Welcome to fine-tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop where it comes to animation,

news and commentary. I'm entertainer writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings on the

industry you can read over on the rap and his musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can

listen to on the light of fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast. I am recording this week's

show on Sunday October 29th. Now, Drew isn't here right now. This past weekend Mr. Taylor was busy

while covering as well as participating in the fifth annual Lightbox Expo, which I'm reading now

from their official website celebrates the artists and creators behind our favorite films, animation,

games, TV shows and illustrations. And this event was held at the Pasadena Convention Center for

Moock, October 27th through the 29th. And as I'm recording this, Drew is wrapping up three days of

incredibly hard work on side. But on the second half of today's show, Mr. Taylor will blip in for

a few minutes and briefly talk about everything he saw and learned about at this year's Lightbox Expo.

Also, on the second half of today's show, I'll share the history of the first ever animated

Halloween special for network television. But before that comes the news. And as always,

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Okay, sorry that we have to start off with a bit of sad news. And no, I'm not talking about Matthew

Perry. So though that was plenty sad. I loved Matthew's work. Well, not so much on friends. I

never quite got on board with that sitcom. But I really was a fan of Perry Short lived follow-up

series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip that aired for one season on NBC in 2006. And then Mr.

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