Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about how “Inside Out 2” just became the highest-grossing animated feature of all time (barring Disney’s photo-realistic “Lion King” of 2019).

They also take a look back at “The Rescuers”

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about;

• Which character was Phil Harris originally supposed to voice in “The Rescuers”

• How many art students did Disney initially invite to take part in the Studio’s inaugural animation boot camp?

• What advice did Bob Newhart give Don Rickles in regards to voicing Mr. Potatohead in Pixar’s “Toy Story”

• Which Disney featurette from the mid-1970s did the Studio’s animation trainees cut their teeth on?

• What film did better than the original “Star Wars” when it was finally released in France in 1977

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 Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking up the “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” panel Drew will be hosting at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

They then talk about which animated film franchise is currently the top earner 

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:

• How many days will separate the release of “Toy Story 5” & “Shrek 5” during the Summer of 2026

• Where is William Stout’s booth located in the San Diego Convention Center

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking up the two books that Josh Gad will be bringing to the marketplace in the next six months.

They then take a look at how “Inside Out 2” & “Despicable Me 4” have been doing at the box office

Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

• Who did Tim Burton share an office with when he worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios back in the 1980s

• Which member of the “Inside Out” cast joined Joy & Sadness at DCA’s Pixar Pier Bandstand last month

• When will “Shrek 5” be arriving in theaters

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 Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the animated feature that just blew past a billion dollars at the worldwide box office.

They also take a look at how Universal Pictures’ promoted “Despicable Me 4” in Las Vegas

Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about;

• How tall is the High Roller Ferris wheel (which towers above the Las Vegas Strip)

• How many “SpongeBob” movies have been released theatrically to date

• What was one of the last scenes to be animated for the original version of Disney’s “The Lion King” (which was first released to theaters back in June of 1994)

• When did “Batman: The Animated Series” debut on television as part of the Fox Kids programming block

• Where was Lebo M working prior to helping Hans Zimmer record the soundtrack for Disney’s “The Lion King”

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about “Inside Out 2” ‘s continuing dominance at the worldwide box office.

They then discuss some of the television-related news that came out of this year’s Annecy International Film Festival and Market

For this episode, listeners will learn about:

• What’s the subtitle of the next holiday special in Disney’s “Prep & Landing” series supposed to be called

• Who did Steven Spielberg want to hire to handle all of the animation in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

• What’s the title of the new “Gravity Fall” -related book that’s supposed to hit store shelves on July 23rd

• Where is the world premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” going to be held

• What happened in the “Pig Head” scene that was cut out of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

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Drew Taylor is fresh back from France. And he tells Jim Hill all about the animated films that he got to see at this year’s international animation film festival and market

For this episode, listeners will learn about:

• Where do Porky, Daffy & Petunia Pig work in “The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”

• The work of which visual futurist reportedly served as the inspiration for the world in which Dreamworks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” is set

• How is Disney expanding the cast for “Moana 2” 

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by discussing how “The Garfield Movie” has been doing at the domestic box office. They also share some fond memories of Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman

In this episode, listeners will learn about: 

• Which animated feature – released to theaters a year ago this week – sold $120 million worth of tickets over its opening weekend in North America

• What part of the score for “Pooh’s Hunny Hunt” (i.e., the first trackless ride at a Disney theme park) did Richard M. Sherman personally direct

• What limitation of early CG convinced Pixar’s original brain trust that they needed to make movies like “A Bug’s Life,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo” & “Wall-E”

• According to early box office projections, how much is “Inside Out 2” expected to earn over its first weekend in domestic release

• In the future, what will the new release pattern be for the animated features released by Pixar Animation Studios

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 Jim Hill first talks about how “The Garfield Movie” did domestically over the long Memorial Day Week.

He then discusses that new YouTube documentary, “Beyond the Glass: The WDW Animation Building”

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:

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 Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by discussing the first full trailer for Netflix’s “Ultraman: Rising.” They then talk about “Flow,” the dialogue-free post-apocalyptic animated feature which will be debuting at Cannes next week

In this episode, listeners will learn about:

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up “Exploding Kittens.” They then take a look at Mark Dindal’s career as the director of full-length animated features

Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

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