Cartoon X-Ray

About Cartoon X-Ray

A weekly podcast where one cartoon short from the golden age of animation is covered by your hosts, Scott & Bill.

Publisher

Cartoon X-Ray

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Nov 2023

Latest episode

15 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

60 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Aug 2025

   Cartoon X-Ray #60: Old Manor House

   This week's pick is the 1948 British toon Old Manor House. Bubble and Squeak take refuge in a dilapidated manor on a dark and stormy night. Colonel Rat, the sole occupant of the manor, takes exception and tries to get them to leave with numerous attacks, inadvertently making them believe the place is haunted.

2. 

   8 Aug 2025

   Cartoon X-Ray #59: the Calico Dragon

   This week's pick is the 1935 Happy Harmonies toon the Calico Dragon. A little's girls dolls travel through a world made of fabric and undergarments to battle a three-headed dragon.

3. 

   1 Aug 2025

   Cartoon X-Ray #58: Five Minutes of Murder

   This week's pick is the darkly humorous 1966 Hungarian cartoon Five Minutes of Murder aka Five Minutes Thrill. It is literally five minutes of people murdering other people sandwiched between and intro and outro and it is great.

Who has been a guest on Cartoon X-Ray

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Thurl Ravenscroft
• Curt Martin
• Pumpkinhead Martin

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

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