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A Talk With Ralph Kelsey, the Man Who Wrote the Opening for SNICK
Master of sound Ralph Kelsey’s done it all — from Nick at Nite to Sesame Street. Here’s how he did it.
It’s a Trump Presidency, Huey Freeman
The words I return to today in a world in which hate is winning.
Schoolhouse Rock Is Still the Best Explainer Video for Election 2016
This ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ clip — first aired 14 years ago — will tell you exactly how the United States works.
It’s 2016, and Eustace Bagge Is an Angry White Trump Supporter
17 years ago, ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ presented us with a prescient window into America in 2016: Eustace Bagge, perhaps the worst person in animation history, who embodies every wrongheaded notion Trump supporters are known for now.
Bump “Unga Bunga Bunga” This Halloween
There’s nothing more worthy of a listen today than this 10-year-old Flavor Flav ode to animation and absurdity.
Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me
Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?
Patrick McHale on the Haunting Magic of ‘Over the Garden Wall’: Exclusive
The creator of ‘Over the Garden Wall’ talks Halloween, the lessons he learned from ‘Adventure Time,’ and more.
Why We’ll Never See a Show Like ‘The Critic’ Again
Could anyone, even Jay Sherman, filter through the cacophony of voices in today’s fandom?
10 Years After ‘Boondocks,’ the Block Is Still Hot
With ‘The Boondocks,’ Aaron McGruder told a story of racial disparity, injustice, and violence that has not gone away.