Nation of Animation Audio Mint

Nation of Animation Presents:

Steamboat Willie, the iconic cartoon that launched Disney’s empire, has entered the public domain. He’s also been MURDERED! Ryan and Brooke, lifelong cartoon fans with unfulfilling day jobs, take it upon themselves to solve this unsolvable case of mouseslaughter – and their investigation will take them into a sordid, strange world of two-dimensional two-timing, cartoonish corruption, and monochrome mystery.They’ll encounter public domain figures with a potential axe to grind with Steamboat Willie, from Captain Pete to Tigger to the mythical Hercules himself. What happens to a character when they enter the public domain? What does it mean to be an intellectual property? And how could any of this be worth killing someone over? The answers may shake Ryan and Brooke’s faith in cartoons, authorship, and the public domain itself.

The Murder of Steamboat Willie is a Nation of Animation production, and is not produced, endorsed, licensed, or approved by the Walt Disney Corporation. All established characters depicted therein are in the public domain.

Written and Directed by Ryan Stevens and Brooke-Erin Smith.
Produced by Danny Mendoza
Ryan and “Mike” were played by Ryan Stevens
Brooke was played by Brooke-Erin Smith
Newscaster was played by Madison Hill
Captain Pete was played by Makela Yepez
Tigger was played by Freddie Powers
Disney Lawyer was played Kelsea Woods
Pinnocchio was played by John Floyd
Peter Pan was played by Clare Rollinger
Hercules was played by David Kepner
Additional voices for the Disney adults were provided by Jordan “Old Bean” Smith-Bowers and Hayden Bowers

Original music composed by Mitch McAndrew. You can find his work on bandcamp and Spotify as Dogcatcher.

Original art by Urvashi Lele.

Additional music and sounds include
“Dances and Dames” by Kevin Macleod licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license and sourced from http://FreeMusicArchive.org.

This show is a part of Atlanta Fringe Audio: Listen to other festival shows here: https://atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio/

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Ah-ah-nimation, Nation of Animation! We are back this week and we hope you brought your lantern and pet dragons because we return to the dark ages as we revisit Dave the Barbarian! Does anyone remember this show, did they focus too much on the barbarian angle, why was this show so funny? Also, listen till the end for a little secret sneak peek of what we’ve been working on!

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brookeerinsmith.com
ryangstevens.com
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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
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Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
& a very special thanks to:
Doug Langdale, thank you for bringing this unique experience to our tvs! 

The State of Animation is strong like Dave!

Episodes we talked about: 
E11: Girlfriend/ Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow
E8a: Band
E21b: Happy Glasses

Real World Recs:

Brooke: The Neapolitan Novels
Ryan: The Sympathizer on Max

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Hallelujah, we’re back! This week we talk about something that has the animation world and Disney fans celebrating: the leaked storybibles! We talk about origins, our favorites, and ask the big questions, like, what’s a story bible again? 

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Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation and our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter
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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
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Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
& a very special thanks to:

People who help lost media be found! 

The State of Animation is Biblical!

Storybibles we talked about we talked about: 
101 Dalmatian Street
(The Buzz On) Maggie
Gravity Falls “Nutshell” “Series Bible”
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
Real World Recs:

Brooke: Challengers in theaters now
Ryan: euphoria by Kendrick Lamar

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This week we’re getting rad, twisted and extreme as we shred the waves of nostalgia with the power of Rocket Power! We talk about rad outfits, feminism, and conspiracy theories! Paramount plus, hit us up or fix your U.I.

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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
& a very special thanks to:

Klasky Csupo, again! Thanks for inviting us on these rad adventures and all the other stories produced through our childhood!

The State of Animation is Gnarly!

Episodes we talked about: 
S1E6b Father's Day Off
S1E7a Powergirl Surfers
S1E19a Big Air Dare
S2E18a Hurricane Maurice

Real World Recs:

Brooke: The Other Two on Max
Ryan: Under the Bridge on Hulu

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Badabababa, we’re watching it! This week we delve into the lost promotional media “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald”! We’re talking about how wacky these adventures are, what the point of these promo episodes could possibly be, and Grimace’s culture! Also we’re creating worlds!

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Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation and our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter
&
brookeerinsmith.com
ryangstevens.com
&
Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation

BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
& a very special thanks to:

Klasky Csupo! Thanks for inviting us on these wacky adventures and all the other adventures produced through our childhood!

The State of Animation is wacky!

Episodes we talked about: 

The Legend of Grimace Island
The Monster O' McDonaldland Loch

Real World Recs:
Brooke: Babel by R.F. Kuang
Ryan: Are you Afraid of the Dark Universe? The Podcast

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And now for something completely different! This week on Nation of Animation we are talking about the totally indie animated feature; Barber Westchester! This feature is such a treat we don't want to spoil anything because you can experience it yourself, cause it’s on YouTube! Check out the link below and you know we got that news!
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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a very special thanks to:
Lilac for emailing us about this 
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Jonni Peppers; for introducing us to Barbara, letting us know about the truth, and the Blimp fact!
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All the Guest Artist: Emily Martinez (Planet video) Victoria Vincent (Lucky and Dorbee TV show) Benni Quintero (Beast beyond the dome) Ian Worthington (Mr. Whale TV show) Chris Kim (Silver’s advice) Yasmeen Abedifard (Bene’s advice) Mel Murakawa-White (Gerard’s advice) Frankie Tamaru (Margaret’s advice) Kelly Ficarra (Prof Lemmings’ song) Tyrell Solomon (Church paintings) Zaria Bohanon (Crowd character designs during the projection room scene) Additional character animation by Maddie Brewer, Sidney Gale, Franky Wish and Benni Quintero

The State of Animation is idependent!

Check out Barbara Westchester!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf46FELFk2g

Real World Recs:
Brooke: Star Crossed by Kasey Muskgraves
Ryan: Blank City, Nowhere

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