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PODCAST

Cartoon Night in Canada

Chris Luciantonio

We"re on a nostalgic journey to dig through decades of Canadian animation to find the good, the bad, and the just plain weird cartoons of the Great White North. Every week, Sylvie and Chris take a look at an animated something or other from their shared experience of growing up in Canada to see what holds up, what left an impact on us, and what is best left in the past.

tv & film tv reviews

All Episodes

01:02:31

Episode 80 - Beetlejuice

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/10/21

IT'S SHOWTIME!!! On this week's installment of our Spooktober Celebration, we finally take on a Saturday morning staple born from the bizarre trend of turning 80s films for adults into cartoons. It also happens to be technically Canadian. A Tim Burton classic by way of Nelvana Animation, it's Beetlejuice, and it's delightful. Episode covered for the podcast is episode 51 ""Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Funny Bones." Written by Larry Parr and directed by Rick

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01:03:25

Episode 79 - Spookley the Square Pumpkin

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2023/10/14

It's finally time to tackle a Halloween icon for the ages. The geometric symbol of adversity that inspired a generation to embrace their squareness. The personified spirit of the holiday itself - that's right, it's Spookley the Square Pumpkin. Never heard of him? Well, sounds like a you problem... Film covered is "Spookley the Square Pumpkin." Directed by Bernie Denk and written by Thomas Hughes. Original release date October 19, 2004. If you liked what you heard please and

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00:50:08

Episode 78 - Martin Mystery "The Body-Swapper."

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2023/10/07

Pleasant screams to all our ghouls out there. We are officially in Spooktober, and we promised old favourites making returns. What better than the spookiest cartoon Canada ever produced - the continuing Monster of the Week adventures of Martin Mystery. Add it in a blatant homage to one of the greatest horror films of all time, and you've got yourself a great Halloween watch. Episode covered is Season 2, episode 29 "The Body-Swapper." Written Rhonda Smiley. Original airdate October 17, 2004. If you

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01:02:30

Episode 77 - Growing up Creepie

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/09/30

It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's time for Cartoon Night in Canada's celebration of all things macabre, weird, and scary in Canadian animation - it's 2023's Spooktober Celebration. Kicking off our annual tradition of terror, we are back talking about the mainstreaming and cutesification of the goth aesthetic with a series about a child who lives in squalor and desperately needs child protective services called for her. It's Growing up Creepie, an edutatinment

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00:54:16

Episode 76 - Chilly Beach

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2023/09/09

On this week's episode, Chris and Sylvie take a hard look in the mirror to see an exaggerated stereotype of Canadiana stare back at them when they head on down to Chilly Beach to see if they can unwind. A proudly flash-animated satire that revels in skewering all things typical small town Canada that both is and is not as clever as it thinks it is. Does it hold up? Does any "satire" from the early 2000s hold up? Episode covered for the podcast is Episode 16 "Country Cooking."

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Episode 75 - Monster by Mistake

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2023/09/02

Ah-choo! It's time for Chris and Sylvie to return to their favourite pseudo-genre - Horror 4 Kids. This time, it's the nasal misadventures of a young boy who transforms into a giant blue sasquatch whenever he sneezes which somehow is not a metaphor for puberty. It's Monster by Mistake, an early CGI animation series that has not aged particularly well in the visual department. But hey, at least we found an episode that lets Chris be obnoxious about professional wrestling again. Episode

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01:02:11

Episode 74 - Ned's Newt

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/08/26

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris mourn the inimitable talent of one Robin Williams by taking in a Nelvana series that desperately tried to copy his schtick. It's Ned's Newt, the motormouthed, lol so random, bit-heavy comedy that believed so long as the big obnoxious blue thing never stopped talking, the laughs come fast and furious. We found out that is pretty far from the truth. Plus did you know Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered is the greatest film ever directed by a

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01:07:16

Episode 73 - CanaDub: Death Note (Ocean Dub)

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/08/19

Getting back into our anime groove, we tackle a (in our opinion) poorly-aged heavy-hitter which helped defined the pseudo-gothic aesthetics of the mid to late 2000s. It's Death Note, a generation-defining anime that's philosophy concerning morals, ethics, and a society's sense of judgement - all filtered through an edgy teenager's point-of-view - surprisingly does not hold up in the cold-light of 2023. But hey, at least the Canadian produced dub is a bit of fun. Episode covered for

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Episode 72 - Barbie™ as the Princess and the Pauper

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/08/12

Hi Barbie. To do more of that sweet brand synergy and intentional programming we are famous for, Chris and Sylvie have taken a look at the cinema's first experience of Barbiemania - the direct-to-DVD CGI features that Mainframe Entertainment has been churning out consistently since the 2000s. Greta Gerwig's Barbie film may be making a billion dollars and shifting the culture, but have you considered the long-lasting cultural impact of the musical Mark Twain adaptation with Martin Short and a

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01:10:24

Episode 71 - Delta State

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/08/05

We are back! After a sojourn into a parallel dimension of fragmented memories that left it impossible for us to record a podcast, Chris and Sylvie have returned for a CNIC Detour episode on one of the most mature and striking series we will ever cover. A complex, sci-fi, paranoia thriller about four twenty-something amnesiacs who hold the fate of all humanity in their blasé hands and another existential plane that can alter our world irrevocably. It's heavy, it's a lot, it's beautifully

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01:20:12

BONUS - Live from Fantasia 2023

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2023/08/03

AUDIO WARNING - This podcast was recorded in a noisy public space. Coming at you live from a bar next to Concordia University, it's a special bonus episode of Cartoon Night in Canada that features movies that are neither Canadian and are not animated (except for one)! Chris attended the 26th annual Fantasia Film Festival in beautiful Montreal for a program of films that ran the gamut from esoteric art films, international genre movies, strange outsider independent cinema, flicks by established

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01:12:32

Episode 70 - Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series

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2023/07/08

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris take a trip down to Avonlea with a cheaply produced adaptation of a beloved coming of age novel that spawned a media franchise so large as to rival the works of Tolkien. As one Canadian media mogul attempted to wring every cent out of the rights to L.M. Montgomery's beloved children's novel, it was inevitable a slapdash and forgettable cartoon would be produced. While we discuss the book, the poorly adapted cartoon, and the unexpected global

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Episode 69 - Cybersix

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/07/01

On this week's episode, we brazenly extend our month of Pride programming with a certified queer cult classic about a leather-clad, gender-fluid, vampiric, super-soldier fighting against Nazis. A show so utterly perfect for our current era we needed to bring it back. And yes, we literally only programmed it for our 69th episode because it's the meme number and we are mature professionals. Even so, this show deserves another look. Episode covered for this podcast is episode 5 "Lori is

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Episode 68 - NFB Showcase #8: Pride Edition

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/06/24

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris return to the archive of moving images that is the NFB for an out and proud double bill of short, queer animation. A bittersweet, neon-soaked eulogy to a dingy gay bar in Edmonton where outcasts could find community, chased down with a stick-figure tribute to a beloved indie pop duo summarizing their career. They have a lot more in common than you would expect as we found out when we broke down their aesthetics, productions, and messages. Plus some

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Episode 67 - The Dragon Prince

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/06/17

On this week's desperate attempt to program for Pride Month, we take a look at a series with a notable pedigree that was often bandied about as a stellar example of representation in children's television...after the first couple of seasons, that is. It's Netflix's The Dragon Prince, a series from one of the minds behind Avatar: The Last Airbender (with a fraction of the budget and production time that went into making that series thanks to Netflix's production/releasing methods

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Episode 66 - Beast Wars: Transformers "Other Visits...

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/06/10

On this week's episode, Chris and Sylvie are torn between their hastily programmed Pride theme month and the desire to program with new releases with the release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Returning to the beloved Canadian CGI series Beast Wars: Transformers, they found a way to kill two birds with one stone through a quick Google search to find "The Gayest Episode of Beast Wars." Turns out, the massive Transformers fandom has heavy representation of LGBTIQA+ members who have

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Episode 65 - Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple...

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/06/03

HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL OUR LISTENERS!! To celebrate, we here at Cartoon Night in Canada our programming a whole month of (somewhat) LGBT-centric shows produced here in Canada. And we are starting off with a thematically confused message and a mouthful of a title. It's Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World! An in-your-face, stop-motion satire of the queer community that so proudly wears its "equal opportunity offender" and "politically incorrect" labels on its

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Episode 64 - NFB Showcase #7: The Cat Came Back & I...

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/05/27

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris are back in the vast archives of the NFB for a pairing of two shorts that could not be more different. An adaptation of a beloved children's novelty song about an absurdist struggle between man and animal, and a confessional anthology of women discussing their first same-sex attraction with charm and vulnerability. While we somewhat failed at finding a connecting theme (despite many attempts), we nevertheless broke down the two shorts in terms of

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Episode 63 - Clone High

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/05/20

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris tackle another big hitter of the Canadian cartoon canon - a cult favourite from the minds of a now beloved directing duo that many might not even realize is TECHNICALLY Canadian (the best kind). It's the greatest animated teen sitcom to ever exist, it's Clone High! A wacky, zany, and maybe even silly teen show parody for the irony poisoned teenagers of the early 2000s that still holds up to this day (in some ways...). In honour of the long rumored

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Episode 62 - Redwall

Cartoon Night in Canada ·

2023/05/13

On this week's episode, Chris and Sylvie head to the Mossflower Woods to witness the divine struggles of war between mice, rats, otters, and other woodland critters in Brian Jacques' Redwall. While hesitant to cover an apparently beloved series like this, we get into the beautiful aesthetic inspired by Gary Chalk's illustration work, how the show adapts the more mature/intense themes of Jacques' original novel series, and why the show was a hard sell back in the late 90s to early

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