Animators React 10: The Lion King, Mulan, VeggieTales

[@JustinSBarrett]

I had the pleasure of animating at Big Idea (on a mix of 3-2-1 Penguins! and VeggieTales projects) when Tom was there. He's such an awesome guy, and I'm so glad that you were able to get him on the couch for one of these episodes, and also glad that VeggieTales finally made it into the discussion. Here's hoping that Tom can come back for more!

[@tylarjackson7928]

Out of curiosity, was everyone there religious? Was that like, a prerequisite to being hired?

[@jacktoma21]

I grew up in a religious, consecutive household, so my main pieces of entertainment I grew up with would have been from either Big Ideas or PBS

[@justgj]

@@tylarjackson7928 in Phil Vischer's book (he created VT) it says there was a decent number of non-Christian animators. For the most part it wasn't an issue but there were problems of some Christian animatiors trying to convert the others

[@tylarjackson7928]

@@justgj Well that's refreshing to hear. And yeah, a lot of Christians see it as their "moral duty" to try to convert anyone they know that isn't one.

[@JustinSBarrett]

@@tylarjackson7928 Prerequisite? Not at all. That would have been illegal. As far as numbers-religious vs non, different religions represented, etc.-I don't think anyone ever bothered to take a poll, but it didn't really matter. The feeling that I got there was that as long as you were passionate about your own work, did your job well, and treated others with respect, what you did/didn't believe wasn't an issue.

[@caret_shell]

7:07 "Well, fortunately the cleanup people, they refine it even more. My drawings probably looked pretty stinky, and then they would clean it up and kind of improve it, so... that's why it's a group effort." Always nice to see an artist praising the team effort and trying to give full credit to everyone who isn't on the couch with him. That makes him a much better storyteller, since we worry less about it being self-aggrandizing.

[@niceveraert1000]

They really gotta include the guests names in the video title they deserve way more recognition for their work

[@drunkhas]

They don't do that for algorithm and SEO reasons, but they always include them in the description and true to Niko's word Pencili's KZbin and Tom's podcast are both listed in the description.

[@burritodog3634]

guy on the left is pewdiepie?

[@JohnKrakatoa]

@@burritodog3634 no

[@KwakeSlayer]

don’t you think more people will learn about this guy if more people click on the video?

[@BenTheAnimator]

the crew probably want people to see the guest's works first on the search engines, instead of this video.

[@frozarburst6350]

Man it feels honestly wholesome hearing animators talk about VeggieTales. It was very unique and groundbreaking for its time when it came out

[@tylarjackson7928]

As a very young kid in the 90s (born in 94), I remember seeing the early VeggieTales (Where's God When I'm Scared et al.) and just assuming the "different-looking" animation (compared to The Lion King, for example) was their style. Of course, I now know it was just a product of very early CG. The voice acting and general writing was still pretty darn good, though I definitely prefer Larry's later voice compared to the odd deeper one in the first few episodes.

[@TheWesinatorvids]

14:00 Dude, the shot of Esther taking her crown off is one of my earliest film memories. Something about the invisible arms just made me think about it a lot as a kid and it stuck with me all the way to adulthood. I flipped when he mentioned it, cause it was like he dug straight into my mind from my preschool years.

[@booster247]

I am constantly amazed at the level of guests you manage to get on your show. You guys are bringing in some of the best in the industry and they all want to come back for more. It is truly incredible how this little 'thing' you guys started so many years ago has snowballed into one of the premier shows for animators and artists to not only showcase their work, but teach the masses as well.I don't know if you at Corridor have ever sat back and thought to yourselves, "Man, this just keeps getting better and better. How did we pull this off?" But you did pull it off, and we are all so glad you did. Thank you for your amazing content and please keep it coming.

[@ADSheehan]

Veggie Tales on Corridor React was not on the list of things I expected to see today. So awesome!

[@lordsylph414]

ikr?

[@diegolozano8737]

Dear Corridor Crew, as a director in the commercial // music video scene, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your channel. It has become a literal hobby of mine to watch these videos. Thank you for creating such awesome content.

[@CorridorCrew]

Not trying to self-promote ourselves, but you’d probably enjoy the extended cuts on our site. We edit them more intentionally for people like yourself. -Niko

[@sam8404]

@@CorridorCrew hmm, the one time y'all reply to someone and it's about your site. ( /s Love you guys, just busting your balls.)

[@TheEmoImo]

If you like to talk to tomatoes… this episode definitely made me smile. Tom Bancroft is genuinely one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting and it’s so cool to see him on the couch. ❤

[@danieltull9350]

Yknow, the Esther veggie tale always did feel different than the others. Like more cinematic and eerie at times, but in a good way. So it def makes since when Tom said it was Disney inspired. Because it definitely feels like it in hindsight

[@markmattheviewable]

Whenever Wren is not in a video, I begin to anticipate which of his limbs will be in a cast the next time we see him on camera. Edit: Tom also highlighted something I always found interesting in those 90s Disney movies, in that the title character usually wasn’t the most memorable character of the film. From The Genie, to Sebastian, to Mushu, the title character almost became the supporting cast member to their antics.

[@burritodog3634]

guy on the left is pewdiepie?

[@FlagCutie]

I'm just glad lovely his wife is a nurse! I have a feeling that he'd drag his feet getting himself to the doctor.

[@KernelLeak]

Is it time yet for a "Ye gods what happened to Wren THIS time?" bingo card?

[@uNhlanhlakaSithole]

Wren bores me

[@exilemorin04]

@@burritodog3634 was just wondering who that was lol

[@Whofan06]

Veggies Tales has aged so well for one of the first computer animated works ever. Like if they were make it for the first time ever today, I feel it would look exactly the same with the character expressions and humor, despite being a religious show. To say it was ahead of its time is an understatement

[@Will_Parker]

Finally getting to the peak of animation: early 90s VeggieTales

[@cameron5802]

I love the way Tom speaks and shares his stories, definitely one of the best guests so far.

[@RobRoyRoadie]

Rick Moranis was mentioned in the video, but you also have to shout out to Dave Thomas as well. Their characters, Bob and Doug McKenzie from their SCTV sketches “The Great White North” ARE Rutt and Toque. Those two moose were the result of years of comedy writing and performance. Big reason the characters interact so well: two old friends doing what they do best.

[@RobRoyRoadie]

@UCawHkrmBSWIDi9gy4Z3Uqog Good Day!

[@Tardisntimbits]

Legit. As a Canuck, the Bob and Doug skits are classic, and the movie they made, Strange Brew, is one I loved growing up!

[@RobRoyRoadie]

@@Tardisntimbits theme song by Geddy Lee!

[@EpicWolverine]

Yeah, it’s amazing how good they are. I’ve never seen Brother Bear but I recently discovered Bob and Doug (through their 12 Days of Christmas song) and I immediately made the connection when they showed that clip. I didn’t know Rick Moranis was one of them!

[@thork6974]

Came here for this. Way to make me feel old, Fenner.

[@stavros9849]

Casting animators to a single character so that it keeps personality is an exceptionally wonderful idea.

[@DallasWade]

I grew up on Veggietales. I would LOVE to see another episode looking at Veggietales, especially in later years.

[@kaaafqa]

I just looove how humble Tom is regarding his work - like most of the guests you have on the show, and you as well. It's just about the passion, the exchange of wisdom, the smiles. I just love the wholesomeness of this channel.

[@tiigerpoiss2004]

This guy is such fun and natural at explaining his work. Can see he is a storyteller.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Got to hear Tom and Tony talk at a Biola event years ago, and have been listening to lots of Bancroft Brothers Podcast since. They are awesome to learn from and find really cool people to interview! And they recommended Illusion of Life which is one of the best animation books out there

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

On the topic of how do vegetables hold things one of my favorite lines in veggietales is from Josh and the Big Wall: "How are we clapping?" "I have no idea"

[@Redbikemaster]

Or the newer one where it shows a hand knocking, then the characters freak out wondering where the hand came from

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

@@Redbikemaster ah yes, from "The Strange case of Dr Jiggle and Mr Sly" from the episode titled "A Snoodle's Tale"

[@Redbikemaster]

@@MudakTheMultiplier my man

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

@@Redbikemaster I may have watched a *lot* of veggietales as a kid...

[@Redbikemaster]

@@MudakTheMultiplier as did I, though "The Snoodle's Tale" was after my time

[@BB-BA55akaMR-BLEGH]

I grew up on VeggieTales. There times where an episode will be on for whatever reason, and I'll pick up on jokes that I didn't catch as a kid, and sometimes be on the verge of tears because of the way they expressed their positive messages that I sometimes didn't understand as a kid.

[@Devastationprolonged]

Same man. I saw an episode the other day with my daughter, and it nearly made me cry. I'd probably seen that episode 15 times as a kid, and never ever felt that way.

[@zeroinfinity5864]

Yep same. Its so well done. Ester is properly my favorite episode so I am happy to learn about it. Yes so many things I learn as I watch them back now and many can make me cry too.

[@amandasnider2644]

I grew up on VEGGIETALES. When our family traveled we kids would ask "How many more veggietales is it?" Our concept of time was measured by veggietales length....half an hour. The Jonah movie was the first film I ever saw in "theatres". It technically wasn't a theater, it was in a large church in the city but kid me didn't know the difference. We have family videos of us kids and veggietales playing on the tv. Buzzsaw Louie is one of our traditional Christmas films to watch each year. My Dad likes to imitate veggietales character voices for fun. I used to try to draw my friends as veggietales style characters. My parents had custom songs for each of their 4 children and my brother Daniel got the song "Fear not Daniel" from Daniel and the Lions Den. I find myself singing veggietales songs all the time. One of my favorite films was the Ester veggietales film as a young girl. I was fascinated by the biblical story. Veggietales was a big part of my life growing up and when I have kids of my own or when I babysit my little nephew I will play the videos for them.

[@rigaudio]

I still get the cheeseburger song stuck in my head

[@amandasnider2644]

@@rigaudio Classic. Every time I hear someone say cheeseburger it gets stuck in my head. I actually get the Thankful For song that Junior sings stuck in my head quite often. It's a sweet little melody

[@FlagCutie]

@@rigaudio Dude the cheeseburger song is such a bop! Recently one of my friends found this pianist on tiktok that does wedding entrances to popular songs. He did a bunch of them with the Cheeseburger song, Barbara Manatee, Where is my hairbrush and even the intro!

[@FlagCutie]

I freaking love everything about your comment! My niece is currently in a Bluey and Encanto kick, but I think it is time to start showing her some classics.

[@burritodog3634]

ok you really like veggie tales

[@williambain4922]

You helped make my children's childhood better. Right down to Veggie Tales. It has been so great to see you interviewed. All I have to say is "make me a sandwich"

[@CamInAHat]

iirc, there's a story about early early Pixar where they were having some kind of issue figuring out how to animate something, and the only people in the world with any kind of expertise in cg was Big Idea. So Pixar, THE pioneer in 3d animation, had to go ask VeggieTales for help to get to where they are now.

[@dillonvandergriff4124]

Yup! As I recall, they literally sent animators to go train with them for a short period. Universal studios also worked with VeggieTales, to the point of making a full length movie as a colab!

[@zeroinfinity5864]

@@dillonvandergriff4124 wow so cool. sounds about right.

[@zeroinfinity5864]

yes Big idea is the Goat

[@konatea]

Very cool to hear from someone that worked on veggie tales, I don’t see a lot of behind the scenes on it

[@nathancarter8239]

Oh, I've seen *Dick Tracy!* It was a really cool gangster movie, and it was also a really interesting way to adapt a colorful pulp comic to the big screen. All the bright, primary colors were done in-camera, which means you have people in vibrant primary-colored sets wearing yellow or blue suits. It's great!

[@jasonblalock4429]

Not only was it in camera, but they went to herculean lengths to make the hues exactly the same. Every yellow object is the same yellow, every red object is the same red, etc. And this was before computer color correction was common! Apparently it was a nightmare for the production designers, trying to match shades across different materials. I think it's only so-so as a film, but it's well worth watching at least once just for the genuinely unique visual style.

[@Timthethespian89]

Corridor Crew, I have to say, every week, I get super inspired by your guests and by y’all’s insight into the storytelling and story tellers and how hard everyone involved works. Thank you so much. Keep it up!

[@baconfacejugs4017]

Wow honestly the best episode I’ve seen in a while. This guy is amazing

[@EricHamm]

Fenner is the best addition of the crew for reacts. He is learning quick and adding a lot to the reacts. Love to see more of him in the future. Great episode!

[@acemstudio]

"We were all cast to that one character." That's why in traditionally animated movies, in the credits, you'll see quite a few people under a certain character, it's not just the actor, but an entire TEAM of people bringing that character to life. One thing I love about the Lion King, is the use of shadows to convey a threat, as well as the camerawork and editing was amazing. The use of color in the movie in general was amazing, but in particular the shadows were great. This is done before the stampede, when we first see Scar he's in the shadow of Pride Rock. Then in the stampede scene in particular, the use of shadow is done very well to showcase evil triumph over good; the way Scar's shadow just slowly engulfs Mufasa was incredible then to zero it in on the eyes constricting in sheer terror and realization, and I love how the shadow over Mufasa's face highlight his eyes...but it isn't just the animators bringing the scene to life, it's people who do lighting, sound, and camerawork too. The use of extreme close ups, to Mufasa's eyes, and their paws to show the precarious situation, the slight smirk Scar does before uttering "Long live the king" was a nice animation touch, and of course going back to the paws as he throws Mufasa off, then cut to Mufasa falling roaring in rage as he does, something I noticed was that the camera doesn't stop moving, it follows Mufasa in speed as he falls, and then zooms right out of Simba's eye to convey that sense of helplessness and terror of someone falling and you being helpless in watching it happen. They use dust as well to cover the characters in darkness; the scene took place during the day, but because of all the dust thrown up by the herd, you completely forget. MEANWHILE IN THE LIVE ACTION ONE IT'S JUST ALL IN BROAD FCKING DAYLIGHT, NO PROPER SHADOW PLACEMENT, THE CAMERA AND EDITING WORK IS DISGUSTING, LIKE THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE IT FADE TO BLACK ISN'T JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE MUFASA LAND IT'S TO SHOW THAT THIS MOMENT IS IMPRINTED INTO SIMBA'S MIND, THAT'S WHY IT GOES FROM BLACK TO THE FAST ZOOM OUT OF HIS FACE BUT IN THE REMAKE THEY JUST HARD TO CUT SIMBA YELLING LIKE THAT CAT IN THE MEOW MIX COMMERCIAL AND WHERE ARE THE SHADOWS, WHY IS EVERYTHING AT A MEDIUM FREAKING SHOT WHERE IS THE CAMERA LANGAUGE WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT USING CAMERAWORK AND BODY LANGUAGE TO CONVEY EMOTION JOOOOON.

[@Miroslava_Ivanova]

The "live action" Lion king was technically very impressive, but absolutely soulless, I was so disappointed by it, it was a straight up copy paste. I really enjoyed the Jungle book in "live action", idk if it was because I didn't know the animated one as well as I know Lion king, though.

[@napajwolf13]

I feel this in my bones. Go off.

[@ИванСнежков-з9й]

@@Miroslava_Ivanova The target audience for these "live" action 3D CGI ramakes are people who are too embarrassed to watch their favorite animation as grown up adults.

[@Wurmze]

@@Miroslava_Ivanovano the jungle book remake was genuinely good and I cannot fathom what broke in Favreaus head in between the two movies

[@Miatpi]

@@Miroslava_Ivanova The jungle book remake had a soul. I really liked that one too.

[@JayFolipurba]

Disney 2D animation is literally timeless. You'd think it was animated with digital programmes, cleaned up with the finger on ctrl+z, it's so clean, and the expressions, the emotions, it all looks flawless, like it was done recently with the best tools available. But it was all done by hand on paper! Amazing.. you never had to go 3D

[@Maker_Jake]

Definitely would like to see more Veggie Tales content somehow btw... Thanks for sharing guys!

[@Marksman3434]

I love Tom. He and his brother basically animated so many great things from my childhood that inspired me to become a professional animator myself working today 😊

[@PaulSmith-pe1kh]

This was maybe my favorite episode of this show ever. What a great time visiting memories in a deeper way and learning more from someone who clearly loves it. It wasn’t bragging, just sharing the love of the art and achievement. Great show guys! Have him back!

[@pizzazombie5209]

8:07 The Mushu/Figment love child we didn't know we needed in our lives.

[@Condor_]

I'm sure it wasn't worth pointing out during the recording, but I found it interesting that Tom said that CG animation always has the smoothing between frames that you can't avoid. That was true at one point, but it hasn't been for a while. It's easy to lock in frames in 3D software nowadays so that there is no movement calculation (or smoothing) between frames. It's even showing more often in CG movies as of late such as "The Bad Guys" and "Puss In Boots: The Last Wish". Both by Dreamworks, which really seem to like playing with this concept as of late. A video covering the latter would be awesome. The style in that movie is incredible! This was awesome to watch as always. Seeing Veggietales was a huge surprise and honestly I would love to see another animator from that studio come on to talk about the early days of their CG just because of how groundbreaking it was.

[@tiagotiagot]

Don't forget Spiderverse

[@tiagotiagot]

Oh, and even back when you couldn't select what type of tweening you want, in many apps you could still simply manually duplicate the previous keyframe right before the new one, and leave no time for smoothing. Lots of the limitations people attribute to 3D are actually just due to lack of creativity (or time to manually produce the result instead of relying on pre-packaged effects).

[@c0wboys4life]

As somebody who draws I always tip my hat off to animators cuz I would never try to do that work. The sheer fact that they have to draw every single little motion to turn it into one big movement, facial expressions, backgrounds, thinking about what goes into a action scene let alone just a simple walking scene like when I think of the sheer magnitude of that I can’t imagine how draining or repetitive it might be as well and then hoping that the project you’re working on will be a hit and not a miss….these people are truly a different breed 🫡

[@oliveb5768]

What a cool guest to have on the show, he’s so humble and pleasant! Like this man literally had a direct hand in creating some of my favorite animated movies of all time. Such a legend

[@JTMaster]

His twin brother did a lot too.

[@HeronAria]

Hearing good things about Veggie Tales makes me so happy. It'd be super cool to hear y'all talk about The Legend of Vox Machina! The second season just dropped, and the dragon animation is so cool!!!

[@DerpyDude777]

Can't believe he worked on Veggie Tales, that was the goat of kids shows back then! Still enjoy it haha. But shoot, all these classic Disney movies too? Crazy.

[@UncleDrak]

Great episode! I'd really enjoy seeing a breakdown of "Larryboy and the Bad Apple" from Veggitales!

[@unik124]

These are always so cool. It feels like we get a little of what we've lost when studios stopped doing director's commentaries

[@SyncJr]

I was super anxious at the end “Omg am I going to see how Wren broke his arm???? Nope nope nope nope”

[@PatrickHogan]

Veggietales, especially Silly Songs With Larry, is so unironically funny. Great humor.

[@dcoombs2003]

One of my favorite lines in VeggieTales is in Josh and the Big wall when the group is cheering and grapes go: "How are we clapping?" "I have no idea."

[@thebookofdaniel5837]

If you grew up on VeggieTales, you a real one 😤

[@Star_squirrel]

Yes

[@nexusyang4832]

I love Veggie Tales! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@baseballjustin5]

And now for Silly Songs with Larry, in which, Larry, will sing, a silly song. Loved VeggieTales

[@izakmoleterno6371]

Big fax

[@sparksk8er]

YOU ARE MY CHEESEBURGER MY ONLY CHEESEBURGER

[@josiahryan4655]

I love that they finally talked about Veggietales. One of the best kids "shows" ever

[@noahisaway5815]

Great video! Was really cool to hear about Tom's experience working with disney and his work with Veggie Tales (I watched so many of those movies growing up). Especially cool to hear about the work he did on Brother Bear with the 2 Moose and having to 3d animate their antlers! I saw both of those movies in theatre as a kid with my cousins :) (P.S. The "corridorcrew" code does not work on the Vessie hiking boots, or at least at the time I'm writing this.)

[@wenchinatrenchcoat8459]

It’s heartwarming to see you guys having such a great time, appreciating the lesion you’re getting in animation and that you are sharing it with us. We really appreciate it too.

[@Shiftshapercat]

Thank you Tom, for heading parts of the animations of some of my favorite characters growing up. Seeing those shots, especially the Simba rolling down the cliff and the way you guys explained the 3D animation in brother bear, it gives me a new appreciation for the medium I constantly advocate for among my friends. I'll check out Pencilish right now, the world needs "traditional" animation techniques!

[@bravebirdman8761]

Pencilish for the win!

[@mattsully2238]

Veggie tales style reminds me of early pixel art in video games. Often not a ton of actual animation but your mind easily fills in the blanks.

[@X150t]

Veggietales was one of my favorites as a kid

[@jarsenberg]

Cool for him to mention how groundbreaking VeggieTales was and the fact that it predated Toy Story. One of the very rare cases when Christian media was actually groundbreaking rather than being a decade behind the curve.

[@daylen577]

I would love a video on the dirty easter eggs with an inside perspective. Some I really can't imagine weren't at the very least a little intentional.

[@gpaine]

I grew up on VeggieTales. That scene with the crown immediately stuck out to me - even as a kid. Before the Esther movie, there had been very little "hand" movement of props by the vegetables. That crown scene in Esther just took the entire idea to a whole new world. I distinctly remember the first time I watched it. The animation took me out of the moment, but my mind almost immediately realized that the crown movements were correct and I was brought back in just a fraction of a second later. Huge props for that scene. It blew me away at like 10 years old.

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Great episode, great animation insight. I was lead animator on Juju Brain episode 1 and 2, for pencilish it is a fun show to work on, thanks Tom and Pencilsh.

[@mrbuttons1243]

BTW, that Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie is awesome. Highly stylized, bright colors everywhere, it's just like a comic book.

[@Attempt62]

If you guys could get, like Phil Vischer (one of the co-creators/visionary, voice of Bob) on that would be so cool. He has so many interesting stories about production and seems a genuinely decent and communicative guy. I know other youtubers have been able to contact him to talk veggies before!

[@devincall2424]

HE WAS AMAZING! You guys had a good back and forth and the energy was smooth. Also, holy crap his resume must look amazing

[@ConnorCreed3]

You know what'd be cool? If they reacted to the VFX for parody movies. (The Scary Movies, Superhero movie, Airplane, Naked Gun, etc)

[@YeOldeAccount27]

Gonna add “Hot Shots” for practical stuff in a spoof movie.

[@EpicWolverine]

Oh yes, Naked Gun has some great practical effects

[@ericssmith2014]

@@YeOldeAccount27 There’s definitely at least a bit of FX behind-the-scenes content for _Hot Shots_ that was released back when the movie was being promoted, including a story of how they composited a bumper sticker in to a shot with motion control. Even if they just share that little gag, it would make for a great contrast with how it would be done today.

[@YorkReacts]

@@ericssmith2014 This is a good Idea! I might make a breakdown and reaction on my channel.

[@QuincyKane]

Would LOVE to hear more about Veggie Tales!

[@Aghul]

This was so insightful! And Brother Bear was one of my favorite movies growing up as well!

[@thejayyr3.0]

In Jonah: A Veggietales movie (a movie Tom also worked on), they have an audio commentary featuring the characters…and there’s a section where they mentioned mushu from mulan, comparing him to donkey from shrek

[@Redbikemaster]

Man I loved the character commentaries as a teenager

[@LopezTomorrow]

You guys should react to the animation changes in Blues clues, from Steve's time with 2 dimensional animations, to a bit of experimenting with Joe, and lastly a 3D rendering of Blue with Josh. The pilot if "Blues Clues and You" was choppy, but bettered with every season. For some reason though the movie struggled with putting blue in the real life world.

[@DanP740]

So happy to finally see VeggieTales on here, but would still love an even deeper dive into it with Phil Vischer and/or Mike Nawrocki.

[@TristanCtrissy]

Love you bring up veggie tales. It doesn't get enough credit.

[@affigeralbert3967]

Really cool video. I love to see you guys include fenner in those videos! He has alot of expirience and brings alot to that series.

[@peanutismint]

I really enjoyed this one! Tom and Tony are animation legends. I would love it if you had him on again; I bet there’s almost infinite cool stories he could tell about one of the best Disney eras, let alone his early CGI work on VeggieTales!

[@hi_its_jerry]

animation is one of my favorite hobbies and man, this episode was so insightful like it's actually so freaking cool that you got someone like Tom Bancroft on the show talking about how they worked on all these amazing shots from all these great movies.

[@AchanCham_]

It is a pleasure to see Veggie Tales on here. Thank you for having Tom Bancroft on!

[@nblack2867]

I saw an interview with I think Phil Vischer where they were saying that Esther was so hard to work with because of her hair and the shadows it cast on her face that they decided to finish the project with her since so much was already done, but then never work with her again.

[@scottking8189]

So I started wanting to work in vfx and film a bit after you guys started your vfx artists react and I recently found myself having a phone call with framestore to get some advice from them and found myself mentioning your work and how much you’ve helped people get into the community. You guys really are some of the most useful teachers on KZbin, thank you for all of these lessons you’ve given us.

[@plasmabol]

Great episode, especially seeing Fenner enjoying all the techniques and creativity of his childhood movies so much.

[@crtg4672]

I don't recall if this has been talked about on the show before but with the mention of early CGI, Reboot (1994) needs to be discussed.

[@bitcoincollab]

This is a great episode. Thank you for educating us about Pencilish Studios!

[@nikshipley7833]

I recently had a conversation with my mom about how strange it was that an entire generation(myself included) was taught early morals by Christian vegetables

[@xCDizzlex]

Such a great video. Love the insight into 2d animation. It would be cool to see a breakdown of the Tai Lung prison escape in Kung Fu Panda

[@nathanmaurer7545]

Tom was an awesome guest! It would be great to see him again!

[@captcrouton]

Tom seems to be such a warm, loveable guy. How refreshing to watch this episode.

[@christiankoelpin4383]

I watched so much Veggie Tales as a kid, crazy that the animator did them!

[@jaredl.8465]

There are SO many different topics that it'd be awesome for you to feature... - Tex Avery - Hanna-Barbera - 'Heavy Metal' and 'Rock & Rule' - Paul Dini ('Batman: The Animated Series', 'Justice League', 'Batman Beyond') - Genndy Tartakovsky ('Dexter's Lab', 'Samurai Jack', 'The Clone Wars') Bring it ALL on!

[@BugsyFoga]

Nice to see you guys talking about veggie tales .

[@CVerse]

I saw Tom Bancroft at Lightbox Expo last year and he was a pleasure to talk to! Down to Earth guy and takes animation to heart

[@adeutsch16]

Veggie Tales made it to animators react! That's a fun birthday present. :)

[@comradeblin7782]

Happy Birthday!

[@FlagCutie]

Happy birthday!!!

[@DallasWade]

Happy birthday!!

[@MAMoreno]

May your birthday be as joyous as devout talking vegetables!

[@TokyoSpeirs]

And now it's time for Silly Songs with Tom, the part of the show where Tom comes out and animates your childhood.

[@jamespetkwitz8737]

dude, Dick Tracy is an amazing movie, the visual style, the makeup.. with the exception of Madonna's acting in a lot of it, that shit was awesome

[@kaizoaudio1798]

Just a straight up pleasant episode. I love it when the guest is comfortable like this.

[@JKM395]

Veggitales? Yes please. That show was wonderful.

[@steprockmedia]

What a fun guest! I did NOT expect to see VeggieTales on Corridor Crew.

[@shamcoinc.853]

VeggieTales, finally you guys are watching a masterpiece.

[@raquelalmeida8536]

omg tom bancroft i'm so glad you guys invited him on the show!! hoping to see him more times around here! :D

[@Joseangelef]

We need a video talking about the all the “dirty and subliminal messages” in animation, it would be so cool to get to know what an actual animator thinks about all this subject

[@iPancake3]

4:53 I love Tom's answer for this. When people ask me that question, I have no idea how to answer because shots are so different. 120 frames can take either one hour or three days depending on a lot

[@remainingcube]

Wushu is one of my most favourite character in Disney , and i really feel that missing in love action Mulan , it's just feel wrong not having Lil funny dragon in the movie ... Really thankful for artist who worked on those beautiful films making our childhood awesome

[@robd92]

Wren is the nephew who gets excited to show off something he learned over summer break to his uncles. The last clip was so wholesome. 😆

[@PogieJoe]

The Bancroft Brothers podcast is really fun if y'all enjoyed this episode!

[@BobbySacamano]

Holy smokes I saw _Dick Tracy_ in the theater, and I feel like I imagined seeing that Roger Rabbit short. I had only seen the movie after that if it happened to be on TV and never saw it again. Can't wait to watch it! I loved the movie. It was in my wheelhouse at my age. Cartoonish without being a cartoon. The colors, the characters... I loved it. It actually makes sense to open it with a Roger cartoon.

[@SuperMEntertainment]

You guys need to get Don Bluth on for a future episode, he's a great guy, (just spent a year learning from him virtually) and I'm sure will have some great stories to tell from his storied career.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Wasn't he trying to get another Dragon's Lair project off the ground a few years ago? Did anything come of that?

[@SuperMEntertainment]

@@jasonblalock4429 Yes. Netflix picked it up, but are making it live action, unfortunately. Don's still a producer on it though. Hopefully they don't ruin it.

[@jasonblalock4429]

@@SuperMEntertainment OK, a live action Dragon's Lair sounds absolutely pointless. Although I am just a little curious who gets cast as Princess Daphne. ;-)

[@dallinorr6929]

You guys book the most awesome guests. This is THE golden age of Corridor. :) Been following for almost a decade now. More hooked than ever. Keep it up team!