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In this episode, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2021 to pick an example of everyone's favorite subgenre of Disney+ content, that's right, another NatGeo documentary! Only this time, it's NOT one of those wretched disposable televised NatGeo specials that's exactly the same as every other NatGeo special, it's a full-fledged NatGeo-branded theatrical documentary feature film from the Oscar-winning directors of Free Solo about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, an inherently compelling true story of unlikely heroes triumphantly overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds in order to save human life, which unfortunately is primarily known to westerners as "that one time Elon Musk called a guy a pedophile on Twitter for no good reason" because everything is dumb and the world is broken. Join Tony Goldmark, Kalani Mitchell, Kit Quinn and Luke Ski as they sadistically sabotage THE RESCUE!  Check out my guests' stuff! KALANI MITCHELL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kalani.mitchell  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellKalani KIT QUINN  Twitter: https://twitter.com/missi0nbreakout Podcast: https://anchor.fm/krt-trio LUKE SKI Portfolio: https://www.luke.ski Bandcamp: https://lukeski.bandcamp.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegreatlukeski And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early and ad-free by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

In this episode, we return following an unanticipated long hiatus as the randomizer goes all the way back to 2022 to pick the first episode of a Chinese romantic comedy streaming series from China's video-sharing site Bilibili. In this period piece set during the Ming Dynasty, we follow a woman's journey from humble beginnings to her position as head chef for the crown prince at the imperial palace, all while the show's aesthetics combine mouth-watering culinary footage, Hanna-Barbera sound effects and jokes about turning kidnappers into eunuchs until it gets to the point where you really have to wonder, "what even IS Disney+ anymore?" Ah well, at least you'll probably be able to sue Disney if THIS chef accidentally kills you. Join Tony Goldmark, Charlie Callahan, Haley Baker Callahan and Cassie Shima as they fulfill their DELICACIES DESTINY, Episode One! Check out my guests' stuff! CHARLIE CALLAHAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThemeSnark  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rbgprods    HALEY BAKER CALLAHAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tricksterbelle  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tricksterbelle  CASSIE SHIMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassies_island Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/wimdpod And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

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DISCLAIMER: This minisode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we have decided to leave this episode online and intact as a time capsule of when it was made. In this special minisode, we combine the last two theme "months" together by assembling eighteen regular guests to give brief synopses on all 36 theatrical movies released by Disney during the What Would Walt Have Done? era that are NOT available on Disney+! Special thanks to Stephen Anderson, Charlie Callahan, Haley Baker Callahan, Kyle A. Carrozza, Dave Cobb, Morgan Funder, David Ganssle, Ryan Hipp, Zach Hurst, Charley Marlowe, Jacob Martin, Madeline Maye, Chris Nebergall, Kit Quinn, Cassie Shima, Luke Ski, Devo Spice and Agatha Vile! Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986 

It's the ludicrously-belated fifth and final episode of WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? "MONTH" on Escape From Vault Disney! And to wrap up this batch of episodes on the most awkward time period in Disney history, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1976 to cover an example of Disney's most reliably lucrative (or at least, least reliably un-lucrative) genre at the time, the dumb-as-rocks slapstick-heavy live-action comedy! And what a comedy it was, assembling more exclamation-point-worthy TV stars than a primetime variety special - Ed Asner! Don Knotts! Tim Conway! Tom Bosley! Bob Crane! Dick Van Patten! Dick Butkus! The Guy Who Voiced The Cat From Outer Space! - and then casting them all in a motion picture where the REAL star is a dumb mule who somehow gets drafted as an NFL placekicker through the use of Air Bud logic twenty years before Air Bud. Ah well, at least he's not Harrison Butker. Join Tony Goldmark, Charlie Callahan, Zach Hurst and Cassie Shima as they all get kicked in the head by GUS! Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Check out my guests' stuff! CHARLIE CALLAHAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThemeSnark  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rbgprods    ZACH HURST Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/wimdpod  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRLKing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVoyages CASSIE SHIMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassies_island Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassiePrologue  And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes AD-FREE and one day early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we have decided to leave this episode online and intact as a time capsule of when it was made. WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney just keeps on lumbering along! For our fourth and penultimate episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1971 to cover a made-for-TV movie produced for NBC's weekly "Wonderful World of Disney" showcase, with a daring, I dare say even avant-garde premise: see, there's this horse who - get this - doesn't want to be ridden! Even though he's a horse! Crazy, right? I mean, if he didn't want to be ridden, why'd he become a horse in the first place? Why not instead become some other creature, like an alligator? Or Mitt Romney? No one's ever ridden Mitt Romney! Silly horse thinks he's Mitt Romney. I'm laughing already and it's not even remotely interesting. Join Tony Goldmark, Kyle A. Carrozza, Morgan Funder and Devo Spice as they chop off their hands with a HACKSAW! Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Check out my guests' stuff! MORGAN FUNDER BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewiredone.bsky.social  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWire2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnIdiotsLantern DEVO SPICE New Album: https://devospice.bandcamp.com/album/cover-up Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devospice  Website: https://www.devospice.com And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early and ad-free by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

It continues to be WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney! And for our third episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1981 to pick an animated would-be classic that seemed to have everything going for it: a beautiful nature setting in the Bambi mold, a timeless parabolic story about the irrationality of bigotry, and a once-in-a-lifetime animation crew loaded with literally dozens of future directors. How could they possibly screw that up? Welp, dull dialogue, a meandering story, muddled character motivations, instantly forgettable songs, an inept fumbling of the anti-bigotry message, a side character who should've died inexplicably living, a pointless B-plot where two birds and a caterpillar do third-rate Tom & Jerry shtick, and what the hell, why not throw in some incompetent studio mismanagement that drove about a dozen animators to resign and form their own studio while we're at it, that's how. Meh, at least the furries got something out of it. Join Tony Goldmark, Dave Cobb, Charley Marlowe and Jacob Martin as they try to schedule a disastrous playdate for THE FOX AND THE HOUND! Read my livetweet of The Fox and the Hound: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast/status/1269473462155804672   Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Check out my guests' stuff! DAVE COBB Linktree: https://linktr.ee/davecobb Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ratcastlepodcast  AR Gaming Company: https://infiniterabbitholes.com CHARLEY MARLOWE Podcast: https://www.pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback   Twitter: https://twitter.com/charmarlowe   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CharleyMarlowe   JACOB MARTIN Bandcamp: https://closetothesun5.bandcamp.com   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rct3isepic  Website: https://www.coastercomposer.com And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

It's still WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney! And for our second episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1976 to pick an ambitious misfire released just in time for America's bicentennial, a would-be epic treasure hunt adventure set in the Reconstruction-era American South that aims to be Budget Mark Twain by way of Budget Robert Louis Stevenson, depicting America as a chaotic lawless hellscape where former slaves run back to their plantations, snake oil medicine can be refashioned into Molotov cocktails, impromptu hoedowns turn into attempted gangbangs at the drop of a hat and we're supposed to take the big evil frightening villain seriously even though his name is "Spangler." Also the guy who voiced Prince John is in it but he doesn't suck his thumb even once. Join Tony Goldmark, Ryan Hipp, Madeline Maye and Chris Nebergall as they fruitlessly hunt for the TREASURE OF MATECUMBE! Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Check out my guests' stuff! RYAN HIPP Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanHippFTW  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/theryanhipp   MADELINE MAYE Bandcamp: https://madelinemaye.bandcamp.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriendlyCatWife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@friendlycatwife CHRIS NEBERGALL Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/landbeforetimeland Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisNebergall YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9hpBl49TYkjc_lzqStkCA And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early and AD-FREE by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

It's WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney, as we devote March 2024 to movies, featurettes and/or TV specials produced by Walt Disney Productions during that odd, awkward inbetween time from 1968-1984, after Walt died but before Eisner took over! And for our first episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, we're joined by the man who literally wrote the soon-to-be-released book on that era, Meet the Robinsons director Stephen Anderson! And for our topic, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1977, the summer when Star Wars had the unmitigated audacity to dominate the box office 35 years before Disney owned it. The only competition Disney had that summer was a Herbie sequel and an animated talking mice movie, so the Disney execs thought "Hey, y'know what Walt would've done? He would've paired the animated talking mice movie with 48 minutes of documentary-style footage of a bear and a raccoon in the woods just kinda wandering around, narrated by an obscure country singer who, for thoroughly unclear reasons, is named 'Mayf Nutter.' That'll steer audiences away from Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star for sure!" Are you starting to understand why Disney struggled in the 70s? Join Tony Goldmark, Stephen Anderson, David Ganssle and Luke Ski as they chase A TALE OF TWO CRITTERS!  Pre-order Stephen's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Here's that "bear and bees" video we were talking about btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehm7q6uTtsA   Check out my guests' stuff! STEPHEN ANDERSON Website: https://www.stevehatguy.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevehatguy  Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevehatguy DAVID GANSSLE Website: https://doggans.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doggans87  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/doggans LUKE SKI Portfolio: https://www.luke.ski Bandcamp: https://lukeski.bandcamp.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegreatlukeski And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early and ad-free by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

This week, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2019 to pick yet another NatGeo special! And since it's become abundantly clear that every NatGeo special is exactly the same, I'm gonna devote the rest of this description to talking about the life of actor/comedian Chris Elliott. Born in 1960 in New York City as the fifth and youngest child of Bob Elliott of Bob & Ray fame, Mr. Elliott was hired as a production assistant on Late Night with David Letterman and soon began playing various wacky characters on-camera. This led to supporting roles in such films as Manhunter, The Abyss, Groundhog Day and There's Something About Mary, as well as starring roles in his own FOX primetime sitcom Get A Life and the feature film vehicle Cabin Boy. More recently, in the 2010s he had his own Adult Swim series Eagleheart, and a regular supporting role on Schitt's Creek. Chris Elliott's surreal, offbeat style of humor has been a comedy staple for over forty years and counting, and he continues to be an always-welcome character actor to this day. Join Tony Goldmark, Morgan Funder, Brianna Garcia and Kit Leitmeyer as they challenge the authority of the WORLD'S DEADLIEST, season three, episode one, "War of the Carnivores!" Check out my guests' stuff! MORGAN FUNDER Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWire2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnIdiotsLantern BRIANNA GARCIA Instagram: https://instagram.com/briannacherrygarcia  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BriannaCherry YouTube: https://youtube.com/briberry  KIT LEITMEYER Instagram: https://instagram.com/teatraybat  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@teatraybat1   And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes AD-FREE and one day early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark