave a message at 202-681-4406. If you

In the latest Saturday Mourning Cartoons interview, we sit down with writer/EP Warren Ellis and EP Kevin Kolde to talk 'Castlevania' Season 3, now streaming on Netflix. Fair warning: We do get into spoilers on this chat! Ellis and Kolde talked about the events of Season 3 and how they follow in the wake of Dracula's death and the power vacuum left behind. We also discuss the newcomers like Saint Germain, Lenore, The Captain, and Miranda, among others. Plus, we get into the inspiration for the creation of the insane and impressive sequence in the Infinite Corridor. All that and a whole lot more, so listen in! - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater where you can find tickets and times. If

If you're nostalgic for classic video games and iconic cartoons, or just want to watch a fun new action-packed animated series, check out Glitch Techs ASAP. Co-created by Eric Robles (Fanboy) and Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny), and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios for Netflix last year. Glitch Techs centers on two teenagers--Miko and High Five--whose job at a game store acts as a front for their real work: hunting down glitched video game monsters who have broken out into the real world. All nine episodes are streaming on Netflix now if you want to add it to your watchlist or jump right to the good stuff. The diverse and talented voice cast includes Sandeep Parikh as Haneesh, Luke Youngblood as Mitch, Monica Ray as Miko, Ricardo Hurtado as High Five, Zehra Fazal as Zahra, Josh Sussman as Bergy, Eric Lopez as Papi and Scott Kreamer as Phil, with Milano voicing BITT. Additional voice actors include Grey Griffin, Jessica DiCicco, Hynden Walch, Kate Higgins, and Kari Wahlgren. The animation hails from Top

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is back on Disney+! We're reviewing Season 7 premiere of Dave Filoni's hit animated series for the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast, along with special guest and regular Collider contributor, Rafael Motamayor! (Be sure to follow him on Twitter: twitter.com/RafaelMotamayor) Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been around for more than the last 15+ years, starting with Genndy Tartakovsky‘s exploration of the title period in the Star Wars timeline, up through Filoni‘s fan-favorite take on the material, which includes the unfinished versions of episodes that were put on pause back in 2013; those episodes were then screened at a fan convention and on StarWars.com itself in 2015. But now, fans can see the finished version of "The Bad Batch" and more as they arrive on Disney+, and that's exactly what we're reviewing today! Note: On this episode (which was recorded before the following information was released by Disney), we speculate as to what the remaining episodes of Star Wars: The Clone W

The Saturday Mourning Cartoons team reviews Sonic the Hedgehog this weekend. No, not the new CG/live-action hybrid movie, the 1993 animated series. No, not *that* one either, the other one. The one that's surprisingly dark and sees Sonic, Tails, and the gang as a band of rebellious freedom fighters battling back against the evil ways of Dr. Robotnik. Yeah, that's the one. How does it hold up? Listen in to find out!  - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater where you can find tickets and times. If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Recommend a cartoon to us: Call us and leave a message at 202-681-4406. If you call then we will 1

In the latest Saturday Mourning Cartoons interview, we chat with Will Becher and Richard Phelan, the directors of Aardman Animation's 'A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.' The duo talked about their experience in the animation industry and how it led them to direct this franchise's space-faring sequel, which is absolutely packed full of Easter eggs and nods to classic sci-fi titles. They also revealed how the creation of Lu-La came about, her early designs that didn't make the final cut, the challenge of designing a spaceship in stop-motion animation, and how the cast communicated the story without any spoken dialogue. Plus, they tease what's up next for Aardman, including more of Shaun the Sheep and 'Chicken Run 2.' - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis

The Saturday Mourning Cartoons team--Sean Paul Ellis and Dave Trumbore--dive into the delightful world of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts for a fun Saturday-morning review. The series follows a young girl named Kipo (Karen Fukuhara) who emerges from her life underground only to be thrust into an adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth. She joins a ragtag group of survivors as they embark on a journey through a vibrant wonderland where everything that’s trying to kill them also happens to be downright adorable. Hailing from creator and executive producer Radford Sechrist (How to Train Your Dragon 2) and executive produced and developed for television by Bill Wolkoff (The Man Who Fell To Earth), Kipo (or KatAoW, if you prefer) began its weird, wild, and wonderful life as a web comic written and drawn by Sechrist. Fast forward a few years, factor in a writers room that included Sechrist, Wolkoff, and Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic); art direction

In this Listener Recommendation episode, Sean and Dave tackle the internationally produced 1999 animated action series, 'Cybersix.' The unique show with an incredible international talent pool centered on the title character, a female android masquerading as a male literature teacher by day and a black-clad superhero by night. It's got mutants, it's got Nazis, it's got a compelling character with LGBTQ elements that makes for an interesting and modern story more than 20 years later. The show was adapted from an original Argentine comic drawn by Carlos Meglia and written by Carlos Trillo for the Italian comics magazine Skorpio (Eura Editoriale), which was first translated into Spanish in 1993 before it was turned into a live-action series in 1995. Then, with production from Vancouver-based Network of Animation (NOA) and animated in Japan by TMS Entertainment, 'Cybersix' debuted in Argentina and Canada, eventually on Fox Kids in the U.S. The award-winning series was then scrapped after just one season due to e

Sean and Dave continue their annual (terrible) tradition of New Year's Nicktoons! Next up in the rotation is everyone's favorite Nicktoon: #Catscratch! Wait, what? You don't remember this 2005 toon featuring the voices of Wayne Knight, Kevin McDonald, and Rob Paulsen? That's okay, we didn't either. Listen along with us as we get into all things 'Catscratch' and decide whether it's worth saving or destined for The Dip.   Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater where you can find tickets and times. If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Recommend a cartoon to us: Call us and leave a message at 202-681-4406. If you call then we w

We chatted with 'Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' creators Rad Sechrist and Bill Wolkoff to learn about their brand new and incredibly stylish Netflix series. Hailing from DreamWorks Animation and acclaimed animators at Studio Mir. The duo talked about developing the story from Sechrist's webcomics, finding a signature visual style and a bumping soundtrack to match it, and what lies ahead for a possible Season 2. More on 'Kipo' follows below: After spending her entire life living in an underground burrow, a young girl named Kipo (Karen Fukuhara) is thrust into an adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth. She joins a ragtag group of survivors as they embark on a journey through a vibrant wonderland where everything trying to kill them is downright adorable. The series is created and executive produced by Sechrist (How to Train Your Dragon 2) and executive produced and developed for television by Bill Wolkoff (The Man Who Fell To Earth). - Support the Show through Patreon: https://w

In our interview with 'Harvey Girls Forever' executive producer Brendan Hay and supervising producer Aliki Theofilopoulos, we look back over four seasons and 52 episodes of the 'Harvey Street Kids' series. The producing duo talks about the things they're most proud of in Season 4 and in the show overall, the Chanukah special, the introduction of Casper, and the big musical send-off for the show. Plus, they reveal their preferred origin story for The Bow, the possibility of seeing more Casper in the future, the big reveal of all the kids' parents in the final episode, and much more. As a parting gift, Hay and Theofilopoulos tease what they're up to next, including Warner Bros. Animation's 'Gremlins' series, heading to HBO Max in 2021, and a super-secret project for DreamWorks Animation. - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad -

As part of our ongoing Saturday Mourning Cartoons interview series, we chat with #TheOwlHouse creator Dana Terrace and art director Ricky Cometa about their brand new Disney show. We talk about the fantastical world, the lore of the demon realm, and how the trio of Luz, Eda, and King come together to solve their problems. Plus, Terrace and Cometa tease what's to come this season and in Season 2, which has already been ordered by Disney Channel! 'The Owl House' follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who stumbles upon a portal to a magical realm where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and a tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda’s apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting. Check it out on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW! - Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twi

Happy New Year from the Saturday Mourning Cartoons team! Come celebrate our 260th episode with a return to New Year's Nicktoons. This time, Sean Paul Ellis and Dave Trumbore welcome special guest Melanie Harker to talk about one of the best animated series of all time: 'Avatar: The Last Airbender." 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the acclaimed Nickelodeon series. Follow along with Avatar Aang, Katara, Sokka, and more as they attempt to restore balance in a world at war. And follow along with us to see how well the show holds up more than a decade later! Plus, keep an eye out for the series' special edition on SteelBook Blu-ray this February. Support the Show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com Twitter @DrClawMD Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater whe

We're closing out #LEGO #StarWars month with 'LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars' ... which sounds a heck of a lot better than it actually is. In this 2018 series of animated shorts, new faces team-up with iconic heroes Young Han Solo, Chewbacca, Young Lando Calrissian, BB-8, and General Leia for adventures that span all eras of the Star Wars universe. But is it any good? Tune in to find out! You can also find all of the LEGO Star Wars series we talked about on Disney+ right now! - Support the Show through Patreon - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com  Twitter @drclawmd Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater where you can find tickets and times.   If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Recommend a cartoon to us:  Click here for the Google form to recommend a cartoon to SM

The best combined example of #LEGO and #StarWars yet arrives in the 2016 animated series, 'LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.' The original story follows a title family and youngster Rowan whose Force abilities allow him to manipulate LEGO bricks to take things apart and put them together again in creative ways. It's a fantastic addition to the Legends lore that delivers compelling characters and an entertaining story while also occurring parallel with some of your favorite moments from the 'Star Wars' universe. Dave and Sean continue 'LEGO Star Wars' month with this animated series that you can watch on #DisneyPlus when you're not watching 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' in theaters. - Support the Show through Patreon - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com  Twitter @drclawmd Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Improv Theater w

During our interview with 'Missing Link' Production Designer Nelson Lowry, he teased the next movie from #LAIKA, saying, "the next film is so different, fundamentally different, from the things we've done and really takes everything we've learned and just doubles down on them and showcases these new technologies that we're getting pretty good at. So, it's not just bigger and better, it's more clever use of, and it's just going to open up, I think, the vision for the studio in a way that people will be quite surprised."

Well before C-3PO got his creepy new red eyes, he was narrating his adventures across the galaxy far, far away in the 2015 series #LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales. This Legends show pokes fun at the characters and events of the #StarWars saga by retelling the story through the eyes of the only characters to be present for each and every adventure: C-3PO and R2-D2. But don’t worry, more droid pals will pop up along the way! The Saturday Mourning Cartoons team of Dave Trumbore and Sean Paul Ellis continue LEGO Star Wars month with this animated series that you can watch on Disney+. Kill some time with us while we await the arrival of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on December 20th. We hope you enjoy the show!   - Support the Show through Patreon - Want to find our cohosts online? Dave Trumbore Writes for Collider.com  Twitter @drclawmd Buy the book The Science of Breaking Bad - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-breaking-bad Sean Paul Ellis IG and twitter @seanpaulellis Performer at Washington Im