<description>&lt;p&gt;Writer, comedian and YouTube star Jay Foreman (&lt;em&gt;Map Men&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;returns to talk about another vivid and unique cartoon world: Cosgrove Hall’s wild and crazy &lt;em&gt;Dangermouse&lt;/em&gt; offshoot &lt;em&gt;Count Duckula&lt;/em&gt;, and celebrates the subversive joys of children’s television on the (gasp) commercial channels… Goodness!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://joelmorris.substack.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or donate via ko-fi at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Writer, comedian and YouTube star Jay Foreman (Map Men) returns to talk about another vivid and unique cartoon world: Cosgrove Hall’s wild and crazy Dangermouse offshoot Count Duckula, and celebrates the subversive joys of children’s television on the (gasp) commercial channels… Goodness!Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Count Duckula - with Jay Foreman

<description>&lt;p&gt;Writer and comedian Madeleine Brettingham (&lt;em&gt;Harry Hill's TV Burp, Have I Got News For You&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;talks about the cyclical comforts of wicker-basket obsessed hedgehogs-and-pumpkins glossy Country Living Magazine, and becomes the first Comfort Blanket guest to bring on something that is actually mainly *about* blankets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://joelmorris.substack.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or donate via ko-fi at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Writer and comedian Madeleine Brettingham (Harry Hill's TV Burp, Have I Got News For You) talks about the cyclical comforts of wicker-basket obsessed hedgehogs-and-pumpkins glossy Country Living Magazine, and becomes the first Comfort Blanket guest to bring on something that is actually mainly *about* blankets.Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Country Living Magazine - with Madeleine Brettingham

<description>&lt;p&gt;Writer and comedian Athena Kugblenu (&lt;em&gt;Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Horrible Histories&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;talks about the family-all-together-on-the-sofa comforts of 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, the comedy of class, the thorny issue of fitting in, and recognition humour as high art.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://joelmorris.substack.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or donate via ko-fi at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Writer and comedian Athena Kugblenu (Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Horrible Histories) talks about the family-all-together-on-the-sofa comforts of 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, the comedy of class, the thorny issue of fitting in, and recognition humour as high art.Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Keeping Up Appearances - with Athena Kugblenu

<description>&lt;p&gt;Author Hattie Williams (&lt;em&gt;Bitter Sweet&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;talks about Nick Park’s lovable Oscar-smashing plasticene cheesepunk technologists, the joy of vegetable puns, silent villains and doomed romances, and the comforts of slow, careful, human craft.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://joelmorris.substack.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or donate via ko-fi at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Author Hattie Williams (Bitter Sweet)&nbsp;talks about Nick Park’s lovable Oscar-smashing plasticene cheesepunk technologists, the joy of vegetable puns, silent villains and doomed romances, and the comforts of slow, careful, human craft.Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Wallace and Gromit - with Hattie Williams

<description>&lt;p&gt;Writer Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (&lt;em&gt;Horrible Histories, Cursed Under London, Darkwood&lt;/em&gt;) talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 beautiful animated adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Howl’s Moving Castle,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and how the Studio Ghibli masterpiece subverts fairytale tropes and flips hackneyed gender roles, while remembering to include sufficient wisecracking fireplaces and hot emo wizards.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://joelmorris.substack.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpod&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or donate via ko-fi at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Writer Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Cursed Under London, Darkwood) talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 beautiful animated adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’&nbsp;Howl’s Moving Castle,&nbsp;and how the Studio Ghibli masterpiece subverts fairytale tropes and flips hackneyed gender roles, while remembering to include sufficient wisecracking fireplaces and hot emo wizards.Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Howl's Moving Castle - with Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch

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