the rescuers

Who’s ready for a little outback adventure? Kevin and Chris revisit The Rescuers Down Under, the oft-forgotten Disney movie which sits snugly between The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, in the early days of Disney’s animation renaissance. With Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor returning as those selfsame Rescuer mice Bernard and Bianca one last time (barring a new Bernard-only sequel—RIP Eva, but happy 94th Bob!), you hardly ever hear about this one, possibly because unlike its contemporaries, it’s not a musical. Is its relative obscurity deserved? Or is this an under-heralded gem?

the whomst duo discuss and deconstruct the MCU (mouse cinematic universe) this one’s a whopping 6 movies:

the rescuers (1970)

the rescuers down under (1990)

the great mouse detective (1986)

an american tail (1986)

an american tail: fievel goes west (1991)

the secret of NIMH (1982)

our largest deep dive yet tbh. there are a surprising amount  of overlap amongst all these movies in spite of them being by different studios. these films have copy+pasted themes, animators, and tropes from others in the list. enjoy 🐁

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ai generated tweets

https://twitter.com/whomstcast/status/1592536962812215296?s=46&t=9ErvmG5TWcJGbmK53uyA6Q

cheese: its good for humans

https://twitter.com/whomstcast/status/1592534082390724608?s=46&t=9ErvmG5TWcJGbmK53uyA6Q

make your own ai generated tweet

https://tweethunter.io/generate-tweets

real fake birds

http://willoughbyart.blogspot.com/2014/02/top-10-fictional-birds-based-on-real.html

behavior scientist messes with rats

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Calhoun

universe 25, the experiment that inspired secret of nim

https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/universe-25-1968-1973-69941

calhoon’s theory on overpopulation: behavioral sink

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/42/wiles.php

further reading on universe 25

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-mouse-utopias-1960s-led-grim-predictions-humans-180954423/

spielberg accused of plagiarism with american tail

https://www.slashfilm.com/760513/why-steven-spielbergs-an-american-tail-was-accused-of-plagiarism/

maus

https://ew.com/article/1991/12/13/art-spiegelman-produces-best-seller/

fievel’s favorite book

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov

western expansion

https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/westward-expansion

the gold rush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush

the real wylie burp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp

tv tropes on hollywood natives 😬

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodNatives

smoking in films

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/movies/index.htm

no more smoking in any disney movies

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/disney-bans-smoking-films-21475/

emma stone cant smoke on set

https://www.insider.com/emma-stone-disney-smoking-ban-playing-cruella-difficult-2021-5

MPAA lawsuit about smoking and drinking in kid’s film

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-studios-beat-lawsuit-pg-pg-13-films-featuring-smoking-946517/