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The animation of Richard Williams is one that has changed the history and process of animation in film, TV, and commercials. So what happened when he tried to created his greatest masterpiece of all time?

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Clips used in this episode:
Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark IV
Arabian Knight (The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
1989 Oscars Award Ceremony
Aladdin (1992)
The Simpsons "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Casino Royale (1967)
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1971)
Clapperboard: Making Nasrudin Fanta Commercial (1984)
Love Me Love Me Love Me (1962)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
Nasrudin
Raggedy Ann & Andy A Musical Adventure (1977)
Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Shrek (2001)
Siskel & Ebert - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Little Island (1958) The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera
What's New Pussy Cat (1965)
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"Impending Boom"
"Magic Scout - Cottages"

The animation of Richard Williams is one that has changed the history and process of animation in film, TV, and commercials. So what happened when he tried to created his greatest masterpiece of all time?

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Clips used in this episode:
Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark IV
Arabian Knight (The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
1989 Oscars Award Ceremony
Aladdin (1992)
The Simpsons "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Casino Royale (1967)
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1971)
Clapperboard: Making Nasrudin Fanta Commercial (1984)
Love Me Love Me Love Me (1962)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
Nasrudin
Raggedy Ann & Andy A Musical Adventure (1977)
Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Shrek (2001)
Siskel & Ebert - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Little Island (1958)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera
What's New Pussy Cat (1965)
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit" "
Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"Impending Boom"
"Magic Scout - Cottages"

Jerry Lewis was a well established independent filmmaker, well before the term "independent filmmaker" was widely used in the film industry. Was he ready for this holocaust drama about a clown?

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Clips used in this episode:
The Caddy (1953)
The Bellboy (1960)
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Reunion 1976 MDA Telethon
Jerry Lewis interview with David Letterman (1982)
The Dick Cavett Show Starcrash (1979)
Howard Stern with Harry Shearer The Story of the Day the Clown Cried
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Back in the late 90s Dan Harmon (Community and Rick and Morty) and Rob Schrab nearly made the wild sitcom Heat Vision and Jack. Unfortunately only the pilot was made, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

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Clips used in the show:
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Monster House (2006)
Chad Vader Day Shift Manager - A Galaxy Not So Far Away S1 Ep1
Dan Harmon, Community - XOXO Festival (2012)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights”

The IT Crowd and Spaced were wildly popular in the UK, so the American version should be just as good right?

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Clips used in the show:
Spaced (American) (2008)
Asylum (1996) Spaced (1999)
Hot Fuzz special features (Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright on writing)
Episodes (2011)
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
IT Crowd (2006)
IT Crowd (American) (2006)
NBC's interview with producer Ben Silverman
HitFlix interview with Paul Rudd Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Six Pairs of Pants (1996)
Smash Mouth "All Star" Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Back in the 70's, Stan Lee pushed for a Spider-Man movie, and nearly got his wish fulfilled when it was giving to the sci-fi master at the time James Cameron.

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Clips and music used in this episode:
Aliens (1986)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Batman (1989)
Cannon Films Logo
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Hook (1991)
Top Gun (1986)
Italian Spiderman
1998 Academy Award Show
Spider-Man (1978-Japanese)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon feat. Michael Keaton
Office Space (1999)
Spider-Man PS4 Pecker (1998)
Rambo First Blood Part 2 (1985)
Sound of Music (1965)
Spider-Man TV Show (1994)
Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
Spider-Man The Dragon' Challenge (1979)
Spider-Man theme song by Paul Francis Webster and Robert "Bob" Harris
Back to the Future (1985)
Titanic (1997)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Daniel and David discover the Beatles were suppose to be a part of the very first live action Lord of the Rings movie.

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Clips and music used in the episode:
The Beatles
"A Hard Day's Night"
"Carry That Weight"
"With a Little Help From My Friends"
Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Restaurant"
Caveman (Trailer 1981)
Excalibur (1981)
The Return of the King (1980)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Walt Disney Pictures Logo (1990)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"