Episode 145 - ALADDIN

Aladdin promised a whole new world of narrative possibilities for Disney's resurgent animation division. It expanded the studio's fantastic point of view beyond traditional European folktales while soaring and tumbling with a freewheeling attitude perfectly suited to the '90s. And with no one telling improvisational genius Robin Williams "no," the film had nowhere to go but into the endless diamond sky of our warmest childhood memories.

It's an indescribable feeling as Sean Davis shares his shining, shimmering, splendid insights on this treasured Disney classic. We've got plenty of new horizons to pursue, so come join us on this magic carpet ride!

 

Aladdin (1992)
Directed and produced by Ron Clements and John Musker
Written by Ron Clements & John Musker and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
Starring Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, and Robin Williams

Episode 125 - KAZAAM

It’s Shaq-Fu, Diesel, the Big Aristotle

About time you let me out the bottle

To spit like the colossal genie apostle

And a five thousand-year-old role model

Your deadbeat criminal dad’s a disgrace

I like to invade his airspace with my bass

Make it rain burgers after winning a bike race

And slam your momma’s French toast into your face

Pay attention even if you ain’t superstitious

I’m about to grant these three podcast wishes:

An episode so vicious, delicious, and auspicious

I’m true djinn, boy, my style’s never repetitious

Get ready for the original Shaq-tober jam

Courtesy my best friends Eric and Cam

Shout it over the air and across the land

I am…Kazaam!

Kazaam (1996)
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Produced by Bob Engelman, Scott Kroopf, and Paul Michael Glaser
Written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer
Starring Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, James Acheson, Marshall Manesh, and John Costelloe