Old School Lane

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Metroid Crime and IndyVillain discuss about the 2010 indie puzzle-platform video game VVVVVV created by Terry Cavanagh. They talk about their introductions, the plot, the gameplay, the music, and the hard work on speedrunning at a reasonable time.

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Diva from Musical Hell and That Long Haired Creepy Guy discuss about the 1998 Warner Bros. animated film Quest for Camelot. Loosely based on the book The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, a young woman named Kayley wants to be a knight for Camelot. She gets a chance to prove herself when King Arthur's sword Excalibur gets stolen by...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia conclude Keanu Reeves Month with the 2020 Nickelodeon animated film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, the third movie based on the 1999 animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. In order to get SpongeBob away from The Krusty Krab to steal the secret formula easier, Plankton kidnaps SpongeBob's snail Gary to give to King P...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and co-host Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show interview Rebecca Bozza, a YouTuber who analyzes animated shows such as Steven Universe, Amphibia, and The Owl House. Around late 2021, she was hired as a production assistant for The Owl House. She talks about her time working with the cast and crew of The Owl House, behind the scenes stories, and misconcept...

Continuing with Keanu Reeves Month, Arun and Patricia watch the 2003 sequel to the 1999 action/sci-fi film The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded. Taking place after the first film, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus have to defend Zion from the Machine Army who are planning to destroy mankind. However, Morphius believes that The One will fulfill his prophecy to and end the war against the Machine Army once and...

On November 18, 2012, Patricia and Kevin from Old School Lane posted their very first episode of their podcast series Casual Chats. Now, over a decade later, it has reached 200 episodes. They look back on the origins of the podcast, their favorite moments, and a lookback on what the listeners' favorite episode and interview from each year was.

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Arun Mehta, Jim Bevan, Morgan Terry, thethirdbill, and newcomers IAmZamber and WeeLassReacts discuss about Season 3 of the 2020 Disney Channel animated series The Owl House in honor of the series concluding. They talk about the three 45 minute specials, their favorite moments, theories, and what they wish could've happened if it had...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Jim Bevan, Eli a.k.a. The Hero of Tomorrow, Dave a.k.a. Exalted Speed, and Malik a.k.a. The Cartoon Gamer look back on the animated television channel Cartoon Network, their earliest memories, their favorite shows, favorite moments, least favorite shows, its low points, and its legacy.

In honor of the 3rd episode of the 3rd season of The Owl House, "Watching and Dreaming", Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episode with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead! To check out the episode, click on the video link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVSaLg5xBr0 To check out the other discussions...

With Patricia no longer doing Old School Lane Casual Chats, actor, stand up, and podcaster Alex DeCourville will take over with his podcast Showdown at the Movies where he and a special guest compare two similar movies and find out which one is better. He's joined by special guest actress Jackey Neyman Jones on which so bad it's good B sci-fi horror movie is "better": the 1959 fi...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia continue Keanu Reeves Month by looking back at the 2013 Chinese-American martial arts film Man of Tai Chi. A young Chinese man named Tiger Chen is going through his every day life struggles making ends meet at his delivery job, supporting his family, and getting tai chi training with his master for a tournament. The CEO of a priv...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia begin a new themed month based on an actor and their movies: Keanu Reeves. They start with the 2006 sci-fi thriller A Scanner Darkly based on the book of the same name by Philip K. Dick. An undercover cop named Bob Archor with the codename "Fred" is investigating the main source and distribution of Substance D, an addicted drug t...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Chris "RowdyC" Moore discuss about the animated Disney films from 1943 to 1949 consisting of Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, and Ichabod and Mr. Toad in honor of Saludos Amigos' 80th anniversary. These slew of films are known as The Wartime Era since they came out during World War II...

In this episode of the Roald Dahl Retrospective, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2022 musical film Matilda the Musical based on the 2010 stage show based on the 1988 book Matilda starring Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, and Sindhu Vee. Matilda Wormwood is an intelligent five year old girl who has mean parents who don't remotely care for her. They...

Welcome to Old School Lane Throwback, where Patricia takes the audio from the videos of the Old School Lane channel and puts it up on the podcast feed for your listening enjoyment. On this first installment, it's a video from Valentine's Day 2016 on the series From Pilot to Final Product comparing the pilot of the 1993 series The Adventures of Pete "Valentine's Day Massacre" to the series to see w...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Albert from The Orpheon discuss about the Metroid franchise from their earliest memories to how the games were able to impact them.    Check out Albert's links down below.  https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOrpheon  https://twitter.com/TheOrpheon  https://www.patreon.com/orpheon

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia interviews writer Martin Olson and his daughter actress Olivia discussing about Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time, favorite episodes, favorite songs, and the important lesson that good ideas will happen at the right time and the right place.   Check out Martin's links down below.  https://www.martin-olson.com  https://www.facebook.com/martin....

In honor of the 2nd episode of the 3rd season of The Owl House, "For the Future", Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episode with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead! To check out the episode, click on the video link below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMu86yxneA To check out the other discussions and podcas...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2022 Disney animated film Strange World. A family called the Clades consisting of an explorer named Jaeger and his son Searcher are traveling around the mountains and unknown lands. One day, Searcher discovers a plant that releases energy. Jaeger wishes to continue exploring while Searcher wishes to settle down...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, 90s Christmas Movie Month concludes with a lookback at the 1994 Walt Disney live action film The Santa Clause. A toy businessman named Scott Calvin has to watch over his young son Charlie around Christmas Eve while his ex wife and her husband head out. The night goes uneventful until Scott and Charlie see a man fall from their roof and disappear l...

Merry Christmas, everyone! In the last episode of 25 Days of Christmas, Patricia and Carlene discuss about the 1954 film White Christmas. Two former World War II soldiers become famous singers and performers. While in Florida, they receive a letter from their former friend from the war to watch his sisters' performance. After being impressed with it, one of the singers named Phil decide to help th...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 1996 TV movie Unlikely Angel starring country singer and actress Dolly Parton. The movie is about a country singer named Ruby Diamond who dies in a car accident. When she arrives in Heaven, the angel Saint Peter tells her that she has lived a selfish life and the only way to get her wings is to help an estranged...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Klancy Shriver from On the House Movie Reviews & Podcast and the Frasier podcast They're Calling Again discuss about the four sequels of the 1983 film A Christmas Story based on the anthology book Of God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. They talk about the 1988 Disney Channel TV movie Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, t...

In this episode of 25 Days of Christmas, Patricia and Carlene discuss about the 2000 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas based on the 1957 book of the same name. In Whoville, the Whos are preparing for Christmas. Everyone is excited about it except for two people: the Grinch who has had a tragic story that took place on Christmas and Cindy-Lou-Who who doesn't know what Christma...

In this episode of 25 Days of Christmas, Patricia and Carlene discuss about the 1999 TV movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol, based on the 1843 book of the same name by Charles Dickens, starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a grouchy, stingy old man who hates Christmas. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by three spirits who show him the errors of his ways and how to keep Christma...