Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

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Oral History Documentaries about Disney Television and Movies.

Jake Cannon


    • May 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 41m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

    Fixing Splash Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 15:35


    Learn how the original Splash Mountain was fixed. 

    Epcot's ''The Making of Me'' Documentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 17:55


    Epcot's ''The Making of Me'' Documentary

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    Disney's The Timekeeper with Director Jeff Blyth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 42:55


    The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 54:17


    The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show 

    Beauty and the Beast Documentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 58:24


    Cranium Command

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 47:26


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    Around the World in 80 Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 31:20


    History of CinéMagique

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 23:02


    History of Alien Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 16:01


    Fun with Mr. Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 5:59


    Alternate Roger Rabbit Rides

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 6:21


    History of Disney's So Weird

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 45:14


    History of Disney's So Weird

    History of Mickey's Christmas Carol (Steve Anderson, Burny Mattinson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 30:22


    History of Mickey's Christmas Carol (Steve Anderson, Burny Mattinson)

    The Story of Rhino with Mark Walton

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2021 21:01


    The Story of Rhino with Mark Walton.

    History of The Mighty Ducks' Sequels: D2, D3, Animated Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 36:28


    The Mighty Ducks' Sequels: D2, D3, Animated Series

    The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 15:45


    The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

    Mickey's Runaway Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 23:44


    The story of Mickey's Runaway Brain 

    Homeward Bound

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 29:38


    The story of Homeward Bound. 

    George of the Jungle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 31:02


    The behind the scenes story of how George of the Jungle was rescued from tragedy. 

    Mickey Unrapped: Disney's First Rap Album

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 20:26


    The story of Disney's first rap album and why and how it exists. 

    Atlantis: The Lost Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 25:36


    The story of Atlantis: The Lost Empire through the eyes of director Gary Trausdale. 

    Benji (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 74:51


    The continuing story of Benji as told by creator Joe Camp.  Check out his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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    Benji (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 77:05


    The story of Benji in 2 parts, through the eyes of Joe Camp.  Check out his written books here:  https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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    Disney's Winnie the Pooh (2011)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 35:17


    The story of Disney bringing back 2d animation one last time, for the last time.  2d was dead and then came Winnie the Pooh.  Through the eyes of director Steve Anderson. 

    Meet the Robinsons (2007)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 41:08


    What happens when Pixar takes over Disney animation right in the middle of your movie? This is that story through the eyes of director Steve Anderson. 

    Disney's Home on the Range (2004)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 67:46


    The story of Disney's Home on the Range, the true end to 2d animation at Disney.  The box office bomb sent ripples throughout the studio and changed Disney forever.  Hear the stories of what could've been and what happened, and how sometimes it's simply beyond your control. Through the eyes of Will Finn and John Sanford. 

    Disney's The Country Bears (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 25:32


    Part of theme park films in the early 2000's, The Country Bears stars Christopher Walken.  And that level of weird is only the beginning.  Through the eyes of Peter Schneider. 

    Disney's Mulan (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 91:25


    The story of Disney's Mulan, the greatest movie that's ever been made in a theme park.  Hear the behind the scenes stories from the directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook.  This is the trials and tribulations of Disney's underrated classic. 

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    Disney's Rocketman (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 42:23


    There is only one Rocketman film and it's not Elton John's.  This is the story of Rocketman through the eyes of star Harland Williams and Director Stuart Gillard. 

    Disney's The Great Mouse Detective's Sexy Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 16:30


    How did a burlesque number with a stripping mouse end up in a Disney animated feature?  Here's the behind the scenes story from singer Melissa Manchester. 

    Disney's Geppetto starring Drew Carey (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 45:22


    A musical starring Drew Carey. Enough said.  And it completely changed the rest of his career.  As seen through the eyes of Director Tom Moore. 

    DCOM: Brink!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 56:54


    Special DCOM episode about the making of the best inline rollerskating movie of all time.  This is the story of Brink! with Director Greg Beeman and writer Jeff Schechter.  With Guest Host: Chad Goes Deep 

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    Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt 7 (the end)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 71:58


    The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Part 7, final episode of our series, and the end of the line for Recess.

    Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 69:33


    The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Welcome to Part 6 and the beginning of the Recess on Disney's One Saturday Morning. 

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    Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 38:23


    The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Welcome to Part 5, in which Joe helps develop Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! and Paul gets to work on Beethoven the animated series.  We are one step closer to Recess, strap in. 

    Disney's Recess (Created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 74:12


    The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  This time Paul and Joe find themselves at Nickelodeon, and help define the newly birthed Nicktoons with Rugrats.   Recorded before Recess was on Disney Plus.  This is Part 4. 

    Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 49:34


    The story of Paul and Joe continued in their journey to Recess.    Recorded before Recess was on Disney Plus. 

    Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 35:36


    The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess. 

    Disney's Recess Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 13:40


    Part 1 of 7 of Disney Dust's  series on the story of Recess starring the creators Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere. Their 7-part journey takes us through The Simpson's Heyday, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, and eventually Recess. All the wild times and upheaval, and everything going awry.  Presented by The Look Back Machine  Recorded before Recess was on Disney Plus. 

    Disney's Pepper Ann

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 58:11


    Disney Dust Documentaries presents the Disney classic Pepper Ann oral history starring creator Sue Rose.    Hear the inside story of how Pepper Ann came to be in the 90s on Disney's One Saturday Morning.  Check out more of our Disney Dust episodes presented by The Look Back Machine. 

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    Disney's Science Court/ Squigglevision (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 40:32


    One Saturday Morning was known for Doug, Pepper Ann, and Recess, but Science Court is a forgotten gem with humor straight from Dr. Katz.  Here the story of how it got to Disney in the 90s through the eyes of creator Tom Snyder. 

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    Disney's Manny the Uncanny

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 28:34


    The story of the weirdest character ever to appear on a Disney network. Manny the Uncanny, when you were a kid you definitely went wtf when he popped up after a Mickey Mouse ad. He was weird, awkward and played deftly by Paul Rugg. Learn how Paul created the character and brought a Warner Bros.' sensibility to Disney.  This is the story of Manny the Uncanny. 

    Disney's One Saturday Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 37:16


    The inside story of how Disney programmed their newly purchased ABC station with something completely different from what they'd ever done before.  Through the eyes of director Peter Schneider.       

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    The History of The Disney Afternoon Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 63:36


    Part 2 of 2 on the history of The Disney Afternoon. From Gummi Bears to Quack Pack and everything in between. Here how the Disney Afternoon finally came to an end to make way for One Saturday Morning.  This is the end of the Disney Afternoon.    Presented by The Look Back Machine   

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    The History of the Disney Afternoon Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 96:07


    Part 1 of 2 of our oral history look into one of the most successful animation ventures of all time: The Disney Afternoon. Learn how all your favorite shows (Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, DarkWing Duck, Ducktales, Gummi Bears, Gargoyles, Quack Pack, and Bonkers) were all born out of a breakfast at Michael Eisner's house.  The creators and key figures from each show lend their voice to bring the story to light.  Presented by The Look Back Machine  

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