The Unsociablists

Watchalong Bonus: Gotta Get Back, Back to the Past (Samurai Jack)

Kyle and Phil revisit Genndy Tartarovsky's classic robot-killing samurai cartoon, Samurai Jack.

3 years ago

Episode Notes

One of the seminal features of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, Samurai Jack was and remains one of the coolest kid's shows to ever exist. Look, I'm old now, but this show is still neat. Themes of life and death and tragedy and conquest and sacrifice - this show is a righteous call to action for the stoic that little Kyle could have been when he was a weepy little 7 year-old. And while I may have failed to answer that call, I can still respect the beautiful art and sound design that goes into this cartoon for children.

Watch along - available on HBOMax and elsewhere - by starting your episode at the 09:51 mark.

Phil and Kyle also speak to the recent fall of Kabul, Chilean constitutional reform, and how we are all creating hell on earth in little and big ways every day.

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Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home.

https://free-palestine.carrd.co/#donations

https://www.phillybailfund.org/

https://bailproject.org/

Unsociable socialists creating sketches and shooting breezes with deadly efficiency.