Episode 57 - The Ol' Sniff n' Squirt.

     
      Well, this will be the last episode of Turtle Soup released in 2013. Realizing this, I went back to see where we were in the journey at this one long year ago. The last episode of 2012 was a two-fer releasing Episodes 6 and 7, as well as premiering the Joe Martin designed Turtle Soup soup can logo. That seems like ages ago, doesn't it?

      In the last year we have released exactly 50 episodes of the show, tearing through 3 seasons of the 1987 Animated Series, dozens of action figures, scores of comics, and 4 years of time in the history of the TMNT. At this rate of covering 4 years in past time for every year we continue the journey, we should catch up in.... something like 7 years. Things aren't constant, however. the gap between the tapering off the TMNT popularity in the mid to late 90's and the start of the 2000's renaissance should speed things up considerably. Either way. We'll be at this a while.

      I guess that brings me to my main point here: thank you. Thanks for listening, emailing, facebooking, tweeting, suggesting the show to your friends, keeping the faith, dealing with our language, dealing with our stupidity, dealing with Danny, and everything else. When we decided to take this thing on more than a year ago, we were hoping we would meet awesome people along the way, and we certainly have. We always are striving the to make the show funnier, more relaxing, more detailed, more ridiculous, and, of course, more deserving of your excellent listenership.

      On this episode of Turtle Soup, we make a triumphant (and weary) return to cartoons by covering  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Episodes 1 and 2. Also discussed is the strange tale of the TMNT Vacation in Europe, saucy details of the Crimmus past, and a Dems Da' Rules on impersonating the dead.

DOWNLOAD: Episode 57 - The Ol' Sniff n' Squirt.

Next Week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987), Episodes 3 and 4.

Episode 56 - I Hate Music!

    

      On this iconic episode of Turtle Soup, we cover everything Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour, including the Coming Out of their Shells show, Soundtrack, and Making of Documentary. You'll probably hate music, too. Also discussed is Eric's recent Pokemon addiction, Christmas tree dumpster diving, and motivating children to use the potty... Turtles Style!

DOWNLOAD: Episode 56 - I Hate Music! 

Next Week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series, Season 4, Episodes 1 and 2?!

Episode 55 - 21st Century Wizard Warrior

   
     The subject matter for this episode is something near and dear to my heart. My memories of Fall of the Foot Clan lie deeply rooted in my nostalgia. As I played the game for the show, all of the memories came roaring back. Being in the Appalachian Mountains, fighting car sickness, having to jump from vehicle to vehicle and bring down the maniacal Baxter Stockman. Lazy afternoons spent not doing chores, getting super hyped for the bonus game where you pit your turtle against Krang to see who is left with that lone throwing star. That's the amazing thing about going back in your adulthood and re-living the things that fascinated you as a child. The schema is already in your head. You just have to take a second to open the door and all of those excellent memories come flowing through. Well enough about me. Prepare yourself to warp back to a day when gas was well under a dollar and Nickelodeon truly was all you needed...      

      Joined by our venerable video game expert Dr. Joe Martin, we delve into the portable gaming phenomenon with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan for Nintendo's revolutionary GAMEBOY! We also get the (perhaps) final votes for TMNT movie pitch contest, drop some knowledge about quality soap, and find out what's in the ball pit!

DOWNLOAD: Episode 55 - 21st Century Wizard Warrior

Next Week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells EXTRAVAGANZA! 

Episode 54 - FOR CHICO MENDEZ!!!

      Instead of a lengthy post this week, I think I'm just gonna share this:

http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pc/sb/music/dlr/2  

      That's right. That's David Lee Roth's iconic vocal from Van Halen's 'Running With the Devil' broken out into handy, bite sized chunks that can be triggered at will. It's might not be what society wants, but it's most certainly what society needs. Enjoy!     

      On this episode of Turtle Soup, we take another step on the path to full TMNT enlightenment by reviewing Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, Book 33, the Playmates Figures (1990) Wacky Weapons and Vehicles, Pizza Power Vehicles, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1, #14. Also, the votes begin to roll in for our perfect TMNT film contest, we talk about a possible Vanilla Ice / TMNT reunion, hear shocking tales of Eric's 24-hour Black Friday sojourn, and break out Dem's Da Rules: Thrifting Figures.


DOWNLOAD: Episode 54 - FOR CHICO MENDEZ!!!

Next Week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (GAMEBOY, 1990) featuring Dr. Joe Martin!