Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

Don Shake just wants to make it big. Don't we all? Matt, Dave, and Jay join the podcast to wax poetic about Aqua Teen's live action episode. And then, afterwards, we waxed each other smooth... but I forgot to record that part. But boy do we look good!We're hearing about why they called this one "The Last One Forever and Ever" despite being renewed for another season, who else might have played Don Shake, and who was late to filming.R E F E R E N C E S• Matt & Ronnie's Cartoon Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/• Live Action Behind the Scenes: The Making of 12 Minutes of Television That Changed Television for 12 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNgWQFhZiAEG U E S T S⚽Dave Willis - ATHF co-creator, writer, voice of Meatwad & Carl• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davewillisshaketable/?hl=en🎸Matt Maiellaro - ATHF co-creator & writer• Meat Kingdom: http://meatkingdom.net/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mattmaiellaro7460• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealmattmaiellaro/• Twitter: https://x.com/MattMaiellaro🍹Jay Wade Edwards - ATHF producer & editor• Jay's Baseball Blog: https://tinkertaylorsolerspiezio.substack.com/• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JayWadeEdwards• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaywadeedwards/H O S T🎙️Ronnie Neeley• Instagram: @ronnievneeley• Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/• Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com• Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!):• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv• Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/💬 Supporter Only Discord: discord.gg/MNCJthhaEE📸 Instagram:@AquaTeenPod📧 Email: Hello@DancingIsForbidden.com📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Shake Like Me was banned from DVD and TV, but not from the Dancing Is Forbidden podcast... but maybe it should have been. Ronnie attempts to cover the notorious episode, and it goes exactly as well as you’d expect. Craigslist guests derail the show, a Kentucky mayoral candidate demands beer money, British “musicians” try to take over the show, and somewhere in there we actually talk about Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Maybe. Sort of.R E F E R E N C E S• Meat Kingdom with Seth Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRHKWJvzs08• All Meat Kingdom Episodes: http://meatkingdom.net/H O S T🎙️Ronnie Neeley• Instagram: @ronnievneeley• Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/• Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com• Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!):• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv• Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/💬 Supporter Only Discord: discord.gg/MNCJthhaEE📸 Instagram:@AquaTeenPod📧 Email: Hello@DancingIsForbidden.com📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

This week the heavens will open up and we shall drink from the silver cup for Dancing Is Forbidden's 4th anniversary! Ronnie reflects on the journey so far and unveileth a shift in format—moving from hyper-edited solo deep dives to a more conversational approach. He also answereth questions from the listening faithful, both written and spoken.Topics covered:• A new format for the episodes ahead• Dancing Is Forbidden moving to a (hopefully temporarily) monthly format• The end of the pop culture deep dive (thanks Spotify!)• How opinions on Aqua Teen episodes have changed over time• Most-played CD when Ronnie was a dumbass kid• Listener questions from Cup on Drugs, Beanie Man, Brain Rot, and MORE!H O S T🎙️Ronnie Neeley• Instagram: @ronnievneeley• Ronnie & Matt Maiellaro's Cartoon, Those Cats: https://www.thosecats.org/• Ronnie's King of the Hill Podcast, Yep: yeppodcast.com• Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net⭐ Support the Show & Get Bonus Episodes: dancingisforbidden.com/support/🛒 Aqua Teen on Amazon (Affiliate Links - Take Money From Jeff Bezos & Give It To ME!):• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (4K): https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Blu-ray): https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS• Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Digital): https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv• Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf🌐 Website: dancingisforbidden.com📞 Leave a voice message: dancingisforbidden.com/voicemail/💬 Supporter Only Discord: discord.gg/MNCJthhaEE📸 Instagram:@AquaTeenPod📧 Email: Hello@DancingIsForbidden.com📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

I started a King of the Hill podcast with my favorite podcaster, Rob Couch, and I'm sharing our first episode with you! There are two more episodes up right now, find us over at https://www.yeppodcast.com/ Doing Yep has been a lot of fun and I'm super proud of how it's turning out! If you like King of the Hill—or if you've been meaning to start watching it—I hope you give this dang old podcast a chance, man. Yep. ----more---- In the first ever episode of King of the Hill, Bobby gets a black eye and Hank yells at the Mega-Lo-Mart, so a social worker comes around thinking Hank beats his boy. Boomhauer rambles about dang old something, man. Dale’s son looks like he might be someone else’s son. Luanne’s a better truck mechanic than the guys. And Bobby ain’t right…but Hank loves him, anyway. Here on Yep, we talk about how it all started in January 1997, back when Ronnie’s favorite band, The Smashing Pumpkins, had just followed a double album with a box set of 5 EPs, Rob thought Arlen might have been a real town, and Mike Judge and Greg Daniels created one of the best shows of all time. 🌐 Website: yeppodcast.com — Contact us, support the show, sign up for our newsletter, leave a voice message, and more. 🎧 Support the show: yeppodcast.supercast.com — Get bonus content and help us keep the propane flowing. 📰 Newsletter: yeppodcast.com/newsletter — The Yep Bystander is our free companion newsletter, with extra insights, corrections, updates, and whatever else didn’t fit in the pod. 📸 Yep on Instagram: @kothpod

If you want candy... well, you ain't getting any. But you ARE getting a brand-spankin'-new commentary track for MC Pee Pants! We're joined by Aqua Teen co-creator/co-writer/voice of Err Matt Maiellaro, original editor & producer Jay Wade Edwards, character designer & animation director Matthew I Jenkins, and Season 1 production assistant John Brestan getting the down low on this classic episode. We hear about Carl's flip-flop noises, Aqua Teen getting sued, and the origins of the Aqua Teens... and the fact it's not Dr. Weird! • Buy ATHF production art OR original commissions from Matthew I Jenkins: https://www.instagram.com/matthewijenkins/ Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyTmNubpxoQ • MC Chris Interview: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/e/mcchris/ • Matt Maiellaro's Personal YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mattmaiellaro7460 • Meat Kingdom with Matt Maiellaro YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MeatKingdomwithMattMaiellaro • Jay Wade Edwards' Baseball Newsletter Tinker Taylor Soler Spiezio: https://tinkertaylorsolerspiezio.substack.com/ • Buy ATHF production art OR original commissions from Matthew I Jenkins: https://www.instagram.com/matthewijenkins/ ★ Support The Show + Get Extra Episodes • Patreon: patreon.com/dancingisforbidden ★ Amazon Affiliate Links • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm 4K: https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm BluRay: https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm Digital: https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20 Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf Contacts: Leave a voice message: speakpipe.com/dancingisforbidden Discord: https://discord.gg/NpjSXPECw6 Instagram: @AquaTeenPod Email: DancingIsForbiddenPod@gmail.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yseLj27npIZlEnM8ooBaQ Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5gFb5eAYH3nyF3DZ5jwhQ Website: dancingisforbidden.com Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Season 5 of ATHF is a contentious one. Either you love it or you hate it. Or maybe you think it's okay. Or you just, like, sorta like it. Look, I don't know your life story -- but what I DO know is Season 5 is a hell of a lot better than I was expecting it to be. While the season got my panties in a bunch back in 2008, it put a big ol' smile on my face while covering it for the podcast. And also I don't wear panties anymore. Commando, baby! Today we're talking about the season as a whole & spending some time dwelling on what it brought to the world of Aqua Teen. I'll also tell you my favorite episodes & villains from the season, because that's certainly something that you ever wanted to know and will help your life even one bit. We're also looking at the year the season was birthed out during - 2008 - figuring out what the heck happened back then. Believe it or not, nobody actually knows except for me, because I was there, man. From my hot movie takes that will most definitely get me at least one hate mail (I'm sort of like a modern day Joker, maybe. Probably not. I'm more of an Alfred type.), to the tunes of the time (and how Chris Martin ruled the world), to the video games (you ever heard of a Wii?)-- this podcast episode has it all! Well, if "it all" means these very specific things that I'm talking about on the podcast. Music Played: ♫ Coldplay - Viva La Vida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE ♫ Taylor Swift - Love Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E ♫ Lady Gaga - Poker Face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo ♫ M83 - Kim & Jessie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cgzcjqOtE ♫ Why? - Good Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRf3EMSb8oI ♫ The Radio Dept. - Closing Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZEWpChchdo ★ Support The Show + Get Extra Episodes • Patreon: patreon.com/dancingisforbidden ★ Amazon Affiliate Links • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm 4K: https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm BluRay: https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm Digital: https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20 Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf Contacts: Leave a voice message: speakpipe.com/dancingisforbidden Discord: https://discord.gg/NpjSXPECw6 Instagram: @AquaTeenPod Email: DancingIsForbiddenPod@gmail.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yseLj27npIZlEnM8ooBaQ Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5gFb5eAYH3nyF3DZ5jwhQ Website: dancingisforbidden.com Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Not only did David Cross teach me it was okay to be named Ronnie, but he put Aqua Teen Hunger Force on the map. Big time. Fresh off his successful stint on Broadway (yes-- THAT Broadway), David takes the next logical step in his career and spends some time on a podcast about a cartoon he was on a few times. I don't know why he did, I advised him not to do it. Touching briefly on his time on Aqua Teen, David gives us the down low on having two versions of his standup sets, the origin of his nom de plume Sir Willups Brightslymoore, and his love for insane Hallmark movies. References: • David's new special WORST DADDY IN THE WORLD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnw65BBrlY4 • David on VH1 Goes Inside Adult Swim (2003): https://youtu.be/rTC-pDN3Rn0?t=795 • David and Bob Odenkirk on Space Ghost Coast to Coast: https://www.adultswim.com/videos/space-ghost-coast-to-coast/gallagher • Love, Lights, Hanukkah Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBY_DSb-FJk • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAgsn7la3jg • The Dark Divide: https://tubitv.com/movies/599303/the-dark-divide ★ Support The Show + Get Extra Episodes • Patreon: patreon.com/dancingisforbidden ★ Amazon Affiliate Links • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm 4K: https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm BluRay: https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm Digital: https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20 Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf Contacts: Leave a voice message: speakpipe.com/dancingisforbidden Discord: https://discord.gg/NpjSXPECw6 Instagram: @AquaTeenPod Email: DancingIsForbiddenPod@gmail.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yseLj27npIZlEnM8ooBaQ Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5gFb5eAYH3nyF3DZ5jwhQ Website: dancingisforbidden.com Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Grab your Bible and your crystal meth because we're in for a good time! Bible Fruit (totally not a VeggieTales ripoff) is one of the strongest Aqua Teen episodes, and has a heck of a history around it. We're covering the first mention of this idea back in 2004 & the (short lived) legacy it left behind in Soul Quest OverDrive. Other topics discussed include playing the vocoder for Alan Jackson, the good ol' days of MySpace, and Nick Gibbons tells us about working on Horton Hears A Who. References: • How I've Read Podcast: https://sites.libsyn.com/530777 • Bob Pettitt on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ9GE8jleM4 • Nick Gibbons on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicknickgibbons/ • GOAT Dads Podcast: https://www.goatdadspod.com/ ♫ Alan Jackson - Good Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk • 2008 Forum Thread on Bible Fruit: https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/c-c-aqua-teen-hunger-force-bible-fruit-3-23.4510371/ ★ Support The Show + Get Extra Episodes • Patreon: patreon.com/dancingisforbidden ★ Amazon ATHF Affiliate Links - Buy ATHF Stuff, Take Money From Jeff Bezos and Give It To Me! • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm 4K: https://amzn.to/3Svy2ea • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm BluRay: https://amzn.to/3dLcKKS • Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm Digital: https://amzn.to/3t8cqtv • Baffler Meal 20 Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf Timestamps: [00:00:00] Intro [00:10:38] March 23rd, 2008 Pop Culture [00:26:41] Bible Fruit Deep Dive Contacts: Leave a voice message: speakpipe.com/dancingisforbidden Instagram: @AquaTeenPod Email: Hello@DancingIsForbidden.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yseLj27npIZlEnM8ooBaQ Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5gFb5eAYH3nyF3DZ5jwhQ Website: dancingisforbidden.com Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley