A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight

01:36:33

A Special Presentation 345: The Super Mario Brothers...

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2026/05/18

It's da Mario Brothers in their live action debut! This famous turkey, with an all-star cast including Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper turkey is often called one of the worst movies of all time -- but is it actually bad? We posit that, in fact, it's good. Also, wow, that whole King Koopa thing really hits different in the reign of Trump. This ain't no game!

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00:52:18

A Special Presentation 344: The Wizard [2 of 2]

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2026/05/11

For the month of MAYrio, we're looking at various adaptations of the Mario Brothers video games! Next up: The Wizard. Is it a Mario Brothers movie? Well, it's got Mario and it's got some brothers. Fred Savage and Christian Slater star in this classic Nintendo commercial about family and also hustling traveling salesmen at video games.

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01:00:29

A Special Presentation 343: The Wizard [1 of 2]

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2026/05/04

For the month of MAYrio, we're looking at various adaptations of the Mario Brothers video games! Next up: The Wizard. Is it a Mario Brothers movie? Well, it's got Mario and it's got some brothers. Fred Savage and Christian Slater star in this classic Nintendo commercial about family and also hustling traveling salesmen at video games.

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01:18:17

A Special Presentation 342: Super Mario Bros.: The...

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2026/04/27

It's summer, so you know what that means: For the month of May, it's MAYrio! We're looking at a different Mario movie every week, because it's our podcast and we want to! We're starting off with the 1986 anime Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! , possibly the earliest ever adaptation of the video game characters to the screen. How does it compare? Pretty good, actually! This may well be close to a perfect video game adaption.

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00:58:17

A Special Presentation 341: Iggy Arbuckle [2 of 2]

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2026/04/20

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Ranger Rick was not good and also not educational? Iggy Arbuckle is here to answer that question! It's a cartoon based on a single strip from National Geographic Kids, and it's... well, it's education-like material, I guess?

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01:00:04

A Special Presentation 340: Iggy Arbuckle [1 of 2]

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2026/04/13

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Ranger Rick was not good and also not educational? Iggy Arbuckle is here to answer that question! It's a cartoon based on a single strip from National Geographic Kids, and it's... well, it's education-like material, I guess?

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01:24:10

A Special Presentation 339: The New Shmoo

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2026/04/06

What if the Shmoo from Lil' Abner was back for reasons? I don't know, just assume that the shmoo's circa 1940 popularity sustained it into the 70s and that's why we have THE NEW SHMOO, where the shmoo is teamed up with three mystery solving teens who run a comic book company. But is it just a Scooby Doo clone? Or is there more to the New Shmoo than meets the eye?

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01:05:14

A Special Presentation 338: Strange Planet

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2026/03/30

What if there was a planet that was so much like ours that it looped around into being strange? Such a planet would have to be intensely... relatable!

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01:49:59

A Special Presentation 337: Little Lulu

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2026/03/23

It's Alan Moore's favorite comic, Little Lulu! She's that wacky moppet who likes to cause trouble. What an adorable little bitch! We all love Little Lulu.

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01:06:03

A Special Presentation 336: You're in the Superbowl,...

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2026/03/16

To commemorate missing both Valentine's Day and the Superbowl, we're looking at TWO Peanuts specials for the price of one! It's the one where Charlie Brown DOESN'T go to the Superbowl (Talk about false advertising!) but it's also the one where he really DOES get his first kiss. Snoopy is there too. Mike really hates Snoopy.

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01:20:18

A Special Presentation 335: Kudzu

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2026/03/09

It's Kudzu, the comic that's not about the title character. You old people will remember this, it's the comic about the preacher and the parakeet. They made it into a TV special but only the preacher made it in. There's no parakeet. It is very southern, though.

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00:50:27

A Special Presentation 334: Captain N the Game Master...

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2026/03/02

For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starring as Mother Brain! It's such a fun series that, for once, we don't get distracted and just talk about the commercials that got included with this particular ripped recording of the show.

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00:56:17

A Special Presentation 333: Captain N the Game Master...

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2026/02/23

For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starring as Mother Brain! It's such a fun series that, for once, we don't get distracted and just talk about the commercials that got included with this particular ripped recording of the show.

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01:00:23

A Special Presentation 332: Captain N the Game Master...

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2026/02/16

For Ethan's birthday, we speak about Captain N the Gamemaster, the cartoon series that celebrates all things Nintendo and also has Levi Stubbs starring as Mother Brain! It's such a fun series that, for once, we don't get distracted and just talk about the commercials that got included with this particular ripped recording of the show.

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01:10:11

A Special Presentation 331: Soup to Nuts

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2026/02/09

FINALLY, we bite the bullet and talk about the 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," famous for being written by Rube Goldberg of the Rube Goldberg machine and for being the first ever appearance of the comedy trio who would later be known as the three stooges. If you're a real stooge head, you might like this. Normal people will find little amusement in this shambling mess, though. We didn't.

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01:14:58

A Special Presentation 330: The Ruben Award [2 of 2]

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2026/02/02

In theory, we were supposed to talk about the Rube Goldberg-penned 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," but we got distracted and instead went through the entire history of the Ruben Award. The important takeaway is that, for a podcast ostensibly dedicated to comic strips, we know remarkably little about comic strips. Mike gets really made about Rhymes with Orange in this episode.

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01:01:15

A Special Presentation 329: The Ruben Award [1 of 2]

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2026/01/26

In theory, we were supposed to talk about the Rube Goldberg-penned 1930 film "Soup to Nuts," but we got distracted and instead went through the entire history of the Ruben Award. The important takeaway is that, for a podcast ostensibly dedicated to comic strips, we know remarkably little about comic strips. Mike gets really made about Rhymes with Orange in this episode.

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01:18:30

A Special Presentation 328: The Romance of Betty Boop

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2026/01/19

Betty Boop is in the public domain. Well, sort of. The original Betty Boop, where she's a dog, is in the public domain. To commemorate this momentous day, we look at three incarnations of the Boopster: her original appearance in"Dizzy Dishes," her appearance with Little Jimmy in "Betty Boop and Little Jimmy," and the Bill Melendez special "The Romance of Betty Boop."

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01:21:11

A Special Presentation 327: ABC Preview Park [3 of 3]

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2026/01/12

In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic teamed up with Scooby Doo to host a special preview of all the cool upcoming cartoons that kids could see on ABC Saturday mornings that season. For a long time, it seemed like no one had taped that special and it was doomed to be forever lost media. Well, someone finally uploaded it to the Internet, so now we can finally see... Saturday Morning Preview Park!

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01:12:33

A Special Presentation 326: ABC Preview Park [2 of 3]

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2026/01/05

In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic teamed up with Scooby Doo to host a special preview of all the cool upcoming cartoons that kids could see on ABC Saturday mornings that season. For a long time, it seemed like no one had taped that special and it was doomed to be forever lost media. Well, someone finally uploaded it to the Internet, so now we can finally see... Saturday Morning Preview Park!

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