Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

Talkin' all about Season 2, from the biggest bits of pop culture from the time, to my favorite episodes + villains of the season, to its impact on Aqua Teen as a whole!
 
• AQUA TEEN SEASON 2 EPISODE RANKING (personal tierlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOqJNqLMC4
 
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How many villains does it take to defeat the Aqua Teens? Unfortunately, this episode doesn't get to the bottom of this... but it DOES rock you like a hurricane! The Last One closes out ATHF's historic 2003 run on the highest note possible, featuring an assload of our favorite villains. From Episode 1's Rabbot to late Season 2's Bingo, this group of classic television villains are tricked by the Mooninites to attend the convention of a lifetime. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday may not be a force to be reckoned with, but they sure are fun to watch. Other topics discussed include honeymoons in Belize, Todd Barry's tomato aversion, and killer nipples.
 
References:
• 2003 Forum Thread on The Last One: https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/c-c-aqua-teen-hunger-force-the-last-one-12-31.3524381
 
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International cool guy Matt Maiellaro (Aqua Teen co-creator, co-writer, voice of Err/Markula/Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future) shreds the podcast with his amazing voice. We get into who Matt and Dave Willis initially wanted on Plantasm, the long-promised Death Fighter, Space Ghost showing up in the original Rabbot episode, and the exciting future of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Other topics discussed include Matt's time playing with blood on Hellraiser III, his upcoming film Pastacolypse, the power of Tubi, Metalocalypse, learning guitar on a crappy acoustic, and buying a $5,000 Mesa Boogie amp head and cabinet combo with your boss's credit card.
 
References:
• Watch AquaDonk Side Pieces Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zjN9sP6vw&list=PLQl8zBB7bPvJAB_ak87ztVoPiKUxZr47x
• Watch Phantasm Free: https://tubitv.com/movies/505785/phantasm-remastered
• Matt's Comic Knowbodys: https://amzn.to/3Blx3Hp (affiliate link)
 
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Timestamps:
[00:00:00] - Intro
[00:02:36] - Plantasm
[00:16:50] - AquaDonk Side Pieces
[00:19:55] - ATHF Questions
[00:55:04] - Fan Questions
[01:01:09] - Matt's Other Endeavors
[01:17:32] - Matt's Favorite Things
[01:20:33] - Outro
 
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The incredible Adult Swim mashup you probably didn't know existed. On New Years Eve 2003, Adult Swim aired a "buttload" of bumps between all their new episodes that night. These bumps had the Brak family hosting a New Years Eve party, with the sexiest of Williams Street guests. We see Carl hit on Sealab 2021's Debbie, Meatwad throw up with Brak, Frylock meet an old invention, and Shake pee in a bag. This thing is criminally underrated, and I'm so glad we are able to give it the attention it deserves!
 
References: 
• Watch Bashington's New Years Eve Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69VYL15XQUE
 
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The galaxy's favorite fraternity brothers return! After 20 years, AquaDonk gives us a look into Hell Week-- Upsilon Phi Omicron's hazing ritual. Skeeter and DP attempt to supervise their pledges, but end up enduring much more.
 
References: 
• Watch Frat Aliens: Hell Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAZfcHcLHbw
• Frat Alien Sticker Tweet: https://twitter.com/EavesKelsey/status/1565920862624223232
• "I was hazed in a fraternity. I never forgot what happened.": https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/fraternity-hazing-haunting-memory-13227406.php
 
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The always regal Dave Willis (Aqua Teen co-creator, co-writer, voice of Meatwad/Carl/Ignignokt) graces the podcast, answering all my burning questions. We dive into Plantasm inspirations, the inner-workings of AquaDonk Side Pieces, Dave's writing partners (Matt Maiellaro on ATHF / Jim Fortier on Squidbillies / Casper Kelly on Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell), and we even get Carl's thoughts on Foreigner's upcoming farewell tour. Other topics discussed include Dave's favorite Rush album, Dave's time on Celebrity Deathmatch, Tom Scharpling, and sheets of mold. 
 
• Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveWillis2
• Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davewillisshaketable/
 
References:
• Watch AquaDonk Side Pieces Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zjN9sP6vw&list=PLQl8zBB7bPvJAB_ak87ztVoPiKUxZr47x
• Watch YPF Shorts Free: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvIAlBlIflQ8TuP23NSIUN1W
• Superlambanana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superlambanana
• Dave's Book Monster Christmas: https://books.apple.com/us/book/monster-christmas/id488121303
 
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Timestamps:
[00:00:00] - Intro
[00:01:34] - Plantasm
[00:18:02] - AquaDonk Side Pieces
[00:27:20] - Writing Partners
[00:32:57] - Episode Questions
[00:50:29] - Dave's Other Endeavors
[00:57:39] - Fan Questions
[01:09:39] - Dave's Favorite Things
[01:16:02] - Outro
 
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Money can tear people apart.... alongside defectively cloned television sets. These two evils almost cause the demise of the Aqua Teens, until they unite to face a greater evil: someone telling them what to do. In one of the most ambitious episodes of ATHF yet, we learn where new TVs keep spawning from, what Frylock does when nobody is policing him, and what Meatwad's grandmother gave him before she died. We also learn about how this episode was written! Other topics discussed include Sonic Heroes, Mitch Hedberg, and the Lost Highway soundtrack.
 
References:
• ATHF:CMFFT JP Dub + Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a309-9XpFg
• How to Score Big Making Money Writing for Television: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFgJ8sY8PuM
• ALL "The Cloning" Music: https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoFavorer/search?query=the%20cloning
 
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How big of an Aqua Teen fan are you? Are you such a big fan that you learned how to 3D model, program games, write dialog, and compose music? If you said yes, then I'm 99% sure you are this week's guest, Kirksplosion. Kirk spent three years writing a digital love letter to Aqua Teen in the form of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The (very unofficial) Game." The best part of this is that the game absolutely rules. If you have Playstation 4/5 and Dreams, you can play it for FREE. If you don't have Dreams, it's totally worth the price to play this one game. 
 
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMhrJ2ZCUQ
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The (very unofficial) Game: https://indreams.me/dream/mtTpPXiBGXJ
• Buy Dreams: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA08010_00-DREAMS0000000000?nonce=obZWUzuYFtZZupRD3ajn
• 2D Meatwad Clip: https://imgur.com/a/pkpVNaT
 
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• Kirksplosion on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirksplosion1/
 
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Have you ever wanted to play a game AS the Mooninites? Big mistake, buster. Samuel of the Cosmos (Nick Gibbons) gets to play such a game, and it sucks ass. We dive into the fourth AquaDonk Side Piece and talk about video game let downs, alternate options for how this short could have played out, and this short's relation to Plantasm.
 
• Moon Master 9: Beware the Gorgotron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEyWevgrt94
• Final Deployment 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjmDPGJI-4
• ThundaClap!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwU_7VxbDkg
 
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Nick Gibbons (ATHF, YPF, As Seen On Adult Swim) is fun to talk to. How fun, you stupidly ask? Well, I only intended to chat with him for 30 minutes as an addendum to my coverage of "Moon Master 9: Beware The Gorgotron"-- but the conversation easily went on longer and became its own episode. Playing Samuel of the Cosmos, as well as editing on/producing the AduaDonk Side Piece, Nick has also spoofed streamers in his other work. We dive into his time on the short/AquaDonk Side Pieces, touch on Nick's other streamer spoofs (Final Deployment 4, ThundaClap!), and we also learn which game disc Nick wants to take a dump on. 
Other topics discussed include editing ATHF from home with little kids, Nick's thoughts on Shake Like Me being removed from streaming, and the frustration/jealousy/rewards of being a content creator.
 
• Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickgibbons
• Nick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicknickgibbons/
 
• Nick's Podcast "GOAT Dads": https://www.goatdadspod.com/
• Nick's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/radioactivecrotch
 
• Moon Master 9: Beware the Gorgotron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEyWevgrt94
• Final Deployment 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjmDPGJI-4
• ThundaClap!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwU_7VxbDkg
 
• Late Night Lockdown Ep5 - Dave Willis & Puddles Pity Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbsnzwu4mg
• YPF - The Cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngPZv7YOkEE&list=PLQl8zBB7bPvIAlBlIflQ8TuP23NSIUN1W
 
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