A Note to Our Listeners, Fans, and Fellow Saturday Morning Cereal Enthusiasts
Grab your favorite spoon and pour yourself a big bowl of nostalgia—because we’ve got some exciting updates for you!
Since our very first episode on September 21, 2013, Saturday Morning Cereal has been serving up heaping spoonfuls of pop culture goodness. Eleven seasons and 140+ episodes later, we’re still here—snapping, crackling, and popping our way through the best in entertainment. But just like your favorite cartoon characters after a season finale, we’re gearing up for a transformation.
A Little Flashback Before We Fast-Forward
It all started in 2012, when I found myself in a real-life cliffhanger: unable to score a badge to San Diego Comic-Con. Having lived in San Diego since 2001 and attended SDCC since 2002, it felt like someone had yanked the prize from my cereal box. I needed a plan.
Enter my good friend Rich from New York and his cousin Matty P, the masterminds behind Matty P’s Radio Happy Houron BlogTalkRadio. I called up Rich and asked if I could apply for a press credential to SDCC on behalf of their show. They said, “Hell yeah!”—and just like that, I became their official comic-con correspondent. My first press-line interviews? None other than Roseanne Barr and William Shatner (talk about a sugar rush!). Over the next two years, I leveled up—booking guests, wrangling callers, and bringing in new contributors like the legendary Dan “Grim” Shea.
Soon, we had so much great content, we needed a show of our own. We wanted something that captured the magic of Saturday mornings—cartoons, cereal, and that childlike sense of wonder. And so, Saturday Morning Cereal was born, a show dedicated to the pop culture we grew up on… and the ones that grew up with us.
What’s Next? A Fresh Coat of Animated Paint!
Our longtime host site, BlogTalkRadio, officially closed up shop in January 2025. But don’t worry, we’ve found a new Saturday morning home! You can now find us broadcasting proudly on Spreaker.com. Meanwhile, our support site MattyPRadio.com is under construction, but we’re busy behind the scenes with Grim Shea, Jimmy “The Gent” Leszcynski of The Retro Cool Nerd, Johnny Heck, and the whole gang to bring you more content, more episodes, and more sugar-fueled goodness than ever before.
And now, the biggest news since they started putting marshmallows in cereal:
- A brand-new website—launching April 2025! Expect an episode archive, guest list, bios, pop culture news, reviews, celebrations, and a comic convention image vault filled with memories.
- New episodes dropping in late March 2025! We’ll be covering WonderCon, Star Wars Celebration, and of course, San Diego Comic-Con as we power through our 12th season.
- A major relaunch in August 2025! We’re rolling out the new Matty P Channel, Saturday Morning Cereal, The POWcast, and even some brand-new programs and specials.
It’s been an incredible journey, and we can’t wait to continue sharing it with you. So stay tuned, stay nostalgic, and as always—stay crunchy!
– Marke. and The Saturday Morning Cereal Crew
