Looking for the Ocean: A Pixar Journey

14. Much Ado About Mark’s Wi-Fi: A Bug’s Life w/ Tori Estes

It's another difficult episode (and not just because of the audio quality), so the team has help! Theatre historian, world traveler, and highly acclaimed podcast appearer Tori Estes joins Mark and Danny to talk about the year 2016, the best Pixar villains, Akira Kurosawa's Shakespeare adaptations, and the end of one of Danny’s other podcasts.

13. Bumpers (Not the Cars Episode): Toy Story Treats

Mark and Danny talk about the old 52! Toy Story interstitials which were played on ABC in the 90s. They also discuss Bullet Train, movie musicals, and the all time shortest Oscar winners. In the end, they both try to write Toy Story 5.

12. Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington: Geri’s Game

Geri’s game! Appropriately, Danny and Mark spend most of this episode playing games. Danny goes through his top 100 movies of all time, Mark drops his high school best-of list and tries to pick a fight with George Miller to get Danny interested in juggling notation. They also discuss the Oscars, famous snubs, Pixar sweeps, and cool sociology teachers.

11. DETOUR! The Fourth Beatle: James and the Giant Peach/The Nightmare Before Christmas

This week Danny and Mark dive into the non-Pixar work of Joe Ranft, the often-forgotten fourth member of the original Pixar Brain Trust. Ranft worked as a storyboard supervisor on both of acclaimed stop-motion director Henry Selick’s films in the 1990s. The boys also talk about the history of aspect ratios, missing childhood memories of these films, and Mark’s adventures on Broadway. Also, more secrets of Danny’s history with the church REVEALED!

10. It’s Not Antz!: Toy Story w/ Kevin Hart

It’s a monumental day for the podcast as we reach the first Pixar feature film and have our very first guest, Arts and Culture Reviewer for WMAY Springfield Kevin Hart. It’s the Big One, as we break down every single thing that makes the 1995 film a nearly perfect feature. Also, we try to figure out how to convert our games into a competitive format, while also catching up with an old college buddy.
Some links for Kevin!:
2 Bad 2 Watch: https://www.spreaker.com/show/kevin-and-max-movie-and-sequel-talk
Radio Station: https://omny.fm/shows/let-s-talk-arts-entertainment

9. Succ Session: The Luxo Jr. Sesame Street Shorts

Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away! Except when they don’t! Luxo Jr.’s Sesame Street appearances don’t stop Mark and Danny from talking about childhood trauma, and how a lot of people underestimate what children can emotionally process. You have to sit through some Emmy talk to get to it, but trust us, it’s worth it.

8. Poke-Thoughts: Knick Knack

This week Danny and Mark DEFINITELY spend most of their time talking about Knick Knack. They promise. They also talk about trading card games, what defines a movie musical, and could we categorize movies based on their title’s font?

7. The Baby Elephant in the Room: Tin Toy

Everyone has Covid! The lads are fighting for their lives this week as they talk about Aaron Sorkin, the best instant Ramen, and Pixar’s biggest mistake. Is Tin Toy a big leap forward? Should they be nicer to it? Can one seize the means of production by sitting directly in front of the TV?