The Best Saturdays of Our Lives Podcast

04/15/2025

Happening this coming Saturday. Please stop by and say hello!

04/13/2025

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01/28/2025

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01/23/2025

I had fun talking to the Podcast that covers news, food, politics, and random $h!t. We talked about my upcoming book "The Saturday Morning Backlash" and how Saturday morning was censored. Have a listen!

10/27/2024

New podcast episodes are coming soon!👍🏾

10/27/2024

Back in October 2021, I was blessed with the honor of co-hosting a night of classic movies with the fabulous Alicia Malone on TCM! We discussed classic movies and my book, The Best Saturdays of our Lives!

05/05/2023

My first con for 2024! My awesome cohost Dan Klink will be joining me for an awesome time!

Everyone please welcome one of the people that made our Saturday mornings so amazing, MARK MCCRAY to KhromaKon 2024!

Mark McCray is an animation historian, podcaster, author, voice actor and television host who has worked in the entertainment business for over 20 years. McCray’s book, The Best Saturdays of our Lives which chronicles how Saturday morning became a competitive business was featured on Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast and Turner Classic Movies when McCray was invited as a special guest.

McCray worked as a television programmer for Cartoon Network, and was a key member of the team that launched the Boomerang TV Network. Mark McCray also spent 12 years at Adultswim as the senior manager of Programming Operations overseeing Adult Swim’s on-air promotions and scheduling strategy. While working at Adult Swim, McCray was invited to lend his voice to a character on the animated Adult Swim series, Gemusetto Machu Picchu!

McCray has recently penned his second novel which combines his lifelong passion for comic book heroes, true-life ghost experiences, and magic elements which come alive in his Afrofuturism novel, The Paperboy: Dimensional Adventures. When a young, aspirational superhero loses his powers, Rudolph St. Clair resigns himself to civilian life. The former hero moves his family into the perfect brownstone apartment. Rudolph soon finds out that the apartment is haunted, and he would have to fight for his survival to solve the mystery of The Paper Boy: Dimensional Adventures.

Currently, Mark McCray is the host of The Best Saturdays of Our Lives Podcast along with his cohost Dan Klink. The Best Saturday of Lives Podcast was the winner and recipient of the Dilectio Sapientiae Award which was presented by The Miami International Film Festival in February of 2021.

Come see him by purchasing your weekend passes at the https://KhromaKon.ticketleap.com/registration/

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03/10/2023

BEST SATURDAYS – TMNT’s Cam Clarke & Retro-Toy Con!

Last November Mark & Dan were once again guests at Retro-Toy Con! Presented by Toy Federation, Retro-Toy Con is not only the undisputed epicenter of yesterday’s playthings in The Carolina's, but is one of the premier fandom conventions this side of the Mississippi!

Today we welcome true T.V. royalty, Cam Clarke! From his childhood in front of the camera as a member of The King Family to his carrier behind the mic as a celebrated voice actor and recording artist, Cam enthusiastically shares his journey to becoming Leonardo of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and beyond.

TOTAL RUN-TIME: 00:29:51

Retro-Toy Con
https://retro-toycon.com/
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Cam Clarke
http://camclarke.com/
http://camclarke.com/music/
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https://twitter.com/CamClarkeVoices
https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Cam-Clarke/dp/B01MPY1QU2


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The ESO Network
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Mark McCray
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Dan Klink
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https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1460883160-user-258978940-tmnts-cam-clarke-retro-toy-con.mp3

12/30/2022

Best Saturdays 📺 ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas

Ready for one more Holiday Special? Dig in for the Batman Christmas Special that kind of wasn’t and the holiday toy crazes that definitely were! ‘Tis The Best Saturdays of Our Lives!

00:00:25 The Batman (sorta) Holiday Special
00:09:14 Christmas Toy Frenzy
00:23:53 Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm – Bluray Trailer
00:25:22 See You Next Year!

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https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1412503780-user-258978940-twas-the-fight-before-christmas.mp3

10/15/2022

Best Saturdays: Dragon Con Trek Track / Dan Carroll Interview

Dragon Con 2022! Mark & Dan deliver the debrief on their Star Trek: The Animated Series panel along with the franchise’s progressive legacy according to the cast of Discovery and Picard and the missed opportunity of a shirtless Wilson Cruz. Plus Media Engagement Director Dan Carroll sat down with us at the beginning of the convention to discuss the incredible charity work that makes Dragon Con not just a vital partner in the community, but a shining example of fandom culture at its very best. This time on The Best Dragon Con of Our Lives!

00:00:24 Star Trek: The Animated Panel
00:12:51 Dan Carroll Interview
00:26:17 Discovery With A side of Picard
00:32:11 Dragon Con 2023

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:33:56



Dragon Con
https://www.dragoncon.org/
https://www.dragoncon.org/about/charity/
https://www.instagram.com/dragoncon/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/DragonConOfficial/
https://linktr.ee/dragoncon

Open Hand Atlanta
https://openhandatlanta.org/

LifeSouth
https://www.lifesouth.org/

The ESO Network
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Mark McCray - The Best Saturdays of Our Lives
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tbsool.com
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Dan Klink
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Thunder Talk
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https://esonetwork.com/best-saturdays-dragon-con-trek-track-dan-carroll-interview/

08/19/2022

Best Saturdays: Schoolhouse Rocks! 📺 Adult Swim’s Ned Hastings

Adult Swim’s Ned Hastings returns to rock the mic! With Mark McCray on bass and Dan Klink on drums, Ned sets both tempo and tone in our most epic jam session yet… The Best Schoolhouse Rocks of Our Lives!

00:00:23 The T.V Failed My Sister!
00:12:30 Jazz House Rocks!
00:25:55 The Bicentennial!
00:42:37 Best Saturdays Rocks!
00:54:42 Ned’s Dogs!

TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:59:07


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Ned Hastings
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Mark McCray - The Best Saturdays of Our Lives
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https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1325292646-user-258978940-best-saturdays-schoolhouse-rocks-adut-swims-ned-hastings.mp3

06/15/2022

Best Saturdays of Our Lives: Steve Garcia 📺 SC Comicon

On April 9th-10th Mark & Dan were guests of the ESO Network at SC Comicon, Upstate South Carolina's wildly popular comic book convention. Among all the amazing talent they spent their time with, Steve Garcia, animator and storyboard artist for such modern classics as The Iron Giant, Ed, Edd n Eddy and The Adams Family (among many others) was gracious enough to shear his time with us.

TOTAL RUNTIME: 18:51

Steve Garcia
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SC Comicon
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Mark McCray - The Best Saturdays of Our Lives
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tbsool.com
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Dan Klink
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Thunder Talk
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Emaill [email protected]