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*CONTENT WARNING: Brief historical  discussion of asylums / mental institutions*

I'm trying out a new format/series this week. Rather than discussing 10 or so films for an hour and a half, I'll discuss a three-minute scene from a 72-year-old film for fifteen minutes. But boy, was there a wealth of material to plow through. This is definitely recommended to Alice in Wonderland stans and affionados.

*Nearly everything shared is accurate except the chronology of English asylums. The first known facility was built in 1247. But the 19th century was really when patients began to be treated like human beings, so I'm not too far off. You go, Harriet Mattineau and John Conolly!!!*

References:

“A Victorian Mental Asylum.” Science Museum, 13 June 2018, https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/victorian-mental-asylum.

Carroll, Lewis, and Gardner, Martin. The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & through the Looking-Glass. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2015. Book.

Deems, Kasey, and Molly Clark Hillard. “‘We’re All Mad Here’: Mental Illness as Social Disruption in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal, Edited by Emily Boynton and Allison Machlis Meyer, vol. 1, 11 May 2017, pp. 62–76., https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/suurj/vol1/iss1/13/. Accessed 5 Apr. 2023.
 
de Rooy, Lenny. “Jabberwocky.” Alice-in-Wonderland.net, 5 Mar. 2022, https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/analysis/poem-origins/jabberwocky/.

Geronimi, Clyde, et al., directors. Disney's Exclusive Archive Collection: Alice in Wonderland. Disney Enterprises, 1995. Laserdisc.

Perk, Hans. “Prod. 2069 (Alice) - Seq. 07.5 - Cheshire Cat.” A. Film. LA, 9 Dec. 2007, http://afilmla.blogspot.com/2007/12/prod-2069-alice-seq-075-cheshire-cat_9.html?m=1.

Salisbury, Mark. Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland: An Illustrated Journey through Time. Disney Editions, 2016. Book.

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In this Tips and Tricks episode, Conor and Caroline have chosen from listener submissions two of Disney’s very opposite but equally beloved characters to create special character curations: Yzma and Winnie the Pooh. Let their recommendations of music, books, looks, and fun pieces of history immerse you in this decrepit royal advisor's secret lab or a simple bear's Thotful Spot. So grab a fresh pot of honey or some warm spinach puffs and settle in!

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Barbara Stanwyck is a woman on trial for shoplifting, and Fred MacMurray is prosecuting her for the crime. They end up traveling together to his family home for Christmas, and Matt & Ashley talk about this gem of a classic movie in this year's first episode of our 12 Days of Christmas series!

Ken and Gar stumble across a pleasant surprise in their quest to review every Disney animated feature this week when they watched the hidden gem that is Make Mine Music (1946)

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