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Ali interviews animation production designer and painter, Carol Wyatt, who shares her insight from working in the industry on many different projects such as The Simpsons, Duckman, the Rugrats pilot, the Hey Arnold! pilot, Rocko’s Modern Life, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Green Eggs and Ham, Amphibia, Rick and Morty and more!
Check out Carol’s website for more of her work.
Ali interviews animator and director, Mike Hollingsworth. He shares about his journey starting out as a stand-up comedian, the early days of working on BoJack Horseman, lots of cool stuff about the standout season 3 episode he directed, “Fish Out of Water,” his thoughts on where the industry is heading, memorable fan convention experiences and much more!
Be sure to follow Mike on Instagram.
Ali and special guest, Harry Mackin, discuss the masterpiece series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. You want to hear our thoughts on the show’s themes of valuing mentors, embracing the dichotomy of ourselves, finding your destiny and looking inside yourself for the answers? What about the reasons Toph is the ultimate earthbender, hot takes on Kataang vs. Zutara, why Iroh is the absolute best, Katara’s subtle yet powerful growth throughout the series, Zuko’s redemption arc and how it parallels Aang’s journey, the tragic toxicity of Azula, not to mention the comedic awesomeness that is Sokka? You’ll get all of that and more with this episode so sit back and enjoy. Yip yip!
Be sure to follow Harry on Twitter and listen to the Stoop Kidz! Podcast.
Ali discusses the 1987 animated movie based on the novel of the same name, The Brave Little Toaster.
Ali discusses three Nicktoon Christmas specials: “The Santa Experience” (Rugrats), “Christmas Who?” (SpongeBob SquarePants) and “The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever” (Invader ZIM).
Ali discusses the classic stop motion TV special, The Little Drummer Boy, based on the song of the same name.
Ali discusses A Garfield Christmas Special written by Jim Davis and directed by Phil Roman and George Singer.
Ali taps into her 11-year-old self’s hatred of Hey Arnold!: The Movie (2002), reflecting on why it was such a huge disappointment to her at the time between the misleading marketing, the lackluster plot and The Big Scene (you know the one).
Previous Hey Arnold! episodes to check out:
Ali discusses Dexter’s Laboratory created by Genndy Tartakovsky.
Ali discusses the crossover movie, Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, written by Michael Ryan and directed by Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton.
Storytelling Saga 