Today I am talking with Karen Fang, author of the new biography, Background Artist: The Life & Work of Tyrus Wong. As a huge fan of Walt Disney's Bambi, and Tyrus contributions to that film, I was very excited to talk to Karen about him. Follow Karen Online! Author Website: https://www.karenfang.net Book Website: https://www.alwayslookup.net I Heart Animation - Episode 214 The Disney Movie Marathon - Episode 120 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â ...
Jun 30, 2025â˘1 hr 7 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 23
Ever After is one of my favorite versions of Cinderella, and I have wanted to do a podcast on it for ages. It's finally time. Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â I Heart Animation - Episode 213 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorthâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â For li...
Jun 23, 2025â˘1 hr 30 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 22
Welcome to the third episode of our Wallace & Gromit miniseries! Today we are talking about A Close Shave! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Follow Dan online! YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@TYTDReviewsâ â Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TYTDReviews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tytdreviews.bsky.social Follow Sar...
Jun 16, 2025â˘32 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 21
Welcome to the second episode of our Wallace & Gromit miniseries! Today we are talking about The Wrong Trousers! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Follow Dan online! YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@TYTDReviewsâ â Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TYTDReviews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tytdreviews.bsky.social YouT...
Jun 11, 2025â˘31 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 20
Welcome to the first episode of a brand new miniseries looking at all 6 installments in the Wallace & Gromit franchise! Today we are looking at A Grand Day Out! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Follow Dan online! YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@TYTDReviewsâ â Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TYTDReviews Bluesky: https...
Jun 04, 2025â˘56 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 19
Christmas in July is starting early this year! New Christmas episodes starting this week through July! The Joncast Archive: â www.youtube.com/@JoncastArchive â For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorthâ â â â â â â â â â â â For links to my latest episodes & videos, social media, and more, check out my Link Tree! â https://linktr.ee/jonjnorthâ â â â â â ...
Jun 03, 2025â˘8 min
Today I am joined by Callum from Once Upon a VHS to talk once more about Shelly Duvalâs Faerie Tale Theatre! We're talking about the big three princesses, Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty! Follow Callum Online: Once Upon a VHS: https://shows.acast.com/once-upon-a-vhs-80s-and-90s-fantasy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onceuponavhs I Heart Animation - Episode 209 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnort...
May 31, 2025â˘1 hr 32 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 18
"Manga sekai mukashi banashi" or "Manga Fairy Tales of the World" is an anime from the 1970's and it features SO many fairytales from all over the world, including the three we're currently covering on Every Fairytale Ever! To watch each of these for yourself, Jenna has them archived on her YouTube channel. Cinderella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPpVdhWTKJM Snow White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQl90p2eC0 Sleeping Beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBIMljJgITE Follow Eli online!...
May 24, 2025â˘45 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 17
Welcome to Every Fairytale Ever! This is the start of a brand new series on Every Version Ever looking at all different kinds of fairytales, starting right now with Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty!For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorthâ â â â â â â â â â â â For links to my latest episodes & videos, social media, and more, check out my Link Tree! â https://linktr.ee/jonjnorthâ â â â â â
May 24, 2025â˘4 min
This movie is kind of terrible. But I also kind of like that about it? đ Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheater Instagram: â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â I Heart Animation - Episode 206 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorthâ â â â â â â â â â â â For links to my latest episodes & videos, social media, and more,...
May 17, 2025â˘1 hr 34 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 15
We're back with another entry in our official Disney canon series! Today I am joined by Mark & Stanford to talk about Walt Disney's The Sword in the Stone! Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â https://markb4.wordpress.com â â â â The Live Action Disney Project: â â â â https://myliveactiondisneyproject.wordpress.com â â â Follow Stanford online! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviespap Website: https://moviespastandpresent.com/ I Heart Animation - Episode 205 For bonus epis...
May 10, 2025â˘1 hr 23 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 14
Last week I attended the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival with Trivial Theater! We recorded reviews each night after we got back from the festival, and today's episode is the combined parts of our four part miniseries! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheater Instagram: â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â I Heart Animation - Episode 205 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and mo...
May 03, 2025â˘2 hr 10 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 14
We're finally finishing our SparkShorts series! 5 years after we recorded an episode on the the second batch of three episodes, Rachel Wagner and I are finally going back and finishing out the series with the final five that have been released since early 2020! Follow Rachel online! Twitter: â â â â â https://twitter.com/rachel_reviewsâ â â â â YouTube: â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@RachelsReviewsâ â Blog: â â â â â https://rachelsreviews.netâ â â â â I Heart Animation - Episode 204 For bonus episodes, extended...
Apr 25, 2025â˘40 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 13
Today's episode is a rerelease of 2 episodes from all the way back at the beginning of the podcast in 2019 & 2020! Next week Rachel Wagner and I will be covering the final 5 Pixar SparkShorts, but before we get there, I figured I would cut together a new episode from those original 2, because at this point, new listeners may not have even listened to those original episodes! Follow Rachel online! Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/rachel_reviewsâ â â â â â â YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube....
Apr 18, 2025â˘51 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 12
This is the first episode of an upcoming series I am working on for Every Version Ever! There will be more fairytale/princess episodes coming over the next few months, but for now, Eli and I are talking all about early animation, and a bunch of different early Cinderella cartoons. Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: â â â https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.com â â â Twitter: â â â https://twitter.com/ejunkie2014â â Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ejunkie2014.bsky.social I Heart Animation - Episode 202 Every Ve...
Apr 11, 2025â˘1 hr 52 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 11
Today on the podcast I'm talking with Kevin Lima, the director of A Goofy Movie, and Eric Kimelton & Christopher Ninness, directors of Not Just a Goof, a brand new documentary coming to Disney+ on April 7th! Follow Kevin Online: Twitter: â https://x.com/GoofyMovieDirâ Instagram: â https://www.instagram.com/kevinlima612â Find "Not Just a Goof" Online: Twitter: â https://x.com/GoofyDocFilmâ Instagram: â https://www.instagram.com/goofydocfilmâ I Heart Animation - Episode 201 For bonus episodes, ext...
Apr 02, 2025â˘58 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 10
It's the 200th episode of I Heart Animation, and to celebrate I'm revisiting the first movie I ever covered, along with my first ever guest! Rachel Wagner is joining me to talk about the 2016 anime masterpiece, Your Name! Follow Rachel online! Twitter: â â â https://twitter.com/rachel_reviewsâ â â YouTube: â â â https://www.youtube.com/@RachelsReviews Blog: â â â https://rachelsreviews.netâ â â I Heart Animation - Episode 200! For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â ...
Mar 24, 2025â˘50 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 8
Today on Wonderland Wednesday, Jenna and I are talking about a Wonderland themed spin-off of a Netflix animated fairytale series, Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland! Follow Jenna Online! Tumblr: â â â â https://still-she-haunts-me-phantomwise.tumblr.comâ â â â YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/Phantomwise2â â â 2nd Channel: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgUBB-xbnhxywvYoG_sJtAâ â â â â â â I Heart Animation - Episode - 199 For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon...
Mar 19, 2025â˘40 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 7
Today I am joined by Larry and Eli to talk about Locksmith Animation's 2021 Debut feature, Ron's Gone Wrong! Follow Larry Online! YouTube: â â https://www.youtube.com/c/chillyboyproductionsâ â Twitter: â â https://twitter.com/ChillyBoyYTâ â Bluesky: â â https://bsky.app/profile/chillyboy.bsky.socialâ â Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: â â â â â https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.comâ â â â â Twitter: â â â â â https://twitter.com/ejunkie2014â â â â Bluesky: â â https://bsky.app/profile/ejunkie2014.bsky.socialâ â I Heart Animatio...
Mar 14, 2025â˘46 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 6
It's the 101st episode of the Disney Movie Marathon! And we are covering 101 Dalmatians! Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â â â â â https://markb4.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â â The Live Action Disney Project: â â â â â â â â https://myliveactiondisneyproject.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â Follow Sarah Online! Redbubble: â â â https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurnipWilson/shopâ â â Society6: â â â https://society6.com/turnipwilsonâ â â Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: â â â â https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.comâ â â â Tw...
Mar 03, 2025â˘1 hr 35 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 5
Today on I Heart Animation, we're not exactly talking about animation, but we might as well be, today we're talking about what is essentially a live action cartoon, 1966's Batman: The Movie, the feature film spin-off of the Adam West television series! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Follow Dan online! YouTube: â â â â https://www.you...
Feb 23, 2025â˘1 hr 16 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 5
We've made it to episode 100 of The Disney Movie Marathon! For this milestone episode Nicki & Mark are joining me to talk about Walt Disney's 16th animated film, Sleeping Beauty! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheater Instagram: â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â â â â https://markb4.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â The Live Action Disney Proj...
Feb 16, 2025â˘57 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 4
New episodes are coming next week, but in the meantime, here's a brand new tangents episode with Larry and Eli, and we're talking animation! Follow Larry Online! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/chillyboyproductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillyBoyYT Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chillyboy.bsky.social Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: â â â https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.comâ â â Twitter: â â â https://twitter.com/ejunkie2014â â Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ejunkie2014.bsky.social I Heart ...
Feb 09, 2025â˘43 minâ˘Season 1Ep. 3
Brand new episodes and movie reviews are coming soon, but in the meantime I have a couple bonus tangents episodes to share, this week we have an episode from last year, when Sarah, Nicki, and I recorded a few episodes for our series on The Wind in the Willows! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â â Twitter: â â â â â â â https://twitter.com/TrivialTheaterâ Instagram: â â â â â â â https://instagram.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â â â Follow Sarah Online! Redbubble: â â â http...
Feb 02, 2025â˘50 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 2
Welcome to Season 7 of I Heart Animation! Today I am joined by a bunch of guests to give their top Movie & TV recommendations from 2024, and then we'll do a podcast update and look ahead to the next year! Featuring Christian Paystrup, Rachel Wagner, Stanford Clark, Lisa Fay, Conrado Falco, Callum from Once Upon a VHS, Nicki from Trivial Theater & Dan from TYTD Reviews! For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorthâ â ...
Jan 28, 2025â˘1 hr 21 minâ˘Season 7Ep. 1
It's the final episode of the year! Stanford Clark is joining me to talk about 3 short films from Alfonso CuarĂłn, Le Pupille, The Shepherd, and An Almost Christmas Story. The animated short film version of The Shepherd can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-ILCXGyxQ&t=258s Follow Stanford online! Twitter: â â â â https://twitter.com/StanfordClarkâ â â â Instagram: â â â â https://www.instagram.com/moviespapâ â â â Website: â â â â https://moviespastandpresent.comâ â â â For bonus episodes, exte...
Dec 31, 2024â˘46 minâ˘Season 6Ep. 63
My review: "Well, they can't all be instant classics." Mark's Review: "Instant Classic!" Follow Larry Online! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/chillyboyproductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillyBoyYT Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chillyboy.bsky.social Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: â â â https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.comâ â â Twitter: â â â https://twitter.com/ejunkie2014â â Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ejunkie2014.bsky.social Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â â â â ...
Dec 28, 2024â˘56 minâ˘Season 6Ep. 62
Merry Christmas! What better way to celebrate the holiday than talking about a brand new movie on a brand new episode of Wonderland Wednesday! Follow Jenna Online! Tumblr: â â â â https://still-she-haunts-me-phantomwise.tumblr.comâ â â â YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/Phantomwise2â â â 2nd Channel: â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgUBB-xbnhxywvYoG_sJtAâ â â â â â â Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â â â â â â https://markb4.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â â â The Live Action Disney Projec...
Dec 25, 2024â˘1 hr 9 minâ˘Season 6Ep. 61
Turning Pinocchio into a Christmas special is a strange idea. But in a weird way, it kind of works! Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â Twitter: â â â https://twitter.com/trivia_chicâ â â Check out Mark's blogs! The Animation Commendation: â â â â â â â â https://markb4.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â â The Live Action Disney Project: â â â â â â â â https://myliveactiondisneyproject.wordpress.comâ â â â â â â For bonus episodes, extended episodes, and more, sign up for my Patreon! â â â â â â â ...
Dec 21, 2024â˘40 minâ˘Season 6Ep. 60
Earlier this year we covered a whole bunch of versions of The Wind in the Willows, and now Sarah and Nicki are back to continue our discussion on the stop motion series from Cosgrove Hall, with their two Christmas episodes. Plus we decided to throw in the 2D animated special Mole's Christmas as well, to round out our Christmas conversation. Follow Nicki online! YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/trivialtheaterâ â â â Twitter: â â â â https://twitter.com/trivia_chicâ â â â Follow Sarah Online! Redbubb...
Dec 15, 2024â˘44 minâ˘Season 6Ep. 61
