The new episode arrives a few days later than planned (since it was scheduled to be our September episode) but nevertheless, we have a delightfully animated episode on tap here featuring another two of my favorite podcasters. The talented, prolific Billy Ray Brewton (of The Incinerator Podcast & Movie Mixtapes) joins me alongside his good friend and co-host Ryan Verrill, who also has own podcast that I highly recommend called The Disc-Connected. We learn about their passion projects and their origin stories at the start since this is their first time on!
Together we three have delved into the legendary work of one Don Bluth, the man brave enough to depart from Disney at a time when their output wasn’t the strongest. He set out to make his own distinguishable work and was mostly successful particularly at the start of his career as a director. Then there are a couple of weird detours along the way (oh Rock-A-Doodle) but even a late career highlight that ends up being a favorite of ours! This was such a joy and for you animation fans of the 80s and 90s, I have a feeling you’ll feel as nostalgic as we did taking this journey. Coming in about three weeks - something completely different - for the next episode, I’ll be stuck in another dimension alongside librarian Chloe Waryan for a spooky discussion on Mr. James Wan! Thank you all for listening and thank you to Billy Ray & Ryan for joining me!
00:00 - 27:14 - Introduction / Origins of Billy Ray + Ryan
27:15 - 58:54 - Secret of NIMH, An American Tail
58:55 - 01:23:59 - Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven
01:24:00 - 01:46:52 - Rock-A-Doodle, Thumbelina, Troll in Central Park, Pebble & Penguin
01:46:53 - 02:08:00 - Anastasia, Titan A.E.
02:08:01 - 02:20:58 - Top 3 Favorites / Outro
Jim's Substack, etc:
https://5years.substack.com
https://linktr.ee/jimlaczkowski
https://letterboxd.com/jimlaczkowski
Billy Ray's Podcast, etc:
https://linktr.ee/billyraybrewton
https://twitter.com/incineratorpod
https://letterboxd.com/billyraybrewton
https://www.patreon.com/incineratorpod
Ryan's Podcast, etc:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiscConnected
https://twitter.com/disc_connected
https://letterboxd.com/disc_connected
https://www.patreon.com/DiscConnected
Episode 225: Another 50 Favorites (feat. Bill Ackerman)
Episode 224: 50 More Favorites (feat. Bill Ackerman)
Episode 223: Olivier Assayas (feat. Patrick Ripoll)
Episode 222: 1994 - The Year In Review
Episode 221: Alain Resnais (feat. Kate Blair)
Episode 220: Favorite Films Of 2023 (feat. Bill Ackerman & Patrick Ripoll)
Episode 219: Charlie Kaufman (feat. Sharon Gissy)
Episode 218: Frank Oz (feat. Ross Bratin & Tripp Burton)
Episode 217: James Wan (feat. Chloe Waryan)
Episode 215: Wendell B. Harris, Jr. (feat. Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com)
Episode 214: Carl Franklin (feat. Jack & Clay of Exiting Through The 2010s)
Bonus Episode: 1993 Review - The Year In Music
Episode 213: Tsai Ming-Liang
Bonus Episode: Jim's 45th Birthday Special Request (feat. Patrick Ripoll)
Episode 212: Joan Micklin Silver (feat. Marya Gates & Bill Ackerman)
Bonus Episode: Favorite Food Movies (feat. Matt Strauss) + Midnight Snacks (feat. Marissa Robertcop)
Bonus Episode: Ethan Warren (The Cinema Of Paul Thomas Anderson) + Patrick Ripoll (Licorice Pizza)
Episode 211: Paul Thomas Anderson Part II (feat. Nick Digilio & Steve Prokopy)
Bonus Episode: Alex Heller (THE YEAR BETWEEN)
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