B: OH YEAH LATER WHEN I WAS READING ON THE MAKING OF CERTAIN CARTOONS THAT'S WHEN I SAW THAT THE WRITER EXPLAINED IT THAT THAT'S HOW HE DESIGNED THE FATHER

A: WOW THAT WAS CREATIVE WOW

B: YEAH THEY WERE CREATIVE BACK THEN SO I FELT LIKE THINGS HAD CHANGED SO MUCH AT CERTAIN POINTS THAT CARTOONS WEREN'T INTERESTING SO BY THE TIME WE GET SHOWS LIKE REGULAR SHOW AND THE LIKE I I JUST WASN'T INTO THEM

A: YOU ARE YEAH ME TOO I THINK I STOPPED WATCHING CARTOONS

B: AND AND AND FOR YOU

A: I THINK I STOPPED WATCHING CARTOONS WHEN I WAS I THINK TWELVE YEARS OLD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE USED TO STUDY A LOT AFTER SCHOOL WE USED TO GO TO TUITION AFTER TUITION WE HAD ASSIGNMENTS SO I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH THOSE THINGS BUT YEAH THAT'S I STOPPED WATCHING THEM AT YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD PRETTY YOUNG RIGHT I WAS STILL YOUNG I WAS A CHILD

B: YEAH THAT THAT WOULD BE YOUNG BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO YEAH I THINK LIKE UH AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER WAS STILL RUNNING AT THAT TIME IT IT HAD JUST IT HAD BEEN LIKE WHAT TWO YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME ROUGHLY SO

A: THE LAST AIRBENDER YOU KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED AVATAR UM AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A SIMILAR SHOW BUT NOT EXACTLY SIMILAR SAMURAI JACK REMEMBER SAMURAI JACK

B: YEAH YEAH YEAH SAMURAI JACK SAMURAI JACK WAS SO MYSTERIOUS AND SO STYLISTIC

A: OH GOD

B: BUT I M UH I'M TAKING BACK GALACTIK FOOTBALL I'M PUTTING SAMURAI JACK THERE MY FAVORITE MY FAVORITE CARTOON SHOW

A: REALLY NO NO NO NO TAKEBACKS NO TAKEBACKS <LAUGH>

A: STICK WITH YOUR GALACTIK FOOTBALL

B: NO GALACTIK

A: YOU SAID GALACTIK FOOTBALL

B: IN FACT IF I WAS TO UH IF I WAS TO REWATCH THE GALACTIK FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW I WOULD NOT ENJOY IT BUT I KNOW I'LL ENJOY SAMURAI JACK

A: HUH YES I'D SAME GOD THERE'S THIS EVIL CHARACTER WHAT WAS HIS NAME

B: AKU

A: AKU OH GOD <LAUGH>

B: THERE ARE ALSO BITS I THINK

A: YOU KNOW I I WANTED TO I WANTED TO LEARN ANIMATION BECAUSE OF CARTOON NETWORK THE CARTOONS I USED TO WATCH I WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO

B: YES

A: YOU KNOW CREATE SUCH A MASTERPIECE BUT CONSISTENCY I I LACKED CONSISTENCY <LAUGH> SO I STOPPED UH HUH CONTINUE

B: AKU I THINK AKU WAS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN CARTOON NETWORK OR UH AS A CHILD I REMEMBER IN CARTOONS THAT KILLED PEOPLE

A: MM HMM

B: THERE WAS A TIME THERE WAS THIS CHARACTER WHO CAME TO BEG ABOUT SOMETHING THEN AKU LISTENED TO HIM EMOTIONLESS WITHOUT MOVING AND THEN HE JUST BLASTED HIM WITH HIS EYES AND THE GUY VAPORIZED AND THEN AKU JUST GOES FOR THE NEXT PERSON AKU WAS EVIL BUT HE WAS ALSO FUNNY LIKE THE WAY HE USED TO GET SCARED OF JACK <NO-SPEECH>

A: I NEVER NOTICED HIS SENSE OF HUMOR OKAY OKAY I USED TO NOTICE HIS FEAR TOWARDS JACK LIKE JACK I THINK DID HE REFER TO JACK AS JACK OR SAMURAI JACK

B: YES

A: NO YES

B: YEAH HE SOMETIMES HE USED TO CALL HIM SAMURAI OR SOMETIMES HE USED TO CALL HIM JACK

A: OH GOD

B: OH NO YEAH I THINK IT WAS JUST SAMURAI OR SAMURAI JACK <LAUGH>

B: I HAVE TO GO REWATCH IT

A: I'LL HAVE TO REWATCH IT I'LL HAVE TO REWATCH IT IT WAS A NICE CARTOON YEAH

B: I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY CARTOONS BY CARTOON NETWORK

A: MM HMM

B: WHEREBY THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO GIVE IT A CONCLUSION AND THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO MAKE A FINAL SEASON ABOUT

A: AH

B: I THINK IT WAS IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN THEY THEY MADE THE FINAL SEASON TO END OF THE STORY

A: WAS THAT

B: TO CONCLUDE EVERYTHING YEAH BUT THEY DID IT IN ADULT SWIM SO BECAUSE IT WAS ADULT SWIM CARTOON NETWORK'S MORE MATURE UH CATEGORY OF CARTOONS THAT MEANS

A: MM HMM

B: IT WON'T BE SHOWN DURING THE DAY

A: OH

B: SO THEY THEY CAN NOW USE BLOOD THEY CAN PRESENT MURDER AND TORTURE AND OTHER THINGS BECAUSE IT'S ADULT SWIM SO THEY I THINK IT WAS A GOOD WAY OF ENDING THE SHOW MAKING THE WRITERS FREE TO ADD WHATEVER R RATED CONTENT THEY WANTED

A: MM HMM

B: EITHER TO TO GIVE IT A SATISFYING ENDING OR TO ADD MORE COMPLEXITIES OR TO ACTUALLY PRESENT AKU'S EVIL IN A GREATER WAY SO IT WOULD PAY OFF REWATCHING BECAUSE YOU'LL GET A MODERN FINAL SEASON

A: I THINK I'M GOING TO REWATCH IT WELL <LAUGH> OKAY SO

B: REMEMBER THE TIME THEY WERE IN AFRICA AND HE WOULD TRAIN WITH MAASAIS OR MAASAI LIKE A PLAIN PEOPLE LIKE THEY WERE SAVANNAH PEOPLE THEY WERE BLACK AND THEY USED TO FIGHT WITH STICKS

A: NO I DON'T REMEMBER THAT

B: OH THERE WAS AN EPISODE LIKE THAT <LAUGH>

A: ACTUALLY I'LL I THINK I'VE GOOGLED IT AND UH YEAH I THINK THERE'S AN EPISODE LIKE THAT HMM YOUNG JACK IN AFRICA AH OKAY I REALLY NEED TO WATCH SAMURAI JACK <LAUGH> ONCE MORE MM

B: BUT YOU STOPPED WATCHING CARTOONS WHEN YOU WERE TWELVE WHY GO AND COME BACK AND <NO-SPEECH>

A: WELL I HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW SO I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT YOUNG JACK JACK IS BROUGHT TO AFRICA AS PART OF HIS TRAINING BUT WHEN HIS TRIBE IS ABDUCTED HE MUST MASTER THEIR WEAPONS AND GET THEM BACK <LAUGH> OH YOUNG JACK THAT'S NICE UH HUH OKAY SO DWIGHT

B: YES

A: WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET <LAUGH>

B: WE COULD GO ON TALKING ABOUT CARTOONS AND THE AND HOW WE FEEL AND EXPERIENCE CARTOONS NOW BUT I THINK WE'VE EXHAUSTED

A: OKAY

B: WE'VE NOT EXHAUSTED THE TOPIC <LAUGH> BUT I THINK WE'LL BE STUCK ON THE TOPIC FOR TOO LONG

A: YES I SAME DO YOU WANT TO TRANSITION INTO A DIFFERENT TOPIC

B: OH YEAH BU BUT I HAVE LIKE ONE QUESTION LIKE WHAT FILM DO YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD EITHER WHETHER IT'S YOUR FAVORITE OR NOT WHETHER IT WAS SCARY LIKE WHAT FILM DO YOU REMEMBER

A: HMM

B: NOT NOT JUST ANY FILM YOU REMEMBER BUT WHAT FILM HAD AN IMPACT THAT MAKES YOU REMEMBER IT WAS SO SCARY YOU REMEMBER IT OR I SNEAKED OUT AND WENT AND WATCHED IT TELL ME OF THAT

A: MY DAD CAME WITH THIS MOVIE BLOOD DIAMOND I'M LIKE OH IT SOUNDS INTERESTING UM I THINK IT'S A COUNTRY

B: OH

A: YOU KNOW IT

B: YES I'VE WATCHED BLOOD DIAMOND I REMEMBER IT

A: REALLY MM HMM

B: YEAH <LAUGH>

A: YEAH IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING ESPECIALLY THERE'S A SCENE WHERE THIS GUY WAS UH WAS LIKE LOOKING FOR DIAMOND DIAMONDS AND HE FOUND THIS BIG DIAMOND AND HE ACTUALLY HIDE IT ON HIS TOES <LAUGH> HAD TO LIKE LIE TO THOSE THOSE GUYS THE BAD THE BAD GUYS LIKE I REALLY NEED TO PEE SO HE WENT DUG A HOLE HID THE DIAMOND OH IT WAS MAGICAL I LIKED IT I LIKED BLOOD DIAMOND I LOVED UH I ALSO I LIKED ASHANTI DO YOU KNOW ASHANTI MODERN SLAVERY

B: NO ASHANTI

A: ASHANTI IS LIKE THIS WOMAN CAPTURED BY THE THE <DTMF> AND UM THEY'RE CHAINED LIKE SLAVES THEY'RE CHAINED UH I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE STORYLINE BUT YOU LITERALLY CAN TELL IT ENTAILED SLAVERY AND THE SAHARA DESERT <LAUGH> IT IS NICE IT IS NICE BUT BLOOD DIAMOND TOPS THE LIST

B: YEAH

A: WHAT WHA WHAT'S FUNNY

B: OH YEAH JUST WHEN I REMEMBER BLOOD DIAMOND I JUST REMEMBER PEOPLE'S HANDS BEING CUT OFF

A: OH OH SHIT

B: SO IT'S BASED ON SIERRA LEONE IT'S EITHER SIERRA LEONE OR LEBANON NOT LEBANON LIBERIA

A: I THINK IT'S I I THINK IT'S SIERRA LEONE

B: BUT PROBABLY SIERRA LEONE

A: YEAH

B: YEAH

A: DO YOU KNOW WHY LIBERIA IS CALLED LIBERIA

B: NO IS IT ABOUT AMERICAN LIBERTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE AN AMERICAN LIKE FLAG

A: YES OH BUT I I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T KNOW MM <LAUGH>

B: YOU YOU KNOW IN OUR TIME HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU CONFRON ARE YOU RECOMMENDED THE VIDEO AMERICA'S ONLY COLONY OR LIBERIA AMERICA'S FAILED PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO YEAH

A: I THINK I'VE I'VE I'VE I'VE I'VE SEEN A VIDEO AMERI UH LIBERIA AMERICAN AMERICA'S WHAT FAILED PROJECT BUT I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT BUT HAVE YOU DID YOU WATCH IT

B: NO BUT I HAVE WATCHED DOCUMENTARIES ON LIBERIA

A: OH

B: BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY ONE THAT FOCUSES ON LIKE AMERICA

A: MM HMM

B: LIKE I REMEMBER I DON'T REMEMBER THE YOUTUBER BUT I'M SURE I CAN FIND HIM IT'S IN MY HISTORY MY WATCH HISTORY I'LL JUST TYPE LIBERIA AND SEE WHICH VIDEO IT WAS THAT I WATCHED

A: OH YOU HAVE A PLAYLIST

B: NO I I HAVE A WATCH LATER LIST BUT I DON'T THINK LIBERIA IS THERE BUT UH YOUTUBE ALREADY YOUTUBE RECORDS A UH KEEPS A HISTORY OF ALL THE VIDEOS YOU WATCHED

A: OH