Me, Mom & The Mouse

In our final episode, Mom and Isaac talk about a great movie, reflect on the three years they’ve spent working on this podcast in one form or another, and give a (not so) definitive ranking of the entire Animated Canon.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Recommended reading:

https://tinyurl.com/dont-swallow-moana

https://risingupwithsonali.com/despite-claims-of-authenticity-disneys-moana-still-offensive/

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/286030014.pdf

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In anticipation of next week’s series finale, Mom and Isaac sit down to catch up on a year’s worth of mailbag questions, discuss their post-podcast ambitions, and reflect on two years of obsessive Disney viewing. And to complain about LIGHTYEAR a lot.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, Mom and Isaac have a spirited discussion about a movie that tries to tackle racism in a distinctly Disneyfied way.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mom and Isaac are enjoyed by mechanical engineer and younger brother Isaiah Coleman to talk about Big Hero 6, the Bob-Iger-mandated crossover between Disney Animation and Marvel Studios.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mom and Isaac tackle the most successful movie in Disney animation history, and the first to be directed by a woman: the mass culture phenomenon known as FROZEN. But how does it hold up as a film?

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, Mom and Isaac discuss the supremely enjoyable Wreck-It Ralph and its not-so-enjoyable sequel.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, Mom and Isaac discuss the worst film of the Revival Era, the “brand exploitation effort” (to use John Lasseter’s words) that saw Winnie the Pooh in his dullest adventure yet. It’s a shame that this was Disney’s last 2D animated film.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mom and Isaac are joined by artist, video producer, and girlfriend Bailey Wendel for this discussion of the hilarious, slightly askew princess movie Tangled, one of our favorites of the Revival Era.

Buy Bailey’s art here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/LavenderFrost/shop

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

If the hosts believe it, the AUDIENCE WILL BELIEVE IT! We’re talking about Bolt, a movie where an eccentric director with a huge hit was quietly replaced by a studio exec who doesn’t understand their process, which is also about that.

Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)

Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/