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Hey, All You Normies Who Hate On Jazz. Why Do You Love Cartoon Theme Songs So Much?

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 John MaherComments Off on Hey, All You Normies Who Hate On Jazz. Why Do You Love Cartoon Theme Songs So Much?

Do you know how many of the best cartoon theme songs are jazz? You cats really gotta get consistent out here.

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Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

January 5, 2019December 14, 2025 Marley CruschComments Off on Where Did the Time Ed? ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy’ Turns 20

The long-running Cartoon Network show debuted January 4, 1999, and we have still not forgotten it.

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Yoko Kanno Took Two Melodies and Made Four Perfect Songs

May 1, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Yoko Kanno Took Two Melodies and Made Four Perfect Songs

“Memory” and “Adieu,” “Goodnight Julia” and “Space Lion,” each flip sides of the same coin, make you wish Chet Baker and Bill Evans had been alive to play them—or that Pharaoh Sanders would.

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Jazz Standards Used As ‘Kids On the Slope’ Episode Titles, Ranked

January 25, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Jazz Standards Used As ‘Kids On the Slope’ Episode Titles, Ranked

This one’s for all you Jazz Boys and Jazz Girls out there.

EDITORS PICKS

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The Tragedy and the Triumph of ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’

By Eric Vilas-Boas

“Yes, yes, holy crap, Paku-san, yes!"

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An Urgent Question About ‘The Black Cauldron’

By Rebecca Long

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

Notes on ‘Belladonna of Sadness’

By John Maher

Viewer discretion HELLA advised.

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13 American Politicians Who Are Just ’80s Cartoon Villains

By Eric Vilas-Boas

These public figures show just how gross our national discourse has become. The resemblance is obvious, no?

A Poem For Rose Quartz, Wherever I May Find Her

By John Maher

Here's one for a mother lost.

‘Rick and Morty’ Wants You to Know Wasps Are Metal as Hell

By John Maher

When they're not stinging you dead, they're eating you alive or laying their eggs in your eyes, broh!

The End of the Universe

By The Dot and Line

'Steven Universe,' its feature-length musical film, and 'Steven Universe Future' are now in the rearview. Let's talk about it.

Inside Terry Gilliam’s Weird, Wonderful Contributions to Cartoons

By Claire Dunderman

On the Monty Python legend’s contributions to the world of animation.

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This Is the Best Scene in Every Version of ‘DBZ’—No Matter What

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Applause for this moment.

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Here’s Why You Should Watch ‘Coco,’ Which Is Finally on Netflix

By John Maher

The Pixar tearjerker—now on Netflix—should do more than make you cry with its reminders of what tethers us to family. Now go call your grandma.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.