Retroist Podcast Episode 362 (Back to the Future the Animated Series)

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition of Saturday morning cartoons and the impact of 'Back to the Future the Animated Series'.

Back to the Future didn’t feel like a property that I expected to be turned into a cartoon, at least not to me at the time. By the time the animated series arrived, my interest in Saturday morning television was already starting to slip. I had not entirely left it behind, but I was no longer meeting it with the same excitement I had a few years earlier. That made this show an interesting one for me, because it landed right in that moment when a longtime habit was beginning to feel more like something I was outgrowing. Support the Retroist on Patreon On this episode of the Retroist Podcast, I talk about that stretch of time when Saturday morning cartoons were still part of the routine, but not quite the center of it anymore. I was still watching, still checking in, still curious when something tied to a movie or character I liked showed up on the schedule. But it was different. The feeling had changed. Back to the Future The Animated Series came along right in that space, where I still wanted one more visit with Marty and Doc. Even if the form it took was one I was slowly beginning to leave behind. From there I get into the show itself, how it tried to carry the spirit of the…

People in this episode

Host: The Retroist

Topics covered

• Back to the Future
• animated series
• Saturday morning cartoons
• nostalgia
• television history

Keywords

• Back to the Future
• animated series
• Saturday morning television
• nostalgia
• cartoons

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Back to the Future the Animated Series

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