Retroscoping Live from Carter Tower!

Heigh-ho! It's off through history we go! In the first episode of Retroscoping, Alexa and Nathan take a look at Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. They discuss other contenders for "first animated film," the original fairy tale, and break down the delights this film still offers more than 80 years after it's premiere.
So whether you're new school or old school -- navigate to Disney+, crack open your DVD collection, or cue up the VCR and get watching the classic masterpiece that changed the world of animation forever after.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
"The Apostle" by Quirino Cristiani
"The Adventures of Prince Achmed" by Lotte Reiniger
"The Old Mill" Disney short
"Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera"
The Hobbit House in Culver City

Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee! A Disney life for me! Alexa and Nathan discuss the odds and ends of Pinocchio, Disney's 2nd feature film. They debate whether Jiminy is a good conscience and discover deceit is the solution to deforestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Disney's Oscar

CONTENT WARNING: Brief discussions of racism and nudity. Parental discretion advised.
Nathan and Alexa discuss Disney's 3rd animated feature film, Fantasia. A film that mixes high art with "cold hard science" and travels from abstract ASMR to whimsical pagan pastures.
 
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
A Colour Box by Len Lye
Uncensored Pastoral Symphony Comparison {Warning: contains depictions of racism}

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of alcohol and elements of racism. Parental discretion advised.
Alexa and Nathan have officially seen everything because now they've seen an elephant fly (and a few pink elephants to boot)! They highly recommend Timothy Mouse as your agent. But whatever you do - look out for Mister Stork!
 
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The 1941 Strike
The Animation Guild
Barnum Animal Crackers
How Tim Burton's Dumbo addressed the original Dumbo's racism and other problematic issues.

In this film you've surely never seen, Alexa and Nathan uncover a hidden connection to Disneyland, learn the word "boogie woogie," and give this film an award.
Fun Fact: This episode was recorded before COVID19.  Time travel with us back to a simpler time.
 
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Fred Moore
The Martins and the Coys
Blue Bayou
All the Cats Join In
Without You
Casey at the Bat
Two Silhouettes
Peter and the Wolf narration and music
After You've Gone
Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet clip
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met

Jiminy Cricket is back... with a vengeance. Alexa and Nathan find out what is a Bongo and what is a Bergen while discussing outdated love rituals and other ghosts of pop culture eras past.
CONTENT WARNING: Brief discussions of domestic violence behaviors. Parental discretion advised.
 
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
"Too Good to Be True" love song from Bongo
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Willy raises the roof
Edgar Bergen
Billy Gilbert