Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor
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Ep 231Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 231: Remembering Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about which villainous cartoon characters are supposed to appear at DCA during this year’s “Oogie Boogie Bash.” They also reveal who’ll now be voicing Rocky the Rooster in Aardman’s long-awaited sequel to “Chicken Run.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 230Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 230: 4K version of “Cinderella” debuts this Friday on Disney+
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by discussing how well Laika’s “Coraline” did at the box office during its recent re-release to theaters. They then talk about how ABC Audio is readying a 12 episode podcast which expands Disney’s “Frozen” franchise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 229Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 229: Get ready for “Playdate with Winnie the Pooh”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing what Pixar president Jim Morris had to say about “Elemental.” They then touched on a number of animation-related events around the country that are coming to a close in the not-so-distant future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 227Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 228: Remembering Paul Reubens AKA Pee Wee Herman (1952 – 2023)
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by paying tribute to the animated film which first debuted in theaters 24 years ago this week. They then talk up “The Inventor,” the stop motion puppet / 2-D animated film which bows on August 24th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 227Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 227: “Steamboat Silly” brings Mickey Mouse short series to a triumphant close
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing which Sony Pictures productions now have new release dates thanks to the strikes. They also look back at when “The Simpsons Ride” replaced “Back to the Future: The Ride” at the Universal Parks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 226Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 226: How “The Adventures of Andre & Wally B” came to be
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by talking about what it was like to panel in Hall H at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. Then he & Jim Hill recount what happened on the show floor at the Paramount booth right after the “Star Trek” panel ended Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 225Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 225: How are Illumination & DreamWorks Animation films impacting WDAS
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by talking about the premiere of Disney’s new “Haunted Mansion” movie which was held down in Anaheim. Then Jim Hill reviews this Saturday & Sunday’s offerings at San Diego Comic-Con. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 224Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 224: Which animated classic from Disney is next slated to receive the live-action redo treatment
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about “Nimona,” Netflix’s newest animated feature. They then shine a spotlight on a number of the animated projects coming from Warner Bros Discovery this Summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 223Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 223: Which animated classic from Disney is next slated to receive the live-action redo treatment
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about “Nimona,” Netflix’s newest animated feature. They then shine a spotlight on a number of the animated projects coming from Warner Bros Discovery this Summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 222Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 222: What Drew got to see at Annecy
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” bested Pixar’s “Elemental” at the North American box office this past weekend. Mr. Taylor then shares all of the fun film-related stuff he got to do in France & Italy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 221Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 221: How is Disney’s “Little Mermaid” doing at the overseas box office
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing a listener’s experience at “The Elemental Experience” mall tour. They then talk about how Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has changed the packaging of its animated film library in conjunction with the Company’s 100th anniversary celebration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 220Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 220: All of the other actresses who almost voiced Ursula
First Drew Taylor share his impressions of the soon-to-be-released “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” Then Jim Hill talks about the path that led to Howard Ashman working on animated features for Walt Disney Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 219Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 219: The many ways Disney has reinvented Winnie-the-Pooh
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up Leslie Iwerks’ latest documentary series. They then talk about the less-than-warm reception Warner Bros Discovery head David Zazlav received this past weekend when he delivered the commencement speech at BU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 218Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 218: Craig McCracken to revisit “Powerpuff Girls” & “Foster’s Home”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the next six weeks’ worth of animated films which will be arriving in theaters. They then talk about the upcoming LA debut of “Immersive Disney Animation” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 217Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 217: Why Disney got into the cel production business in the 1990s
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how much “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has earned to date at the worldwide box office. They then talk about the most recent set of lay-offs at DreamWorks Animation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 216Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 216: What’s coming next from Disney, DreamWorks, Illumination & Paramount
n a special CinemaCon edition of this podcast, Drew Taylor recaps his recent visit to Las Vegas. He and Jim Hill then talk about what the various studios screened for exhibitors in the Colosseum at Caesar’s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 215Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 215: Chris Meledandri to be honored for Excellence in Animation
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by looking over this year’s schedule for CinemaCon. They then talk about how soon “The Super Mario Bros Movie” will blow through the billion-dollar barrier when it comes to worldwide ticket sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 214Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 214: How “Peter & the Wolf” almost wound up in “Fantasia”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing how well the “Super Mario Bros Movie” did at the worldwide box office. They then talk about Warner Bros Discovery is rebranded HBO Max as Max in an effort to take on Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 213Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 213: What powers the storyline of Pixar’s “Elemental”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how well “Super Mario Bros” is expected to do at the box office over its opening weekend. They also shine a spotlight on an upcoming reunion of the cast & crew of “The Brave Little Toaster” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 212Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 212: Get ready for “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing which films took home the Best Animated Feature & Best Animated Short Oscars. They then pay tribute to Disney Legend Burny Mattinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 211Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 211: “Disney Animation: Immersive Experience” continues its multi-city roll-out
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the films that influenced Chris Williams’ Oscar-nominated “The Sea Beast.” They then discuss the four-part Hayao Miyazaki that GKIDS recently acquired the North American rights to Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 210Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 210:: Looking ahead to Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing how Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” & “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” did at this year’s VES Awards. Mr. Taylor then shares what it was like to attend the grand opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 209Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 209: Why “Metro” – that proposed “Cars” spin-off -- never got made
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about “Mushka,” Andreas Deja’s long-in-the-works hand-drawn film. They also discuss Disney & Pixar’s recently announced plans to produce further sequels to “Toy Story,” “Frozen” & “Zootopia” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 208Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 208: When the Mouse almost made a movie version of Terry Pratchett’s “Mort”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing Eddie Murphy’s thoughts when it comes to “Shrek 5.” They also talk about why “Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece” has just extended its run at the WDFM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 207Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 207: How the Disneyland Resort is celebrating Disney100
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature & Short. They also reflect on those two year renewals that “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” & “Bob’s Burgers” just got Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 206Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 206: How Disney’s “Mad Doctor” wound up in the public domain
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the Mickey Mouse short that wound up being banned in the UK & Nazi Germany. They also discuss Disney Music’s recent move into the lofi market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 205Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 205: Disney+ orders 40 new episodes of “Phineas & Ferb”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing all of the animation-related news they’ve heard coming out of the TCA’s Winter Tour. They go on to discuss the history of Sony Pictures Animation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 204Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 204: How “Nimona” went from Blue Sky Studios to Netflix
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show talking about the second special episode of “The Owl House” (which debuts on the Disney Channel on January 21st). They also talk about how the 2023 Awards Season may have played into “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” popping up on Amazon Prime Video this past Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 203Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 203: Which animated features to watch for in 2023
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing how “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” has been doing so far at the box office. They also take a look back at the past year when it comes to feature & television animation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 202Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 202: Best Animation Art of Books for 2022
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how Netflix just pulled the plug on Sergio Pablos’ “Ember.” They also discussed the 30th anniversary of Disney’s “Beauty & the Beast” special which recently aired on ABC & just became available for viewing on Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 201Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 201: Looking back at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing their thoughts on the “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” teaser trailer. They then take a look at which animated feature is now leading the pack as we head into the 2023 awards season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 200Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 200: Disney100 kicks off with “Oswald Returns”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing Eric Goldberg, Mark Henn & Randy Haycock’s latest special project for Walt Disney Animation Studios. They also share their thoughts on the latest “Super Mario Bros” trailer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 199Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 199: Why happened with Disney’s “Strange World”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about DreamWorks Animation’s new logo. They then focus on why Don Hall & Qui Nguyen’s latest film for WDAS failed to connect with audiences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
=Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 198: What About Bob (the sequel): Chapek out, Iger in
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing some of what they’ve heard over the past 24 hours in regards to Disney’s corporate drama. They also discuss how a gold medal ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan led to “Beauty & the Beast” on Broadway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 197Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 197: DreamWorks Animation preps a “Bad Guys” holiday special
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the “Encanto Live-to-Film Concert Experience” at the Hollywood Bowl. They also pay tribute to the late Kevin Conroy, who’s been the official voice of Batman since the early 1990s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 196Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 196: Remembering Alice Estes Davis (1929 – 2022)
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by looking back on the “Art of DuckTales” panel he just hosted at Gallery Nucleus. Then Drew & Jim Hill look back on the life & career of a Disney Legend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 195Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 195: Get ready for Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how “The Sea Beast” has become Netflix’s most viewed original animated feature. They also look back at the career of Animagic pioneer Jules Bass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 194Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 194: Why “The Shadow King” got shut down at Disney
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about that “Kingdom Hearts” animatic that just popped up online. They also discuss those “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” shorts that debut on Disney+ later this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 193Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 193: Remembering Dame Angela Lansbury (1925 – 2022)
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the heroic death of “Yu-Gi-Oh!” creator Kazuki Takahashi. They then share their opinions of the first trailer for Illuminations’ “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 192Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 192: What happened to Disney’s “Mickey Columbus” featurette
While Drew Taylor is away on assignment, Jim Hill shares the latest Warner Bros. Discovery-related news. He also talks about the two Disney Animation-based experiences that will soon be debuting stateside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 191Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 191: October brings a coast-to-coast Laika celebration
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show with an update on the Warner Bros Discovery situation. They then talk about Jodie Benson’s new memoir, “Part of My World” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 190Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 190: Remembering Ralph Eggleston (1965 – 2022)
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the animation news that was revealed at this year’s D23 Expo. They also offer up a theory about what David Zaslav is really doing over at Warner Bros. Discovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 189Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 189: Remembering Disney’s “Fluppy Dogs”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the vocal cast for Laika’s new stop motion / CG film, “Wildwood.” They then share which subscription streaming services are thinking about snatching up HBO Max’s “Batman: Caped Crusader” animated series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 188Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 188: How Disney’s very first Silly Symphony came to be
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about what’s been going on with a number of animated series over on HBO Max. They then talk about the never-completed Chris Farley version of DreamWorks Animation’s “Shrek” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 187Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 187: How DWA’s “Kung Fu Panda” became a full-fledged franchise
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill starts off this week’s episode by talking up the “Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio” exhibit which debuts at the MOMA in NYC this December. They also discuss why animation fans might need to go visit a Great Wolf Lodge next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 186Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 186: How Phil Tippett changed the world of stop motion
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to shelve “Scoob!: Holiday Haunt.” They also talk about how Skydance Animation’s first feature length project, “Luck,” wasn’t all that lucky when it came to positive reviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 185Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 185: So is Skydance Animation’s “Luck” worth a look?
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the teaser trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pinocchio.” They then discuss the “Walt Disney’s Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece” at the Walt Disney Family Museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 184Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 184: DC Animated Original Films gets ready for its 50th release
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing what Craig McCracken now has in the works. They also talk about some of the entertainment-related books these two are now reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 183Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 183: Live-action “Lilo & Stitch” gets a new director
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing some updates about this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. They then discuss an old right-of-passage that used to happen to new Walt Disney Animation Studio staffers back in the 1950s & 1960s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 182: Get ready for the 2002 edition of Comic-Con International
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by plugging Jake S. Friedman’s “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age.” They then list some of the panels & presentations that animation fans shouldn’t miss if they’re headed down to San Diego later this month Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices