Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

Not that long ago... in this exact galaxy... Aqua Teen art director Bob Pettitt and I talked about the best Star Wars parody of all time! Bob is back on the show to talk about his kidney-hurting Pawn Shop background, side-stepping legal loopholes with mustaches, and Bob's least favorite thing he had to draw for Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
R E F E R E N C E S
• Aqua Teen Xmas Fan Animation: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSrFYdsjKcz/
• Rabbot Rebuilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx4sQBySJNE
• Aqua Teen artist Todd Redner on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yplpqIYP_Gc
• Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy on Meat Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEi-1D5kP8Q
G U E S T
🎨Bob Pettitt - ATHF Art Director, Backgrounds, Props
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pettitt_art/
• Twitter: https://x.com/pettitt_art
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

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• Baffler Meal 20-Disc DVD Box Set: https://amzn.to/3fmznWf

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If I had a time machine, I'd go right back to the start of this recording session just to experience it again. Joining us is "Time Machine" editor Dave Hughes, one of the last remaining original employees at Adult Swim. When he isn't curating Adult Swim Smalls, producing the instant classic Haha, You Clowns, or running the long-standing Off the Air, Dave is building a legendary resume that includes Beavis and Butt-Head, Celebrity Deathmatch, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast. I bet if he had a time machine, he'd go back and do something like invest in Apple in the 90's. But not me, man. Not me. Dave also gave me a rough cut of "Time Machine", which I then blab to you about. Other topics discussed include the limited - yet impactful - vocabulary of calculators, the forgotten history of MTV's groundbreaking animation, and why Bret Michaels is gonna sue my ass back to the stone ages. Talk about a time machine!
R E F E R E N C E S
• Time Machine Rough Cut Screenshots: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/blog/time-machine-rough-cut-stills/
• Lowe Country (2007): https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/lowe-country
• Adult Swim Smalls (new every week!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQl8zBB7bPvJEW7pwb1wYawqBdFPLf_TP
G U E S T S
🧀Dave Hughes - ATHF editor and producer, head of Adult Swim Smalls
• Website: https://linktr.ee/cheesepapa
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chzppa/
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: [email protected]
📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden
🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod
🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Today on the podcast we're joined by four certified* Aqua Teen legends: Matt Maiellaro, Dana Snyder, Jay Wade Edwards, and John Brestan. Without these guys, Aqua Teen would suck ass - and this podcast episode would be a lot lonelier. In this buffet of an episode, we're talking about the dead tech that Aqua Teen was founded on, adult swim pilots that never got finished, standards and practices being angry about Spacecataz, and why none of us are opening up Al Roker's cookbook. I mean, come on. How good could it be? Anyways, make like Jeff Goldblum and get as close as possible to being a fly on the wall at adult swim.
*Legend status certified by the Dancing Is Forbidden Committee in Aqua Teen Excellence and Legacy Foundation
R E F E R E N C E S
• Stomp! Shout! Scream! watch for FREE: https://play.xumo.com/free-movies/stomp-shout-scream/XM0EM25OODM2J3
♫ Vincent Price - "Pork Chops": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPCDY_BGME
G U E S T S
🖥️John Brestan - ATHF producer & editor
• Meat Kingdom: meatkingdom.net
• YouTube: @jbrestan
🍹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/
🎸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
🥤Dana Snyder - Voice of Master Shake
• Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/eyeofthesnyder
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyeofthesnyder/
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
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🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley

Touch your base with Ronnie's as he gives you fast and hard updates about the next month of the podcast.
If you're one of them reader-types, here's the gist of it: Time Machine episode postponed to the first Monday of February, a mishmash hangout episode with Dana Snyder & Matt Maiellaro & Jay Edwards & John Brestan will go up in its place. I'm also working on an episode commemorating Aqua Teen's 25 year anniversary which will hopefully be up at some point in January.

Come all ye Aqua Teen faithful, for Shawn Coleman & Dave Willis – the Two Minstrels of Meat – come bearing holy gifts... of KNOWLEDGE!
After spending the last two Christmases deep diving our way through the wonderful world of Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas, we're finally blessed with the album's chief architects to learn all about this modern day classic!
Support Dancing is Forbidden to get more cool stuff like this: https://www.dancingisforbidden.com/support/
R E F E R E N C E S
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Have Yourself A Meaty Little Christmas CD Infomercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksOL5SK4kSw
• Weekend Wyzzardz (Dave Willis, Shawn Coleman, & co.) performing Creep at 2024 Parade: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBxKh_luvdQ/
• I'll Be Home For Christmas Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94OVz1Rq73o

G U E S T S
🎸Shawn Coleman - Meaty Little Christmas producer, musician
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnyfresh/
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shawncoleman.bsky.social

🎤Dave Willis - ATHF co-creator, voice of Meatwad and Carl
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davewillisshaketable/

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: [email protected]
📺 Video YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@dancingisforbidden
🎧 Audio YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AquaTeenPod
🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/ronnieneeley