Uh, Hoi Hoi, everybody. Welcome to a special hijacking of the Talking Simpsons feed. What's happening here, Henry? What's going on?

Well, as the some listeners may not know on this feed, but me and Bob have a sister podcast called What a Cartoon where we cover an animated series just like we do the Simpsons every week.

And this week for our April Fools, we actually covered a live action cartoon.

And I think it's one that listeners to talking Simpsons are really going to enjoy because it has a lot of close connections to the Simpsons you may not be aware of.

That's why we covered the classic Fox cult sitcom Get a Life starring Chris Elliott, but more importantly showrun by David Merkin, the showrunner for seasons five and six of the Simpsons and Get a Life has a lot in common with the Simpsons.

Oh, yes. Yeah, you can pretty much see the through line from the end of season two of Get a Life to season five of the Simpsons and me and Bob.

I think every time Chris Elliott's character does a thing that a Merkin homer did. We're like, oh, yeah, Homer did that.

Like so I think you guys will learn quite a lot from that.

Definitely. We also give the bios of people like Chris Elliott and David Merkin where they came from, what they're doing now and their showbiz histories.

All very fascinating stuff, including maybe some Hollywood dirt as well. There's some behind the scenes tension. Yeah, it's it's a really fun podcast.

And if you enjoy that, please check out the What a Cartoon feed on wherever you find podcasts or if you sign up at the Patreon at patreon.com slash talking Simpsons in addition to the week ahead of time and at free Simpsons podcast.

You also get every What a Cartoon podcast in the same hour says me. So consider signing up for that today.

But at the very least I hope you enjoyed this What a Cartoon and check out the other cool stuff we're doing there.

What a Cartoon.

Hello everybody and welcome to What a Cartoon. The podcast that's still searching for a cure for sour stomach.

I'm one every host, the dangerous but necessary Bob Mackie. And this is an audio exploration of every cartoon ever who is here with me today.

Henry Gilbert and I thought today was one of those days I was semi solid and cars would pass right through me.

And today's episode is all about the Get a Life episode girlfriend 2000.

Oh, not a perfect day. So lucky to be able to live in such a nice beautiful safe neighborhood.

And welcome once again to our very predictable April Fool's prank on you where we cover a live action cartoon.

The first time we did this, it was strangers with candy. Last year it was the adventure to Pete and Pete.

And now we're doing Get a Life a very important piece in the Simpsons puzzle.

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