Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 25 in total of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “animation”.
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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
December 29th, 2025 | 36 mins 30 secs
animation, boris karloff, cartoon, cartoons, christmas, chuck jones, comedy, dr. seuss, grinch, santa, santa claus, x-mas, xmas
It wouldn't be Christmas without Yuletide stealing, so we've got one more episode that's very revealing. The kids drop by the pod, to discuss who's Who, and give How The Grinch Stole Christmas a proper review.
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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 26 mins
1960s, 60s, animation, burl ives, carols, christmas, christmas carol, christmas carols, frosty, musical, musicals, rankin bass, rudolph, santa, santa claus, stop motion, x-mas, xmas
Our holiday coverage continues as we recall the most famous reindeer of all. Rankin-Bass' stop-motion retelling of Rudolph's super-mutant origins remains the most beloved version of the holiday mainstay. Guest podcaster and misfit toy Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) joins us to sing the praises (and carols) of this Christmas classic.
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The Hobbit
November 2nd, 2025 | 2 hrs 9 mins
animation, bilbo, cartoon, cartoons, d&d, dragon, dungeons and dragons, dwarf, elf, fantasy, gandalf, gollum, hobbit, lord of the rings, lotr, middle earth, rings of power, the rings of power, tolkien, wizard
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead, as Frodovember begins with the 1977 Rankin Bass adaptation of The Hobbit. We go there and back again with guest podcaster Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to enjoy our mutual first experences with Middle Earth and the works of J.R.R. Tolkein.
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Coraline
October 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
00s, 2000s, animation, dakota fanning, fairy tale, ghost, ghosts, halloween, horror, ian mcshane, keith david, neil gaiman, parenting, stop motion, teri hatcher, they might be giants
Be careful what you wish for this Halloween. On this special it's a family affair as the Other Doug and the Other Ami welcome their children Celeste and Ben into the other world of 2009's Coraline. This stop-motion masterpiece spins a web and puts a button or two on a modern Grimm fairy tale about how the grass seems greener on the other side of a tiny mysterious door.
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A Goofy Movie
April 7th, 2025 | 2 hrs 15 mins
1990s, 90s, animation, cartoon, cartoons, disney, donald duck, goof troop, goofy, mickey mouse, musical, musicals, powerline
It's the perfect cast... podcast! Today is the 30th anniversary of A Goofy Movie. While Goofy is, well, goofy, Disney's story of father/son bonding has for more depth than its dippy dog characters would suggest. We're seeing I 2 I on this film's excellence with a full Goof Troop with comedian Eileen Mayse (@i_lean) and podcaster Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel). A-hyuck!
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
October 28th, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1990s, 90s, animated, animation, catherine o'hara, christmas, cinema, danny elfman, disney, film, films, halloween, horror, movie, movies, musical, musicals, puppet, puppets, stop motion, theater, tim burton, x-mas, xmas
This is Halloween! This is Halloween! For our final mainline October episode guest Matt Storm aka Stormageddon of the "Fun" and Games, and Reignite podcasts tricks and treats with us to revisit this masterclass in stop-motion animation that lets us celebrate two holidays for the price of one.
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The Land Before Time
July 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 44 mins
1980s, 80s, animation, bambi, bluth, cartoon, cartoons, cinema, cretaceous, dinosaur, dinosaurs, disney, don bluth, film, jurassic, lucas, movie, movies, paleontology, speilberg, triassic
Don Bluth's paleontological take on Bambi thrilled audiences in 1988 and remains a beautifully animated film with a heart as big as a Longneck's. We're joined by Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll of the Media/Lit podcast to discuss this adventure, and why it still resonates today.
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
June 10th, 2024 | 2 hrs 14 mins
1990s, 90s, animation, broadway, cartoon, cartoons, cinema, colorado, comedy, film, matt stone, movies, musical, musical theater, musicals, satan, satire, south park, trey parker
South Park, CO may be a quiet mountain town but decades on it remains the locus for satire, profanity, and the occasional doomsday prophesy. Friendly faces Dave Jackson (the Tales From the Backlog podcast) and comedians Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Rolland Lopez (@rollandlopezvoiceactor) join us to go down to South Park and have ourselves a time with their 1999 musical feature outing that fully let Trey Parker and Matt Stone off the leash of basic cable.
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TV Theme Songs
April 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 43 mins
animation, big bang theory, cartoon, cartoons, cheers, disney, ducktales, friends, full house, music, saved by the bell, sitcom, sitcoms, song, songs, television, the big bang theory, the brady bunch, tmnt, tv
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale of a podcaster and guests, who sit around debating which old theme songs were the best. We're joined by Ami Lief (creepy and kooky) and Ryan Merlo (mysterious and spooky) to round table our top ten TV theme songs.
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Disney Songs, Part 2
February 5th, 2024 | 2 hrs 7 mins
animation, broadway, cartoon, cartoons, coco, disney, disney channel, disneyland, disneyworld, duck tales, ducktales, high school musical, mary poppins, muppets, music, musical, musicals, nightmare before christmas, pixar, theater, touchstone
We're back to revisit our favorite Disney songs to infinity and beyond! Last time we covered songs from Walt Disney Studios' animated features. This time we're covering everything else from Pixar to Touchstone to the Disney Channel to the amusement parks and more. Returning guests Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo join us for a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious massive mouse house roundtable.