Writers Get Animated
Episodes
Friday Oct 28, 2016
046 - What Are You Doing Here? The Struggles and Failures of BoJack Horseman
Friday Oct 28, 2016
Friday Oct 28, 2016
What are you doing here? Listening to Chris and Mackenzie discuss the trials and successes and failures of BoJack Horseman! Will BoJack ever succeed? How bad can things get for BoJack? Can the story of BoJack be called “The Great American Novel?” What does “The Emperor’s New Groove” have in common with “BoJack Horseman?” Links About BoJack Horseman http://bit.ly/2egGpHQ BoJack Horseman Recap: Under the Sea http://bit.ly/2e2v2FL BoJack Horseman: “Brand New Couch” - The A.V. Club http://bit.ly/2eXeix7 ‘BoJack Horseman’ redefines the cartoon with dark humor http://bit.ly/2fl3mOm How BoJack Horseman Created the Boldest Cartoon Episode in Decades http://bit.ly/2eVNvCT THE BLEAKNESS AND JOY OF “BOJACK HORSEMAN” http://bit.ly/2eX9k3H How 'BoJack Horseman' Got So Good at Depicting Mental Illness http://bit.ly/2e2szLu How BoJack Horseman's Music Made It One of the Boldest Cartoons of the Year http://bit.ly/2dNg1ZL The Great American Novel: http://bit.ly/2egFmrx Why Are We Obsessed With The Great American Novel? http://nyti.ms/2fl2M33 Excerpt from The Great American Novel by John William DeForest http://bit.ly/2dQXzL0 About Wendie Malick http://bit.ly/2e2uEY0 About Space Pens (Chris’s favorite pens!) http://bit.ly/2dNg0VK
Friday Oct 21, 2016
045 - Bologna In Our Slacks: Animaniacs!
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
It's time for Animaniacs! Chris and Mackenzie finalize their pay for play contracts and sufficiently stuff bologna in their slacks to discuss the Warner Brothers and the Warner Sister! Who is the audience for this show?! How has Animaniacs impacted pop culture (and our personal lives)? Will there ever be a reboot? Could Animaniacs be made now? How old are Yakko, Wakko, and Dot? What's up with Wakko? How “meta” is too “meta?” Links Animaniacs http://bit.ly/2dtOo2U Cartoons that might no longer be appropriate in 2016: Animaniacs http://bit.ly/2dtMIXn A.V. Club “Hooked on a Ceiling” Review http://bit.ly/2dtQ3FX “Finger Prince” joke http://bit.ly/2dtOebT The Best of the Animaniacs on Netflix http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/animaniacs-netflix-guide/ Who is Bosko? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosko Pinky and the Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain The Behind-The-Scenes Story Of The Rise And Fall Of ‘Pinky And The Brain’ http://uproxx.com/tv/pinky-and-the-brain-anniversary-interview/ Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain How The ‘Animaniacs’ Dream Team Crafted Songs That Still Get Stuck In Your Head 20 years Later http://uproxx.com/tv/animaniacs-music-history/ Wakko’s Wish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakko's_Wish About Goodfellas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas About The Agony and the Ecstasy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_%28film%29 About the Big Eyes paintings http://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-eyes-and-the-eye-opening-story-of-margaret-keane/ What is “Meta?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta Who is Lee Strasberg? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwlCzYzjYls
Friday Oct 14, 2016
044 - Tale As Old As Time: Beauty and the Beast
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Mackenzie! The baguettes! Be our guest (had to say that) as Chris and Mackenzie celebrate the 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast! How are The Beast and Gaston the same character? Could Belle have transformed Gaston if she had married him? How old was the prince when he was cursed? Who is the real villain of Beauty and the Beast? What does the lime green color mean in a Disney movie? Links Beauty and the Beast http://bit.ly/2daQ9XF About Howard Ashman http://bit.ly/2daSQbP About Alan Menken http://bit.ly/2daR764 Listen to Beauty and the Beast (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Alan Menken on @AppleMusic. http://bit.ly/2daTo1g About Beauty and the Beast on Broadway http://bit.ly/2daQ6LC More Beauty and the Beast on Broadway http://bit.ly/2e5QU0K Listen to Beauty and the Beast (The Broadway Musical) by Various Artists on @AppleMusic. http://bit.ly/2dXsF6D List of Disney Princesses (Chris was wrong) http://bit.ly/2dNZZ0J Learn about designing Gaston from lead animator, Andreas Deja http://bit.ly/2dXtVGX More Gaston from Andreas Deja http://bit.ly/2daPKo7 Disney Movies Taught Us That Lime Green Is A Harbinger of Evil http://bit.ly/2dO238Y About Human Again the song http://bit.ly/2e9x1dU Anatomy of a Showtune: The Life and Times of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST http://bit.ly/2dXtPz3 THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CAST REFLECT ON WHAT MADE THE REVOLUTIONARY DISNEY FILM SO BITTERSWEET http://on.mtv.com/2emh4Rj About the “I Want” Song http://bit.ly/2dRat1L About the Multiplane Camera http://bit.ly/2dO2hgd About Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas http://bit.ly/2dg1RLM About Hans from Frozen http://bit.ly/2ee9qou 64th Academy Awards http://bit.ly/2dXsdW2 Bonjour, Girl! (NSFW) http://bit.ly/2daRKwF About The Picture of Dorian Gray http://bit.ly/2daPwgE
Friday Oct 07, 2016
043 - The Breakdown: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Friday Oct 07, 2016
It's a kind of magic! Chris and Mackenzie conjure the help of a special guest, composer and musician Jacob Reed, to dive into the depths of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, starring Mickey Mouse! What exactly is the chore of carrying water from one place to another accomplishing? How is Mickey Mouse like Walter White? If Mickey Mouse is Superman and Donald Duck is Batman, does that make Goofy Wonder Woman? How does REM sleep work in mice, especially Animated mice? How is the animation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice indirectly related to the Communist Manifesto? Links Learn about and listen to music by Jacob Reed http://bit.ly/2dPuXSU Watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia http://bit.ly/2dPub8o About Fantasia http://bit.ly/2dWCODb About the making of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice http://bit.ly/2dPv2pD About the original poem by Goethe http://bit.ly/2dWmgY0 Text of the poem by Goethe http://bit.ly/2dPu3FR About The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas http://bit.ly/2d7gDrh Look at the score of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas http://bit.ly/2d7fboM What is a clef http://bit.ly/2d7gd4a About Scherzo http://bit.ly/2d7fWOC About Symphonic Poems http://bit.ly/2dWE4WM About Program music (Programmatic) http://bit.ly/2dz52Rx About Leitmotif http://bit.ly/2dPurUQ About Motif and Motivic Development http://bit.ly/2d7gDHN About Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz http://bit.ly/2dz5orI Posts about Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Andreas Deja’s Deja View http://bit.ly/2dwCpp1 About the Nicolas Cage film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) http://bit.ly/2dz5GhW About “Uncle Jack” from Breaking Bad http://bit.ly/2dPtXOF Watch a performance of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic” http://bit.ly/2dwCfOk About The Skeleton Dance http://bit.ly/2dwBUvc About The Old Mill http://bit.ly/2d7eYC4 About Kingdom Hearts http://bit.ly/2dwDxZP About Russian Futurism http://bit.ly/2dPu9xo About the bassoon http://bit.ly/2dWDjgg About the contrabassoon http://bit.ly/2d7gfci About fugue http://bit.ly/2dPu7pg About Non-Player characters or NPC http://bit.ly/2dz5orx