Jim and Drew break down the animation world frame by frame, until you get the singular picture. If you love Disney animation, Pixar, and the classics that were hand sketched, or built out of 1's and 0's in a computer, this is the podcast that draws you in.
“Swapped” Chases the “KPop Demon Hunters” Crown (Ep. 367)
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) · Jul 21, 2026
From “Goat” to “Hoppers,” Why 2026 Is Shaping Up to Be the Year of Animated Animals (Ep. 344)
GOAT (2026) · Feb 3, 2026
Fire in the Ink & Paint Department – How “Banjo the Woodpile Cat” Lit a Fuse at Disney (Ep. 341)
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979) · Jan 13, 2026
How “The Small One” Became a Very Big Problem for Disney (Ep. 338)
The Small One (1978) · Dec 23, 2025
When “Chicken Little” Took Flight: Disney’s First CGI Gamble and What Came Next (Ep. 331)
Chicken Little (2005) · Nov 4, 2025
How Disney’s “Pinocchio” Became the Studio’s Most Terrifying Classic (Ep. 330)
Pinocchio (1940) · Oct 28, 2025
Inside “Zootopia 2” – Drew’s First Look at Disney’s Next Big Sequel (Ep. 327)
Zootopia 2 (2025) · Oct 7, 2025
Box Office Surprises, “KPop Demon Hunters” Rise, and Muppets on Broadway (Ep. 321)
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) · Aug 26, 2025
Not Just a Goof: Celebrating A Goofy Movie with the Filmmakers Behind the Disney+ Documentary (Ep. 303)
Not Just a Goof (2024) · Apr 22, 2025
How long was “Black Cauldron” actually in the works at Disney (Ep 302)
The Black Cauldron (1985) · Apr 15, 2025
What was it like to see “Steamboat Willie” ‘s world premiere back in 1928 (Ep 275)
Steamboat Willie (1928) · Oct 1, 2024
Hocus Pocus: The Halloween Hit That Left Spielberg Feeling Betrayed (Ep. 272)
Hocus Pocus (1993) · Sep 10, 2024
“The Wild Robot” gets ready for its world premiere in Toronto (Ep. 271)
The Wild Robot (2024) · Sep 3, 2024
What’s interesting about the way Netflix is marketing “Spellbound” (Ep. 268)
Spellbound (2024) · Aug 6, 2024
When Cruella almost starred in Disney’s “The Rescuers” (Ep. 266)
The Rescuers (1977) · Jul 19, 2024
How “The Circle of Life” became the “Lion King” anthem (Ep. 264)
The Lion King (1994) · Jul 2, 2024
Who animated the Toontown section of “Roger Rabbit” (Ep. 263)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · Jun 25, 2024
Where can you find Figment in “Inside Out 2” (Ep. 261)
Inside Out 2 (2024) · Jun 19, 2024
How Motel 6 is helping to promote “The Garfield Movie” (Ep. 258)
The Garfield Movie (2024) · May 15, 2024
“Shrek 2” celebrates its 20th anniversary (Ep. 256)
Shrek 2 (2004) · Apr 27, 2024
Which emotions didn’t make it into “Inside Out 2” (Ep. 255)
Inside Out 2 (2024) · Apr 20, 2024
The creatures that got cut from Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” (Ep. 254)
The Good Dinosaur (2015) · Apr 10, 2024
How “Rhapsody in Blue” became part of “Fantasia 2000” (Ep. 249)
Fantasia (1940) · Feb 27, 2024
How “Rhapsody in Blue” became part of “Fantasia 2000” (Ep. 249)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945) · Feb 27, 2024
DWA’s “The Prince of Egypt” celebrates its 25th anniversary (Ep. 243)
The Prince of Egypt (1998) · Dec 26, 2023
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 242: Netflix’s “Leo” out-shines Disney’s “Wish” this holiday season
Leo (2023) · Dec 19, 2023
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 242: Netflix’s “Leo” out-shines Disney’s “Wish” this holiday season
Wish (2023) · Dec 19, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 240: Why Disney decided to make a “Big Hero 6” movie
Big Hero 6 (2014) · Nov 7, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 237: “Once Upon a Studio” is an artful, heartfelt tribute to Disney Animation
Once Upon a Studio (2023) · Oct 17, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 234: Which obscure Disney toons turn up in “Once Upon a Studio”
Once Upon a Studio (2023) · Sep 26, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 233: What got cut out on Don Bluth’s “The Land Before Time”
The Land Before Time (1988) · Sep 19, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 232: Who almost played the villain in Disney’s “The Rescuers”
The Rescuers (1977) · Sep 12, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 226: How “The Adventures of Andre & Wally B” came to be
The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) · Jul 25, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 221: How is Disney’s “Little Mermaid” doing at the overseas box office
The Little Mermaid (2023) · Jun 6, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 213: What powers the storyline of Pixar’s “Elemental”
Elemental (2023) · Apr 11, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 212: Get ready for “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) · Mar 23, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 206: How Disney’s “Mad Doctor” wound up in the public domain
Mad Doctor (1920) · Jan 24, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 204: How “Nimona” went from Blue Sky Studios to Netflix
Nimona (2023) · Jan 10, 2023
Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 195: Get ready for Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”
Pinocchio (2022) · Nov 2, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 189: Remembering Disney’s “Fluppy Dogs”
Fluppy Dogs (1986) · Aug 30, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 187: How DWA’s “Kung Fu Panda” became a full-fledged franchise
Kung Fu Panda (2008) · Aug 16, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 185: So is Skydance Animation’s “Luck” worth a look?
Luck (2022) · Aug 2, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 171: “Lightyear” salutes 70’s style sci-fi
Lightyear (2022) · Apr 26, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 166: Pixar puts same sex kiss back into “Lightyear”
Lightyear (2022) · Mar 22, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 165: How “Turning Red” almost turned out differently
Turning Red (2022) · Mar 15, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 162: Lin Manuel Miranda talks about Disney’s “Encanto”
Encanto (2021) · Feb 22, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 161: Get ready for Pixar’s “Turning Red”
Turning Red (2022) · Feb 15, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 156: Meet the directors of “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) · Jan 11, 2022
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 150: Why “Elf” & Pixar’s “Up” were so important to Ed Asner
Elf (2003) · Nov 30, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 150: Why “Elf” & Pixar’s “Up” were so important to Ed Asner
Up (2009) · Nov 30, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 148: Chris Butler looks back on “ParaNorman”
ParaNorman (2012) · Nov 16, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 147: Behind the scenes on “Back to the Outback”
Back to the Outback (2021) · Nov 9, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 146: Looking back at Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.”
Monsters, Inc. (2001) · Nov 2, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 145: Why did “Runaway Brain” wind up locked away in the Disney Vault
Runaway Brain (1995) · Oct 26, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 142: How “Muppets Haunted Mansion” got made
Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) · Oct 6, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 141: Meet the directors of Disney’s “Encanto”
Encanto (2021) · Sep 29, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 140: Craig Gillespie talks about directing Disney’s “Cruella”
Cruella (2021) · Sep 21, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 136: How Jeffrey Katzenberg tripped up “Toys”
Toys (1992) · Aug 24, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 134: Kirk DeMicco talks about the making of “VIVO”
Vivo (2021) · Aug 10, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 131: Meet the writers of “Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans”
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) · Jul 20, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 130: How the director of “Space Jam” carved out a new legacy
Space Jam (1996) · Jul 13, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 127: Why “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” shifted its release date to October
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) · Jun 23, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 125: Meet the director & producer of Pixar’s “Luca”
Luca (2021) · Jun 9, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 123: Why Disney’s “Gremlins” movie never got off the ground
Gremlins (1984) · May 25, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 119: Who’s directing the sequel to “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) · Apr 27, 2021
Fine Tooning:with Drew Taylor - Episode 113: How Judy Hopps became the lead character in Disney’s “Zootopia”
Zootopia (2016) · Mar 9, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 112: “Moana” & “Big Hero 6” fans are going to love “Raya and the Last Dragon”
Big Hero 6 (2014) · Mar 3, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 111: “Us Again” marks Disney’s return to theatrically released shorts
Cruella (2021) · Feb 23, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 111: “Us Again” marks Disney’s return to theatrically released shorts
Us Again (2020) · Feb 23, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 108: DreamWorks Animation’s magical “To: Gerard”
To: Gerard (2020) · Feb 4, 2021
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 101: The wonders of “Wolfwalkers”
Wolfwalkers (2020) · Nov 12, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 96: Inside Pixar’s “Burrow”
Burrow (2020) · Sep 29, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 92: “Over the Moon” gets ready for its October 23 rd debut on Netflix
Over the Moon (2020) · Sep 1, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 91: Behind-the-scenes on Disney’s “The Black Cauldron”
The Black Cauldron (1985) · Aug 25, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 90: When Disney went to pot to help “Fantasia” turn a profit
Fantasia (1940) · Aug 14, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 88: Get ready for Don Hahn’s “Howard”
Howard (2018) · Jul 21, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 81: Looking back on “Moana”
Moana (2016) · May 28, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 80: Get the inside scoop on “Scoob!”
Scoob! (2020) · May 20, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 79: Is Disney already making plans for more “Mulan” ?
Mulan (2020) · May 14, 2020
Fine Tooning with DrewTaylor Episode 77: How Kris Pearns adapted “The Willoughbys” for animation
The Willoughbys (2020) · Apr 22, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 73: How “Trolls World Tour” will soon make Hollywood history
Trolls World Tour (2020) · Mar 25, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 72: Why “Dumbo” can be shown on Disney+ but “Song of the South” can’t
Song of the South (1946) · Mar 18, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 71 : “Scoob!” celebrates Hanna-Barbera’s heritage
Scoob! (2020) · Mar 10, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 69: Get ready for “Onward”
Onward (2020) · Feb 27, 2020
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 62: Looking forward to “Onward”
Onward (2020) · Dec 11, 2019
Fine Tooning Episode 60 : Hand-drawn “Klaus” is a heartfelt charmer
Klaus (2019) · Nov 30, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 58: Remembering Disney’s “Fraidy Cat”
Fraidy Cat (1942) · Oct 30, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 56: Resurrecting “The Addams Family”
The Addams Family (2019) · Oct 17, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 53: How “Everest” became “Abominable”
Abominable (2019) · Sep 26, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 47: “Bambi” ‘s troubled trip to the big screen
Bambi (1942) · Aug 14, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 45: Hans Zimmer fixes “Lion King” mistakes
The Lion King (1994) · Jul 25, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 45: Hans Zimmer fixes “Lion King” mistakes
The Lion King (2019) · Jul 25, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 43: Why Disney’s “Toaster” got unplugged
The Brave Little Toaster (1987) · Jul 9, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 40: Picking a proper princess song for “Aladdin”
Aladdin (1992) · Jun 12, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 38: Looking back at Disney’s animated “Mulan”
Mulan (1998) · May 21, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 34: Looking back at Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame”
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) · Apr 23, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 29: How MGM erased “Tom & Jerry” ‘s more racist moments
Tom & Jerry (2021) · Mar 19, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 28: Rob Marshall talks about Disney’s live-action “Little Mermaid”
The Little Mermaid (1989) · Mar 12, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 23: Why it took Disney 18 years to produce its animated “Peter Pan”
Peter Pan (1953) · Feb 5, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 21: “Spy Jam,” “Race Jam,” & “Skate Jam”: Warners’ 20+ years effort to get a “Space Jam” sequel made
Space Jam (1996) · Jan 25, 2019
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 17: Who actually did the animation for “Mary Poppins Returns” ?
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) · Dec 4, 2018
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 14: As Guillermo del Toro readies his long-in-the-works "Pinocchio," Ed Catmull gets ready to retire
Pinocchio (1940) · Oct 30, 2018
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 13: "Cycles" breaks new ground for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Live-action "Lilo & Stitch" now in development
Cycles (2018) · Oct 16, 2018
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 11: Why does Disney princess Tiana look different in "Ralph Breaks the Internet"?
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) · Oct 2, 2018