Days Past Tooncast

Strap on a red hat (not that kind) and hop in the nearest portal because DPTC is finally covering MIGHTY MAX! A spunky teen hero? Origins as a (way too tiny) toy? That’s right, it’s the 90s and we’re taking it to the (TJ) max(x).   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

DPTC rings in 2023 with their traditional New Year viewing of JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS (a.k.a, J & The Grams)! With her hologram-generating AI seized by the government, can a pop singer save the president from an America-themed supervillain? Brought to you by nitro cold brew and booger sugar.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Blessed are the DPTC boys, for on this day they celebrate the birth of the toon messiah HE-MAN with song and revelry! Which Master of the Universe is a zaddy to the max? How many goddam batteries does a toy need? Plus: an urgent brontosaurus update.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

DPTC turns its gaze to tomorrow with Hanna-Barbera’s family of the future, THE JETSONS! Don’t like robot arms invading your body? Then stick to the present, you squares, while Will and Travis tackle disobedient technology, yass queens, and a very important development in Travis’ home bathroom.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Happy horrordays, boils and ghouls! If you like prank calls, mean teachers, and poetic justice, you’ll love DPTC’s take on yet another R-rated property scrubbed clean for Saturday morning cartoons – the terrifying TALES FROM THE CRYPTKEEPER, just in time for Halloween!   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

They’re laboratory mice. Their genes have been confirmed as spliced. They’re PINKY & THE BRAIN and they may be Steven Spielberg’s greatest contribution to the world of toons. That’s right, bucko. This one’s a Stevie.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

STONE PROTECTORS? More like “Trolls 4 Boyz!” Back in 1993, desperate toymakers reached for treasure trolls in a misguided attempt to feed the TMNT-frenzied masses. From classic rock trivia to sweet Danish dads, DPTC mines this toon for everything it’s worth… and that ain’t much.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Will and Travis get extra-caffeinated in hopes of answering the age-old question: WHERE ON EARTH IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? Let a master criminal pump you full of geography facts with this slick slice of hyperactive edutainment.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter, VISIT dptooncast.com

From the funny papers to Saturday morning cartoons, one fact remains: GARFIELD is a malignant narcissist. Will and Travis take an unflinching look at this famous kitty, his animated series GARFIELD & FRIENDS, and grocery shopping.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Do decapitations have a place in Saturday morning cartoons? USA Network sure thought so when they adapted R-rated cult classic movie HIGHLANDER into a post-apocalyptic sci-fi animated series! Divorced dads welcome.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

For all you fans of guns, boobs, and Satan out there: comic book legend Todd McFarlane sees you. That’s why he teamed up with HBO to bring you SPAWN, a “mature” superhero cartoon sure to delight 13 year old boys everywhere.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Whose little ponies are these? Mine. It’s MY LITTLE PONY. Will and Travis discuss pony categories, horse winks, and a documentary about the adult men who love these little cuties: Bronies. Who’s my beautiful baby?   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Will and Travis ring in another rockin’ New Year with the hardest working AI-enhanced band in showbiz: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS! The AMAs? Abbey Road? Madison Square Garden? Psh, as if. These ladies are off to the #1 yeti capital of the world… the mystical city of Shangri-La!   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Proud new fathers Travis and Will finally tackle those adult puppets turned infant cartoons: MUPPET BABIES! Somebody restrict these kids’ screen time because they are addicted to television and neglectful Nanny is MIA.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

DPTC celebrates Halloween with two generations of GHOSTBUSTERS! No, not Ghostbusters: Afterlife -- it’s the EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS series finale, which proves that it takes a ghost-pocalypse to bridge the gap between Ghostboomers and Generation X(treme).   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

From Nickelodeon and the creators of Rugrats comes a lumpy, squishy, roach-infested horror comedy: AAAHH!!! REAL MONSTERS!!!!! Grab your exclamation points and get ready to scream along with Will and Travis about this classic Nicktoon!!!!!!!!!!   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

With the season of the witch upon us, DPTC turns its attention to the master or horror himself: SCOOBY-DOO!  Listen if you dare to discover Scoob’s origins, how the show is like Law & Order, and just what ghost behavior is (or isn’t).   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Daniel Craig may have No Time to Die as James Bond in theaters this week but DPTC has plenty of time to discuss his teenage “nephew” (wink wink) and scourge of adult terrorists everywhere: JAMES BOND JR.!   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com

Dungeon master BRANDON HUNT joins the DPTC boys to discuss the 1980s DUNGEONS & DRAGONS animated series! Did this toon capture the spirit of the legendary RPG? The answer is a resounding “kinda.”   RATE, REVIEW, FOLLOW on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT DPTOONCAST.COM

Born out of the 1980s greeting cards arms race, one tiny girl stands between us and a colorless world: RAINBOW BRITE! Will and Travis cover the deep spirituality and complicated lore of this trademarked Hallmark product.   RATE and REVIEW us on Apple Podcasts FOLLOW @dptooncast on IG and Twitter VISIT dptooncast.com