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

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