Get a sneak peek of episode 3, available August 12th! Plus, check out the new segment "Corrections & Clarifications," where Jessica and Melanie expand on a few details and questions from episode 2. 

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Theme music: “Taste of the French Quarter” by Rob Khurana via Storyblocks.com.

Jessica and Melanie discuss the rise, heyday, and fall of Disneytoon Studios with special guest Erika Kurzawa (CastleCravings.com, "Disney Family Sundays"). Disneytoon Studios, under its various names, produced 47 feature films from 1990 to 2015, but even hardcore Disney fans are often unaware that the studio was a separate entity from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Check out this episode for behind-the-scenes stories, scrapped movie ideas, dramatic readings of VHS cover descriptions, and more!

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SOURCES:

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club - "Disney A to Z: Disneytoon Studios"
https://d23.com/a-to-z/disneytoon-studios/

Disney Wiki - "Disneytoon Studios"
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disneytoon_Studios

The Hollywood Reporter - "Disney Shuts Down Animation House Disneytoon Studios"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-shuts-down-animation-house-disneytoon-studios-1124168

Indie Wire - "Disney Shuts Down Disneytoon Studios in Glendale: Exclusive"
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/disneytoon-studios-shuts-down-disney-glendale-1201979736/

Los Angeles Times - "Direct-to-Video Family Films Are Hitting Home"
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-16-fi-49283-story.html

Los Angeles Times - "Disney is shutting down Disneytoon animation studios in Glendale"
https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-disneytoon-20180628-story.html

Stewart, James B. DisneyWar. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Variety - "Layoffs Hit 'Planes' Producer DisneyToon Studios"
https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/layoffs-hit-planes-producer-disneytoon-studios-1201280347/

Wikipedia - "Disneytoon Studios"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneytoon_Studios

Wikipedia - "List of animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animation_studios_owned_by_The_Walt_Disney_Company

YouTube - "The History of Disney Sequels: A Direct-to-Video Story"
https://youtu.be/plm30pT8B7U

YouTube - "The Rise and Fall of DisneyToon Studios"
https://youtu.be/Ncm3Vp3Uq1I

YouTube - "Yesterworld: The Rise & Fall of DisneyToon Studios
https://youtu.be/Tg73Mj4QX8E 

Get a sneak peek of episode 2 (dropping July 29) where we talk Disneytoon Studios with special guest Erika Kurzawa!

The very first episode of “Cartoons to Castles” dives into the events surrounding the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California on July 17, 1955. Jessica and Melanie share the sweet, shocking, and hilarious stories from their research, covering everything from Walt & Lillian Disney’s 30th anniversary party in Frontierland (just days before the park opened), to the rough live opening day broadcast of “Dateline: Disneyland.” 

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Theme music: “Taste of the French Quarter” by Rob Khurana via Storyblocks.com

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@theafrodisniac. “Quaker Oats announced today that they would be retiring the Aunt Jemima brand.” Instagram, 17 June 2020, https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjc2sIDXow/?igshid=kh1kuza317qh

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club - www.D23.com

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