An episodic look at the genre-bending, animated, Adult Swim series. Wubba lubba dub dub!
“Rickmancing the Stone” finds Rick and Morty (ft. Summer) working through their family drama with the help of wanton violence in a post-apocalyptic Mad Maxeqsue wasteland. Aaron Couch joins us from THR’s Heat Vision ‘blog to talk blood domes, divorced dads, and which sci-fi/fantasy tropes are ripe for the Rick and Morty picking!
Our season three coverage of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty starts of with a bang as we break down “The Rickshank Rickdemption”. This episode is truly a marvel of both comedy and plotting; Rick manages to escape a high security prison, cripple his rival Ricks in the Citadel while destroying the Galactic Federation, and for dessert, oust Jerry from his own family as part of a 100 year plot to bring back Schezuan sauce to McDonalds. To do justice to it, we’ve brought in MST3K’s own Jonah Ray to share his own connection to R&M, thoughts on “The Rickshank Rickdemption”, as well as a cautionary tale about scooter rentals. You might also be interested in his new project, “You Can’t Call Me Al”, a Weird Al cover album. Check it out, it’s a jam!
Just like that, season two of Rick and Morty is in the Bald Move history books, with the final episode, “The Wedding Squanchers”. Rick journeys to planet Squanch with his family to discover the true meaning and value of friendship, honesty, and unconditional love. Of course, he quickly re-learns the meaning and value of being aloof, walled…
Rick and Morty serves up a bit of the ol’ ultraviolence in “Look Who’s Purging Now”. We discuss what it takes to earn a TV-MA rating, bad screenwriting, the social-economic version of power armor, Jerry hitting rock bottom, and how we feel about Hearst Castle. As always, our initial review and episode discussion are spoiler-free…
Is it possible to create an interesting podcast around a discussion of roughly 24 minutes of stream of altered consciousness improv and a series of dick jokes? Find out on a very special episode of Rick and Morty, “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate”! As always, our initial review and episode discussion are spoiler-free for first time…
Rick becomes a teenager to help Summer and Morty fight vampires at their High School in “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez”, our latest episode of Rick and Morty for consideration. We discuss our fondness for getting our ish together and packing it up, as well as experimental forms of marriage counseling.
Rick teaches Morty a thing or two about car repair in Rick and Morty episode “The Ricks Must Be Crazy”. Meanwhile, Rick tasks his space car with the seemingly simple directive, “KEEP SUMMER SAFE”. We also ponder the long term arch-villain possibilities of one Zeep Xanflorp, and wonder which of the Smith family is the most expendable, in terms of keeping our interest in an episode.
Things get metaphysical in Rick and Morty episode “Get Schwifty”! Giant heads from space appear in low Earth orbit, causing massive ecological damage. Is it the End Times? Have new gods arrived? What if the new gods are Ryan Seacrest and Paula Abdul? Rick and Morty struggle to show them what Earth’s got, while the Smith’s at…
Rick and the Smith family are forced into the roles of exterminators in Rick and Morty episode “Total Rickall”, as psychic parasites that spread by infecting happy memories threaten Earth. We talk catchphrases, complicated Nintendo scams, and raw Thomas the Tank Engine raps.
“Auto Erotic Assimilation” is another landmark episode of Rick and Morty. It manages to be extremely funny, while tackling tough subjects such as free will, autonomy, racism, and ends with a major gut punch that never fails to land. Other things we ponder; the Smith family electric bill, the most vicious Beth v. Jerry fight thus far, and is Rick pan-sexual?
