Disney Reel to Reel

Wyatt Tucker

A deep, deep, DEEP delve into the Disney animated canon. You can find the show @disreeltoreelpodcast and host Wyatt @goldenafternoon51 on Instagram! Write in at disneyreeltoreel@gmail.com. *Logo by johnmakesart*

  1. Anime Babbles: Belle (2021)

    JAN 17

    Anime Babbles: Belle (2021)

    *SPOILER WARNING* This film is only five years old and fairly obscure. We at DRTR encourage you to watch Belle before listening to this episode. With that out of the way, Wyatt and returning guest Frankie Sparks (@shoottheflick) hop on over to Japan to discuss this Studio Chizu anime, directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Opening Music: "Dreams from Yesteryear" by Ankari *Logo by @wayfinderart on Instagram* References: “Animation: Belle.” Issuu, Visual Effects Society, 18 Mar. 2022, https://issuu.com/visualeffectssociety/docs/vfxv_issue_21_spring_2022_complete/s/15156621. Belle. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Video commentary by Emi Tamaki and Mamoru Hosoda. GKIDS, 2021. Blu-Ray. JPVLIVEMUSIC. “BELLE - Lend Me Your Voice [LIVE English Version by Kylie McNeill] (The Bourbon Room 2023).” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Aug. 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuERIxrhkzQ. "BELLE - A Million Miles Away [LIVE English version by Kylie McNiell] (The Bourbon Room 2023." YouTube, YouTube, 10 Aug. 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MjR2Eb-BPw. MrPloxX. “Belle Medley - Japanese & English Mix Version.” YouTube, 8 Mar. 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NewGbRUW8yc. Tuttle, Brit. “Director Ron Clements Coming Out of Retirement, Returning to Disney Animation as a Mentor.” WDW News Today, WDW News Today, 13 June 2025, https://wdwnt.com/2025/06/director-ron-clements-coming-out-of-retirement-returning-to-disney-animation-as-a-mentor/. Send us Fan Mail

    1h 9m
  2. When Elephants Fly (Halloween Edition): Seqs. 16-18 ("Clowns Hit Big Boss for a Raise," "Pink Elephants")

    10/18/2025

    When Elephants Fly (Halloween Edition): Seqs. 16-18 ("Clowns Hit Big Boss for a Raise," "Pink Elephants")

    *Trigger Warning for discussions of addiction, alcohol and drug abuse, child exploitation, and language* Happy Halloween!!! Wyatt's back after a brief hiatus and joined by friend Frankie Sparks (@shoottheflick) to talk Dumbo. We try to bring some levity to an otherwise depressing, but insightful subject. "I'm afraid, need your aid, pink elephants on parade." Opening Music: "Dreams from Yesteryear" by Ankari References: Brogan, Scott. “The Pirate.” The Judy Room, www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/the-pirate/. Blog. Babbitt, Art. “Fantasia’s 80th Anniversary - and a 1975 Interview with Art Babbitt.” Edited by John Canemaker, John Canemaker’s Animated Eye, 13 Nov. 2020, animatedeye.johncanemaker.com/blog/fantasias-80th-anniversary-and-a-1975-interview-with-art-babbitt/. Blog. Colín, Mariana, and Schiff, Gus, hosts. "Once More With Big Ol' Ears - Dumbo (1941 & 2019)." Once More With Feeling, season 1, episode 3, Spotify, 24 Sep. 2025, https://rss.com/podcasts/once-more-with-feeling/2231785/. Podcast. Darrow, Lin, and G. Jeremy, hosts. “Ep. 4 - Dumbo (1941): Otherness, Prejudice, and Excessive Bullying of Literal Babies.” The Ink and Think Hour, season 1, episode 4, Spotify, 21 Apr. 2020, https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bOdVGwD3r0iq0Y3DE6h5g?si=12d8GmDQS6GWhni7dyxIOg. Podcast. “Dumbo.” Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Film. Freedman, Robert L. Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, Episode 1, ABC, 25 Feb. 2001. Television. ozzren. Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows - 2001 (Upscaled). YouTube, 24 Dec. 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo85Z6bA8Bc&t=4642s. Online Video. “Judy: Impressions of Garland.” Omnibus, performance by E. Y. Harburg, season 6, episode 11, BBC, 24 Dec. 1972. Television. Garland, Judy, et al. “Judy Garland: By Myself.” American Masters, performance by Isabel Keating, PBS, 25 Feb. 2004. Television. Kothenschulte, Daniel, et al. “When Ideas Grow Wings: Dumbo, the Unexpected Masterpiece.” The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, 2nd ed., TASCHEN, Cologne, Germany, 2023, p. 180. Book. Langer, Mark. “Regionalism in Disney Animation: Pink Elephants and Dumbo.” Film History, vol. 4, no. 4, 1990, pp. 305–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3815059. Journal. Schroeder, Russell, et al. “Pink Elephant Polka.” Disney’s Lost Chords, vol. 2, Voight Publications, Robbinsville, NC, 2008, pp. 346-347. Book. Send us Fan Mail

    1h 14m

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A deep, deep, DEEP delve into the Disney animated canon. You can find the show @disreeltoreelpodcast and host Wyatt @goldenafternoon51 on Instagram! Write in at disneyreeltoreel@gmail.com. *Logo by johnmakesart*