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A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight

A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.

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01:18:17

A Special Presentation 41: Those Fantastic Funnies...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/07/06

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

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01:02:56

A Special Presentation 40: Those Fantastic Funnies...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/06/29

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

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01:04:29

A Special Presentation 39: Those Fantastic Funnies...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/06/22

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

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01:07:50

A Special Presentation 38: Molly and the Skywalkerz...

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2020/06/15

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

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01:01:38

A Special Presentation 37: Molly and the Skywalkerz...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/06/08

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

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01:30:22

A Special Presentation 36: Molly and the Skywalkerz...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/06/01

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

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01:31:01

A Special Presentation 35: Cathy's Valentine

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2020/05/25

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

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01:04:54

A Special Presentation 34: It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

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2020/05/18

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.

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01:12:28

A Special Presentation 33: It Zwibble in Earth Day...

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2020/05/11

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

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01:13:01

A Special Presentation 32: Control Alt Delete the Web...

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2020/05/04

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

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01:05:17

A Special Presentation 31: Dennises the Menaces Part...

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2020/04/27

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

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01:31:45

A Special Presentation 30: Dennis the Menace AND...

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2020/04/20

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,

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01:29:37

A Special Presentation 29: Gahan Wilson's The Kid

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2020/04/13

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:

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01:15:46

A Special Presentation 28: The Bestest Present

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2020/04/06

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

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01:32:34

A Special Presentation 27: Defenders of the Earth

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/03/30

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

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01:20:51

A Special Presentation 26 :Ziggy's Gift

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2020/03/23

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

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01:05:27

A Special Presentation 25: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 3

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/03/16

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

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01:01:03

A Special Presentation 24: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 2...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/03/09

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

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00:59:22

A Special Presentation 23: Garfield's 9 Lives Part 1...

A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight ·

2020/03/02

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

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01:07:35

A Special Presentation 22: If I Ran the Theme Park...

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2020/02/25

Did you know that there's a comic strip themed theme park in Florida called TOON LAGOON? There is. Does it suck? Maybe. But what if there was a GOOD comic strip theme park? In this episode, Mike and Ethan discuss their ideas for a GOOD comic strip theme park!

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