Saturday Midnight Cartoons

It's Saturday, it's midnight, and you are just slightly too old to find clubbing enjoyable anymore. Might as well listen to a podcast about cartoons! Saturday Midnight Cartoons is a podcast for adults that discusses children's media both nostalgic and contemporary.

Episode 16: Goofy Shorts

Margaret and Tristan discuss sentient pianos, gas masks for anthropomorphic animals, and Disney's favorite cat design as they take a tour through short cartoons featuring Goofy throughout the ages, starting from the very first appearance of proto-Goofy in Mickey's Revue.Request a topic! https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonsTheme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Something Art

09-20
01:42:19

SMC Checks In #1: Hazbin Hotel Pilot

Our intrepid hosts go to Hell in this new series where they discuss the adult animated series Hazbin Hotel, starting with the Pilot episode. Margaret and Tristan speculate about demon anatomy and discuss Tumblr sexy men, demonic Jazz bands, and canonically smelly farts.Logo: Ash Something ArtTheme Song: Refractory Period

09-13
01:52:35

Episode 15: The Point

What's The Point? Margaret and Tristan still aren't sure. This week, we discuss an angry logic brain, controversial takes on The Beatles, and a very literally trippy movie from 1971. Content warning for discussion of drugs and drug use. Logo: Ash Something ArtTheme Song: Refractory Period

09-06
01:21:08

Episode 14: Goof Troop

You wouldn't expect a Saturday morning cartoon that Disney put out in the early 90s to need a bunch of content warnings, but Margaret and Tristan discovered that Goof Troop is unexpectedly dark. Content warning for child abuse, domestic violence, harm to animals, guns, and even a brief mention of suicide! National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or www.thehotline.comLogo: Ash Something ArtTheme Song: Refractory Period

08-23
01:09:50

Episode 13: K-pop Demon Hunters, Part 2

In this, the second part of a nearly 3 hour long conversation about how cool this movie is, Margaret and Tristan speculate about demon politics, Rumi's dad, and Zoey's notes app.Logo: Ash Something ArtTheme Song: Refractory Periodhttps://linktr.ee/Saturday_Midnight_Cartoons

08-16
01:34:54

Episode 12: K-Pop Demon Hunters, Part 1

Caution: Spoilers ahead!!! Margaret educates Tristan about K-pop and both hosts struggle to get Soda Pop out of their heads as they discuss the brand-new smash hit K-pop Demon Hunters. This is the first of two episodes, because the awesomeness could not be contained to just one.Theme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Something ArtMerch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidniteKofi: https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoons

08-09
01:07:47

Episode 11: A Goofy Movie

Tristan and Margaret talk about scrappy underdogs, realistically written teenagers, and how Goofy is a DILF as they discuss Disney's cult classic A Goofy Movie.https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonshttps://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidniteTheme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Something Art

07-26
01:44:03

Episode 10: Frozen

Let it gooo! Can't hold Tristan and Margaret back anymore. They're talking about Frozen! CW for brief discussion of suicidal ideation. Again, this is not a podcast for children - if your five year old listens to this and asks you some uncomfortable questions, that's on you.https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonshttps://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidnite/Theme song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Something Art

07-12
01:46:04

Episode 9: OG Wile E. Coyote vs. Roadrunner Shorts

Margaret and Tristan discuss the Lovecraftian hell dimension ruled by the Roadrunner, Wile E.'s pendulous coyote balls, and surprigers.Request your own episode!https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonsMerch!https://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidniteI remembered to add the links to the videos we watched!The Cartoons:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc486qwfMYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JuVMoGj6fEDave Lee's Video Where We Did All Our Research:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeswQ_cCfKc

06-28
01:12:10

Episode 8: Nimona

Happy Pride Month! Margaret and Tristan discuss itchy bones and the wonderful thing about tiggers and they chat about Netflix's 2023 masterpiece Nimona.Theme song by Refractory Periodhttps://linktr.ee/Saturday_Midnight_Cartoons

06-14
01:30:15

Tangents From The Bloop Lagoon

Tristan cuts out a lot of really good tangents and bloopers. So we will collect those periodically and release them as an episode!We have merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidnite/shopBuy us snacks! https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonsTheme song by Refractory Period

05-31
18:43

Episode 7: Wolfwalkers

Recent Movie Spoiler Alert! Margaret and Tristan reveal that they are descended from werewolves and gush about how freaking gorgeous Ireland is as they talk about the one thing Puritans DIDN'T ruin - the movie Wolfwalkers!We have merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidnite/shopBuy us snacks! https://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonsTheme song by the band Refractory Period.

05-17
01:38:56

Episode 6: Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Margaret and Tristan plunge beneath the waves in a rad submarine to search for a lost civilization as they discuss Atlantis: The Lost Empire - the only Disney movie that acknowledges that people poop.Theme song: Refactory Periodhttps://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoonsWe have merch!https://www.redbubble.com/people/saturdaymidnite/

05-03
01:22:43

Episode 5: Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest

Margaret and Tristan lust after a pollution monster, sing the praises of Robin Williams, and come up with a better sequel plot than the one that actually exists for Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, the 1992 classic from Kroyer Films. We have merch and a Kofi page! https://linktr.ee/Saturday_Midnight_Cartoons?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

04-19
01:59:25

Episode 4: Clone Wars: Sy Snootles

Margaret and Tristan astronavigate toward a weird collision of hyperfixations as they talk about Margaret's favorite Star Wars character - the long lipped green chanteuse that is Sy Snootles - and her brief appearance in the animated Clone Wars series. Margaret invents a new species, Tristan wants to see Sy Snootles pinup art, and neither one knows what the heck a fluid sack is for.

04-05
02:06:29

Episode 3: Dinosaurs! A Fun-Filled Trip Back In Time

Margaret and Tristan dig deep into their childhood memories and also geologic time as they talk about an extremely obscure, extremely weird VHS tape. Put yourself in a Mesozoic Mindset, tuck yourself in to your dinosaur-themed bedsheets, and get ready for claymation dinosaurs in Will Vinton's Dinosaurs! A Fun-Filled Trip Back In Time.Hosts: Margaret Ash and Tristan AshEditing: Tristan AshTheme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Vindhlér-Lókassonhttps://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoons

03-22
01:23:50

Episode 2: The Great Mouse Detective

In this episode, Margaret and Tristan discuss mouse armies, a tap-dancing octopus, and the most dramatic exes. And everything else in The Great Mouse Detective, the 1986 underrated Disney classic. Hosts: Margaret Ash and Tristan AshEditing: Tristan AshTheme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Vindhlér-Lókassonhttps://ko-fi.com/saturdaymidnightcartoons

03-08
01:42:27

Episode 1: Anastasia

In the inaugural episode of Saturday Midnight Cartoons we discuss the 1997 20th Century Fox film Anastasia. The tragedy! The legend! The... talking bat and dancing bugs?You can tell we recorded this a while back because I am no longer 33 and my cohost has a different name now! What can I say? Good things take time!-MargaretHosts: Margaret Ash and Tristan AshEditing: Tristan AshTheme Song: Refractory PeriodLogo: Ash Vindhlér-Lókasson

02-22
01:28:40

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