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Writers Get Animated

By: Chris Leyva & Mackenzie Worrall
  • Summary

  • Get drawn into your favorite animated movies and shows! Whether it's following an alcoholic horse actor, a family of adventuring ducks, a wise-cracking rabbit, or some wacky kids down the street, we've got you covered. ​ Animators move audiences to laughter and tears conjuring worlds from blank paper and ones and zeros inside a computer. Every two weeks, we English-major-the-crap-out-of the latest animated movies and shows to uncover how the magic works.
    Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • The Final Episode! Animation that Inspires Us to Create
    Oct 22 2021

    Episode 200! In our final episode we discuss what we've learned from watching all these cartoons and what makes art "inspiring." How does art make us feel the need to create? How have the animated shows and movies we've experienced over the past six years (and beyond) helped our art? 

    Thank you so much for being with us on this journey! 

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • The Best New Animated Shows of 2021!
    Oct 8 2021

    Every year, we binge all of the new shows of the year to bring you some recommendations in the hopes that you will find some new favorites! The list keeps getting longer and longer as more and more animated shows hit the airwaves. What a wonderful time to be a fan of animation!

    Chris and Mackenzie’s Recommendations Young Ages:
    • City of Ghosts (Netflix)
    • Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix)
    • Ridley Jones (Netflix)
    • Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Disney)
    • Alma’s Way (PBS Kids)
    • Oggy Oggy (Netflix)
    All Ages:
    • Kid Cosmic (Netflix)
    • Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (Apple TV+)
    • The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+)
    • Kamp Coral (Paramount+)
    • Elliott from Earth (CN)
    • Rugrats (2021) (Paramount+, Nickelodeon)
    • The Bad Batch (Disney+)
    • Monsters at Work (Disney+)
    • Dug Days (Disney+)
    • Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life (Disney+)
    • Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (HBO Max)
    • Jellystone (HBO Max)
    • Centaurworld (Netflix)
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Character Study: Chip ‘n‘ Dale
    Sep 24 2021

    Those rambunctious chipmunks Chip and Dale are back in a new show, so we're seeing how they have evolved over the years! What makes duos so satisfying? Why are Chip and Dale always fighting? Are we Chip or Dale?

    Links
    • Watch Food for Feudin' on Disney Plus
    • Watch Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers on Disney Plus
    • Watch Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life on Disney Plus
    • Remembering ‘Rescue Rangers’
    • Frank Angones on Twitter Explains the Rescue Rangers' Cameo on DuckTales (2017)
    • Here's How Disney's 'DuckTales' Just Gave 'Rescue Rangers' a New Origin Story 
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    1 hr and 7 mins

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