"Do you want to try it, Pokey?" "No thanks, I prefer The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show."

Claymation rules! Today is Gumby day, so hopefully you lot are in the mood for some short, but action packed clay-based adventures.

Begun as a student project at USC by creator and Michigan native Art Clokey,  Gumby ended up being not just a beloved TV show, but a merchandizing machine. The 233 episode run inspired everything from lunch boxes and figurines to endorsement deals from the Library of Congress and a video game, made nearly fifty years after the first cartoon air. That's some mighty powerful mojo, my friends. 

Podcast for 11/28/09 - Gumby

And as promised, here are a couple of episodes that don't really work on the air, but are super cool nonetheless. Plus what's Gumby without at least a little bit of visual? You can totally see Davey & Goliath in these designs.

Don't forget to put in your requests for holiday specials, as next week is our big kick-off and we want to have plenty of time to find the ones you want that we may not already have.

And for those of you who might've missed the announcement on the show, Cookie Jar Entertainment finally did something with all the amazing properties they own and it is called (for better or worse) Jaroo. It's essentially a Hulu for cartoons and it's awesome. We're not getting anything from them for mentioning it or saying we like it, I'm just really happy with what's been made available (DREAMSTONE!!!) and couldn't not share with you guys. :)

Enjoy!

- DJ Muppet

Cartoons for everybody!

Welcome WIDR listeners of all ages!

If you've been listening to the show you no doubt know that us WIDR DJs have been given the go-ahead to start podcasting our shows. As you can imagine, Beta and I were downright giddy about being able to once more reach so many of our loyal former listeners who relied on the now-defunct webstream to get their weekly dose of cartoon shenanigans, not to mention those who wanted portable toonage. Hence this lovely new blog.

From now on, barring any technical problems, everyone will be able to download The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show right here by noon every Saturday. You'll no longer have to go without just because you're traveling, at work earlier than usual, or asleep later than planned. Bookmark this blog or sign up for our feed and you won't miss a thing.

In addition to letting you guys have the show with you wherever you go, we hope that this blog will help us get a better idea of what you're interested in hearing on the show. From theme requests, information swapping, and episode suggestions, the Saturday Morning Cartoon Blog will be a fantabulous way to keep in touch between shows. From time to time we may even post online treats to tide you over until the weekend.

Anywho, we're completely geeked to be able to do this for you guys and we hope you have as much fun with it as we do. Enjoy!

- DJ Muppet