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From Pencils to Pixels: The Animation Celebration Podcast

Dec 16, 2023

Scott and Michael celebrate the 180th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with their guest, Andy DiGenova.

On this episode, they discuss offbeat animated versions of “A Christmas Carol” as they look back at the Rankin/Bass special, “The Stingiest Man in Town,” “Bah Humduck!: A Looney...


Dec 5, 2023

Scott and Michael celebrate 100 years of Disney with their guest, internationally published writer and Disney historian Jim Fanning.

Jim discusses his new book, “Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder,” as well as milestones in Disney animation, such as the creation of Mickey Mouse, “Snow White and the Seven...


Nov 20, 2023

In honor of the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” Scott & Michael watch the classic holiday special and provide audio commentary as they do!

Grab some pretzel rods, jellybeans, toast, and popcorn as you watch along with them, or just listen to the commentary for an animated Thanksgiving feast of...


Oct 16, 2023

For their Halloween episode, Scott and Michael rank their top three scariest moments in animation. They discuss scenes from the animated feature, “Dot and the Kangaroo,” episodes of “The Smurfs,” and “He-Man,” as well as the Disney classics “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “The Legend of Sleepy...


Sep 27, 2023

Scott and Michael return to their annual tradition of celebrating Saturday morning cartoons. First, they look back at the history of two iconic animated cereal mascots: Sonny the Cuckoo Bird and Tony the Tiger. Then, they revisit two Saturday Morning Preview Specials: NBC’s “Saturday Morning Preview Review” from...