PCP 3-22-2024

DJ Busy B, also known as Brandon Hauser, discusses various headlines in pop culture. He mentions that Princess Kate has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. He also talks about a Dragon Ball theme park opening in Saudi Arabia, a new season of Doctor Who on Disney+, and Kendrick Lamar's guest verse on Metro Boomin's latest album. He mentions technical issues in the studio and the failure of the Will Smith-fronted zombie survival game Undawn. He also mentions a Batman spin-off miniseries and discusses movies being re-released in theaters, including the Spider-Man franchise and Shrek 2 for its 20th anniversary. He explains that theaters are re-releasing movies due to delays caused by the writer's strike. grown folks, grown-ups, children, babies, animals, ducks, farmers, cows, chickens, pigs, space aliens. How y'all doing today? This is, of course, DJ Busy B, a.k.a. Brandon Hauser. That's my government name. We got a show about pop culture for y'all today, and so we're going to get started with our headlines, and then we're going to our main event, or our main segments. So, first headline I want to mention today, let's see, Kate, Princess of Wales, has been announced she has cancer. There's been a lot of public speculation about where she was in public for these last couple, I guess, weeks now. And it turns out she's actually going through chemotherapy for her cancer she has. So, you know, shout out to her. Hope she has a successful recovery and all that. Let's see, what else we got here? Ah, next, a Dragon Ball theme park will be opening in Saudi Arabia. Let me tell y'all something, how come Saudi Arabia gets all the cool stuff? I don't, I mean, I get it, I more than get it, you know, it's actually kind of a deep, dark political issue, but, uh, kind of a deep, dark political issue, but, regardless of that, Let's see here, um, Huh, this is interesting. I'm just going through some technical issues, wow. Okay, that should, I hope that's good. But anyways, So yeah, Dragon Ball theme park's happening in Saudi Arabia. I don't think we have a quite release date yet, just don't have plans for it, that's interesting. Like I said, all the cool stuff is in Saudi Arabia or Las Vegas these days. Oh, also, a new season of Doctor Who is going to release May 10th on Disney+, that's pretty cool. Um, let's see what we got here. Also, Kendrick Lamar has a guest verse on Metro Boomin's, uh, future, uh, latest album. And so, apparently people said this, like, I heard it this morning, or actually late last night. Ooh, there we go, I'm sorry. So all this volume's out of control here, I'm just, I'm trying to fix a couple things that are just going wrong right now in the studio, but, Um, there we go, let me back up in the microphone, that might help a little. There we go, it's about right. Anyways, uh, let's see here. So Kendrick Lamar's guest verse, people were saying that, um, you know, he kind of came after, uh, Drake and, uh, J. Cole's neck. With a couple lines in the song, like, you know, in the song First Person Shooter, J. Cole, uh, you know, said, Kendrick Lamar said, who's, it's the big three, is it Aubrey, is it Aubrey, is it K.Dot, is it Aubrey, is it me? And Kendrick kind of responded to that on, um, in his, uh, in the song Like That, with, uh, Metro Boomin's future. He said, nah, I'm number one, ain't no big three, ain't no we, I'm big three. I'm all three, so, yeah. So, we'll be right back after, uh, this song's finished playing. Logan Waller, wow, I'm enthusiastic about that. Anyways, stick right there, chill out, and enjoy yourself. We'll be right back. This is just a short test, short test, short test. Ooh, hello, hello. Oh, goodness, still got that echo going on, let's see. Is this about right? Let's see here. Ooh, let's adjust, adjust. Hmm. Sorry, uh, here we go, that's about, that looks better from my screen here. So, um, a couple other headlines I want to finish talking about, then we'll get into our first segment. So, uh, other headline I want to talk about, um, the Will Smith, uh, fronted zombie survival game Undawn has, uh, apparently, uh, flopped in terms of sales. Now, what's interesting about this to me is that I had never heard such a thing existed. I'm, I, uh, I'm pretty well, uh, focused when it comes to, like, just, you know, I keep up well with, uh, gaming news, and I had never heard that this game existed at all. I've never heard of any, I found this stuff out from EGIN, E-G-I-N, uh, this afternoon, actually. And, like I said, I didn't know that this was a thing until, you know, just today. So, I'm going to guess that the marketing budget either, um, well, I have two theories about it. Either A, the marketing budget just wasn't there, or B, they weren't marketing it heavily in America. And here's why I say that, because I did some more digging, and it turns out this game, Undawn, which has Will Smith as, like, the star of the game, apparently, um, I think the publisher is Tencent, which is a Chinese company, so maybe they just, uh, the game was more, like, being promoted and focused on in China, and that's why, you know, a lot of people in the West didn't know about it. Maybe, I don't know, but, you know, that's something I figured, uh, interesting to talk about. Also, as well, the last headline here, the Batman, uh, spin-off miniseries, The Penguin, will be released on HBO Max this fall. But, um, yeah, so, uh, what do I think about here? Lost my train of thought for a minute, got a text, lost my train of thought. But, yeah, The Penguin, basically, it's a spin-off of the movie, The Batman, that came out, um, I think about two years ago. Time has passed by a lot. Time passes by quickly. But, uh, I think it's going to be interesting. I kind of like mob stories and a whole, like, a crime mob story taking place within, like, you know, Gotham City. It's Batman-themed. I am so ready for that, dude. Like, I am, I'm hyped for that, and I cannot wait. So, yeah. Uh, let's see, with that being said, let's get into our first, uh, segment I want to talk about today. Movies being re-released in theaters. So, here's the, um, so, I think a couple weeks ago they basically announced that, um, a couple different movie series are going to be re-released for movie theaters. The first one being, uh, I don't know which is coming first, but the first one I want to talk about is the Spider-Man franchise. The Spider-Man franchise. Now, like, literally, there have been, I think, nine Spider-Man movies, and they're re-releasing all of them, at least all the live-action ones, in theaters, um, over these next couple of weeks. And, uh, you know, I guess it's like, for, I want to say, I can't assume what most people think. I haven't, I haven't spoken to most people. But, I feel like, you know, for a lot of people this seems like, I guess, a weird thing, because these days if you want to re-watch a movie, you're going to do it at your house. So, you know, I'm kind of curious about this. I'm kind of curious about maybe, like, going to see one of these re-airings. And the reason why I am is because, I mean, just the whole movie theater experience, to me, is just, it's better than watching it at home, you know? It's more expensive, sure, but, to me, I just, I like the experience of watching something like that at home. And especially, too, I think it would be so interesting to see, um, one of the older movies I grew up with in a movie theater, just to feel that experience, you know? The kind of experience that people had when they first saw it, you know? So, I feel like, you know, older movies, I'm down for re-watching those in a theater, just because, like, that's the kind of experience I like when watching a movie, man. It's dark, it's quiet, you know? I have some popcorn, some sort of snack, junk food in front of me, and just, you know, just enjoying a movie like that, man. You know? And so, I think, oh, let's see, what movie would I want to re-watch in theaters the most of the Spider-Man franchise? Hmm, because I saw, I think, you know, I saw all the Tom Holland movies in a movie theater. I didn't get to see The Amazing Spider-Man 1 or 2 in a theater, I don't think. I think, honestly, I think, like, just the third Spider-Man movie would be, like, the most interesting to re-watch, again, in a big theater. And the reason for that is, I mean, it's one of my favorites of the bunch, but also, as well, I think that, uh, Hmm. I just, there's lots of cool scenes, I kind of hope I can watch in 3D, too, but I'm sure that's not an option, of just, like, you know, some of those scenes of just the Venom fighting scenes I think were really good, and, uh, there's also that church scene, man. There's a scene in the movie where, um, one of Peter's enemies, uh, I'm out, I'm so unfocused today, I'm sorry, y'all. What is his name? Eddie Brock. Eddie Brock is in, you know, this church. Peter Parker just basically exposed him for being, um, a lying journalist. You know what I'm saying? He's losing his health, he's losing his, uh, job, everything's going wrong for him. And he's sitting in that church talking about, basically, he's praying for Peter Parker to be harmed. He's praying for, like, him to not do good in life. Which is so... not what that action's for. You know? So, yeah, that's something interesting. Now, Spider-Man's not the only franchise that's going to be re-released in theaters. Also, Shrek 2, for its 20th anniversary, is coming to theaters as well. Actually, we're recording this show in Conway, the local theater. Let's see, where is it, where is it, where is it? If you live in Conway, you know about the Coastal Grand Mall movie theater in there. They're re-showing it as well, so that's interesting. What are the other franchises I heard about that are being re-released? What are the other franchises I heard about that are being re-released? But, what I was wondering also, too, this isn't like a new... Well, the reason, let me first explain why this is being done. The reason why that a lot of these theaters are re-releasing movies is because... If you remember the, uh, writer's strike, you know, that happened, uh... I guess last year. Because of that strike, a lot of movies that would have come out around this time got pushed back further into, like, 2025. So, you know, the theaters, they gotta show something. So, they're, you know, re-showing a lot of these movies. I'm looking at, um, AMC here. In addition to, uh, Shrek 2 and the Spider-Man franchise, I'm noticing here the Disney movie Luca, I think we'll be getting a special theatrical engagement showing. I don't exactly know what that means. Let's see here. It does not explain on their website. Okay, I'll do some digging on that later, but that's happening. So, as I'm scrolling through the AMC website, if you want to find, like, an interesting movie to watch in theaters, just look on the website, scroll down past, like, all the big budget releases. There's some interesting stuff AMC apparently is going to be putting in theaters. Like, they're showing a documentary, a religious documentary in theaters called Christpiracy, which... I didn't know they even showed documentaries in movie theaters anymore. That's dope. Let's see here. They're showing, um, I guess it's an indie movie called Snack Shack. I guess it's about some best friends running a snack shack for a summer camp in 1991. That sounds interesting. Nickelback Hate to Love, which is another documentary about Nickelback in theaters. That's kind of the thing about it. Documentaries these days, if you notice, like, a lot of them are just, you know, they're shown really through streaming. I mean, it's not common for a documentary to be seen in a movie theater. Not that they shouldn't, except for, like, concert films, like, you know, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé stuff. Although I will say, you know, like, when you're a big pop artist like that, usually, I mean, your fan base follows you everywhere. Beyoncé and Taylor Swift could... they could show a two-hour taping of them coughing, you know, and, like, the fans would go crazy for it. But, um, yeah, so that's interesting there, uh, if the documentaries are showing. Oh, also, as well, the anime Demon Slayer is showing, um, I guess another... See, here's the thing about Demon Slayer. Oh, I'm sorry. I was going to say they're showing another movie, but no. The Demon Slayer franchise right now, I guess, is so popular, it's so popping with fans right now, that they're able to just show, like, I think, two episodes in theaters and say, yep, that's a movie. Which is nuts. I don't know how they get away with that. I don't know how they get away with that. Um, you know, shout out to, you know, hitting a lick like that. That's cool, but, yeah, they can get away with that. I'm looking at the Regal Theater, as well. Regal seems to be releasing a couple of movies themselves. Um, let's see, for Saturday, they do a Saturday morning kid flick thing. Uh, the Super Smash Brothers movie, How to Train Your Dragon, Trolls, Kung Fu Panda, Iron Giant, the original Shrek, Harry Potter, they're showing those. There's a lot of tradition movies that they're showing. Um, like this foreign film called YOLO, that's, I guess, a Chinese movie. Um, it looks like it's about boxing, I want to say. I'm not entirely sure about that. But, yeah. It's a good time to go to your local movie theater, man. I mean, okay, yeah, when people always talk about their movie theaters, like, oh my gosh, the popcorn's so overpriced. Yeah, but it's like, it's a good way to watch a movie, dude. Sit back in a dark room and vibe. I could do that at home, but do you have a movie theater size room? That's what I'm saying, man. So, you stay right there in your chair, enjoy this music, and we'll be right back. I'm sorry if it's still echoing. Hello, everybody. From our live listeners, I think I fixed the whole echoing problem. Um, I really hope so. Hold on, another button to press, there we go. So, the next thing I want to talk about today, or just sit back and vibe, uh, sit back and just talk about some of the cartoon number classics out there. And the reason I wanted to do this segment is because, um, I'm going to keep this very brief, a little vague, but I would hear some things about Nickelodeon, in particular the Nickelodeon sitcoms, that have made me very, very sad today. I was going to just not talk about it today, because, I mean, this is, I mean, this isn't really the place to address such heavy topics like that. But, I mean, I talk about sad things in this show, but some of the stuff that's, you know, really, really heavy and really complex. And I feel like, let's just, let's talk about things to, let's talk about things to love, man. Yeah, let's do that. So, uh, Cartoon Network, I mean, obviously we know what the premise is here. It's a kids television channel dedicated to cartoons, and I feel like when we talk about, you know, the three kids networks, or at least the three children's TV channels in America, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel, I feel like Cartoon Network is the one that's still, um, it's the one that people don't address nearly enough. Always something. Here we go. I feel like it's the one that's not addressed nearly enough. Cartoon Network, y'all. So, I guess let's just go through each decade and talk about, you know, the cartoons I thought were the best. So, if we start off with the 90s, right, which is really the era in which, like, Cartoon Network got its own unique programming, because in the beginning of Cartoon Network's time as a channel, it started off as, like, basically a pet project from billionaire Ted Turner. This was really, like, a dumping ground for all the old, uh, what do you call it, all the old, um, I think Looney Tunes and Tex Avery shorts, stuff like that. And so, you know, after a while, I think throughout, I want to say, the late 80s, early 90s, that was going pretty good. But, I think around the mid-90s or so, it was time to, you know, actually start making more for profit with the channel. So, as they started to do that, they started making more original shows, and some of these original shows include things like, let's see, the Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, uh, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, stuff like that, you know. And I guess the first one I do want to talk about, because when I think 90s Cartoon Network, old school Cartoon Network, the first one I definitely think of is, uh, Dexter's Lab. Because, um, it's a cartoon with a simple premise, but it's just, it's so, it's timeless, it's classic, man. Dexter's Lab was a cartoon about, um, this young mad scientist, this young mad scientist and his family, uh, just all the kind of crazy, uh, creations he'd go through. Oh, and he has to do it with his little, his, uh, I guess, I don't remember if it's his little sister or his older sister, but his sister Dee Dee, when I was kind of coming to the lab and messed stuff up, you know, like, uh, younger, sickest dude. And, um, such a classic, great animation. I always like the bright color palette he uses as well. And, uh, I always thought it was funny, too, in the show, Dexter, um, had, like, I guess a Russian-ish accent. I don't know what kind of, he has an accent, and none of his family has that same accent, which is just, it's funny to me, man. It's just like, it's the scientist accent. I guess that's the best way to put it. But, yeah, so, let's see here. Um, oh, by the way, I am totally wrong about some of the, some of the timeline I said. Actually, the invention of, uh, according to the Cartoon Network wiki, Cartoon Network started making their own original programming. Well, they started making the programming block Cartoon Cartoon Fridays in 1999 to better promote their, uh, shows against all the other networks. So, yeah, like I said, Dexter's Lab was a classic. Oh, let me not forget Johnny Bravo as well. Johnny Bravo, this is a show about a man who's just down bad. This is a show about a man who's like, you know, he, he wanted to get all the girls. He did not have the charisma for it, but God bless him for trying, you know. Like, he has the look down, he just does not have, he does not have quite the right charm for it, but God bless him, man. Johnny Bravo, of course, is a guy, you know, this, um, I guess the best way to describe him, like, you know, you're kind of stereotypical man's man. Always trying to flirt with the girls, but, let's say the girls don't, you know, he likes girls, girls don't like him. Uh, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a problem as old as time. But, that show, you know, some classic moments there. What's the other one to say? Oh, the Powerpuff Girls, that's another top tier one as well. The Powerpuff Man, this is a superhero show. If y'all know, if y'all, if anybody who knows me personally knows, you know, I'm a big superhero geek, nerd, whatever. This show used to be about entirely superheroes, to my mom, to my mom said, yo, cut it out, it's time to expand. And so, you know, I decided that too, I'm just kidding, of course, I decided to expand as well. But, the Powerpuff Girls is, you know, literally, they give you the premise of, they give you the origin story of the show, like, every week. This show starts off, um, the legend, the, uh, what's his name? Professor Uranium, was his, uh, scientist. He was in the lab, and he mixes sugar, spice, everything nice in a pot, and accidentally mixed, uh, chemical X in there. And created, like, three, uh, three superhero teenage girls, or not teenage girls, three superhero little girls just came out the pot. You know, weird premise, but, hey, I mean, the cartoon, like, you know, the cartoon is as simple as, you know, like, stuff like what we're talking about here. It's nothing really neat, just, hey, these three girls were made in the lab by mistake, by, by mistake, and they're superheroes. That's nothing neat, that's nothing really neat, man. So, yeah. Also, what I love about this show, in addition to it being really funny, you know, the action was pretty good too. I mean, these girls, they whooped some tail, they went behind, let me tell you something, bro, yo. Their main villain was a guy named Mojo Jojo, this, um, I guess, like, supervillain intelligent monkey. And they would whoop this man's tail at the end of every episode, bro. And they don't do one-on-ones, they're jumping. You know, they're punching, they're kicking, they're stomping, I'm sure they're using knees, hands, fists, elbows. Hey, I'm sure they use the back of their legs for, you know, just beating somebody up. I swear, there was a scene in the show where, um, I don't remember why they did it, but they jumped Jojo Mojo in prison. They broke into prison, beat him up, I guess, bro, I guess, there was really something wrong. I don't remember what it was, but they broke into prison, beat him up, and then just left. Like, yo, they always, one thing about the Powerpuff Girls, they were never scared. Never scared. It was always about bad action, man. And that's what I love about that show. And this cute show about, you know, these superhero teenage girls, what's your favorite part? Oh, yeah, the fact that, um, they're always beating people up. You know, they say you should grow up, and I feel like I've grown up over the years. It's like, I have, but I haven't, you know what I'm saying? It's like, if it has bright colors and they're beating people up, what more do you need? Let's see, in addition to that, I'm trying to think of all the other Cartoon Network shows that, oh. I'll talk about Ed, this I guess is a good point to talk about Ed and Nettie. The reason why I'm hesitant to talk about it at this point is because I think the show started in 1999, which means, like, it's technically a 90s show, but, I mean, it didn't spend most of its time in the 90s, you know what I mean? Like, because the show ended in 2007, so. It's really more 2000 to me than 90s, but whatever. Let's not be, let's not be so technical. Ed, Ed, and Nettie is about three boys who all happen to be named some form of, you know, they're all named Ed, but spelled different ways. The first Ed is, you know, this tall kid, dumb as rocks. I guess, of course, just named Ed with one D. So, single D Ed, you know, he's the dumb friend of the group. You know, he's the most loyal, but he doesn't have much going on upstairs. You know how they mention, like, they talk about the brain as, like, a hamster in a wheel? In his case, the hamster's dead. Actually, I don't know if the hamster ever, I don't know if the hamster ever clocked in. But, anyways, you got him. That's pretty much his personality, stupid. Stupid, but ridiculously strong, and incredibly loyal, and very friendly. Then you have Double D. Double D is, of course, the nerd of the friend group. Brainy as heck, you know what I'm saying? Like, he's destined to cure cancer or do some sort of other scientific achievement. And he's also the voice of reason for the group. The voice of reason that the other two really don't listen to that much. And then you have Eddie. Eddie is, like, I guess you could call him the leader. Yeah, he's pretty much just the leader of the group. He's more like the businessman, the entrepreneur. You know, he's, like, he can... Eddie. This kid, and they're like kids. They're, like, I guess, I think the show implies they're, like, 10 to 12, something like that, somewhere around that range. That kid got out of bed every single day. He got out of bed every single day. He got out of bed every single day and said, yo, how do I get this bread? How do I get this money? And normally, he got it through fraud or scams, you know what I'm saying? Whether it be, I guess, selling people, like, kids fake jawbreakers, or I think it was more like a career day episode where he, like, had kids doing pretend jobs. You know, he got bread every single episode, bro. He made sure he had that money every single day. He's really an icon, if you think about it. He's a leader, an icon, a visionary. You know what I'm saying? He's, like, a miniature cartoon Jay-Z. But, yeah, so we're going to continue this for the final segment, so stick around. Don't go away. It's WCC Radio, y'all. And once again, this is WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina's student radio station, and I am Brandon Housley, a.k.a. DJ Busy B. So moving forward, we were talking about just my favorite Cartoon Network shows. Let's see here. We talked about Ed, Edd, and Eddie. I guess, let's see, we're in 2009. I'll move on forward. Man, I wish Eric was here to talk about this. You know, he's been busy those last few weeks with, you know, homework and whatnot. We'll try to get him on in the future. But anyways, let's see, Ed, Edd, and Eddie, I think after that, we're in the 2000s. Chowder, forget it. Let's just talk about Chowder. It's not going to be, this is going to be perfectly chronological. But Chowder, you know, this is like, I think the 2000s are when, like, Cartoon Network just increased the weirdness. It just doubled up, you know what I'm saying? Because Chowder, this was like a show where, it doesn't sound that weird, actually, now that I think about it. This was a show about this kid who was like the apprentice to a chef named Mong, you know. And in addition to Mong and Chowder, Chowder being this kind of like curious, kind of wide-eyed, you know, chubby kid, Mong being, I guess, this overconfident, kind of arrogant chef, you know, you have Schnitzel, another assistant that works in the kitchen, who only speaks, who only speaks in the phrase rata, you know, like a full sentence for Schnitzel is rata, rata, rata, rata, rata, rata, rata, rata, rata. If anybody can translate that, please let me know. I just want to make sure I didn't say anything mean. What else? Oh, also, as well, you got Mong's wife, you know, being this kind of nasty, mean old lady, you know, this mean old lady with a heart of gold, you know what I'm saying? You got that going on. I don't know. I guess what makes this show so weird, I guess, number one, just like, these character designs, too, like in a lot of different shows, you know, like the characters, they're humans, they're animals, or they're talking, maybe cars, something like that. But with a lot of these chowder characters, I really can't tell what they're supposed to be. Like, I don't know if chowder's supposed to be a cat or, like, a mouth. I can't guess. That's really the point I'm trying to make here, you know, but that's very imaginative. Also, a lot of talking food products in this show, as well. Heck, a lot of the food, even though this is, like, a show that's themed around, like, food, a lot of this food doesn't look like normal human earth-born food, you know? So, hold on, let me see when this show came out. I'm pretty sure this show came out, like, 2007. I think it ends, like, 2010, something like that. Let's see. Of course, I Googled chowder, I found the food first. No, but, yeah, 2007, 2010, I got it right. That's all you got among schnitzel. Oh, and let me not forget the girl that had a crush on one in the show, like a stalker kind of crush, you know, and he'd always have to pull up on her and remind her, like, yo, I'm not your boyfriend. He'd scream it in this high-pitched way. It's a weird show. What I'm saying probably sounds like nonsense to most people, but if you just like goofy stuff, you can check it out. Also, check out Flapjack. Flapjack is actually weirder than that just because, like, a lot of characters, you can tell a lot of the characters aren't Flapjack. It's this, like, show about, um, it's a show that takes place near, I think, like a pirate dock, I want to say. It's a pirate setting, I'll say that part. Pirate kind of sailors sort of setting. And, you know, it's, like, about Flapjack and his kind of adopted dad-ish name, Captain Knuckles. And their basic goal in the show is, you know, we want to get to the land of candy. The land of candy, basically. And, yeah, so the show's about, like, life on the sea and, like, just living in, you know, a sea, ocean-view town. It's very, like, it also has that same kind of weird, kind of almost creepy-looking, like, aspect to it. Oh, I forgot to mention, the other weird element of this show is that Flapjack and Chowder live with Bubby, you know, Captain Knuckles, like, his somewhat kind of love interest. They live in her stomach and she's a whale, which is... That's honestly, like, of all the homes I've heard of or living places I've heard of for a cartoon, you know, you've got characters that live in pineapples, live under rocks, you know what I'm saying, live in trailer parks, whatever. Flapjack and his boys, you know, Flapjack and his adopted dad, you know, they live in a whale, in a whale stomach, they're cool with the whale. Gosh, darn, that is lovely. I keep thinking of words to describe how strange that is right now. But, yeah, you got that going on. That's another 2000 show. I think I skipped too forward here. Hold on here. What else we got? We got Powerpuff Girls, just to mention Etta and Nettie. Oh, let me not forget Courage the Cowardly Dog. Okay, that was one of those, that's another show, like, it's creepy and weird on purpose. I guess if you're into, like, horror and whatnot, that actually might be a good show for people, if you're into that kind of thing. Even if you're not, it's still really funny as well. Now, Courage the Cowardly Dog is about Courage, who is a cowardly dog, who lives in the middle of nowhere with this elderly couple, and he basically protects his elderly, you know, you have, oh, I guess the grandma, who, and of course she's sweet and loving towards, you know, Courage. That's because Courage is her sweet little baby boy. And then you've got her husband, the old man, who can't stand Courage. He's always calling him stupid dog. You know, he thinks Courage is an idiot, this idiot scaredy cat, you know, pun intended. But still, Courage, he loves his family, he tries to protect them from any kind of harm that comes to them. And that's really all I can say about that one. I like that show, I was like, I'm not quite as big on it, I think, as other people are. Oh, one of my favorites of Cartoon Network of the 2000s, Codename Kids Next Door, y'all. The premise of this show is, like, really cool. It's basically, um, Codename Kids Next Door is about the kids next door, which is, like, this major secret, like, it's like this secret spy agency full of kids, you know, fighting, I guess, against adults. Adults in the adult world, so to speak. And, you know, the other, I guess, it's all, it's basically a parody of, like, you know, spy movies and spy TV shows and stuff. Like, they're all of them, you know, they have their real names, but they all have, like, I guess, like, a codename, you know, number one, number two, number three, number four, five, six. I think it was all the way up to, like, number, I wanna say, like, a number 362, something like that, the show. But, yeah, you know, they, um, so the kids, they fight against all the things that kids don't like. They fight against, uh, like, there's a spanking Dracula, that just, you know, gives kids spankings, because kids don't like those. Let's see, there's a toilet villain. He's weird in his own way. Um, I think there's, like, a dentist, which makes sense, because a lot of kids hate the dentist. There's a villain that, I think, like, forces them to eat vegetables and stuff. Oh, don't forget, there's, uh, there's delightful kids down the lane, which are, like, these, you know, these evil, goody-goody rich kids that live, you know, down the street from them. Um, there was, like, these weird villains, too, which, like, they didn't have a particular theme. They're just, like, I guess they're supposed to represent, like, boring adults, you know? Like, these two guys, like, you know, one is, like, one is, uh, he has on one of those, like, what do we call it? Like, the, um, the explorer kind of hats, like a raccoon hat or something. And the other one has, um, you know, just, like, in a regular business suit, you know, balding. Looks like your typical, you know, middle-aged businessman. Oh, and I can't forget the, uh, and they fight against the, um, like, an army of teenagers, as well, who, you know, they, um, also beef with them. So, it's a really inventive show, I think, about just, you know, just taking, I guess, all those kind of things that kids, you know, don't like or kids don't like and do like, you know, and just, uh, it puts a great, like, show together. And essentially, it starts off as, like, a show that's basically an episodic kind of comedy, and eventually it starts building a lore to it and building, you know, like, this, it starts building towards, like, more drama to it, strangely enough, which is, I think, is, um, it's great how the show evolves, is what I'm trying to get at. So, you got that going on there. Uh, what else we got here? Some of these shows, I'm gonna list here from the Cartoon Network wiki. Some of these shows I don't remember, because I was born before they, uh, I guess, came out. Like, I've never heard of a Kitty Bobo show. Oh, Samurai Jack, that's another one. I didn't get to watch that much, but Samurai Jack it's basically about a time-traveling samurai. Um, it's this monster dragon, I don't know what to call him, but basically this monster Samurai Jack's, like, main enemy, you know, sends him back to the past, to, um, you know, sends him back to the past so he can't stop him, so the whole thing with Samurai Jack, he's trying to get to, you know, his, uh, he's trying to get to the present to save the world and all that. Fun fact, before Disney bought Star Wars, Cartoon Network used to show, uh, Star Wars The Clone Wars, like, an animated show. They used to air on Cartoon Network for, I think, about two years. Um, let's see here. Oh, My Gym Partner's a Monkey. I don't remember much about that show, I haven't seen that show in a long time, but, I mean, it's about this kid. He has a gym partner. Gym partner's a monkey. Hijinks and tail. You got that going on. What's New Scooby-Doo is also another great one, too, man. There's just so many, there's so much good stuff to talk about, so. I think that'll be the wrap on our segment. Um, you know, like I said, Cartoon Network, one of the greatest kid show networks of all time, and I don't think they've commentized many kids. So, that's nice. Uh, let's see, next song we got up here is called Mr. Saturday Night by John Party. So, for everybody else, stick around, don't go away. We're gonna wrap up the show and close on out. Yep, that's our show for today. Um, I think, I think I'll wait for Eric to come back and finish talking about the Cartoon Network shows. Uh, I feel like talking about it today because, um, like I said, um, I'm not gonna lie to you, I have avoided watching that, um, quiet on set documentary about, I guess, the Nickelodeon, the kids shows, just because, uh, a lot of those kids shows I'm talking about are near and dear, close to my heart. It's gonna be a hard watch whenever I get around to it. Um, but, yeah, I just, I hope all those people who are, like, you know, um, mistreated or victimized, uh, I hope, you know, they get help, and I hope they can go on to live long, happy lives. You know what I'm saying? But, um, I feel like, you know, I just don't feel like I'm really that well equipped to have that conversation in front of, uh, in front of this kind of forum of radio. So, uh, yeah. Yeah, that's the reason why I, I mean, I didn't talk about it today. Now, I mean, am I ignoring it? A little bit, kinda, but I'm, I'm doing so with good intent. That's, that's what I'm trying to get across here. Um, yeah, but also, too, in general, Cartoon Network, you know, it's animation. I mean, one of the most innovative, uh, I guess, brands in animation, if you think about it. And I think it's kind of sad what it is right now. I mean, I don't, I think they only have about, like, three original shows left on the platform. And that's, you know, back in the end, I guess the other reason for it is, you know, like, these days, I just, cable TV has kind of deteriorated. I mean, the only thing going to cable TV with, like, that's doing serious numbers, that has a pulse, is sports. Um, it's kind of sad, and streaming isn't, hasn't been that kind of animation either, so I just, man, I just hope, like, not just animation as a whole, but, you know, animation for kids, animation that's, like, family-friendly. I hope, um, in the future, there still will be a place for that, you know? Because I've heard of, like, a lot of different, uh, shows, like, what are they called? Um, I can't say the real title. I think it's called Heck of a Boss on YouTube, and other shows like that. I think they're great. I think it's cool that Indie animation's doing well, that's Indie animation for adults, you know, but I do hope, like, the market, it's not, like, I hope the market for adult animation and animation as a whole doesn't become, like, you know, it's only for, like, edgy kind of content. Like, I do hope to see more diversity out there. Um, I wasn't gonna do a whole, like, what grinds my gears type segment for the last part, but, as I was talking about Cartoon Network more, one thing I will say that grinds my gears, one thing that, like, gets them on earth in terms of, like, pop culture entertainment, yo, Max, right? I like the service, but things, it just, it bothers me the way it's ran sometimes. Because Warner Bros. Discovery has had this issue, not issue, they've had this practice of basically, um, deleting shows from their servers forever. Like, my favorite show, Close Enough, which made the creator a regular show, funny show, great show, if you can see it through pirated means, go ahead and do that. Because it's awesome, and you can't see it through Max, because they deleted it. And I can't stand that, that grinds my gears. So, I guess I have that segment out the way. Y'all have a lovely Friday afternoon and Friday night, and I hope to see you next week. Bye-bye, y'all.