From Pencils to Pixels: The Animation Celebration Podcast

In this episode, Scott and Michael return to discuss a variety of animated topics, such as some of 2023’s biggest animated films, a look ahead at animated features that are celebrating anniversaries in 2024, and “animation that never was” (unproduced animated projects).

Join in for some very animated conversation

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Scott and Michael celebrate the 180^th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with their guest, Andy DiGenova.

On this episode, they discuss offbeat animated versions of “A Christmas Carol” as they look back at the Rankin/Bass special, “The Stingiest Man in Town,” “Bah Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas,” and an episode of Disney’s 2017 “DuckTales,” entitled “Last Christmas!”

Join them for this very spirited show!

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Scott and Michael celebrate 100 years of Disney with their guest, internationally published writer and Disney historian Jim Fanning.

Jim discusses his new book, “Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder,” as well as milestones in Disney animation, such as the creation of Mickey Mouse, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “The Jungle Book,” and the Studio’s recent blockbuster features.

Join us for a century of Disney Magic!

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Michael on Twitter: @mlyonsfl I Michael’s website: www.wordsfromlyons.com

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In honor of the 50^th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” Scott & Michael watch the classic holiday special and provide audio commentary as they do!

Grab some pretzel rods, jellybeans, toast, and popcorn as you watch along with them, or just listen to the commentary for an animated Thanksgiving feast of fun!

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Michael on Twitter: @mlyonsfl I Michael’s website: www.wordsfromlyons.com

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For their Halloween episode, Scott and Michael rank their top three scariest moments in animation. They discuss scenes from the animated feature, “Dot and the Kangaroo,” episodes of “The Smurfs,” and “He-Man,” as well as the Disney classics “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” plus more!

Join them as they celebrate some terrifying Toons!

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Scott and Michael return to their annual tradition of celebrating Saturday morning cartoons. First, they look back at the history of two iconic animated cereal mascots: Sonny the Cuckoo Bird and Tony the Tiger. Then, they revisit two Saturday Morning Preview Specials: NBC’s “Saturday Morning Preview Review” from 1974 and 1984’s “Saturday’s The Place” from CBS.

Join in the Saturday superstar celebration!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael welcome their special guest, writer, director, artist, and animator, Caroline Foley, who has worked on such shows as “BoJack Horseman” and “Ricky and Morty,” and is also co-creator of the series “Toasty Tales.”

Join in as Caroline discusses her work, shares her career journey, and talks all things animation!

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In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss a variety of animated topics, such as animated TV shows that they’re binging, animation that’s become “lost media,” books about animation, animated features celebrating anniversaries, and more!

Join in for some very animated conversation!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael welcome their special guest Bambi Moé, who has an extensive career in the music industry, including 20 years with Disney, where she served as the Vice President of Music for Walt Disney Television Animation.

Bambi worked on such shows as “The Little Mermaid,” and “Hercules” animated TV series, the direct-to-video sequels “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas,” and “The Lion King 2,” and the feature films, “A Goofy Movie" and “The Tigger Movie.”

During her career, she had the opportunity to work with many legendary singers, actors, and comedians, and she has chronicled her experiences and career in a new book entitled “Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness.”

Join in as Bambi shares her fascinating stories about memorable animation and entertainment icons!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael return to “Animated Oddities,” focusing on offbeat and overlooked animation.  In this episode, they discuss the UPA 1953 short subject, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the 1979 TV series, “Dr. Snuggles,” Hanna-Barbera’s 1965 show, “Sinbad, Jr. and his Magic Belt,” and Disney’s 1959 stop-motion cartoon, “Noah’s Ark.”

Join in for some forgotten fun!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael celebrate the Ruby-Spears animation studio, which produced a number of animated TV shows in the 70s and 80s, including “Fangface,” “Plastic Man,” “Rubik the Amazing Cube,” “The Puppy’s Further Adventures,” “Goldie Gold and Action Jack,” “Thundarr the Barbarian,” and more.

Join in for some nostalgic Saturday morning memories!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael are joined by guest Andy DiGenova, to go beyond The Great Pumpkin, Christmas, and The Easter Beagle, as they explore some of the lesser-known Peanuts TV Specials.  They discuss “It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown!,” “Charlie Brown’s All-Stars,” “She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown,” and more!

Good Grief, join in for all the fun!

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To celebrate the show's first anniversary, Scott and Michael open their e-mail inbox to discuss requests about different animation topics from listeners. The requests include animation featured on “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company,” non-holiday TV shows and specials from the Rankin/Bass Studio, and stop-motion animation.

Join in for this eclectic episode of animation favorites!

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On this episode, Scott and Michael shine a spotlight on Fred Wolf Films, the animation studio that’s given us such feature films as “The Point,” such TV specials as “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” and such hit series as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!”

Join in for a look back at some of the many projects from Fred Wolf Films!

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Scott and Michael are joined by guest Jarrad Butz, to countdown their top three animated TV Christmas specials. In the episode, they discuss “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” ”Frosty The Snowman,” and other classics, as well as forgotten and offbeat Christmas specials.

Join in for all the festive fun!

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In this episode, Scott and Michael celebrate Thanksgiving the only way they know how: with some random, old-school animation.

They watch Hanna-Barbera’s 1972 TV special, “The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t,” and provide audio commentary as they do!

Watch along, or just listen to the commentary and join in the retro Thanksgiving feast of fun!

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On this episode of “From Pencils to Pixels: The Animation Celebration Podcast,”

Scott and Michael look back at some of this year’s popular animated films: “The Bad Guys,” “Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers,” “Lightyear,” and “DC League of Super Pets.”

Join them as they share their thoughts and reviews of each film!

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On the latest episode of “From Pencils to Pixels: The Animation Celebration Podcast,” Scott and Michael are joined by special guest, Andy DiGenova, for “Animated Oddities 2: Halloween Edition!”

They look back at three forgotten, animated Halloween specials: 1972’s “Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters,” the “Halloween Howlers” episode of the “Punky Brewster” animated series from 1985, and 1991’s “Claymation Comedy of Horrors.”

Join in, as they celebrate spooky season with some lost animated Halloween treats!

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From Pencils to Pixels #8 – Cereal Mascots!

Scott and Michael look at the history and stories behind six animated characters created for breakfast cereal commercials, including Sugar Bear and Cap’n Crunch, as well as other random, forgotten Cereal Mascots.

So, grab your spoon, bowl, and just add milk to join us for all of the sugar-coated fun!

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Scott and Michael go back in time to celebrate what was once a Fall TV tradition, The Saturday Morning Preview Special! Saturday morning shows were once so popular that the networks would dedicate prime time specials to preview the new fall lineup.

This episode looks back at ABC’s “Saturday Morning Sneak Peek” from 1973 and NBC’s “Alvin Goes Back to School” from 1986!

Join them for all the preview possibilities!

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