Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor

Latest Episodes:

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 70: Why WDAS vets just don’t like Manny the Mammoth Mar 04, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by reminiscing about what it was like to write “The Art of Pixar’s Onward” for Chronicle Books. Then Jim Hill tells the story of the role that the original “Ice Age” played in the downsizing of Disney’s hand-drawn animation operation.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 69: Get ready for “Onward” Feb 27, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by talking about what it was like to attend the world premiere of Pixar Animation Studios’ latest animated feature at the El Capitan Theater. Then Jim Hill takes a look at one of the weirder promotional events ever staged at a Disney theme park, “Pooh for President.”

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 68: Pooh’s path to popularity Feb 14, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episodes with a quick recap of the 92 nd

Academy Awards. They then talk about how Winnie-the-Pooh went from a literary property that Walt

pursued for decades to Disney’s most profitable IP next to Mickey Mouse

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 67: And the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to … ? Feb 05, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off by discussing how Emma Watts’ decision to step down as head of 20th Century could potentially impact Blue Sky Studios. They also talk about how the series finale of “Bojack Horseman” sort of syncs up perfectly with everything that’s going on in & Around LA right at this moment.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning Episode 66: Which Disney Short Circuit films stand tall Feb 01, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing how Skydance Animation’s decision to hire Peggy Holmes to replace Alessandro Carloni as the director of “Luck” could actually be a lucky break for that animated feature. They then rate all 14 films from the first round of Disney Short Circuit productions

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 65 : Handicapping this year’s Oscar nominations Jan 19, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how 2020 may finally be the year that Laika gets to take home an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. They then do an in-depth look at animated features that Walt Disney Pictures released theatrically that drew their inspiration from animated TV series.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 64 : Mike Myer’s Marvin the Martian movie Jan 09, 2020

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill talk about “Coyote vs Acme,” “Space Jam 2” and some of the other projects that Warner Bros. Feature Animation has in production. Then Jim wraps up the convoluted history of Disney’s “The Aristocats.”

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 63: When WDAS almost shuttered Dec 24, 2019

Show notes

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by talking up “Harley Quinn,” that adult animated series that recently debuted on DC Universe. Then Jim Hill talks about how “Sleeping Beauty” seriously under-performing at the box office in 1959 severely impacted Walt Disney Animation Studios in the 1960s

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 62: Looking forward to “Onward” Dec 11, 2019

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start things off this week by discussing how Disney’s “Frozen” sequel did over its third weekend in domestic release. They then talk about which scenes were changed in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” out ahead of this holiday special’s second airing on NBC back in December of 1965.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 61: How “Rudolph” wound up on Freeform Dec 06, 2019

Show notes

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill discuss what surprised them about this year’s Annie Award nominations. They also look back at the complicated history of the holiday specials produced by Rankin-Bass

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected