{"podcast":{"title":"Fun for All Ages with Frank Santopadre","slug":"fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373","podcast_index_feed_id":7402373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/fun-for-all-ages-frank-santopadre","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e7a8bc24-569b-11f0-9c10-47cd5e0ef66d/image/f79dcc28e9e7713e914a9d8de449db37.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Frank Santopadre","episode_count":64,"summary":"A podcast celebrating the golden age of pop culture. For the kids who counted down every song on American Top 40, clipped a Monkees record from a box of Alpha-Bits or begged their parents for a Han Solo action figure or Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox. Join Emmy-winning writer Frank Santopadre and a panel of equally obsessed celebs, superfans, cultural experts and industry insiders as they gush and geek out over the TV, films, toys and trends of the 1960s, 70s, 80s...and beyond.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:23:47.463039+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373"},"episode":{"title":"Saturday Morning Spinoff Super Spectacular! w/ Jerry Beck, Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim","slug":"saturday-morning-spinoff-super-spectacular-w-jerry-beck-robert-marianetti-and-david-wachtenheim","published_at":"2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/saturday-morning-spinoff-super-spectacular-w-jerry-beck-robert-marianetti-and-david-wachtenheim","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH6084327282.mp3?updated=1778557270","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH6084327282.mp3?updated=1778557270","summary":"In part one of a two-part episode, Frank welcomes animators-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim (\"Hugo,\" \"Hotel Transylvania 2,\" SNL's \"TV Funhouse\") and author-historian Jerry Beck (\"The 50 Greatest Cartoons,\" \"The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons\") for a ridiculously deep dive into the best (and least memorable) Saturday morning cartoons spun off from primetime series (\"The Brady Kids,\" \"Jeannie,\" \"The Mini-Munsters,\" \"Star Trek: The Animated Series,\" etc.). Also in this episode: Filmation animates the Marx Brothers, DePatie-Freleng spoofs \"All in the Family,\" \"TV Funhouse\" sends the Harlem Globetrotters back in time and Hanna-Barbera sends the Partridge Family into outer space. PLUS: \"Rover Dangerfield\"! The \"Ed Wood of animation\"! The genius of Hoyt Curtin! Joe Besser meets Luke Skywalker!? Robert and David pitch a Mad magazine series! And Jerry reveals (some of) the worst cartoons of all time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"In part one of a two-part episode, Frank welcomes animators-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim (\"Hugo,\" \"Hotel Transylvania 2,\" SNL's \"TV F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4373,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/episodes/saturday-morning-spinoff-super-spectacular-w-jerry-beck-robert-marianetti-and-david-wachtenheim/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/saturday-morning-spinoff-super-spectacular-w-jerry-beck-robert-marianetti-and-david-wachtenheim.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}