Jester Bros. Cartoon Travelers
Which cartoon would you live in? Join Alec and Lu from Jester Bros. Cartoon Theater as they sail to different animated universes to find the perfect home! Complete with adventure, nostalgia, and plenty of philosophical detours, let the Jester Bros. help YOU decide where to live in the vast and beautiful world of animation.
Episodes
The Halloween draft battle was so fun that Alec and Lu are back to do it with your favorite holiday movies, specials, and TV episodes! Help decide who drafts a better team in this year's JBCT holiday extravaganza.
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Some of the most beloved holiday specials were made by Rankin Bass, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, and more. Is the universe with all these holiday classics fun to live in, and are any of these specials actually good?
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Love it or hate it, The Polar Express has become a holiday classic. But is a magical train that goes to the North Pole worth living in, especially in the midst of that uncanny valley animation?
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Gravity Bros Podcast
Alec has been watching Legend of Korra for the first time, so him and Lu are going BACK to the World of Avatar, 70 years in the future from their first episode! The question is - has it gotten better or worse?
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In a special episode, Alec and Lu go back and forth drafting the best cartoons to watch for Halloween, competing for YOUR votes! Whoever the audience decides picked the best team will be the winner!
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Gravity Bros Podcast
Time for an important Jester Bros. update!
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One of people's favorite cartoons to watch for the spooky season is watching Courage the Cowardly Dog - but is there any world where Nowhere would be a fun place to live in? Lu says there is a case! Find out why and hear him and Alec talk about Courage.
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In the spirit of Halloween season, it's time for everyone's favorite topic - Death! (Or rather, the character of "Death" and the different ways they've been portrayed in animation history). Alec is joined by Death (who sounds suspiciously like Lu) to rank different depictions of Death, Grim Reapers, and/or the Devil, and they even pick one to join the Cartoon Travelers' crew!
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Happy Halloween season! The Jester Bros. always start celebrating in September, and this time they're kicking off the festivities with a discussion about the spooky film making a resurgence, Coraline! It seems obvious that living in a horror film wouldn't be ideal, so Alec and Lu take the conversation in a different direction, discussing what "home" means and the impact of the "Children's Horror" gen...
Ever wanted to live in an arcade or take it step further and live inside the entire internet? Alec and Lu discuss whether the Wreck it Ralph universe would be the coolest thing or ever, or absolute choice overload.
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With some wild recent internet activity, Alec and Lu discuss whether Gravity Falls (the cartoon they did a re-watch podcast for) may be returning for a Season 3.
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On the heels of the newest X-Men series on Disney Plus, Alec and Lu talk about what it would be like to live in the world of Mutants vs. Humans.
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It's Lu's birthday!! And he wanted to talk about one of his (and Alec's) favorite childhood movies, so that's what they did. Find out why Disney's 1940 classic may be an underrated choice for an animated world to live in.
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Following up their original conversation about living in the Pokemon world, Alec and Lu make a trip back! And this time, they're focusing on the original set of cities and towns that it all started with. Will they start with Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle?
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After seeing Inside Out 2 in theaters, Alec and Lu talk all about what it would be like to live inside and help guide a human mind. They also discuss what emotions they most identify with in their own minds.
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It's time for a bonus episodes! Alec and Lu take a wider look at the whole animation universe, and some of the new things that may inhabit it very soon. Where has animation been, where is heading, and should we be excited?
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It's time to talk about one of Lu's all-time favorites. In a twist, Lu takes the floor to walk Alec through the One Piece World and helps him decide whether it sounds like a fun place to live.
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The Ben 10 franchise has been one of the most long-lasting cartoons of Alec and Lu's generation. The brothers take explore a little differently this week by putting on the Omnitrix from the original Ben 10 series and talking through which alien superpower they'd most want to have and which alien species they'd most want to be.
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Big news! The podcast is now Jester Bros. Cartoon Travelers and Alec and Lu have reunited on YouTube to make it for video as well. If you'd rather see their faces when they talk, head on over! Otherwise, enjoy this conversation about living in a theme park that may also be a portal to Hell.
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As the new imaginary friend movie "If" comes to theaters in just about a week, Alec and Lu talk about the cartoon that did the concept first and whether living in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (or the surrounding area) would be a good place to call home!
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