Episodes

July 24, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 447: What you really need to see at this year’s D23 Expo

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about how “Inside Out 2” just became the highest-grossing animated feature of all time (barring Disney’s photo-realistic “Lion King” of 2019). They also take a look ba…
July 19, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 446: When Cruella almost starred in Disney’s “The Rescuers”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking up the “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” panel Drew will be hosting at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. They then talk about which animated film franchise is currently th…
July 11, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 445: The “Nightmare” that led to “Toy Story”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking up the two books that Josh Gad will be bringing to the marketplace in the next six months. They then take a look at how “Inside Out 2” & “Despicable Me 4” have been do…
July 2, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 444: How “The Circle of Life” became the “Lion King” anthem

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the animated feature that just blew past a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. They also take a look at how Universal Pictures’ promoted “Despicable Me…
June 25, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 443 : Who animated the Toontown section of “Roger Rabbit”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about “Inside Out 2” ‘s continuing dominance at the worldwide box office. They then discuss some of the television-related news that came out of this year’s Annecy Int…
June 19, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 442: Where can you find Figment in “Inside Out 2”

Drew Taylor is fresh back from France. And he tells Jim Hill all about the animated films that he got to see at this year’s international animation film festival and market For this episode, listeners will learn about: What …
June 4, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 441: How did Pixar decide which movies to make early on

Dfrew and Jim share fond memories of Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman
May 28, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 440 : When the Sherman Brothers left Disney Studios

Jim Hill first talks about how “The Garfield Movie” did domestically over the long Memorial Day Week. He then discusses that new YouTube documentary, “Beyond the Glass: The WDW Animation Building” Throughout this episode, li…
May 21, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 439: Remembering Jim Henson’s “Muppet Babies”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by discussing the first full trailer for Netflix’s “Ultraman: Rising.” They then talk about “Flow,” the dialogue-free post-apocalyptic animated feature which will be debuting at …
May 15, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 438: How Motel 6 is helping to promote “The Garfield Movie”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up “Exploding Kittens.” They then take a look at Mark Dindal’s career as the director of full-length animated features Over the course of this episode, listeners w…
May 7, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Tylor Ep 437: Remembering MGM’s “Magic of Disney Animation”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the series finale for that Lucasfilm Animation production, “Star Wars: The Bad Batch.” They then talk about how pleased Paramount+ is with the debut of its “…
April 27, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 436: “Shrek 2” celebrates its 20th anniversary

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up Pixar Fest (which starts this weekend at Disneyland Park). They then look ahead to which studios will be doing presentations at this year’s Annecy International…
April 20, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 435: Which emotions didn’t make it into “Inside Out 2”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up "Ultraman: Rising.” They then discuss which animation studio is soon to be honored with a Palme D’Odr at this year’s Cannes Film Festival For this episode, list…
April 10, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 434: The creatures that got cut from Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by looking back at how Walt Disney Studios did effects back in the 1960s. They also talk about the version of “Toy Story 3” that Circle 7 Studios had in development Over t…
April 3, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 433: How we went from Bluto to Brutus & back again

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about many of the animation-related books that will hit store shelves later this year. They also discuss how “Aladdin” commemorated its 10th year on Broadway Over the …
March 23, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 432: When Tim Allen almost played the Cat in the Hat

Drew Taylor starts off by revealing what he saw at the preview event for this year’s D23 Expo. Then Jim Hill shares a history of Genndy Tartakovsky’s never-completed “Popeye” Over the course of this episode, listeners will l…
March 15, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 431:Disney Movie Club closes for good on May 20th

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the 96th Academy Awards. They then take a look at how well “Kung Fu Panda 4” did at the domestic box office over this past weekend. Over the course of this epis…
March 5, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 430: “Maximum Horsepower” & other animated series that didn’t get greenlit

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing Sean Bailey’s sudden departure from Walt Disney Studios. They then talk about why WDAS vet Hyrum Osmond will be sorely missed by “Frozen” fans Over the course o…
Feb. 27, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 429: How “Rhapsody in Blue” became part of “Fantasia 2000”

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Warner Bros Discovery’s Q4 earnings call. They then talk about which animated features & shorts took home awards at this year’s Annies Over the course of thi…
Feb. 15, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 428: Multiple “Moanas” are heading for your local multiplex come 2024 & 2025

Drew Taylor returns with a detailed recap of what’s been going on with “Coyote vs Acme.” Then Jim Hill talks about the recently released trailer for “Iwaju,” that animated limited series from Disney & Kugali Over the course …
Jan. 23, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 427: Why Pixar’s “Newt” got neutered

Jim Hill starts off this week’s show with a solo news section. Then Drew Taylor joins the fun in a pre-taped segment that looks back at Gary Rydstrom’s animated films Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn abo…
Jan. 16, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 426: How Hanna-Barbera got started in animation for television

In a solo show this week, Jim Hill starts things off by recapping what happened at this year’s Golden Globe. He shares what he’s heard about the lay-offs that are reportedly coming to Pixar Animation Studios later this year.…
Jan. 9, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 425: Which animated features were released first by Disney Home Video

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing which animated films are up for awards at the 2024 Golden Globes. They take a look at some of the superhero-themed animation that’s headed your way. Over the co…
Jan. 2, 2024

Fine Tooning with Drwe Taylor Episode 424: When did Disney’s villains start singing?

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by looking at how Illumination’s “Migration” is doing at the box office. They then look at how network television & streaming services are handling animated series differentl…