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The Two Vague Podcast

The Two Vague Podcast

Leisure:Video Games

Episode 59 - Cartoon

Episode 59 - Cartoon

2022-09-14
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Norah’s been watching Cuphead on Netflix and Ben has been playing a number of toon-centric games, so it seems to be fitting that the word is flyswatter.  Not really… it’s cartoon!  The hosts reminisce about the theater and television cartoons of their youth before moving on to video games.  Cartoon oriented video games mentioned include: the Kingdom Hearths franchise, Mane 6’s “Them’s Fightin’ Herds,” and Cuphead.

00:01:00 - This week’s word is one vowel drop away from being a carton 
00:02:44 - Bell and Howell was a motion picture machinery company based in Wheeling, IL
00:04:30 - Norah runs off again, Ben misquotes Porky Pig, and Cuphead
00:07:55 - Gin tries to poop, complaining about movie trailers, and possible trailer alternatives
00:12:20 - Movie ratings, the funny papers, Walt Kelly’s Pogo Possum, and Mad TV
00:16:56 - Terry Gilliams’s shorts, the placement of screens, and political cartoons
00:20:07 - The definition segment is delayed by Ben’s National Lampoon’s Vacation reference 
00:24:53 - The Family Circus was never funny, and the “make Peanuts funny” game
00:26:06 - The first animated cartoons from the 1900s
00:30:10 - Remembering the flying toaster screensaver, Hardware Wars, and Fantasia
00:34:21 - Disney makes back it’s budget and other facts about the 1969 release of Fantasia 
00:39:01 - Ben summarizes the concept behind the Kingdom Hearts franchise for Norah
00:41:51 - Library, Blockbuster, or GameStop? 
00:44:07 - Norah starts the great “all games have cartoons in them” debate 
00:47:01 - The ungulates fighting game inspired by My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 
00:51:30 - A “band of bronies” receives Hasbro’s cease and desist notification
00:54:23 - MLP FIM creator Lauren Faust helps Mane6 with character designs and story
00:59:34 - The arcade feel of Cuphead, the Moldenhauer brothers, and the Netflix series 
01:06:01 - What’s next for Studio MDHR, Sophomore jinxes, and the boss battle world record
01:08:20 - Norah’s crowd funded potato salad story 
01:10:22 - Ben talks about donating to charities with Humble Bundle
01:13:00 - “Don’t eat all of your money and cartoons!” 

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