The Best Saturdays of our Lives Podcast

Ep#20 Not PBS Kids part 2 - In part 1 of "Not PBS Kids" we brought you the landscape. Now we dive into the shows! Romper Room hits the pre-K crowd while Schoolhouse Rock hits all the right notes! 

00:00:24 Academic Values

00:23:24 Social Values

00:27:35 Moral Values

Total Runtime: 00:28:58

Episode #21 - A Tribute to Ken Spears 

In Episode 21 Mark and Dan pay tribute to the life and legacy of Ken Spears who, along with his partner Joe Ruby, changed the animation landscape forever! 

00:00:24 The Early Years 

00:21:44 The Later Years 

00:31:20 Thank You 

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:33:36 

You ever watch a couple of cartoons and wonder why they never did a crossover, knowing how  financially successful these events could have been? Or when they did, why some of the best elements  from either show weren't used? Theories explained! 

00:27:49 What Could Have Been 

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:30:56 

A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted holiday classics & we're bringing you 2 of the best! Join Mark & Dan as they dive into Charles Dickens, Mr. Magoo & Mickey too!

 00:00:28 Mickey's Christmas Carol

00:22:59 Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

00:41:16 A Charlie Brown Christmas

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:43:38

Wonder Woman made her small screen debut almost fifty years ago, but not in a way you would expect. Mark and Dan explore her Saturday morning origins all the way through the modern cable era. 00:00:25 The Wonder Bunch

The Cutesy Era - Part 1 

There's nothing tiny about this trend! From Tex Avery's last animated work to Jim Henson's first, & shrink it down and look at all that was small on Saturday morning. 

 00:00:24 Squishable Plushable Boss Hog

00:15:23 Muppet Babies

00:25:00 Don't Miss It!

 TOTAL RUNNTIME: 00:27:21

The Cutesy Era - Part 2 - In part 2, trends in both marketing & child psychology coalesce. We might talk a bit more about the Care Bears then we intended, Part 2 also explores Disney's leap into the Saturday Morning market.

00:00:24 Attack Them With Kindness

00:17:59 Disney on Saturday Morning

00:22:38

The Cutesy Era Part 3 Recorded in 2019, this is the last of what we had in the can. I conclude our "Cutesy Era" discussion with the Gummi Bears, Flintstone Kids & a whole lot more. S2 premieres soon. 

00:00:24 Hard Candy

00:12:34 Vitamins

00:24:49 Sci-Fi Where you Least Expect it

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:29:10

Batman vs. Batman - Super Friends vs. Star Trek! The Dark Knight & Boy Wonder vs. Superman & Wonder Woman! The Caped Crusader vs. Space Ghost! Your Dynamic Duo Mark & Dan ask "Who owns it?"

00:00:25 Bat Ghost Coast to Coast 

00:20:37 Yanked: A Man Called Flintstone

00:25:48 The Best Season 2 Preview!

We're mixing it up with all your favorite cartoon dream daddies!  Single parenthood is rough especially for sailors, cavemen and superheroes.

00:00:24: I Yam What I Yam

00:22:25: And Son!

00:30:07: Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom 

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:32:30

ESO Network 

SCCC's premier comic convention recently hosted Tom Cook & Bill Golliher, 2 giants of the animation & comic book industry. Dan had an opportunity to speak with these gentleman.

00:00:26 Archiefied

00:08:56 Now We're Cook'n

00:22:57 One More Question

00:32:27 Things To Come

Total Runtime: 00:36:00

1Up Playa Playa! Mark & Dan take you beyond the Saturday Supercade to Pacland & back with all your classic arcade favorites. Drop that quarter and pop that cartridge, this is Atari on Saturday Morning!

00:00:25 Pac-Man Apocalypse 

00:19:26 Dragon's Lair & The Great War

00:27:33 Nintendo…?

Mark & Dan give a blow-by-blow account of when Filmation and DIC squared off in a paranormal-busting brawl for our hearts, minds and money. 

00:00:25 …and a Gorilla? 

00:21:19 The REAL Stereotypes 

00:28:40 No, Let's NOT Go Go!

Total Runtime: 00:32:04

We are 2 Legit 2 Quit on Hammerman, delivering the definitive break down of our MC from Oaktown's shuffle on Saturday morning!  

00:00:24 Parental Advisory

00:10:22 In Defense of Hammerman

00:27:06 Where To Stick Yogi This Decade?

00:30:39 Disco on Saturday Morning

Total Runtime: 00:33:49

Playa Two Has Entered the Game!  Your podcast Mega Man, Mark McCray, recounts the Legend of Mario as portrayed by Captain Lou Albano.  SEGA has it's own Saturday Sonic genesis while Dan ports his arcade failiers to the home console.

 00:00:24 Surly Bozo 

00:15:22 Where On The Schedule Is Carmen Sandie

The Laugh Olympics are finally here! Go for gold with a Dastardly Baron and a couple of Mutts, this time on The Wackiest Saturdays of Our Lives!

 00:00:25 Dastardly Mutts & Mumbly Barons

00:18:14 Treklanta!

00:19:10 Yanked: Godzilla & Pizza

00:23:14 Exit, Stage Left

 Total Runtime: 00:26:11

From Magilla Gorilla to Robotech, to The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Mark & Dan invite you to listen to some of their favorite Saturday morning tunes!

00:00:25 Magilla Gorilla 

00:07:52 Mysterious Cities of Gold 

00:16:06 H.R. Puffnstuff 

00:27:25 Robotech

00:33:27 Mark's Approval 

TRT: 00:00:36:17

What's the connection between Star Trek and Jem? What does laser weaponry have to do with the Gummi Bears? 

00:00:24 The Great Gazoo, Jem & Bowie, Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

00:10:11 Gummi Bears vs. Battletech, The Boondocks vs. 40K, Josie vs. Bond

00:16:20 Brother From Another Mother?

00:18:54 Buy Th

Tom Tataranowicz was the storyboard artist & assistant storyboard supervisor on He-Man & She-Ra & director on She-Ra. Tom T. was gracias enough to grant us an amazing interview!  

 00:00:24 Tom T Interview – part 1

00:13:59 Tom T Interview – part 2

00:32:37 Shout-Out Deborah Zak

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:35:48

With eighty-seven art department credits to his name, Michael Swanigan stands as one of the greatest storyboard artists of all time. Larry Houston is the Emmy-nominated Producer/Director of The X-Men Animated series of the nineteen-nineties. Having the distinction of being Filmation Studios first Af