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The Walt Disney Company has created some of the greatest, most acclaimed works of art in the history of cinema, and also unfathomable amounts of absolute garbage. And the Disney+ streaming service is loaded with both! Join YouTube personality Tony Goldmark, aka Some Jerk With A Camera, and a rotating series of guests as each week they pick a Disney+ title completely at random, dissect it for your amusement, and determine it to be "Disney Plus" or "Disney Minus." It's ESCAPE FROM VAULT DISNEY!
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This Animated Life

Stephie Theodora

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This Animated Life is a monthly podcast about life in the animation industry and the careers behind the cartoons you love. Hosted by Stephie Theodora VO artist and animation writer, broadcasting from sunny Burbank, California!
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I sit down with my friend Alicia Carrick chat about comedian Deborah Kimmett's Downward Facing Broad. It resonated with us both on multiple levels and we got to catch up after a long gap and talk about a fun amazing comedian. A great way to spend a day. Check out Big Chick Energy at Hamilton Fringe! Don't forget to pick up Magic Mind using our code…
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I chat with Mike Carrozza about Kyle Kinane, how comedy as art and the way the internet has made people think heckling is okay and how uncool that is. Check him out in Montreal or featuring for Kyle at the Vermont Comedy Club July 18th to the 20th. If you can't make it to Vermont do yourself a favour and pick up Mike's album Cherubic. Advertising I…
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Matt chats with the incredible Sarah Ashby about Maria Bamford's Special Special Special. It's a fun chat about the nature of comedy, mental health and telling jokes about your dad. Check it out along with Sarah's album Ew, What is this? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…
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DISCLAIMER: This minisode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, w…
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It's the ludicrously-belated fifth and final episode of WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? "MONTH" on Escape From Vault Disney! And to wrap up this batch of episodes on the most awkward time period in Disney history, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1976 to cover an example of Disney's most reliably lucrative (or at least, least reliably un-lucrativ…
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I sit with Dan Rosen my favourite family boy to talk about Hannibal Buress's album My Name is Hannibal. We relish in his rule breaking, smart jokes and smart way of spinning dumb jokes. Pick up Dan's album Family Boy at your favourite comedy album platform. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com…
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The amazing Emily Decloux of Big Chick Energy sits down with Matt to talk about the irrepresable Nicole Byer's 2021 special Big Beutiful Weirdo. While at it we ponder the construction materials of women's glory holes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…
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I sit down with comedian Vannessa Jackson who you may know from her stand up sets around New York City, her work on Tiger Beat, Black Lady Sketch Show and SNL! We talk about Aziz Ansari's album Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening a hilarious and really joyous album. Check out our limited time offer at http://magicmind.com/kinda and use code KIND…
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Matt sits with friend of the podcast Marc Hallworth to discuss Nick Nemeroff's album The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life. We chat about album recordings, pre-pandemic venues and the shifting nature of a set. Check out our sponsor Magicmind https://www.magicmind.com/kinda and use code Kinda20 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands …
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I sit with my friend the amazing comedian, writer and performer Shaharah Gaznabbi and we talk about the super funny physical Rhys Darby and his special Mystic Time Bird. While we're at it we explore grief in comedy (and yes there's someone hammering in the background). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://r…
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We sit with comedian Al Val to talk about Werewolves and Lollipops, crowd work and physical comedy. We get into how to keep it organic and in live in that moment while still nailing your beats. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Matthew Ardill
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Matt sits with hilarious Toronto comedian Evan Klim and we discuss a list of the best Martins in comedy including Demetri Martin. We do a deep dive into his album These Are Jokes and are wowed by Will Forte's pipes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…
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Matt invites comedian and documentarian Kelly Zemnickis to visit Ardill Sound Studios to record the first in person Comedy Album Book Club in years. We chat about Toronto comedian's Brock (Simpson) and John (Mitchell)'s Unrehearsed. A Toronto comedy duo lost to the sands of comedy time and one of the funniest comedy albumes I've heard in YEARS! We …
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Matt sits down with comedian, writer, actor, podcaster and amazing human Ali Hassan to discuss Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend. We touch on the power of story telling and how it's evolved in comedy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…
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DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we…
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It continues to be WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney! And for our third episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1981 to pick an animated would-be classic that seemed to have everything going for it: a beautiful nature setting in the Bambi mold, a timeless parabolic story about …
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It's still WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney! And for our second episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1976 to pick an ambitious misfire released just in time for America's bicentennial, a would-be epic treasure hunt adventure set in the Reconstruction-era American South that…
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It's WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney, as we devote March 2024 to movies, featurettes and/or TV specials produced by Walt Disney Productions during that odd, awkward inbetween time from 1968-1984, after Walt died but before Eisner took over! And for our first episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, we're joined by t…
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This week, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2019 to pick yet another NatGeo special! And since it's become abundantly clear that every NatGeo special is exactly the same, I'm gonna devote the rest of this description to talking about the life of actor/comedian Chris Elliott. Born in 1960 in New York City as the fifth and youngest child of Bo…
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A two-and-a-half-hour supercut of all sixteen "What Else Is Not On Disney+?" minisodes, featuring more-or-less the entire conversation Tony Goldmark had with David Ganssle in the spring of 2023 in which they went through the entire Not On Disney+ Month shortlist and said a few words about each item.By Tony Goldmark
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This week we're bypassing the randomizer for yet another Guest's Choice episode, which in this case doubles as a belated Christmas episode AND triples as an even-more-belated Halloween episode! Our good friend and newly-sentient amorphous blob of characters Garrett Smith "makes" us watch one of the most groundbreaking animated features of all time,…
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DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we…
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This week, for our first Christmas episode of 2023, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2020 to pick a heartwarming holiday special made when the world was struggling through an unprecedented catastrophic global pandemic, so naturally The Disney Channel thought it'd be a swell idea to take a quartet of promising young actors from the ZOMBIES mo…
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Yet again, me and David Ganssle continue making our way through the Not On Disney+ Month shortlist in alphabetical order! In this one, we briefly discuss the original 1997 Under Wraps, Victory Through Air Power, The Watcher In the Woods, "Weird Al" Yankovic: There's No Going Home, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore and The Wuzzles!…
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This week, for our second of two Halloween episodes of the year, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2022 to cover that time the Disney Channel cartoon about noseless cornlike rural caricatures spent an entire half-hour special shamelessly promoting the trilogy of Disney Channel movie musicals about various high-school-age monsters who don't ac…
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This week, for our first of two Halloween episodes of the year, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1984 to cover one of the earliest live-action efforts of a rising young talent by the name of Tim Burton, who in this landmark early work explored many of the very same themes and motifs that would later become ubiquitous in his filmography, incl…
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This week we're bypassing the randomizer for yet another Guest's Choice episode, in which our good friend Madeline Maye makes us watch one of the first episodes of a 1988 ABC Saturday morning cartoon produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, a series that came about when the executives said "So yeah, Winnie the Pooh's a big popular brand for us…
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UPDATE: And, of course, mere minutes before this minisode went public, they announced that Spider-Man: Far From Home would arrive on Disney+ on November 3! Yet again, me and David Ganssle continue making our way through the Not On Disney+ Month shortlist in alphabetical order! In this one, we briefly discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home, Sport Goofy I…
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Yet again, me and David Ganssle continue making our way through the Not On Disney+ Month shortlist in alphabetical order! In this one, we briefly discuss the 1997 comedy RocketMan, the 2006 remake of The Shaggy Dog, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, the infamous "Michael Jackson" episode of The Simpsons (S3E1, "Stark Raving Dad"), So Dear …
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Kyle’s addicted to Dimension Shellshock, Luke wishes he liked Ahsoka better, WTF is Fanny Zilch?, Blue Beetle, toon-based D&D and more! (Opinions expressed by Kyle and Luke are their own and have no relevance to the opinions of any large animation studios we happen to work for.) Please leave us feedback and otherwise interact with us at http://www.…
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At long last, this week the randomizer wraps up Patreon Request Month 2023 by going all the way back to 2012 to pick Nick F's request for an episode of the OTHER project titled "Once Upon A (something)" that first aired on ABC in which Disney tried to cram every last Disney character onscreen together. Specifically a season one episode that had the…
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DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded and released prior to the arrest of one of its guests, Kyle Carrozza. We at Escape From Vault Disney strongly condemn Mr. Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we will not be inviting him on this podcast again in the future. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we…
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Wake up, babe. The new Solar Opposites season dropped! Also, Luke is enjoying Praise Petey, Kyle has opinions about designs for adult shows, and the new Scott Pilgrim anime trailer looks doooooope! (Opinions expressed by Kyle and Luke are their own and have no relevance to the opinions of any large animation studios we happen to work for.) Please l…
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It's Week #3 of Patreon Request Month 2023, and the randomizer is going all the way back to 2007 to pick Jinx Productions and Jonathan Librach's request for the long-awaited (though I'm not sure by who) live action feature film adaptation of a 1960s animated series that millions of people watched in reruns while enthusiastically cheering "okay, I g…
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It's Week #2 of Patreon Request Month 2023, and the randomizer is going all the way back to 1997 to pick Andrew Weiss's request for Disney's very first live-action direct-to-video sequel, continuing the wacky adventures of Wayne Szalinski, the genius inventor played by easily one of the six or seven funniest people from SCTV (that's not an insult, …
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Strikes are happening, Star Trek had a boss crossover, Futurama’s back, TMNT MUTANT MAYHEM ROCKS, and more! (Opinions expressed by Kyle and Luke are their own and have no relevance to the opinions of any large animation studios we happen to work for.) Please leave us feedback and otherwise interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/kyleandluke!…
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This week, the randomizer kicks off Patreon Request Month 2023 by going all the way back to 2010 to pick Gordhan Rajani's request for an episode of an animated Marvel series that aired on Cartoon Network, in which the superheroes looked like Chibi knockoffs, called themselves "Squaddies" for some cosmically appalling reason, lived in a town with ve…
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Yet again, Tony Goldmark and David Ganssle continue making their way through the Not On Disney+ Month shortlist in alphabetical order! In this one, they briefly discuss The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band; One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing; Oz the Great and Powerful; a buncha early shorts from the 1920s (specifically Kansas City's Spring …
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This week, Punch Punch Forever is hilarious, Reborn as a Vending Machine delights Kyle and confounds Luke, the new Superman cartoon is adorable, and the big end of CN group photo! (Opinions expressed by Kyle and Luke are their own and have no relevance to the opinions of any large animation studios we happen to work for.) Please leave us feedback a…
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This week, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2009 to pick yet another Disney Channel Original Movie, and in this case, it's a DCOM about that strange mysterious fantastical creature known colloquially as the "chicken." What is a chicken? Where did they come from? What do they want from us? Which came first, the chicken or the guy named Pete? …
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This week we're bypassing the randomizer for yet another Guest's Choice episode which also happens to be another Channel KRT crossover, in which the very awesome Kit Quinn "makes" us watch one of the very finest pieces of mainstream filmmaking of the 2010s, a megabudgeted CGI-heavy blockbuster tentpole sequel set in an expansive cinematic universe …
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This week, Luke’s frustrated, we talk about Nimona a lot, and Luke sells Kyle on Kizaki Moto. (Opinions expressed by Kyle and Luke are their own and have no relevance to the opinions of any large animation studios we happen to work for.) Please leave us feedback and otherwise interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/kyleandluke!…
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This week, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1956 to pick a relic from the bygone era when those mysterious newfangled "tele-visions" in people's houses would only broadcast shows at very specific dates and times, and if you wanted to watch something again, you had to wait for it to become a big-enough pop culture phenomenon to be repackaged …
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Me and David Ganssle continue making our way through the Not On Disney+ Month shortlist in alphabetical order. In this one, we briefly discuss Mr. Magorium's Goddamn Wonder Emporium, Muppet Classic Theater, two vintage episodes of The Muppet Show, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, Muppets Tonight, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, My Date with the Preside…
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