Old School Lane

In the 2nd episode of the advent podcast, 25 Days of Christmas, Patricia and her sister Carlene discuss the 1969 Rankin/Bass animated Christmas special Frosty the Snowman based on the 1950 song of the same name. A group of kids build a snowman and found a hat that belonged to a magician named Professor Hinkle. When they put the hat on the snowman, it comes to life and the children play with him. H...

Welcome to 25 Days of Christmas, an advent podcast where Patricia and her sister Carlene watch a Christmas movie or special every day until Christmas Day. In their first episode, they talk about the 1983 film A Christmas Story based on the works of author and radio personality Jean Shephard. In 1940s Indiana, a young boy named Ralphie Parker wants a Red Ryder BB gun from Christmas, but is told by...

In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun have the results of what the listeners deem the best and worst of the remaining Pixar shorts they've covered over the summer to coincide with the release of Lightyear. 

After several months, In Search of the Crystal Skull is back! Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2022 film Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which is the sequel to the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog based on the video game series of the same name. Sonic is trying to prove himself as a hero in Green Hills while Dr. Robonik is trying to escape from the Mushroom Dimension that he was trapped in from the last film...

It's the 10th anniversary of the podcast Casual Chats for Old School Lane. In this episode, Patricia and special guest longtime listener Nasaya Lucero talk about various topics from introductions, favorite podcast episodes, and answering each other's questions.

In the premiere episode of the podcast Hey, Fuggetaboutit!, Kevin interviews Kent Burris from the YouTube channel Ghosts of Carmel Maine where they cover paranormal investigations, historical hauntings, and the study of the paranormal.

In the final episode of Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and special guest Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show discuss about the 2022 Disney+ film Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel to the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus. 29 years after the first film, teenage girls Becca and Izzy are gathering things for a witch séance for Becca's 16th birthday over at a gift shop where the Sanderson Sisters' home once...

Continuing the season of spookiness on Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and special guests Arun from The Arun Mehta Show, John and Douglass from Who Loves Orange Podcasts, and newcomer Ty from Whiskeylodeon discuss about Nickelodeon Halloween specials. They also cover 90's Halloween commercials, wrestling, and how The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius may have ripped off their spooky ep...

Continuing the month of October with Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show discuss about "Thanks to Them", the first of three 45 minute specials of Season 3 of the 2020 Disney Channel animated series The Owl House. Taking place right after the Season 2 finale "King's Tide", Luz, Amity, Gus, Willow, and Hunter end up back in the human realm where they stay at...

Continuing the spooky themed podcasts on Old Spook Lane Creepy Chats, Patricia and special guests Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show, Jim Bevan, Morgan Terry, Elijah aka. Not-So-Average-Fan-Girl, and newcomer thethirdbill discuss about the second half of the second season of the 2020 Disney Channel animated series The Owl House. They talk about the episodes, moments, and characters that left a hu...

This October, Old School Lane is going in a spooky direction covering spooky movies and TV shows. In this episode, Patricia and special guests Brett and Alex from Splat Attack! Podcast discuss about the 2nd and 3rd Are You Afraid of the Dark miniseries Curse of the Shadows and Ghost Island.  Curse of the Shadows takes place in a small fishing town called Shadow Bay where a teenage boy named C...

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2011 Blue Sky Studios animated film Rio. A Spix's macaw named Blu was raised by a bookstore owner named Linda in Minnesota after being stolen as a chick by smugglers in Brazil. One day, a ornithologist named Tulio proposes to Linda to bring Blu to Brazil to mate with a female macaw named Jewel since they are the last t...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia celebrates the 25th anniversary of the ABC One Saturday Morning animated series Pepper Ann by interviewing creator Sue Rose and composer Pat Irwin. They talk about the show's origins, favorite episodes, favorite moments, and the show's impact. 

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2009 Blue Sky Studios animated film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the third installment in the Ice Age franchise. Manny and Ellie are about to have a baby and that leaves Sid jealous that he isn't getting any more attention and Diego feeling like he's too old to being a part of the pack. Sid finds three eggs and deci...

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2008 Blue Sky Studios animated film Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who based on the 1954 book of the same name starring Jim Carrey, Steve Carrell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Amy Poehler. An elephant named Horton sees a floating speck on a pink flower hearing voices not knowing that an entire civ...

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2006 Blue Sky Studios animated film Ice Age: The Meltdown, the second installment of the 2002 animated film Ice Age. Manny, Diego, and Sid live in a valley surrounded by a wall of ice living normal lives until an armadillo named Fast Tony warns everyone that the wall of ice is a dam and is cracking due to the ice melti...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia asked her listeners to vote on which animated film of 2021 they wanted her to watch and discuss about on Casual Chats and they had chosen The Mitchells vs. The Machines. Patricia and special guest Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show discuss about the history of the film, the people working on it, the plot, the characters, the humor, the message, the animat...

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2005 Blue Sky animated film Robots starring Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Gary Kinnear, and Mel Brooks. Set in a world filled with robots, a young inventor named Rodney Copperbottom journeys to Robot City to fulfill his dream of working with entrepreneur Bigweld and his company Bigweld Indust...

In this episode of DreamMachine, Arun and Patricia discuss the 2022 DreamWorks animated film The Bad Guys, which is based on a book series by Aaron Blabey. The film features a group of anthropomorphic animals known as The Bad Guys who steal money, gold, and other valuable items. When hearing that there's a philanthropic ball being held with a prized award giving to a guinea pig named Professor Rup...

Welcome to Journey to the Blue Sky, a new animated studio retrospective where Arun and Patricia look back at all the animated projects done by Blue Sky Studios. In the first episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, they look back at the 2002 animated film Ice Age starring Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary. Millions of years in the ice age, a mammoth named Manny and a sloth named Sid are going...

In this episode of PixMix, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2022 Pixar film Lightyear, a spinoff film from the Toy Story franchise that focuses on the origins on Buzz Lightyear. Buzz and his commanding officer Alisha Hawthorne are exploring a planet to find life, but danger lurks with a monster plant is threatening the lives of the Space Rangers and sinking their ship, Buzz tries to escape by h...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2021 Pixar short Ciao Alberto, which is based on the Pixar film Luca. Alberto is currently living with Massimo helping him with delivering fish to the village, cooking pasta, and trying to catch more fish, but failing a...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2021 Pixar short 22 vs. Earth, which is based on the Pixar film Soul. 22 is trying to prevent other souls from entering into Earth, so 22 decides to take 5 souls and make them into a resistance movement called the APOCA...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2020 Pixar short Lamp Life, which was featured with the Toy Story 4 DVD and Blu-Ray. Taking place between Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4, Bo Peep reveals on what her life was like after she was sold by Andy's mom to anothe...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2017 Pixar short Auntie Edna, which was featured with The Incredibles II DVD and Blu-Ray. Taking place during The Incredibles II where Edna babysits Jack Jack while Bob gets rest from watching over him. Jack Jack showca...