Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 40: Picking a proper princess song for “Aladdin” Jun 12, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the teaser trailer for Pixar’s “Onward.” Then it’s a discussion of why it took Alan Menken four different tries before he finally found the perfect power ballad for Princess Jasmine to sing in Disney’s “Aladdin”

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 39: Why Pixar Putt needs to come stateside May 28, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this podcast by talking about how Paramount’s decision to push the release date of “Sonic the Hedgehog” back to February 2020 may have actually made it harder for this live-action / CG film to succeed at the box office. Drew then shares an interview he recently did with Alan Menken, where that Academy Award-winner talks about the development of the original animated “Aladdin” back in the late 1980s / early 1990s.

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 38: Looking back at Disney’s animated “Mulan” May 21, 2019

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Drew Taylor and Jim Hill start this podcast off by singing the praises of the “DuckTales” production team for the artful & heartfelt way they folded Darkwing Duck into this animated series. Jim then shares some stories about how “Mulan” became Walt Disney Feature Animation – Florida’s first solo production

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 37:Disney carves out its release date calendar May 14, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing their concerns about the December 2019 release date that Disney selected for Blue Sky Studios’ “Spies in Disguise.” They also use the upcoming 10th anniversary of the release of Pixar’s “Up” as an excuse to look back at this Pete Docter movie

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 36: Why Figment keeps popping up in Pixar movies May 07, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how fan reaction to the “Sonic the Hedgehog” teaser trailer forced Paramount Animation to rework the look of that film’s title character. Then Drew shares an interview that he did with “Toy Story 4” director Josh Cooley, who reveals why Pixar decided to go big with the fourth film in this acclaimed series

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 35: How a Mel Gibson movie became a Will Smith film Apr 30, 2019

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Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by sharing his thoughts on Warner Bros. “Pokémon Detective Pikachu.” Jim Hill then does a deep dive on “Gemini Man,” the long-in-development production that originally started off life as a project at Disney’s Secret Lab

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 34: Looking back at Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame” Apr 23, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the parallels between “Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin” opening at Disneyland Park in January of 1994 and “Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios getting its opening pushed back ‘til the Spring of next year. They also discuss what’s going on with “Frozen II” just seven months out from the theatrical release of this eagerly anticipated Walt Disney Animation Studios production

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 33: Are you ready for Bo Peep, action hero? Apr 16, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing Rich Moore’s decision to leave Walt Disney Animation Studios for Sony Pictures Animation. Drew also shares what he learned about “Toy Story 4” while taking part in the press day for this upcoming Pixar Animation Studios’ release

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 32: How Disney blew it with Don Bluth Apr 09, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill look back at when Don Bluth resigned from Walt Disney Animation Studios in September of 1979 and then took 15% of that studio’s artists & animators with him. Drew then shares the interview that he did with Chris Butler, the director of “Missing Link” (i.e., Laika’s latest stop motion movie)

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 31: Looking back at Disneytoon Studios Apr 02, 2019

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill kick off this week’s show by talking about “Steven Universe” ‘s win at the GLAAD Media Awards. Drew then shares an interview he did with Danny Devito at the press junket for Disney’s live-action “Dumbo”

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