Storytelling Saga

Ali discusses The Powerpuff Girls Movie directed by series creator, Craig McCracken, who co-wrote it along with Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Paul Rudish and Don Shank.

Ali discusses the heartwarming Disney movie, Lilo & Stitch (2002), and shares why it's one of her all-time favorite movie-going experiences to this day.

Ali and her cousin, Gina, discuss all things Hamtaro, sharing their memories of watching the anime on Cartoon Network during the summer of 2002, Ali co-writing ridiculous fanfiction featuring the Ham-Hams, Gina's pet hamster, plus a lot of reminiscing about playing the fun and adorable Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games, Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! and Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Hamha!

Ali shares more thoughts on The Bob's Burgers Movie in this special bonus episode, addressing some fan criticisms while also sharing some favorite laugh-out-loud moments in this second review. "And it's gonna be the sunny-side-up summer of our lives!"

Ali discusses The Bob's Burgers Movie co-written and co-directed by series creator, Loren Bouchard, along with co-writer, Nora Smith, and co-director, Bernard Derriman.

Ali discusses Iago in memory of Gilbert Gottfried. "WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?"

Ali discusses the romantic comedy series, What I Like About You, starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth.

Ali discusses the coming-of-age Pixar film that creatively captures the turbulent time of puberty, Turning Red, directed by Domee Shi.

Ali discusses the long-running PBS series, Arthur, based on the books by Marc Brown.

Ali discusses the clever comedy, A.P. Bio, created by Mike O'Brien and starring Glenn Howerton. "All right, everybody, start to shut up."

Ali discusses one of her favorite episodes of the hit Nickelodeon series, iCarly, "iThink They Kissed," written by Steve Holland and directed by Adam Weissman. She also touches on the 2021 revival, and of course she digs into the epic Creddie vs. Seddie shipping debate. "I may be an idiot, but I'm not stupid."

Ali discusses the magical Disney movie, Encanto.

Ali discusses the thirteenth original animated Peanuts special, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, written by Charles Schulz.

Ali discusses the adorable Disney movie, The Aristocats.

Ali interviews storyboard artist, Gia Ligammari, whose credits include The Angry Birds Movie 2, Jellystone, Inside Job and the upcoming Tiny Toons Adventure reboot, Tiny Toons Looniversity. Gia shares about her creative influences, favorite things to draw, thoughts on live-action reboots, imposter syndrome and creative block, advice for young artists and much more!

Ali discusses the canceled-too-soon hangout comedy, Happy Endings, created by David Caspe. Here we GO!

Ali discusses the hit family sitcom, Full House, in honor of the late Bob Saget.

Ali shares her New Year's resolutions for 2022 and a brand new short story she wrote called "Faux Pas."

Ali discusses The Roku Channel original movie, Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas, written by series creator, Austin Winsberg, and directed by Richard Shepard.

Ali discusses the beloved Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Ali discusses what goes into crafting a compelling character, drawing examples from various TV characters including Moira Rose, Michael Scott, Peggy Olson and Bugs Bunny.

Ali interviews writer, story editor, producer and voice director, Eric Trueheart. Eric shares how he got his start in the industry, advice for writers trying to break in, the early days of his comedy troupe, The Ministry of Unknown Science, lots of fun stuff from his book, The Medium-Sized Book of ZIM Scripts Vol 1: Pigs 'n' Waffles, and how he deals with writer's block. He also talks about writin...

Ali interviews TV, film and video game composer, Kevin Manthei. He shares about his musical influences, how he got his start composing for video games, his process for scoring an episode of TV, working as the series composer on  Invader ZIM and stepping back into the world for Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, what went into creating "Peace Is Nice," his thoughts on creative block, advice for aspiri...

Ali discusses one of her favorite Disney movies, Mulan (1998).

Ali discusses the pilot and the two-part series finale, "The Last Day," of the police procedural comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, created by Dan Goor & Mike Schur.