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Mike Rosen returns to discuss Marlo Thomas’s most lasting work, Free to Be…You and Me! Listen to find out if gender stereotypes actually ended in 1973 and we all missed it.
For more Mike, listen to our episode on silent classic Häxan!
Jen welcomes Mike Rosen to discuss a traumatic event from his childhood: Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure! In other words, an ill-fated animated feature directed by Richard Williams.
The Animator’s Survival Kit website is a fine tribute to Williams, an undisputed master of the animation. This guide for the aspiring animator is possibly his greatest legacy.
Here’s the screencap Jen mentions in the episode. Make of it what you will.
For more of Mike, listen to our Nothing But Trouble episode!
Tim and Jen take a look at those Youtube algorithm kids videos and learn that Spiderman Elsa puppet finger family bad baby songs buried alive
The Medium article that kicked off the discussion, James Bridle’s “Something is Wrong on the Internet”
Tim’s videos may be viewed at his YouTube channel, timtoon, or you can skip right to Sarcastic Hulk.
For more pure, uncut internet, listen to our episode on Wonder Boy!
Jen is joined by Mike Rosen to discuss Vile Pervert: The Musical. This slice of pure internet was made by Jonathan King, a music impresario and TV presenter turned convicted sex criminal. If you’ve been looking for the perfect mix of mobile phone video, Oscar Wilde, and sheer unfettered egotism, this will have to do. The entire movie is available for free on YouTube, if you’re a masochist or love demented music as much as Mike does.
Our other episodes about the, uh, work of Jonathan King may be heard here and here.