Saturday Morning Cartoons XXVII: The Return

Our deepest apologies, dear readers, for having fallen down on the job as of late in regards to one of our most sacred traditions. Needless to say, we are filled with a great sense of shame and assure you it will not happen again. If, in the future, one of us is unable to fulfill their obligations our newly acquired team of Korean animators will leap into action, producing original cartoons for your enjoyment, although in all honesty I personally cannot guarantee this. You see, by “team of Korean animators” I actually mean a Korean family that Eliza met — and subsequently forced into her windowless van — while running errands at Home Depot. They have tried to reason with her, explaining that they are involved in other professions, the father is a salesman for a lighting manufacturer and his wife works as a bank teller. The children are, well, children.

Eliza would hear none of it however, either assuming that they were lying or under the impression that all people of Korean descent have an innate ability to animate. The rest of the staff has done their best to ignore the situation, knowing full well that once Miss Gauger has set her mind on something, one has little chance of ever changing her opinion. It is for this reason that we do nothing when she insists that her aforementioned van has the ability to travel through time or that Qais is, in her words, “a spy sent by space Turks to steal her chocolate secrets.” Regardless it has been uncomfortable, the tired and nervous familial unit has taken up residence in our break room where they were horrified to find only four items : coffee, tea, pipe tobacco, and squid chips. It would be worse when they found out that these items were our sole sources of sustenance. The children, unsurprisingly, did not take well to the tobacco. Perhaps we should send out for food.

Ah well, I’m sure they’ll be fine, besides it’s cartoon time! Click through, loyal Ectomites, and witness their triumphant return!

P.S. Also, remember that if you visit the YouTube page for a particular video you have the option to watch it in high quality. Especially well suited to the anime.

•FLCL The penultimate episode. Only one more to go. What will I do then!

•Courage the Cowardly Dog “Night at the Katz Motel”: Comprised half of the first episode of the show, not including the pilot — the other half was entitled “Cajun Grandma Stew” — and features the first appearance of Katz as well as a cameo by another series villain, Le Quack, as a rubber ducky. The thing I always notice about the early episodes is how much Courage talks in them.

•Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show “Weight For Me”: One of many Ren and Stimpy clones put out in the 90s. This episode is probably the only memorable one from the show’s short life; written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.

•Something Awful classic Best of the Weekend Web Vols. 1-4: “Should I be letting my child play with asbestos?”

•Home Movies “Focus Grill”: The final episode of this amazing series has Brendan, Jason, and Melissa attempting to finish the first movie they ever made, after discovering they never filmed an ending. So they film three and test them in front of a focus group. Meanwhile McGurk attempts to put together a grill for Brendan’s mom.

•Paranoia Agent: You thought it was weird before? Just wait and see.

•Bonus content! The promo for the third season of The Venture Bros. Why? Because I’m excited, dammit, and you should be too. All your favorites return, including my second season highlight: Colonel Hunters Gathers. June 1st people; don’t be late.

Saturday Morning Cartoons XXVII: The Return [YouTube]