Retroscoping

Alexa and Nathan dig into the new year with Disney's 15th animated feature film, Lady and the Tramp. Grab your furry friends and bone up on the film's complicated origins, iconic moments, and doggie delights.    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: "Happy Dan the Cynical Dog" by Ward Greene Lady sketch by Joe Grant Cinemascope  Larry Roberts Peggy Lee Barbara Luddy

Second Star to the right and stream on til morning! Alexa and Nathan discuss Disney's 14th animated feature film and its pan-orama of problems. They talk pixies, pirates, and the boy who never grew up (and the surprising ways he hasn't aged well. Ladies, you deserve better!).    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: J.M. Barrie The Ormond Street Hospital Charity Ranger J Audobon Woodlore (aka. if Smee was a Park Ranger) Arthur Rackam's Peter Pan Illustrations Trina Schart Hyman's Peter Pan illustrations

Follow Nathan and Alexa down the rabbit hole into Walt Disney's 13th animated feature film, Alice in Wonderland. Feast on delicious cakes of chaos and other tasty tidbits on our wander through Wonderland.    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Alice Liddell A Caucus Race Eating Oysters in months that end in R "Mad as a hatter" Ed Wynn Kathryn Beaumont

Bibbidi-bobbidi-be kind. Nathan and Alexa talk mice, magic, and the stroke of midnight. How casting the lead role was it's own Cinderella story! And which one of Cinderella's philosophies has turned into a pumpkin over time.   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Charles Perrault Helene Stanley Songwriters Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston June Foray Ilene Woods Mice Singing in Normal Voices Please do not clothe the birds. (Pigeons in hats) Eleanor Audley The Wicked Stepmother & Stepsisters at Disneyland 

Tally-ho! Alexa and Nathan stay inside during the COVID19 quarantine and wrap up the package film era while social distancing with Ichabod and Mr. Toad. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Roger Deakins Leonard Maltin Bing Crosby Mickey's Christmas Carol The Hays Code Kenneth Grahame Washington Irving J. Pat O'Malley