Episodes

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

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 210:: Looking ahead to Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions”

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 210:: Looking ahead to Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions”

Feb. 21, 2023

Looking ahead to Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions”

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 208: When the Mouse almost made a movie version of Terry Pratchett’s “Mort”

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 208: When the Mouse almost made a movie version of Terry Pratchett’s “Mort”

Feb. 7, 2023

Drew and Jim discuss animation news and "Mort", a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett.

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 207:  How the Disneyland Resort is celebrating Disney100

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 207: How the Disneyland Resort is celebrating Disney100

Jan. 31, 2023

The Disney100 anniversary celebration at Disneyland Resort officially kicked off Jan. 27, 2023, with special limited-time offerings taking place throughout the resort all year long.

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 206: How Disney’s “Mad Doctor” wound up in the public domain

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 206: How Disney’s “Mad Doctor” wound up in the public domain

Jan. 24, 2023

Drew and Jim discuss the 1933 Mickey Mouse short "Mad Doctor."

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 205:  Disney+ orders 40 new episodes of “Phineas & Ferb”

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 205: Disney+ orders 40 new episodes of “Phineas & Ferb”

Jan. 17, 2023

"Phineas and Ferb" is back after a 40-episode order on Disney+

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 204: How “Nimona” went from Blue Sky Studios to Netflix

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 204: How “Nimona” went from Blue Sky Studios to Netflix

Jan. 10, 2023

Nimona, , an upcoming computer-animated science fantasy adventure comedy film, goes to Netflix

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 202:  Best Animation Art of Books for 2022

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 202: Best Animation Art of Books for 2022

Dec. 22, 2022

Animation news and Drew and Jim's choices for best animation art books of 2022

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 201: Looking back at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 201: Looking back at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida

Dec. 15, 2022

Looking back at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 199: Why happened with Disney’s “Strange World”

Fine Tooning With Drew Taylor - Episode 199: Why happened with Disney’s “Strange World”

Dec. 1, 2022

Why Don Hall & Qui Nguyen’s latest film for WDAS failed to connect with audiences

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 197: DreamWorks Animation preps a “Bad Guys” holiday special

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 197: DreamWorks Animation preps a “Bad Guys” holiday special

Nov. 15, 2022

DreamWorks Animation preps a “Bad Guys” holiday special