Episodes
Great Scott! The very first original cartoon series from Universal's then newly minted animation firm was a direct follow up to the Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale-helmed movie trilogy. Except... not precisely. The series isn't considered canonical to the films, and looking at these episodes there's any number of potentially valid reasons why. So head back in time with us to the radical 90s as we see if this cartoon has the juice to get us to 1.21 gigawats!
Published 06/16/23
Underwater adventures! A teenage rock band! Exotic monsters! And best of all, a talking shark! How could Jabberjaw possibly be bad?! Well, there was the fact that the writers at Hanna Barbera have been going to the same "teenage mystery/adventure" well for seven years now and it was starting to dry up. Despite this, Jabberjaw remains one of the company's more memorable characters, and this week we explore the ocean depths of his unintentionally humble start. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk...
Published 06/02/23
Arguably one of the most popular series of shorts DePatie-Freling put together that's not directly tied to the Pink Panther film franchise, a debonair ant is perpetually pursued by a back-talking aardvark. What separated this from other chase cartoons? SASS. So much SASS. That and a really catchy soundtrack from Doug Goodwin! 
Published 05/19/23
Daffy was most frequently at his Daffiest under the directorial vision of Bob Clampett. The rubbery animation and wild, exaggerated takes he employed made the screwy duck probably his most effective character to express his individual sense of what was funny. Pemmy and James explore one of Bob's earlier Daffy cartoons co-starring with Porky Pig in Porky's Last Stand, before diving into a trio of Bob's masterpieces from the tail end of his tenure at Warner Brothers: Draftee Daffy, Book revue...
Published 05/05/23
Hey kids! It's a fresh syndicated start that'll warm anyone's heart! Well, at least it'll make it laugh. Yogi's Treasure Hunt was a key part of the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera block of shows, bringing the first generation of funny animal characters back to form and returning Dastardly and Muttley to the company after a rights dispute. It started modestly, but ended with some of the most unusual parody work the company would ever do. X marks the funtastic spot in this episode, so come on...
Published 04/21/23
We've had a lot to say about Hanna-Barbera's meddling kids style shows of the 1970s, but what of the properties that made them a household name in the first place? The best place to start is by packing this pic-a-nic podcast for a trip down to scenic Jellystone Park for a look at one of their most popular characters, Yogi Bear! With 2 shorts from his time as part of the Huckleberry Hound Show and 2 shorts from his own headlining program, we hope you'll find this to be smarter than the average...
Published 04/07/23
With Wrestlemania just coming around the corner, Pemmy and James are joined by the Uncharted Territory's podcast's own Chad Olson to turn back the clock to the era of the very first Wrestlemania and the WWF's quest to broaden their audience. Partnering with DiC, we got cartoonish exaggerations of personalities who were themselves already larger than life and sometimes very un-PC, and some of the worst animation errors we've seen to date on the podcast. Whatcha gonna do?! Listen, we...
Published 03/24/23
Break out the varied polyhedral dice, it's time to revisit the first major piece of D&D related media ahead of the big movie coming out at the end of the month! Six kids get stranded in a non-specific realm loaded with D&D beasties via an amusement park ride, and regularly match wits with the ruthless (and not very wise, just look at his stat sheet) Venger. It racked up a solid three seasons, but how does it hold up now? Krissi Harding returns to the couch to help us put the show in...
Published 03/12/23
Podcast listeners, Transform and ROLL OUT! No other boys toy line to get a cartoon in the 1980s seems to have had nearly the longevity that the Transformers have had. The mix of science fantasy, boisterous characters and imaginative designs just clicked into place like a well built Leader Class toy, in spite of all the wild animation errors and goofy scripts. So what was the secret? Pemmy and James look at the episodes "SOS Dinobots" and "Webworld" to try and pin down the foundation of what...
Published 02/27/23
JAWBREAKERS!! They were the odd ducks of Cartoon Network's first real burst of original programming. The brainchildren of Danny Antonucci, Ed, Edd & Eddy's misadventures in their cul-de-sac usually ended in pain and humiliation in equal measure. The unique animation and bizarre slant on the kids' slice of life format made it a sleeper hit that ran for 10 years with new episodes on and off for that duration. So come on and grab your favorite plank as we check out two classic schemes from...
Published 02/10/23
Going for the checkered flag with reasonably well retreaded tires
Published 01/27/23
The show about the OTHER red-haired teen comedy comics protagonist!
Published 01/13/23
Fat Cats and Singing Raisins. It will make sense in context
Published 12/30/22
It all leads to this, folks!
Published 12/16/22
Or: A Look at Things to Come
Published 12/02/22
You know, the one that gave us that pointing meme that's been done to death.
Published 11/18/22
Saturday Morning's Most Ambitious Flop of the 1970s
Published 11/04/22
With a very Halloween appropriate group of guest stars... *snap snap!*
Published 10/21/22
The vampire duck that wasn't on Nickelodeon. Bummer.
Published 10/12/22
WHAT HAPPENED?!?!
Published 09/28/22
My word! Such magnanimous magpies!
Published 09/15/22
Jolly wot! It's motor car mania and daisy disasters, by Jove!
Published 08/28/22
Hook up the satellite dish, we're going basic cable for the first time!
Published 08/13/22
There will be unga, and there will be bunga.
Published 07/30/22
Someone rescue US from this cartoon!!
Published 07/12/22