Well, it’s been a few months. Quite frankly, Disney’s recent political missteps have really given us a lot to think about. The two of us (Mike and Dave) make this little show because we love the history of the films and theme parks of Disney - but their involvement with funding politicians pushing discriminatory legislation made us wonder over the past few months about whether we could continue supporting them. In this pretty freewheeling episode, we talk through our feelings on the issue. We wo...
Apr 09, 2022•59 min•Ep. 49
It’s your boys Dave and Mike returning to your ear holes with a new episode of The Add More Mouse podcast! We interrupt our Disney Documentaries miniseries to revisit and update one of earliest series that looked at Disney attractions that were made into movies. With the new Jungle Cruise film finally hitting Disney+ this month, we felt the need to dive in. We look at the Easter eggs that point to the longtime attraction, and we discuss our opinion on the movie’s ranking in the Disney attraction...
Dec 01, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 48
This is a wild one, folks. Well, as wild as we get, anyway. This episode is the fourth installment of our “Disney Docs” series…as in “documentaries.” And this one truly lives up to its name: The Sweatbox. Only available as a bootleg on certain streaming sites, this documentary chronicles the making of The Emperor’s New Groove, starting at the very beginning when the cast, script, title, music and director were all completely different. But is there a good reason this movie remains unavailable on...
Oct 30, 2021•43 min•Ep. 47
Hello there! Dave and Mike are back to talk about the next film in their Disney Documentaries series: Walt and El Grupo! This film centers on the pivotal 1941 goodwill trip Walt Disney went on with a team of artists to gather info for animated films based in South America. Spoiler alert: it’s a delight! Before that, the gents talk way too long about how to acquire Disney toys from McDonald’s, the magic and wonder of the Disney+ cartoon Bluey, and Muppet Haunted Mansion.
Oct 16, 2021•51 min•Ep. 46
We’re back! More like “Waking Sleeping Podcast,” am I right? Eh? Anyways, we’re back with a new episode, sorry for the layoff. In this ep your boys are talking about the film Waking Sleeping Beauty, a documentary all about the Eisner/Katzenberg era of Disney parks and animation. Before we get to that we touch on a WHOLE BUNCH of Disney stuff - WDW 50th Anniversary things, the new nighttime shows HarmoniUS and Enchanted as well as the wild online reaction to them, Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser h...
Oct 09, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Woah! Did you think we forgot we had a podcast? We actually recorded a whole episode and it was unusable thanks to audio issues from a wonky cell phone, so we apologize for the delay. But here it is: the first episode of our Disney Documentaries miniseries, and we’re talking about The Boys, the film about The Disney company’s in-house songwriters The Sherman brothers. Mike and Dave discuss how difficult their relationship must have been, marvel at the sheer voluminous output of the brothers, and...
Aug 17, 2021•43 min•Ep. 44
Hi there! In this episode, Dave completes his mission of interviewing both hosts from his favorite Disney podcast, The 3028. Yep, we got Kevin Quigley on! Are we best friends now? Yep! Dave digs into Kevin’s beginning down the Disney rabbit hole, his adventures at the international parks, and more. Email the show at addmoremouse@gmail.com, rate/review/subscribe, and go visit Kevin’s author page here: https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Quigley/e/B00J75YBI6?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1626117376&s...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 43
Woah! Hi there and welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, the only Disney podcast hosted by Mike and Dave! We were supposed to start our new miniseries on Disney Documentaries, but with the release of the newest Pixar movie LUCA, Dave and Mike are in a Pixar mood. What the boys expected to be a quick and easy conversation became one of the longest episodes yet. Listen and thrill to the sounds of two grown men giving their reviews of Luca, and then go through the entire 25+ year of Pixar movies t...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Hi! Hello! Howdy! Thanks for finding our show devoted to all things Disney. Are there like 3,000 other Disney podcasts out there? Yes. Do any of them feature us as host? NO! On this episode we wrap up our Fact and Fiction miniseries by taking a look at the 2013 film Saving Mr Banks. We’ll take you through all the things they changed for the move and how that us feel about the film and the nature of subject matter being “Disney-field.” Can a movie be good and also give you some suspicion? It turn...
May 29, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Hey! Welcome to the Add More Mouse poddy cast, a show where two doofuses landlocked in Ohio with no access or insider news talk about Disney stuff. You found us! Today is the 3rd episode in a 4 ep miniseries called Fact and Fiction, wherein we look at a few movies in the Disney catalog that were “based on a true story,” and we take a look at just how accurate they are. In this episode we’re looking at a true Disney 90’s classic, Cool Runnings. Mike and Dave take you through what parts of this mo...
May 04, 2021•55 min•Ep. 40
Dave and Mike are back with the second episode of their “Fact and Fiction” miniseries which looks at some of Disney’s movies that were “based on a true story” to determine just how close (or far) from reality they were. This time we’re looking at one of Dave’s childhood favorites: Iron Will! Ever wanted to know about dog sledding and whether it’s cinematic portrayal is realistic or not? No? Well too bad, baby, because that’s what we’re talking about! We did some research, and we’ll give you all ...
Apr 06, 2021•48 min•Ep. 39
Oh snap! It’s the Add More Mouse podcast and we’re starting a brand new miniseries! Since the beginning of the Disney company, the storytellers there have often looked to real events and people to base projects on, such as Davey Crocket, any of the 100 sports movies Disney has put out, or all the way back to Walt’s own project True-Life Adventures. But in Hollywood, real events often do not follow a traditional film’s three act structure, so writers and directors change the real stories in order...
Mar 20, 2021•56 min•Ep. 38
Well, it’s still winter time, and your hosts Dave and Mike both live in Ohio where it is cold, snowy, icy, windy, and grey...so what better time to sit down and fantasize about hanging out at Walt Disney World? On this episode of the Add More Mouse podcast, your hosts each pick three things they love to do when they’re at the parks with the caveat that these are not attractions or rides. Mike’s take place in the parks, and Dave’s take place outside of the parks, and honestly we don’t know if thi...
Feb 22, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Oh man, this is a good one! On today’s episode Dave interviews legendary Disney podcaster Matt Parrish of The 3028 and Wedway Radio shows! What? It’s like we’re a real podcast! The two discuss the early days of podcasting, changes in the Disney parks over the years, and compare the Covid-19 era to the time period immediately following 9/11, an era in the parks that Matt is very familiar with. Before that Mike and Dave kick it off with some random topics and check in on their Disney New Year’s re...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Hi there! Happy New Year! Today Dave and Mike are diving into their Disney-centric New Year’s resolutions. The boys discuss the shows and movies they plan to watch, the books they plan to read, and their modest goals for this here poddy cast. Hopefully you’ll hear about some shows, movies and books that you can add to your own list of Disney To-do’s. Along the way they obviously get derailed like they always do and fall down some Disney history rabbit holes. For the first time ever Dave had to u...
Jan 13, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 35
2 episodes in one week? Why, it’s a Christmas miracle! In this special Christmas episode, Michael and Dave celebrate the holidays socially-distanced style by recommending Disney Christmas movies to each other in lieu of exchanging gifts. You’ll find out some things about Michael’s pick (The Santa Clause) and Dave’s pick (Muppet Family Christmas), as well as hear an interesting story regarding what Dave does on eBay after having a bit too much eggnog. Happy holidays, merry Christmas, and email us...
Dec 25, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Hello and welcome back to The Add More Mouse podcast! Oh man, this is a big one! Dave interviews Karen Shriner, a professional singer and actor who has worked as a Cast Member for both Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line for over 14 years. In honor of the holiday season, they discuss Karen’s history of performing for Disney at the holidays, including her role in the annual Candlelight Processional. Dave also asks tons of questions about how she keeps her voice in shape when she’s singin...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 33
It’s Christmas! Almost! In order to try to block out the end of this legendarily garbage year, Dave and Mike are focusing on Disney holiday topics for the whole month of December. In this episode, the boys close out their miniseries looking at Disney sequels and segue into whatever holiday magic they can scrounge from what remains of 2020 by looking at the first sequel to the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast - which happens to be an entry into Disney’s secular Christmas canon. Is it good? Why...
Dec 12, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Hi. Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast. Dave and Mike love Disney stuff. They are doing a miniseries on Disney sequels. For this episode, they decided to discuss Cars 2. They have questions. So many questions. The most important of which is: how do you make a sequel to a story about small town pride and courage in the face of uncertainty? You add machine guns, explosions, torture and death, and voila: you get Cars 2.
Dec 01, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Hey there! This is the Add More Mouse podcast, a podcast about Disney stuff that sets itself apart from all the other Disney podcasts by being the only one hosted by Mike and Dave. This time, we take a break from our Disney sequels miniseries to celebrate Mike’s favorite holiday: Halloween. The boys do this by discussing the 1993 Bette Midler cult classic Hocus Pocus, a film Mike grew up with and Dave has just watched for the first time. Predictably, their opinions of the film differ. Along the ...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Welcome to a super-sized episode of the Add More Mouse podcast! An episode so big, we almost made it two episodes, and then we got lazy and just crammed them together into one. Woohoo! First up, your pals Mike and Dave go through their opinions on the second of selection in their Disney Sequels Miniseries, Stitch Has a Glitch! Spoiler alert: there isn’t much to say about it! So here to bail us out is our friend and first-ever guest, Disney Parks superfan Nick Santucci! Nick drops by to tell us a...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Well, it’s been a while since the boys had a technical malfunction. It was a good run while it lasted, though! After a myriad of glitches that amounted to a Herculean editing job and a missing ending, we finally bring to you a fascinating assessment of a movie no one talks about anymore: Fantasia 2000. Is it good? Bad? Somewhere in the middle? Dave and Mike (that’s us) bring you a breakdown of Michael Eisner’s direct sequel to one of Walt Disney’s most important films. Some of it’s great, some o...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 27
Yo! Join Mike and Dave as they wrap up their shirt mini-series about Disney Flops with a look at the Disney Classic, Fantasia! Spoiler alert: Fantasia is an amazing film now and it was an even more amazing achievement when it was originally released in 1940. Dave and Mike take a look at the technical marvel involved in the creation of this film, and tumble the rabbit hole while discussing Walt Disney’s plan to take this show on the road to theaters that were specially upgraded with a sound syste...
Sep 05, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Oh hi! We’re back with a new entry in our tiny “Disney Bombs” miniseries with a look at the colossal 2012 box office catastrophe John Carter! Though we lay our early on that we are not here just to pile on “bad movies,” we have a lot of questions about this one, such as: Who is mad at who? Is John Carter’s only special power the ability to jump really high? Where is anyone in relation to anyone else? Also, what on Earth is everyone talking about? Is half this movie in a made up language? Anyways...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 25
Mike and Dave are back! Again! For the like the 25th time! The boys are continuing their miniseries covering Disney films that bombed at the box office, but this is no "bad movie podcast." Mike and Dave are watching these movies that underperformed while in movie theaters to gain some new insight as to what went wrong. Are they actually bad? Were they ahead of their time? Were they mis-marketed? Are they hidden gems worth rediscovering, or should you skip them altogether? This week they focus on...
Jul 23, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dave and Mike are back with the first episode in a 4 part miniseries delving into Disney Bombs. Did you that the Disney company doesn’t always just print money? They make mistakes sometimes! But we’re not interested in making fun of bad movies (well...we sort of do that). We’re taking a look at Disney movies that failed at the box office and try to figure out why. Were they really bad movies? Was the marketing wrong? Or are they good films that simply didn’t connect with an audience? In this epi...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 24
My goodness! Here it is, the epically sleepy conclusion to our seemingly never ending mega series that looked into every tv sitcom that has taken a trip to a Disney park. Did you ever think we would finish it? We were so ready to be done that we crammed 3 episode reviews into one podcast, woohoo! Join us, Mike and Dave, as we finish out the miniseries that began way back in the winter time and finally finishes up in the beginning of summer. We've all been through a lot during that time, and thou...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 23
OH WOW! We're back! Yes, Michael and I are still here, still alive, and still talking about ridiculous things. We originally did a whole episode about our individual experiences through quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic, and then Zoom ate the audio file. In retrospect, that was probably for the best, because we were RUSTY. Now we're back again for the first time, talking about the tv episode that changed the world: the time Modern Family went to Disneyland. Ok, it didn't change the world, ...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Hey there! Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, where we are proud to be the 156,000th Disney podcast available! Woohoo!Our seemingly never-ending mini-series soldiers on as we continue to take a look at all of the sitcoms that took their talents to...
Feb 12, 2020•58 min
Today we continue our miniseries that is exploring the various television shows that took their talents to Disney Parks in an effort to cross promote their benevolent corporate overlords, and it's time we look in on Boy Meets World!
Jan 30, 2020•55 min
