From Disneyland to “Charlotte’s Web”: The Sherman Brothers’ Forgotten Tunes (Ep. 329)

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Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week on Fine Tooning, Drew Taylor and Jim Hill explore how Disney’s most beloved songwriting duo—the Sherman Brothers—found new creative life after leaving the Mouse House in 1968. From the heartfelt melodies of Snoopy Come Home to the timeless charm of Charlotte’s Web, Jim revisits how their music carried Disney’s spirit into other studios’ animated worlds. Drew shares highlights from the Animation Is Life event, including Q&As for ChaO and Arco Why TRON: Ares’s box office dip has Disney nervous The rise of Gabby’s Dollhouse as a Universal park franchise A live-action Jetsons film that’s finally moving forward—again The legacy of Marsupilami and Nickelodeon’s attempt to revive it Jim wraps things up by celebrating the Sherman Brothers’ post-Disney era—two films that remind us that great songs can make any animation studio feel like home. Unlocked Magic Unlocked Magic, powered by DVC Rental Store and DVC Resale Market, offers exclusive Disney & Universal ticket savings with TRUSTED service and authenticity. With over $10 MILLION in ticket sales, use Unlocked Magic to get the BIGGEST SAVINGS. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	ahead and get involved. Grab a Coke, drink it in. Welcome back to fine-tuning with Drew Taylor,
0:50.8	your one-stop shop on account to animation news and commentary.
0:59.4	I am entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose readings in the industry you can regularly read over on the rap and whose musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can
1:05.1	still listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.
1:11.1	Drew and I are recording this week's show on Sunday, October 19th.
1:15.6	And yesterday, Drew was at Animation Is Film.
1:20.6	This is that event we were talking about on last week's episode.
1:24.0	And Drew, you wound up moderating two panels or leading two Q&As on films that were
1:30.1	screened yesterday? Yeah, absolutely. I did chow in the morning from G-Kids, which is lovely. And then I
1:37.1	did ARCO, which is coming out from neon later that night. So I went home. I took the train back.
1:46.0	There was a thing at the Hollywood Bowl. Jim, you know that night. So I went home. I took the train back. There was a, there was a thing at the Hollywood Bowl. Jim, you know that traffic for the Hollywood Bowl is just too insane. So I got on the
1:51.4	subway, came back. And yeah. Okay. Okay. Now, Chow, as you mentioned, this is described as a
1:58.4	wild romantic comedy from a Japanese animation production house.
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