Episodes

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 234: Which obscure Disney toons turn up in “Once Upon a Studio”

Sept. 26, 2023

The guys divide-and-conquer this time around. With Jim Hill doing the news segment of this week’s show all by his lonesome. Then Drew Taylor interviews acclaimed author Dave Bossert about his two new Disney-related books Lea…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 233: What got cut out on Don Bluth’s “The Land Before Time”

Sept. 19, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing how many ways one can view the stage musical version of Dreamworks’ “The Prince of Egypt.” They also talk about the “Harley Quinn” spin-off that Warner Bros. An…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 232: Who almost played the villain in Disney’s “The Rescuers”

Sept. 12, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the big reaction “Once Upon a Studio” got at this year’s Destination D23. They then talk about “Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental,” which debuts on Disney+…

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 231: Remembering Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn

Aug. 29, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about which villainous cartoon characters are supposed to appear at DCA during this year’s “Oogie Boogie Bash.” They also reveal who’ll now be voicing Rocky the Ro…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 230: 4K version of “Cinderella” debuts this Friday on Disney+

Aug. 24, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by discussing how well Laika’s “Coraline” did at the box office during its recent re-release to theaters. They then talk about how ABC Audio is readying a 12 episode podca…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 229: Get ready for “Playdate with Winnie the Pooh”

Aug. 15, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing what Pixar president Jim Morris had to say about “Elemental.” They then touched on a number of animation-related events around the country that are coming to a clo…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 227: “Steamboat Silly” brings Mickey Mouse short series to a triumphant close

Aug. 1, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing which Sony Pictures productions now have new release dates thanks to the strikes. They also look back at when “The Simpsons Ride” replaced “Back to the Future: …

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 226: How “The Adventures of Andre & Wally B” came to be

July 25, 2023

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by talking about what it was like to panel in Hall H at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. Then he & Jim Hill recount what happened on the show floor at the Paramount bo…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 225: How are Illumination & DreamWorks Animation films impacting WDAS

July 18, 2023

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by talking about the premiere of Disney’s new “Haunted Mansion” movie which was held down in Anaheim. Then Jim Hill reviews this Saturday & Sunday’s offerings at San Diego Comic-Con. L…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 224: Which animated classic from Disney is next slated to receive the live-action redo treatment

July 11, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about “Nimona,” Netflix’s newest animated feature. They then shine a spotlight on a number of the animated projects coming from Warner Bros Discovery this Summe…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 223: Which animated classic from Disney is next slated to receive the live-action redo treatment

July 4, 2023

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about “Nimona,” Netflix’s newest animated feature. They then shine a spotlight on a number of the animated projects coming from Warner Bros Discovery this Summe…

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 221: How is Disney’s “Little Mermaid” doing at the overseas box office

June 6, 2023

Animation news including a walk-thru of the Elemental Experience mall tour, and a discussion about the Little Mermaid

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 220: All of the other actresses who almost voiced Ursula

May 30, 2023

Pat Carol did an amazing job voicing Ursula in the animated version of "The Little Mermaid"..But it could've been...

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 219: The many ways Disney has reinvented Winnie-the-Pooh

May 23, 2023

Animation news and Jim talks about the many reinventions of Winnie-the-Pooh

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 217: Why Disney got into the cel production business in the 1990s

May 11, 2023

Disney sold both production and reproduction cels. Jim and Drew talk about why.

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 215: Chris Meledandri to be honored for Excellence in Animation

April 25, 2023

The founder and CEO of animation studio Illumination, Chris Meledandri, will receive CinemaCon's Award of Excellence in Animation

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 214: How “Peter & the Wolf” almost wound up in “Fantasia”

April 18, 2023

Jim explains how “Peter & the Wolf” almost wound up in “Fantasia”

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 213: What powers the storyline of Pixar’s “Elemental”

April 11, 2023

Jim and Drew discuss the storyline of Pixar's "Elemental"

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 212: Get ready for “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”

March 23, 2023

Drew and Jim talk about the latest animation news, then pay tribute to Disney Legend Burny Mattinson

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 211: “Disney Animation: Immersive Experience” continues its multi-city roll-out

Feb. 28, 2023

Jim takes us through the “Disney Animation: Immersive Experience” that just opened in Boston