After These Messages: Walt Disney and You and Pollenex with Micah

Geoffrey's friend Micah is back again to talk about all the weird Disney movies we grew up watching previews for back before the Disney Renaissance of the late 80s and early 90s. We start by talking about the trailer for Watcher in the Woods, which seems so much scarier than the actual movie! We actually have a good bit of Watcher in the Woods talk for the first 18 minutes of this episode, so clearly that movie left us with a lot of thoughts!Then we reminisce about many of the classics in this medley of Disney previews from the early 1980s. Julia googles "Disney movie lobster slap" and Micah tells us a horrific story about his association with the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Also, wow is that "Walt Disney and You" theme song an earworm!The Disney movie lobster slap in question turns out to be from Herbie Rides Again (1974).Then we watch a George Burns commercial for the Pollenex smokeless ashtray. Wow, this is some really bad innuendo. We also discuss whether the Disney previews made us curious to watch any of these movies now. Apple Dumpling Gang? Pollyanna? What do you think?If you're having fun listening to us, please tell your friends about us! Subscribe to our newsletter at thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com for free, or pay $5/month to get access to two bonus paid episodes each month! We're also on Patreon if that's your jam! Rate and review us! follow us on Twitter where we're @thisiswhy_pod! And, of course, you can always drop us a note at at [email protected]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com/subscribe