How Mighty Mouse Accidentally Invented Saturday Morning Cartoons (Ep. 325)

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Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Tv & Film, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week on Fine Tooning, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor rewind to the mid-1950s to uncover how a forgotten studio sale and one scrappy rodent changed television forever. Along the way, they’ll cover everything from box office updates to Paw Patrol holiday specials, plus the latest shake-ups inside Disney corporate. The Disney-related twist behind CBS launching Mighty Mouse Playhouse in 1955 How that decision created the Saturday morning cartoon tradition What the Jimmy Kimmel controversy means for Bob Iger and Disney’s upcoming animated releases New trailers and festival buzz for projects like The Sisters Grimm and Splinter Cell: Deathwatch From network rivalries of the 1950s to today’s streaming-first landscape, Jim and Drew connect the dots on how animation keeps reshaping the industry. 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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0:23.6	HelloVet.
0:26.1	Welcome back to fine-tuning with Drew Taylor.
0:29.1	You one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.
0:33.0	I am entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings in the industry you can regularly
0:38.4	read over on the rap and whose musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can still listen to on
0:45.4	Light Defuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast. So, Drew, how was your week? More importantly,
0:52.9	how's Nova? Nova's doing great.
0:54.8	Week was good.
0:56.7	I saw 9-inch Nails during their last performance of the tour on Friday at the Kia
1:03.2	Forum here in Los Angeles, and they played one of the songs from Tron Aries, so that was fun to see in here.
1:10.6	Wow. Yeah. Wow.
1:11.7	Yeah.
1:12.2	Okay.
1:13.5	Also swung by Walt Disney Animation Studios last week to talk about Zootopia 2.
1:20.0	So whenever I can talk about that, I will do so right here.
1:24.2	Okay.
1:25.0	Very cool.
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