Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Ep 439: Remembering Jim Henson’s “Muppet Babies”

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s show by discussing the first full trailer for Netflix’s “Ultraman: Rising.” They then talk about “Flow,” the dialogue-free post-apocalyptic animated feature which will be debuting at Cannes next week In this episode, listeners will learn about: Who will be voicing Garfield’s Dad in the new animated feature that Sony will be sending out to North American theaters on May 24th Which George Lucas-produced film was Marvel Productions trying to turn into an animated series in 1984 What company did Illuminations get into bed with back in 2017 to help promote the release of “Despicable Me 3” How many “South Park” specials have Matt Stone & Trey Parker produced for Paramount+ so far What was the name of the very first puppet-based series that Jim Henson produced for television Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.
0:06.0	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap and his musings on the Mission
0:15.4	Impossible movies you can listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.
0:26.5	He and I are recording this week's show on Thursday, May 16, 2024 and just today we got a brand new trailer for Ultraman Uprising is that correct?
0:35.0	Not uprising Jim he's not he's not uprising he's just rising.
0:39.5	Gang. Okay the Ultraman sky. There we go. All right, this animated feature debuts on Netflix on June 14th and I gotta say I really liked this trailer. I mean I know we've had teasers up until this
0:55.6	point um but this really sort of lays out the stakes of the film it looks sharp
1:01.3	yeah I'm I think it does a good job of establishing what the tone of the movie is
1:05.9	which is a little bit more dramatic maybe than earlier materials suggest and yeah you get a great look at the world and the amazing animation that industrial
1:15.8	light and magic did and if you really want a thorough breakdown of this movie
1:21.6	Jim what should people do? Well, so interesting you say that because we also now have an official release date for the art and making of Ultraman rising, not uprising, rising.
1:36.0	The book that drew, you were just mentioning, you have to get around to finish writing, is that correct?
1:42.0	I have one little section left. I've got all the
1:46.2	notes from the animation team. I've got all the notes from Super IA so we're we're
1:51.1	barreling towards this release date which is December 3rd of this year
1:56.3	2024 by the way folks it's a hundred and ninety two page hardcover from Titan Books and I myself just today pre-ordered my copy.
2:06.6	And by the way, while we're plugging things, I want to point out that Drew's other book, The Art of Amphibia, that actually hits store shelves
2:17.3	two weeks earlier than the art and making of Ultraman uprising is that correct?
2:23.2	May 19th or excuse me November 19th yeah I mean I'm just
2:27.8	picturing Jim you know everybody running down to their Christmas tree or
2:31.8	maybe they get it as part of Hanukah. They get you know this
2:36.1	book or these two books and they're just overwhelmed. They think oh my God the work and artistry
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