The Look Back Machine

Eisner was out, Iger was in, and Pixar took over Disney Animation. And that's just part of the story of Meet The Robinsons.  Logo by: Chris Palmer  Music: Kevin MacLeod and Chris Zabriskie  Divider  by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Source:  http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist:  http://chriszabriskie.c...

The story of Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights with Director Seth Kearsley.      Music by: Kevin MacLeod and more...    

The story of how Disney's classic came to be with behind the scenes stories from directors Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft.    Music contributed by: Kevin MacLeod    Check out the Bancroft Brothers podcast on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bancroft-brothers-animation-podcast/id911802874?mt=2

The story of Disney's The Country Bears from the people who made it: Peter Hastings and Paul Rugg.    Music by: Kevin Macleod  Art by: Chris Palmer

The story of the fall of the Disney Afternoon and the rise of One Saturday Morning.    Music by: Kevin MacLeod  Art by: Chris Palmer Interviews with: Jymn Magon, Joe Barusso, Greg Weisman, Tad Stones, and Bill Kopp.

The story of the birth of Disney Television Animation and the rise of the Disney Afternoon.    Music by: Kevin MacLeod  Art by: Chris Palmer Interviews with: Jymn Magon, Tad Stones, Ted and Patsy Anasti, Willie Ito, Carl Barks, and Mark Zaslove.

The story of Disney's Science Court on One Saturday Morning.      The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine The Website: https://lookbackmachine.tumblr.com/ Podcast:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...  

How did the idea for Disney's One Saturday Morning come about? Hear the inside perspective from Peter Hastings who formed the look and feel of the Saturday Morning block.    Donate today:  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine   Special thanks to:   Kevin MacLeod for a ton of the music on the episode. 

The behind the scenes story of "Home on the Range," Disney's last hand drawn animated movie until Princess and the Frog five years later. The studio was in flux at the time period, it was the final years of the Eisner administration and the studio was searching for answers.  This is the story of directors John Sanford and Will Finn and their perilous journey during Home on The Range. 

Nibbles is one of the amazing creations of Hanna-Barbera, and was brought to life by Francoise Brun-Cottan, a french 5-year old who got the role completely by accident.     

Hear the story of how Paul Rugg became Manny the Uncanny for Disney's One Saturday Morning. His journey from the ACME theater to ACME Academy is full of anecdotes about Spielberg, Disney, and Jelly Roll, the giant elephant that wanted him dead.    Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FElKsKudQFU&t=81s Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-look-back-machine/id1257301677?mt=2   Faceb...

While Paul Germain was working at Gracie films organizing the voice records of The Simpsons Shorts, three animators and a colorist were busy bringing the characters to life on celluloid.  This is the behind the scenes story from Bill Kopp, Wes Archer, David Silverman, and Gyorgyi Peluce of how The Simpsons Shorts came to be.  And of course, how a slightly inebriated party conversation launched a c...

Have you ever wondered how the theme song for Hey Arnold! came to be? Or have you ever wondered is there another version of the song? If you have, then this is the episode for you. Here the behind the scenes story of the jazzy standard featuring an interview with Jim Lang, the composer and the alternate theme from Hey Arnold!    

The story of Created by Paul and Joe continues with episode 3. This time Paul is wrapped up in the creation of the most famous and most successful television cartoon in history: The Simpsons (cue heavenly voices from the clouds).  Go inside the creation and execution of The Simpsons on The Tracy Ullman Show with interviews from Paul Germain and Jeffrey Townsend. It's fresh take on the ground floor...

Dino Spumoni's story, how the legendary singer was created for Hey Arnold!

In our second episode, Paul and Joe continue their odyssey to Hollywood and Disney's Recess.  Joe gets a job at Rhythm and Hues and Paul gets a job working for James L. Brooks.  For Bonus Content check out:  https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine   https://lookbackmachine.tumblr.com/    

The Look Back Machine examines the history of the animated television show Disney's Recess with a multi-part series about its creation and its creators.  It's an Odyssey-like documentary that spans over several decades and reaches its inevitable conclusion.  This is the story of Created Paul and Joe.  For Bonus Content-- Check Out:  https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine https://lookbackmachine.t...