They’re the world’s most fearsome fighting team. They’re heroes in a half shell. And they’re green. They’re also going on almost 45 years of sustained awareness in the pop culture landscape, one generation after another learning to kick shell, eat disgusting pizza and scream COWABUNGA! TIM ROONEY joins me down in the basement once again to discuss how the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE franchise has managed to stay so relevant for so long. We go back to the black and white origins of the characters, as they mutated from indie phenomenon to colorful cartoon popularity, action figure craze and eventually movie stardom. While other franchise IP’s fall into the bargain bin of history, what’s the secret (of the ooze) to the Turtles multigenerational success?

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