619: Who Will Speak For Fish Police?

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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From Duckman to Dicktown, this week we’re covering cartoons… for grown-ups. These animated series have an adult sensibility, and they don’t all feature obscenity, graphic violence, or sexual acts… though some do! Shows like The Legend of Vox Machina, Harley Quinn, Hit Monkey, and Invincible have an adult audience clearly or primarily in mind, while others, like Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law or The Tick require a deep well of cultural references that might leave children (and many adults) baffled. We discuss the overall trend, highlight shows past and present we love, and puzzle out how some shows (good and...

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0:00.0	The Inconparable, number 619, June 22.
0:09.8	Welcome back to The Incomparable.
0:12.2	I'm Glenn Fleischman.
0:13.4	While Jason Snell is conducting the annual staff review in the rear of the Zeppelin,
0:17.1	I've taken the helm to talk about cartoons.
0:19.7	Specifically, we're talking about grown-up cartoons.
0:22.4	That is, animation designed with an adult sensibility, as opposed to, say, adult cartoons,
0:28.6	which often means something entirely different.
0:31.2	We're going to talk about this overall trend, some recent series, older faves, and probably a lot more.
0:36.6	Joining me on this episode are Moises S.
0:38.9	Chouyan.
0:40.0	Does this mean we can curse?
0:42.7	I don't know. I have to ask the editor.
0:44.7	David Lour.
0:46.7	Fire. Fire. Fire!
0:49.3	I wasn't expecting that.
0:51.0	John McCoy.
0:53.5	I have nothing funny to say.
0:55.8	I know.
0:56.1	We put you on the spot.
0:57.0	This is the trial by fire.
0:59.0	Lisa Schmeiser.
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