S01.E08: Disney Minus

This week, it's Disney minus the weird, dark and creepy stuff they left out of their animated adaptations. Before that however, our players will speculate on the birthing techniques of their favorite characters, and then try to name the common character from a list of three different actors who have played them. Then as promised, it's on to "Disney Minus," where players identify the differences between their favorite Disney classics and the less-wholesome stories that inspired them. Absentee fathers! Shootings! Death! Death! Death! As always, there's a Lightning Round, and a special challenge for the listeners at home!

NOTES

⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

🤪 Before playing Richard Nixon, John Cusack got to know him not by reading books or anything, but by talking to Hunter S. Thompson.

🧹 Nature Valley Crumb Bars

🧜‍♀️ The original Little Mermaid is rough: "Well, have you lost your courage? Stick out your little tongue and I shall cut it off. I'll have my price, and you shall have the potent draught." ¶ "Go ahead," said the little mermaid.

🐭 We know: the full name of the organization Ms. Bianca works for in The Rescuers is the "Rescue Aid Society."

📰 Play Veronica's Vertex puzzle at The New York Times

🐦 Veronica on Twitter

📷 Veronica on Instagram

🎬 Watch Sarah Baker in The Kominsky Method on Netflix

🐦 Sarah on Twitter

📷 Sarah on Instagram

🕵️‍♀️ Follow Nick's Immersive Theatre company on Twitter

🕵️‍♂️ Nick's Spybrunch is also on Instagram

🐦 Nick on Twitter

📷 Nick on Instagram

🎹 Our host Taylor S. Cole is on Twitter talking music and pop culture

🎰 Dan is on Twitter doing Dan Things™ on Twitter (warning, includes some grown-up stuff like politics)

🐶 If you like pictures of dogs and weird supermarket stuff, Dave has you covered on Instagram