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This 70-Year-Old Cartoon Made the Strongest Healthcare Argument Ever

March 25, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on This 70-Year-Old Cartoon Made the Strongest Healthcare Argument Ever

Chuck Jones’s award-winning short “So Much for So Little” broke down the issue of public healthcare in the Truman era. We still haven’t learned.

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On its decennial, our experts investigate a question that just turned ten years old.

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How the Carrey v. Sandler “Trial” Happened on ‘Animals’: Q&A

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Here’s why Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano’s HBO show debated the careers of two comedy titans on the episode “The Trial.”

A Long Chat with Tom Smith, Designer and Animator of the New Short ‘Gleep Glorp and Lasertag’

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We chatted with Rocko's Modern Life storyboard artist Tom Smith about his and Justin Michael's new animated short "Gleep Glorp and Lasertag" (out this week!) plus what it's like to work on Seth Green's Robot Chicken and create a couch gag for The Simpsons.

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Hollywood renders nonbinary people nearly invisible, which is why the latest ‘Steven Universe’ episode a revelation.

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A brief dispatch from last weekend’s ‘Saturday Morning Cartoons’ panel at Vulture Festival.

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After the series finale, "Nice While It Lasted," we needed to talk about what it all means. So we did.

A Pre–Memorial Day Appreciation of Alex Louis Armstrong’s Beach Bod

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“These abs have been passed down the Armstrong family line for generations!”

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