Show #74: The Chandler Bing Shirt

Jake Bourke joins us at the popular table to jam about how totally fetch Daria is.

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A podcast long in the offing, and we devote nearly as much time to our appreciation of another of those rare quality programmes that MTV used to produce. Looking at suburban teenage life through an acerbic and satirical lens Daria examines a wide variety of subjects in a frank and refreshing manner. It's so effective that we recommend that it be compulsory viewing for any adolescent. Also, in what is becoming a running theme, Jake declares his affections for yet another cartoon woman.

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High society

An ideal woman

Stressful occupations

Show #32: XXtreme Characters

Finally getting his day in the sun of the savage outback of the mind, we finally get around to talking about The Maxx!

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Gritty, grimy, a little dark & brooding but somewhat endearing, the Maxx hails from a time when MTV functioned as an outlet for less mainstream and more experimental creative works rather than the sludge pit where dignity goes to die that it has become today. Based on a comic of the same name by Sam Kieth this animated adaptation just scratches the surface of the Maxx universe and offers a refreshingly ponderous alternative to regular cartoon superhero antics.

This podcast is mostly vague about plot details as your viewing will be informed and enhanced significantly by whatever meaning you take from it yourself. However! Certain plot details are alluded to at the 48 minute mark, so those who wish to go in clean would be wise to skip to the end at that point!

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Julie Winters, freelance social worker and fashion trendsetter

Masters of disguise

Comic interludes