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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF TOONAMI

Posted on May 27, 2012January 7, 2017 by Walter

Did Toonami fail? Or did the block live up to its stellar heritage? Old school vs new school, Cybertron Messiah

FOUR REASONS ADULT SWIM’S RELAUNCH OF ‘TOONAMI’ WILL/WON’T WORK IN 2012

Posted on May 25, 2012January 7, 2017 by Walter

Will Toonami work? Or could it epically failbomb off the top turnbuckle? After the jump see what we think..

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: EMILY BRUNDIGE CREATOR OF ‘@PUBERTINA’

Posted on May 25, 2012January 2, 2017 by John Schwarz

“Pubertina” is a smash hit animated web series on Shut Up! Cartoons getting several hundred thousand hits per video! What makes this popular web series tick? Welp, now you can find out because after the jump you can check out an interview we did with series creator(and recent college graduate) Emily Brundige as she talks about her influences, when she got her period, and of course “nubbies”. Check it!

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DANNY AND ALESSANDRO WITH @SAVECLONEHIGH

Posted on May 9, 2012January 2, 2017 by John Schwarz

MTV has a long and storied past of cancelling some of our most beloved shows. Beavis and Butthead(probably twice), Good Vibes, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, and Clone High.You name it, and MTV probably cancelled it. So that’s why when I saw Bill Lawrence(Scrubs, Cougar Town, Clone High) retweet a post a couple weeks ago from a Twitter Handle called @SaveCloneHigh, I had to talk to the guys behind it and see about their cause to bring back the show. For those who don’t know Clone High is a show about some of the world’s best known but very dead figures being cloned by the government with the intent of becoming groomed super soldiers by the US military!

The show was pretty bad ass and had a stellar cast featuring MadTV alums Michael McDonald and Nicole Sullivan and my personal favorite the fabulous Will Forte(Macgruber) as Abe Lincoln and was created by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence. Check out the interview after the jump, and if you get all nostalgic you can get Clone High: Complete 1st Season on DVD.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ERICK TRAN(The Simpsons/Urban Reggie)

Posted on May 3, 2012May 12, 2020 by John Schwarz

Erick Tran has been a part of The Simpsons crew for more than a decade and has been instrumental in the development of a number of Simpsons related properties like the ride at Universal Studios,, The Simpsons Movie, and more. Lately, Erick has been developing his own animated series called Urban Reggie. After the jump we discuss Erick’s time with the Simpsons, Urban Reggie, and our similar distaste in the Star Wars franchise.