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 back at “The Rescuers”

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about;

• Which character was Phil Harris originally supposed to voice in “The Rescuers”

• How many art students did Disney initially invite to take part in the Studio’s inaugural animation boot camp?

• What advice did Bob Newhart give Don Rickles in regards to voicing Mr. Potatohead in Pixar’s “Toy Story”

• Which Disney featurette from the mid-1970s did the Studio’s animation trainees cut their teeth on?

• What film did better than the original “Star Wars” when it was finally released in France in 1977

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