How's It Hold Up? Podcast
1) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
(Spoiler Section Length - 2min 45sec)The last attempt at a non-Rankin/Bass Rudolph movie went over poorly, at least financially, so this time around the rights-holders are doing a direct sequel to Ran...Show More
2) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Our first Rudolph film post-Rankin/Bass has virtually nothing to do with the Rudolph special we all know, and instead is a retelling of the story with a lot of added aspects like fairies, an ice witch...Show More
3) Frosty Returns
We've been through all of the Rankin/Bass adventures of Rudolph and Frosty, so why not check out their adventures as handled by their later rights-holders? First up is Frosty, who, well, Returns in th...Show More
4) Shorts! The Captain and the Kids: Poultry Pirates
In the late 1930s, Friz Freleng decided to leave Warner Bros to seek greener pastures, and ended up over at MGM, working on their new in-house series The Captain and the Kids. Unfortuantely for Frelen...Show More
5) Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
(Spoiler Section Length - 5min 58sec)The original Ernest & Celestine was a great movie that we watched way back in our first season, and when we heard a sequel had released, it was only a matter of ti...Show More
6) Shorts! Merrie Melodies: Cinderella Meets Fella
Early Elmer Fudd was a very different beast than the one we all know today, and last time we saw him on this podcast, he was a small part of a spin on a classic fairy tale. Well this time he's an ever...Show More
7) Disney's Home on the Range
(Spoiler Section Length - 2min 14sec)Many films from the 2000s are blamed for 'killing' 2D animation in the west (at least for movies), such as Disney's Treasure Planet or Dreamworks' Sinbad. But at l...Show More
8) Shorts! Popeye: Bulldozing the Bull & Disney: Ferdinand the Bull
Sometimes two cartoons with similar subject matter appear in the same year. In this case, we get two cartoons that are both focused on matador bull fighting, with both cartoons seemingly taking that s...Show More
9) Corpse Bride
(Spoiler Section Length - 20min 24sec)Last year for Spookaboo we watched The Nightmare Before Christmas film, often hailed as a Tim Burton-directed film, despite him being a producer. Corpse Bride sho...Show More
10) Shorts! Looney Tunes: Porky's Hare Hunt
By the late 30s, Warner Bros finally managed to develop some cartoon stars that would end up standing the test of time, like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. But their biggest star still hadn't arrived, unti...Show More