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Cartoon Island - A Surreal Comedy of Survival
Published by The Oceanic Intervention & Observation Initiative
- Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Comedy Fiction
Lost on a tiny two-tree island, hapless castaways, Jason and Bradney, struggle to make it through each strange day in this immersive improvised comedy misadventure. Every morning, boxes mysteriously wash up on shore. The items inside are pretty useless. The island is a bit weird. They have absolutely no idea where they are and very little idea of what to do. With only the junk they unbox and a few coconuts each, simply surviving is a real surreal challenge. Welcome to Cartoon Island. New episodes transmitted every other Tuesday.
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- In-Between Days No. 2: Raw Feed Diet
Send us Fan Mail Hey everybody, it's Kurt. As part of the new direction being implemented here, I've been given a message to share with you: "In an effort to fulfill the public-facing mission of the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, today we have borrowed from the Research Department to provide the entertainment for you, our valued audience. Selected from one of our many listening stations strategically placed around the globe at undisclosed locations, the following is a raw feed of audio that has been intercepted and analyzed but otherwise remains unaltered. As we continue to search for the island and our humorous and imaginative performers, please enjoy this rare and special insight into the process of our work here and the efforts to resume bringing you, our valued audience, continued entertainment." Ok, well, buckle up everybody cuz this one's a little different and a little wild. Enjoy. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- In-Between Days No. 1: A Christmas Mini Semi-Spectacular!
Send us Fan Mail We have not yet relocated the signal transmitting from the island. While the search continues, Kurt has stepped up to make sure you, our listeners, have a little something special under the palm tree, if you will. 1:18 - Island Night, Holy Night 3:08 - O TannenPalm 5:00 - Breakroom "D" Caroling 6:07 - Little Island Drummer Boy 8:00 - Carol of the Coconuts Happy Holidays from all of us at the Oceanic Intervention & Observation Initiative, a Research and Entertainment Division of The Delphii Group! You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Season One Finale - Day 26/One Year - An Explanation Without an Answer
Send us Fan Mail It's a quiet one. Until it's not. And then it really, really isn't. What starts as a quiet day catching up on some messages in a bottle, suddenly takes a turn. Or a spin. Or a warp? Honestly, I genuinely can't say exactly what happens. But it's a doozy. And the two end up somewhere new. And also, not at all... You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 25 - A Boon for Balloons (feat. Waleed Mansour as Bailey, the consciousness of 5000 balloons.)
Send us Fan Mail Remember Balloonfest '86 ?! The ill-conceived fundraising event in Cleveland in 1986 that released over 1.4 million balloons into the sky and was immediately deemed to be a self-inflicted, man-made disaster? Neither does Bailey, the collective consciousness of approximately 5000 of those original balloons. Apparently, it takes several weeks for a balloon consciousness to form. But he's seen the footage of his "birth" I guess we'll call it? Anyway, on his life's journey to find and regroup with the other balloons from that day, he comes upon two sad sacks stranded on a tiny island... Bailey is performed by Waleed Mansour. Waleed is a comedian and artist in Los Angeles. He is the co-host of We're Dead and Awesomely Awful . Also, check out his newest project - WE FIXED: TWILIGHT! A TTRPG Actual Play Parody on Youtube! You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 24 - Heart-shaped God (feat. Adal Rifai as Good the God)
Send us Fan Mail Jason and Bradney are visited by a god. More specifically, the god of stranded hearts. I know, it sounds really sweet. But, honestly, the heart is just a shape. Hailing from Undoof, the realm of the gods, Good the God apparates onto the island, ostensibly, to offer solace. Instead, it's mostly just all new sorts of chaos. And a homunculus. Or two. Oh, and a 2004 Dodge Durango! Good the God is performed by Adal Rifai. Adal is the creator and co-host of the podcast Hey Riddle Riddle, co-hosts the podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern as Chunt the shapeshifter, and teaches improv at University of Illinois at Chicago. Listen to Hey Riddle Riddle and Hello From The Magic Tavern ! You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 23 - Let's Boogie(Board)!!! (feat. Alan Giles as Reefus Burger)
Send us Fan Mail Jason and Bradney encounter a powerful force from their ancient past: the exuberance of youth. On this day, it's in the form of a newly-turned 21 yr old Olympic hopeful boogie boarder, Reefus Burger. Reefus Burger is performed by Alan Giles. Alan Giles is a comedian who occasionally walks on stilts. His viral online sketch and character videos have garnered millions of views and hundreds of questions about his actual height (still undetermined). He has performed sketch and improv for 10+ years with many reputable comedy institutions around the country, including The Second City Touring Company, Baby Wants Candy, iO Theater, ImprovAcadia, and more. You can see him perform live in Los Angeles as the co-host of Mandatory Improv Show. IG: @alan_is_tall You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 22 - Merry Moinmas from Rocko's Swim-Up Bar! (feat. Meaghan Strickland as Carol the Lawyer Mermaid and Tim Lamphier as Tom the Pizza Delivery Guy)
Send us Fan Mail The castaways spend a long lunch break with Carol, a lawyer (and mermaid ) who is concerned about a very serious case. Luckily, delivery guy Tom, a Lothario with a penchant for arson, provides some distraction. And pizza. Of a sort, anyhow. It's really not his fault - it's her regular Tony's Pizza order. Carol is performed by Meaghan Strickland Meaghan is a comedian in LA formerly of NY and Chicago. She hosts Funny Games at The Elysian Theater and Horse Around Comedy Show at Nico's/Baby Battista (the next one is 10/14!). You can follow her on instagram @stricklygram and on TikTok @meaghanstrick. Tom is performed by Tim Lamphier Tim is a comedian, writer and actor who has studied and performed comedy all over the United States, from Chicago, to New York, to LA where he currently resides. He studied improv, sketch and stand up comedy at Second City, iO, Annoyance, UCB, and more. Credits include IFC, Twitch and YouTube with shows like Chris Gethard Presents, Conner O'Malley, Youtube, and Everything Now Show. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 21 - The Boy(s) In The Bubble
Send us Fan Mail Jason details a bit more of his past working in television. Well, it was early streaming actually, and even then, it never made it "to air". And Bradney takes a trip. No, sorry, that's not exactly right. Bradney trips. Or maybe...it really happened. "Real" is so dang tricky in this whole situation. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 20 - Desperately Seeking Sue's Son (feat. Carly Strait as Sue)
Send us Fan Mail Of all the islands for a stressed out mom to somehow wind up on, this one has got to be the least helpful. That being said, while bellicose (but self-described as "warm") Sue is ultimately looking for her troubled teenage son, she does manage to find some good, drug-free sleep in the end. So there is that. Sue Pelosi is performed by Carly Strait Carly Strait is a Chicago trained/LA based comedian, actor and writer. You can follow find her monthly live shows at @grandmasfavorites_comedy or listen to her podcast @dotellpodxo that she cohosts with Victor Carlesi: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-tell/id1814149039 You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 19 - On The Road
Send us Fan Mail Jason and Bradney finally get away for a bit. Well, sorta. And if their road trips are any indication, they're not doing so great... You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 18 - Cowabummer, Dude (feat. George C. Owens as Dring, of Mind Body Soul Rescue)
Send us Fan Mail The new empty nesters, Jason and Bradney, barely have time to consider their new status before they are confronted with a very particular sort of rescue operation. Enter Dring from Mind Body Soul Rescue. And though Dring claims there's no test, this is it - this is the thing that tests Jason's patience. Finally. Dring is performed by George C. Owens. George C. Owens is an actor and writer living in LA. He has been performing comedy for over a decade, most notably for Chicago's The Second City. Since moving to LA, George has had small parts in a few films including the upcoming survival epic, Not Without Hope . His one man show Holy Sh*t I Lived went to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 where it sold out shows and received 5 stars. Follow him on Instagram and TikTok (@george_c_owens) to find out where you can see him perform LIVE, baby. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 17 - Baby on Board
Send us Fan Mail Just when Bradney thinks they're gonna have a break from unexpected guests today, Jason gets an adorable reminder of what he's left behind. Or so he claims. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 16 - Love Island (feat. Charlie James as Chris from Tampa)
Send us Fan Mail Love is complicated. Dating even more so. Jason and Bradney do their best to help a new stranger, who by the way, just woke up there with them on this morning. Spoiler alert - they aren't great at helping Chris from Tampa. Chris from Tampa is performed by Charlie James. Charlie James is a comedian who has made videos for Funny Or Die and written for Slackjaw , Points in Case, Good News, and runs The Field Museum’s famous fossilized Twitter account, SUE the T.rex . His little frog on a lily pad book, I’m Just a Little Guy : How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying, is available for pre-order ! He posts new stand-up, sketches, and characters weekly to TikTok, Instagram and Youtube . His work is popular with gay daughters and their exotic pets. Go order Charlie's new book here! : https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/im-just-a-little-guy/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf5moUgu4uqy_aBD58q3AdNAGR-6QmxIGFCafo4GmmFZpT3uaut_fJ1EyWURQ_aem_o-6qw63jgF-2W6NWZk0aAg You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 15 - The Great and Powerful Coz (feat. Tim Lyons as Westinstorm)
Send us Fan Mail Before they even have a chance to process waking up to the skeleton of Jason "B", a new guest pulls up to the island on a jet ski! Enter, Westinstorm - an off-course, producer/location scout, a mere 30 years out of time. And he's a real charmer. It's all just another day in paradise Westinstorm is performed by Tim Lyons. Tim is an actor and comedian in Chicago and host of the truly hilarious, improv comedy podcast, FUDGECAST (formerly, Improv Is Dead). Do yourself a favor - go listen to the show. You won't regret it. FUDGECAST : APPLE | SPOTIFY Also, featured at the top of this episode by O.I.O.I.'s Barbara herself is METROPOLIS, an absolutely incredible neon-noir, sci-fi audio drama. It's truly a top-notch production, all the way around. Go get sucked into the mystery! METROPOLIS : luxradium.org You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 14 - You Gaslight Up My Life (feat. Alan Linic as Jason "B")
Send us Fan Mail Two's company, three's adding some guy who is just suddenly on your tiny island and who tries to convince you he's been there the entire two weeks... Jason "B" is performed by Alan Linic Alan is an Emmy-nominated writer and performer living in LA. You can find him performing improv live all over town, or on instagram @alanlinic You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 13 - Million Dollar Smile
Send us Fan Mail What's that they say about a house built upon sand and made of manila folders? This and the state of Jason's mind, the other shaky foundation, are revealed on this 13th day, transmitted to you on the 13th of May... You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 12 - Sun's Out, Buns Out
Send us Fan Mail Or, (Y)our house is a very, very, very fine house, with two trees in the yard / life (didn't) use to be so hard You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Pythia's Picks - inc: The Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Hi, Barbara here! In this first edition of my new podcast recommendation show, I present to you the first episode of the fantastic, sci-fi dark comedy, inc: The Podcast , from Wolf Mountain Workshop. In the creator's own words: Bethany and Jonas are two pencil-pushing aliens living and working on a company ship that incorporates whole planets by the dozen, tasked with organizing all of the data that is recovered from said planets. They get through the endless days by occasionally adding meaningful stories that they discover to the Extraneous But Interesting folder, all the while navigating the complex web that is friendship and life in this corpo-futuristic nightmare. A science fiction podcast where Douglas Adams meets The Office. Where Severance and Mad Men meet Robert Heinlein. After listening to this episode, follow the show wherever you listen, keep on listening to new episodes released every other Monday, and check out more about the show and the great people behind it over at https://incthepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2067661 and wolfmountainworkshop.org Until next time! You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 11 - Freebie Willy & Freebie Willy 2
Send us Fan Mail Jason has some ideas about the nature of the island. Maybe he's onto someting. But sometimes it's hard to differentiate a good idea from a coping mechanism. Potato potato, perhaps? And Bradney's just over it. You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.
- Day 10 - It's just like that one Nietzsche quote
Send us Fan Mail Following the trauma of encountering the indescribable, incomprehensible horrors of his underwater outing, Bradney seems a little different today. Maybe he's finally warming up to this place. Maybe he's just completely disassociating. It's hard to say. Jason isn't a qualified...well, anything really. Perhaps Bradney can talk to his catch o' the day... Oh and there's a pretty shattering discovery at the end too. This place just doesn't let up, does it? You can contact Subjects Jason and Bradney by email at - acartoonisland@gmail.com . Make sure to follow the show and come visit us at our website: www.cartoonislandpod.com & Instagram, where we visualize everything: @cartoonislandpod Brought to you by the Oceanic Intervention and Observation Initiative, a Research & Entertainment division of The Delphi Group. Some Speculate. Delphi Divines. Created, edited, sound design, and music by Bradney Evans. Performed by Jason Underhill and Bradney Evans.