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A very very grownup and sensible discussion of animated films by two silly people. (Theme tune by Bulby: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bulby)

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United States

Description:

A very very grownup and sensible discussion of animated films by two silly people. (Theme tune by Bulby: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bulby)

Language:

English


Episodes
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Wish

12/26/2023
What's your Christmas Wish? Was it this film? Tell me exactly how you worded that wish, we need to figure out a few things.

Duration:03:15:23

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The Big Pile (The Big Pile Trilogy #3, obv)

11/9/2023
We've been given all of Disney's films all at once and never have to buy new ones as long as we keep up our subscription fee. So, er... now what? Fancy putting one of them on? No? Oh. Why not? Welcome to the conclusion of the Big Pile Trilogy!

Duration:01:46:52

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Strange World (The Big Pile Trilogy #2)

10/28/2023
So what happened next? Remember I was all enigmatic about the Raya review being the first part of an unwitting trilogy that happen to add up to one big discussion? Well it was, and this is the second bit, and the third bit is coming VERY soon.

Duration:02:23:44

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Raya and the Last Dragon (The Big Pile Trilogy #1)

2/10/2023
Something is happening, and we've noticed it. We noticed it slowly, over the course of a couple of years. We're going to tell you about it, over three episodes about different things that all add up to one big thing. First: Raya.

Duration:02:50:58

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Mulan

9/25/2022
HELLO AGAIN! Cor have you seen the remake of Mulan? Maybe don't do that! Maybe listen to this first?

Duration:03:05:59

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Encanto

12/1/2021
There's a new WDAS out, and just as we were starting to lose faith that those would be good, a big banger landed in our laps and banged off.

Duration:02:30:39

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Frivolous Disness - Hocus Pocus!

10/30/2021
A spoOoOOoky Halloween special, in which we discuss latter-day Halloween classic Hocus Pocus, a film aimed at our age group and which we completely ignored and had never seen before this, somehow.

Duration:02:42:40

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Frivolous Disness - Honey We F~@%ed Up

10/26/2021
Honey, We Discussed A good film, an ok film, and a very very terrible film that make up something of a trilogy, starting with a film that was once a mega-hit, but isn't much talked about any more.

Duration:02:15:42

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Beauty and the Beast (2017) part 2

2/13/2021
It's finally here, the remainder of our big birthday bumper Beauty/Beast bonanza blowout special! Our sleeves are rolled up, we're getting hungry, and it's time to really try and figure out what happened here??

Duration:03:51:50

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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

12/26/2020
Christmas Special! It's the one. The big one. Was our entire remakes series building up to this? Possibly. It demonstrably did not have to be this way.

Duration:02:13:45

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Livestream #2 - Yes Sir, Man Can Boogedy

9/9/2020
As promised, we take a Frivolous Disness look at Mr Boogedy, which is nothing like I hoped. We also discuss what a weak wimpy baby Jehan is

Duration:01:52:27

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Livestream #1 - The Wuzzles Are Banned

5/2/2020
Trying out a temporary new format, we chat to each other (and a live audience at home) about our experience with Disney+ so far, including films we SHOULD already have seen by now, but had not.

Duration:02:18:55

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Petes' Dragons

4/6/2020
If you haven't seen either version of Pete's Dragon, don't worry, neither had we until now. But for this episode of the "Reimagined Classics" series, we cover BOTH versions.

Duration:01:37:05

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The Jungle Book (2016)

3/20/2020
Jon Favreau tries his hand at photorealistic talking animals - but will he use that skill again? Returning to our chronological watch-through of Disney remakes, we find a film that stands out from all the others. And does a big roar. On a big rock.

Duration:02:27:06

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Frozen 2

12/15/2019
SPOILERS! We come straight home from seeing Frozen 2 on its opening... day? Weekend, certainly, and go straight to mic to chat about what we saw. Mercifully, we don't do it for more than one episode this time. But we DO spoil EVERYTHING, so watch it 1st.

Duration:01:19:20

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Frivolous Disness - Boogedyboogedyboogedy

12/4/2019
Disney+ is here, and we discuss what that means for our VHS collection. Plus! Brightside Euan is back, and he's watched The Little Mermaid now. He says it's the same as Ratatouille, and then weirdly manages to prove it.

Duration:01:29:43

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Frivolous Disness - Mickey Biccies

11/16/2019
Today, Jehan tells us about the time he pestered Jafar and went up Aladdin's Enchanted Passage at Eurodisney. Plus! The first part of a new segment in which Brightside Euan, a man who hasn't seen a Disney Renaissance film, is pressured into watching one.

Duration:01:02:42

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Cinderella (2015)

10/4/2019
Returning to the chronological releases, 2015's Cinderella was the first of the remakes to be an actual REMAKE. But was it good? We both sort-of disagree, and sort-of have an argument about it. Drama!* in the new Serious Disness! *(not really)

Duration:01:35:07

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The Lion King (2019)

8/8/2019
This film defied our expectations in basically every way possible. We're joined by fellow Lion King expert and 3D animal artist Jamie Carr (@orbitalnomad) to explore whether it really is the animals that have left audiences feeling conflicted.

Duration:01:57:48

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Aladdin (2019)

6/16/2019
Disney's latest remake warrants immediate, queue-jumping discussion, so here we are with our immediate (and I do mean immediate) response. (psst, go and see this film.) Rated E for one or two pretty mild words.

Duration:02:21:55