Saturday Morning Block Party

Norbert and Lizzy talk about how cartoons have approached the topic of cancer. We talk about “The Great MacGrady” from PBS’s Arthur and the Peanuts special “Why, Charlie Brown, Why?” Movember Links: Official Website: us.movember.com Facebook: facebook.com/MovemberUSA Twitter: twitter.com/movember Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK Lizzy’s Links: … Continue reading Cancer in Cartoons [The Great MacGrady and Why, Charlie Brown, Why?] ?

We talk to Cartoon Network’s own talented Tiffany Ford! Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK Tiffany’s Links: Tumblr: Toffany.Tumblr.com Twitter: Twitter.com/ttoffany Music: “5 Cents Back” – Audionautix.com “Bebop 25” – Audionautix.com

We sit down with Ben Levin to talk about getting a job writing cartoons, making a webseries and how great ska music is. Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK Ben’s Links: Official Website: BenLevin.net Tumblr: Ben-Levin.Tumblr.com Doris and Mary-Anne Are Breaking Out of … Continue reading Steven Skaniverse: Interview With Steven Universe Writer Ben Levin ?

Aliens have invaded the Cartoon Network universe to abduct the characters and steal their cheese. Norbert and XLR talk about Cartoon Network’s massive 2009 crossover event. Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK XLR’s Links: YouTube: http://bit.ly/1qOyQqB Tumblr: XLRe23.Tumblr.com Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1zq23BG Twitter: … Continue reading Green is the Color of Adventure [Cartoon Network Invaded] ?

We talk about Laika’s 2009 stop motion film Laika, a movie about a young girl who finds a mysterious other world. We talk about how Coraline ruined her mother’s body by being born and also fantasy mythology. Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: … Continue reading Coraline Ruined Her Mother’s Body [Laika’s Coraline] ?

We talk about Laika’s 2012 film Paranorman, a film about a boy who can see dead people. We talk about the surprisingly high number of big butts and why the real monster is you. Enjoy! Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK James’s … Continue reading Executing a Little Girl is Not “Bullying” [Paranorman] ?

It’s the best season of the year, kids. Light the fireplace, get a hot drink and settle in as Norbert and Justin (host of The Cartoon Roundup Times podcast) discuss Cartoon Network’s 2014 miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Saturday Morning Block Party Links: Official Website: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: … Continue reading Greg Goes to Hell [Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall] ?

Cartoons aren’t just for kids, but what makes an “adult cartoons? Is there a difference between mature and adult for cartoons? Let’s talk about it! Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: bit.ly/1utACkK EyeofSol’s Links Youtube: bit.ly/1ffj8W2 Twitch: twitch.tv/eyeofsol/ Facebook:  facebook.com/EyeofSol Twitter: @EyeofSol299 Music: Cool Ride – Audionautix.com Smooth Sailing – Audionautix.com … Continue reading Adult vs. Mature Cartoons ?

Norbert shares his thoughts on a Vice article about black anime fans. Vice Article: https://archive.is/4maAm IGN Article on Video Game Rap I Wrote: http://bit.ly/1IOmLhL Music: “Against the Wall”- Richie Brandon: http://bit.ly/1M6bPNv “Far Enough” – KadeshFlow: http://bit.ly/1UpnYA6 “Feels Good 2 Be” – Audionautix.com “Smooth Sailing” (Full Track) – Audionautix.com “Thorns of Omar v2” – Audionautix.com Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: … Continue reading Talking About Black Anime Fans ?

Norbert talks about how there were a lot of single parents in cartoons from the 90s to the mid 2000s and thinks about what that means about the creators and their generation. Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK Music: Keep It Real – Audionautix.com Radio Rock – Audionautix.com … Continue reading Inbetween: Single Parents in Cartoons ?

Saturday Morning Block Party highlights some of Adam WarRock’s raps based on or inspired by cartoons. Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK   Adam WarRock’s Links: LINK TO DONATE: http://bit.ly/1dzGDZi Official Website: AdamWarRock.com Bandcamp (ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY PAY WHAT YOU WANT): http://adamwarrock.bandcamp.com/ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1QlFeYg Tumblr: AdamWarRock.Tumblr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adamwarrock Twitter: @eugewarrock Songs: “Ratatouille” (Speech Recognition) … Continue reading Inbetween: Cartoon Rap Music [Adam WarRock Donation Drive 2015] ?

Saturday Morning Block Party interviews Canadian animator Eden Timm! Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK Eden’s Links: Art Tumblr: EdenTimm.Tumblr.com Personal Tumblr: EdenNova.Tumblr.com Instagram: @eden_n0va Music: 5 Cents Back- Audionautix.com Marathon Man – Audionautix.com Host: Norbert Daniels Jr. Interview Guest: Eden Timm

Norbert and MrCakeDragonMan talk about internet animation. They discuss how technology has made it easier than ever for people to make cartoons and get them out to people. They also talk about making a living on YouTube cartoons and some of their favorite web animators! Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: … Continue reading There Are Cartoons on the Internet? ?

Norbert and Jim talk about Rick and Morty, an Adult Swim show about alternate dimensions, aliens and DMX. Listen on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ Listen on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1yLaQcv Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK RSS: http://www.SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com/feed/podcast Jim’s Links: Tumblr: JimForce.tumblr.com Twitter: Twitter.com/jimmforce YouTube: http://bit.ly/1NHLov3 Music: “The Rick and Morty Invocation” by ReadFloatW: http://bit.ly/1IwNKvj “Human Music” … Continue reading Rick and Morty Forever a Hundred Years Dot Com ?

Norbert and Alex return to finish off their retrospective on the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon! This time they talk about the TV movie Trouble in Tokyo, the Titans’ rouges gallery and go on a little rant about Teen Titans Go (the cartoon, not the comic). Listen on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty … Continue reading Attack on Teen Titans [Teen Titans Retrospective Part 2 of 2] ?

Live from the Titans Tower in Jump City, CA, it’s Saturday Morning Block Party! AlexTheHunted joins us to talk about Cartoon Network’s 2003 superhero show Teen Titans. This is part 1 of a 2-part retrospective. This time around we’ll be talking about the core team and their respective story arcs. Listen on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ Links: Tumblr: … Continue reading Titans Go! [Teen Titans Retrospective Part 1 of 2] ?

Happy Black History Month! We talk about some of our favorite cartoons created by black people. Guest co-hosts Walter Bryant and David Clarke of Offshoot Comics. Watch on YouTube:  http://bit.ly/1zWcmaD Listen on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK RSS: http://www.SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com/feed/podcast Offshoot Comics Links: offshootcomics.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/OffShootComics Facebook: … Continue reading Black History Month Special [The Boondocks, Static Shock, Black Dynamite] ?

Norbert and Kii talk about Bojack Horseman, AKA the Sad Horse Show. What starts out looking like your average “adult” cartoon turns out to be one of the best shows of 2014. Links: Tumblr: SaturdayMorningBlockParty.Tumblr.com Facebook: Facebook.com/SaturdayMorningBlockParty Twitter: Twitter.com/SatAMBlockParty Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1wSjNDm iTunes: http://bit.ly/Zk6fCQ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utACkK RSS: http://www.SaturdayMorningBlockParty.com/feed/podcast Music: Bojack’s Theme by Patrick Carney: http://bit.ly/1uWbXcK Summertime … Continue reading Nothing on the Inside, Nothing on the Outside [Bojack Horseman] ?