The MousePod - MousePod #27 - A Two-Part Part 2

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OK, the last two episodes of The MousePod were pretty thorough. Or so I thought. Occasionally, I’ll write something down in my notebook and neglect to mention it. When that happens, I’ll either mention it at the start of the next show or print it here on my blog. But let me tell you what happened the last couple of weeks.
First off, as I finished up my Disney Goes To War show (MousePod #25), I came across a blog (http://toonsatwar.blogspot.com/) and self-published book (http://www.toonsatwar.com/) called Toons At War, by David Lesjak. He’s been collecting Disney WWII memorabilia and researching Disney’s involvement in the war for the past 21 years. It was too late to add his expertise to the show, but I was able to interview him a week later. You get that full interview in this show.
Then, a week later, I decided to do a special show focusing on all the Disney animated shorts that won Academy Awards (MousePod #26). There were 13 in all, but Disney has only released 12 on DVD. So I put together a round-table discussion with a dozen of my friends to discuss the twelve available shows. Two days later, an anonymous MousePod listener sent me a copy of the theatrical version of the final short “It’s Tough To Be a Bird”. I shared it with the same group from the previous week. I recorded the round table the same way, and it’s presented here for your listening pleasure.
(The two parts are presented here out of order, because I feel that while it’s Tough To Be a Bird, it’s even tougher to follow David’s touching WWII stories with a conversation about a cartoon.)
By the way, here’s what I forgot to mention this episode: the other people who appear in It’s Tough To Be a Bird along with Ward Kimball are: John Emerson, Hank Schloss, Jim Swain, Walter Perkins, Ann Lord, and Rolf Darbo. I know the Emerson, Schloss, Perkins, and Darbo worked for Disney - I don’t know who Ann Lord or Jim Swain are. If anyone has any clues, I’d love to know.

Download MousePod #27 - A Two-Part Part 2 (http://mousepod.com/podpress_trac/web/26/0/MousePod027.mp3)


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[Snowflake]

Hey Jesse I just wanted to compliment you on another great episode of the mousepod. I thought your interview with Dave was just fabulous (and what a great interviewee he is, very relaxed, totally prepared, nice voice, ging to check out his blog now). Being a collector geek myself, I loved hearing his stories of his finds, their history, etc. How he has come upon some of his items, I confess it brought a tear to my eye, how kind and how moving. A great episode that I thoroughly enjoyed. VISIBLE MOJO proving once again to me, you keep upping the bar. :snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

David was indeed a wonderful guest. What a wealth of knowledge he has, and the Vancouver accent just made it all the better to listen to.

I have to say, after hearing all of the unique and interesting perspectives on Tough to be a Bird...I still have nothing to say.

[Not Afraid]

I'm so behind on my listening! Luckily, I have a 9 hour flight coming up and I may just load these all into my iPod.

[blueerica]

ACK! I forgot to upload new stuff into my iPod! Thanks NA!!

[Gn2Dlnd]

What is a yardbird?

[Alex]

Someone assigned to menial tasks, originally prisoners or military personnel on restriction. (Or Charlie Parker's nickname, which has a different origin being a reference to chickens.)

[katiesue]

I'm halfway through. It's been great company durning my stint on jury duty. I'm really enjoying it.

[flippyshark]

That was a fantastic interview, with lots of information I had never heard before, and his stories were indeed touching. Great stuff!

An incredibly trivial aside, Jesse. You mentioned the jigsaw puzzle with the Mickey, Donald and Goofy "spirit of '76." We had that same puzzle in our household. It was a present for my brother Brian, but, one afternoon, while Brian was at football practice, our oldest brother Jeff assembled the puzzle all by himself. When Brian got home, he was sad and angry that his puzzle had been put together. Jeff protested that the puzzle could be undone, and Brian could re-assemble it, but Brian responded (rightly, I think) that it wouldn't be the same, and he never looked at it again. I, on the other hand, did disassemble it, and years later, assembled it in my college dorm, discovering that in the interim, several pieces had gone AWOL. Hadn't thought about that in years, but, then you reminded me.

[innerSpaceman]

While Dave was an eloquent and informative interview subject ... I think my interest wandered because I'm quasi-anxious to move on, rather than look back.

Between the Oscar show and this reprise show, it seems a tad bit as if another gap is forming in the famously fits-and-starts quest to make it through all the Disney animated features.


Heheh, at this rate, it may take as long to mousepod about them as it took to create them all in the first place.

[mousepod]

For the record, I already abandoned the "Animated Classics only" plan. Currently, the plan is to go through every feature film (unless I find them not warranting a show - expect several compilation MousePods) in chronological order, with lots of side tangent shows covering whatever else presents itself.

iSm, you are invited in advance to do a Matterhorn in-ride commentary when I get to Third Man on the Mountain (and please remember, the MP is a family-friendly show).

[innerSpaceman]

Every feature film???!? Oh my, there's a lot of dogs in there.

And don't mind me ... tangents are fine.



Just be sure to get a wind-break for the Matterhorn microphone. I'll keep it clean, if you keep it audible!

[lindyhop]

I was late to work yesterday because I had to go back home for my iPod so I could listen to this on the way to work.:)

I really enjoyed listening to David's stories. I had no idea Disney did all that stuff during the war. Fascinating.