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A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight

A podcast where two obsessive lovers of 1980s newspaper comics discuss said comics and the 1980s animated specials based on them.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
76 minutes
Episodes
311
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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A Special Presentation 289: Garfield's Feline Fantasies

A Special Presentation 289: Garfield's Feline Fantasies

We're going back to the 80s to visit the last gasp of the classic Garfield TV specials -- Garfield's Feline Fantasies. What Garfield had an active imagination and imagined that he was James Bond and …

01:38:23  |   Mon 21 Apr 2025
A Special Presentation 288: The Freak Brothers [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 288: The Freak Brothers [2 of 2]

We're continuing out look at adaptations of 1960s Underground comix with a look at this attempt to update Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers to this modern, cell-phone-having world of 20…

01:26:02  |   Mon 14 Apr 2025
A Special Presentation 287: The Freak Brothers [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 287: The Freak Brothers [1 of 2]

We're continuing out look at adaptations of 1960s Underground comix with a look at this attempt to update Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers to this modern, cell-phone-having world of 20…

01:01:24  |   Mon 07 Apr 2025
A Special Presentation 286: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 286: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]

They made a sequel to Fritz the Cat and it doesn't involve either Robert Crumb or Ralph Bakshi, and, boy, you can really tell! They added more farts and racism, but somehow the old magic just isn't t…

01:02:02  |   Mon 31 Mar 2025
A Special Presentation 285: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 285: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]

They made a sequel to Fritz the Cat and it doesn't involve either Robert Crumb or Ralph Bakshi, and, boy, you can really tell! They added more farts and racism, but somehow the old magic just isn't t…

01:01:43  |   Mon 24 Mar 2025
A Special Presentation 284: Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 284: Fritz the Cat [2 of 2]

Robert Crumb's Fritz the Cat is p much synonymous with underground comix and the 60s counterculture. Ralph Bakshi's interpretation is extremely Ralph Bakshi, and Crumb hated it. But Crumb hates every…

01:07:55  |   Mon 17 Mar 2025
A Special Presentation 283: Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 283: Fritz the Cat [1 of 2]

Robert Crumb's Fritz the Cat is p much synonymous with underground comix and the 60s counterculture. Ralph Bakshi's interpretation is extremely Ralph Bakshi, and Crumb hated it. But Crumb hates every…

01:00:29  |   Mon 10 Mar 2025
A Special Presentation 282: The Boondocks [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 282: The Boondocks [2 of 2]

We look at The Boondocks,the Adult Swim TV series adaptation of Aaron MacGruder's comic strip of the same name. In today's media environment, it may surprise you that a comic and TV show with such an…

00:54:57  |   Mon 03 Mar 2025
A Special Presentation 281: The Boondocks [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 281: The Boondocks [1 of 2]

We look at The Boondocks,the Adult Swim TV series adaptation of Aaron MacGruder's comic strip of the same name. In today's media environment, it may surprise you that a comic and TV show with such an…

01:02:20  |   Mon 24 Feb 2025
A Special Presentation 280: Over the Hedge (2 of 2)

A Special Presentation 280: Over the Hedge (2 of 2)

It's finally here... after 279 episodes, we're finally doing Over the Hedge, probably the biggest comic strip adaptation of all time until Garfield the Movie. It's based on the comic strip of the sam…

01:22:57  |   Mon 17 Feb 2025
A Special Presentation 279: Over the Hedge (1 of 2)

A Special Presentation 279: Over the Hedge (1 of 2)

It's finally here... after 279 episodes, we're finally doing Over the Hedge, probably the biggest comic strip adaptation of all time until Garfield the Movie. It's based on the comic strip of the sam…

01:00:35  |   Mon 10 Feb 2025
A Special Presentation 278: The Brave Little Toaster [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 278: The Brave Little Toaster [2 of 2]

For Ethan's birthday, we're looking at the NOT QUITE DISNEY classic, The Brave Little Toaster, based on the Thomas Disch story of the same name. It's about five brave appliances who go out in search …

01:17:03  |   Mon 03 Feb 2025
A Special Presentation 277: The Brave Little Toaster [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 277: The Brave Little Toaster [1 of 2]

For Ethan's birthday, we're looking at the NOT QUITE DISNEY classic, The Brave Little Toaster, based on the Thomas Disch story of the same name. It's about five brave appliances who go out in search …

01:00:55  |   Mon 27 Jan 2025
A Special Presentation 276: Dog City [2 of 2]

A Special Presentation 276: Dog City [2 of 2]

Okay NOW we're talking about Dog City, Jim Henson's favorite thing to direct. It's about a city that's all dogs. Ladies and gentlemen, it's gone to the dogs! They're all dog puppets and also they do …

01:30:43  |   Mon 20 Jan 2025
A Special Presentation 275: Dog City [1 of 2]

A Special Presentation 275: Dog City [1 of 2]

In theory, we meant to talk about Dog City (part of the Jim Henson Hour) but instead we ended up talking about the muppets in general, the Jim Henson hour, the origin of homo sapiens and the inevitab…

01:04:27  |   Mon 13 Jan 2025
A Special Presentation 274: The Adventures of Tintin

A Special Presentation 274: The Adventures of Tintin

Tintin is the biggest thing since Asterix, but, if you live in America, you might not have heard of him. He's a boy reporter who has adventures. Kids love Tintin (except for his controversial 1939 ad…

01:12:54  |   Mon 06 Jan 2025
A Special Presentation 273: Snoopy Presents for Auld Lang Syne

A Special Presentation 273: Snoopy Presents for Auld Lang Syne

The Peanuts are back and it's another New Year's special! Apple TV has updated the Peanuts gang to tell a story of Lucy having an existential crisis. That's right. Lucy. Not Charlie Brown. It's Lucy.

01:09:15  |   Mon 30 Dec 2024
Ugly Sweater Party 3: The Dark Knit Rises

Ugly Sweater Party 3: The Dark Knit Rises

Ho ho ho, garbage for all the good little children! We've got the whole gang of pals back for another quadumvirate of questionable Quistmas specials. Mike and Ethan have holiday regulars Morbiose, Ro…

02:06:33  |   Sun 22 Dec 2024
A Special Presentation 271: Winnie the Pooh (2011)

A Special Presentation 271: Winnie the Pooh (2011)

So, technically, there was a Winnie the Pooh comic strip, so it is totally within our wheelhouse to do an episode about Winnie the Pooh (2011)! Is it more or less in line with AA Milne's vision of th…

01:41:13  |   Mon 16 Dec 2024
A Special Presentation 270: The 1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring Alf [3 of 3]

A Special Presentation 270: The 1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring Alf [3 of 3]

It's Thanksgiving, so we're breaking our own rule... or are we? The 1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is, of course, a cavalcade of disgusting American excess, whether you're here for the Garfield …

01:25:56  |   Mon 09 Dec 2024
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