Add More Mouse - A Disney Beginner’s Podcast
by Dave Rich and Mike Evans
Add More Mouse is a podcast devoted to discussing and obsessing about all things Disney, geared toward people who want to deepens their knowledge of the parks, films, and anything else under the Disney umbrella. Join your hosts, Dave and Mike, as they highlight news, reviews and entry-level history of this often inspiring and sometimes frustrating company. Whether you're into the theme parks, the films, the tv shows, the animated classics or all of the above, we aim to help you bring a little more mouse into your life with the Add More Mouse podcast!
Episodes
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Episode 49: Disney Anger
Well, it’s been a few months. Quite frankly, Disney’s recent political missteps have really given us a lot to think about. The two of us (Mike and Dave) make this little show because we love the history of the films and theme parks of Disney - but their involvement with funding politicians…
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Episode 48: From Attraction to Film - The Jungle Cruise!
It’s your boys Dave and Mike returning to your ear holes with a new episode of The Add More Mouse podcast! We interrupt our Disney Documentaries miniseries to revisit and update one of earliest series that looked at Disney attractions that were made into movies. With the new Jungle Cruise film...
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Episode 47: Disney Docs #4 - The Sweatbox
This is a wild one, folks. Well, as wild as we get, anyway. This episode is the fourth installment of our “Disney Docs” series…as in “documentaries.” And this one truly lives up to its name: The Sweatbox. Only available as a bootleg on certain streaming sites, this documentary chronicles the…
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Episode 46: Disney Docs 3 - Walt and El Grupo
Hello there! Dave and Mike are back to talk about the next film in their Disney Documentaries series: Walt and El Grupo! This film centers on the pivotal 1941 goodwill trip Walt Disney went on with a team of artists to gather info for animated films based in South America. Spoiler alert: it’s a...
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Episode 45: Disney Docs #2 - Waking Sleeping Beauty
We’re back! More like “Waking Sleeping Podcast,” am I right? Eh? Anyways, we’re back with a new episode, sorry for the layoff. In this ep your boys are talking about the film Waking Sleeping Beauty, a documentary all about the Eisner/Katzenberg era of Disney parks and animation. Before we get to...
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Episode 44: Disney Documentaries #1 - The Boys
Woah! Did you think we forgot we had a podcast? We actually recorded a whole episode and it was unusable thanks to audio issues from a wonky cell phone, so we apologize for the delay. But here it is: the first episode of our Disney Documentaries miniseries, and we’re talking about The Boys, the...
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Episode 43: Kevin Quigley from the 3028 Podcast!!
Hi there! In this episode, Dave completes his mission of interviewing both hosts from his favorite Disney podcast, The 3028. Yep, we got Kevin Quigley on! Are we best friends now? Yep! Dave digs into Kevin’s beginning down the Disney rabbit hole, his adventures at the international parks, and…
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Episode 42: Luca and the Difference Between Major and Minor Pixar
Woah! Hi there and welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, the only Disney podcast hosted by Mike and Dave! We were supposed to start our new miniseries on Disney Documentaries, but with the release of the newest Pixar movie LUCA, Dave and Mike are in a Pixar mood. What the boys expected to be a...
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Episode 41: Fact and Fiction: Saving Mr Banks
Hi! Hello! Howdy! Thanks for finding our show devoted to all things Disney. Are there like 3,000 other Disney podcasts out there? Yes. Do any of them feature us as host? NO! On this episode we wrap up our Fact and Fiction miniseries by taking a look at the 2013 film Saving Mr Banks. We’ll take…
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Fact and Fiction: Cool Runnings
Hey! Welcome to the Add More Mouse poddy cast, a show where two doofuses landlocked in Ohio with no access or insider news talk about Disney stuff. You found us! Today is the 3rd episode in a 4 ep miniseries called Fact and Fiction, wherein we look at a few movies in the Disney catalog that were...
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Episode 39: Iron Will - Fact and Fiction
Dave and Mike are back with the second episode of their “Fact and Fiction” miniseries which looks at some of Disney’s movies that were “based on a true story” to determine just how close (or far) from reality they were. This time we’re looking at one of Dave’s childhood favorites: Iron Will! Ever...
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Episode 38: Disney’s Pocahontas - Fact and Fiction
Oh snap! It’s the Add More Mouse podcast and we’re starting a brand new miniseries! Since the beginning of the Disney company, the storytellers there have often looked to real events and people to base projects on, such as Davey Crocket, any of the 100 sports movies Disney has put out, or all the...
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Episode 37: Favorite things to do at Walt Disney World that aren’t rides!
Well, it’s still winter time, and your hosts Dave and Mike both live in Ohio where it is cold, snowy, icy, windy, and grey...so what better time to sit down and fantasize about hanging out at Walt Disney World? On this episode of the Add More Mouse podcast, your hosts each pick three things they...
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Episode 36 with Special Guest Matt Parrish from The 3028 Podcast!!
Oh man, this is a good one! On today’s episode Dave interviews legendary Disney podcaster Matt Parrish of The 3028 and Wedway Radio shows! What? It’s like we’re a real podcast! The two discuss the early days of podcasting, changes in the Disney parks over the years, and compare the Covid-19 era…
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Episode 35: Disney Resolutions 2021
Hi there! Happy New Year! Today Dave and Mike are diving into their Disney-centric New Year’s resolutions. The boys discuss the shows and movies they plan to watch, the books they plan to read, and their modest goals for this here poddy cast. Hopefully you’ll hear about some shows, movies and…
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Episode 34: Christmas Movie Trade-off with The Santa Clause and Muppet Family Christmas
2 episodes in one week? Why, it’s a Christmas miracle! In this special Christmas episode, Michael and Dave celebrate the holidays socially-distanced style by recommending Disney Christmas movies to each other in lieu of exchanging gifts. You’ll find out some things about Michael’s pick (The Santa...
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Episode 33: Interview with WDW Cast Member Karen Shriner
Hello and welcome back to The Add More Mouse podcast! Oh man, this is a big one! Dave interviews Karen Shriner, a professional singer and actor who has worked as a Cast Member for both Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line for over 14 years. In honor of the holiday season, they discuss...
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Episode 32: Belle’s Enchanted Christmas
It’s Christmas! Almost! In order to try to block out the end of this legendarily garbage year, Dave and Mike are focusing on Disney holiday topics for the whole month of December. In this episode, the boys close out their miniseries looking at Disney sequels and segue into whatever holiday magic...
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Episode 31: Sigh......Cars 2
Hi. Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast. Dave and Mike love Disney stuff. They are doing a miniseries on Disney sequels. For this episode, they decided to discuss Cars 2. They have questions. So many questions. The most important of which is: how do you make a sequel to a story about small town...
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Episode 30: Halloween Spook-tacula-ganza with Hocus Pocus
Hey there! This is the Add More Mouse podcast, a podcast about Disney stuff that sets itself apart from all the other Disney podcasts by being the only one hosted by Mike and Dave. This time, we take a break from our Disney sequels miniseries to celebrate Mike’s favorite holiday: Halloween. The...
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Disney Sequels #2: Stitch Has a Glitch, PLUS WDW in the Time of Covid w/ Nick Santucci
Welcome to a super-sized episode of the Add More Mouse podcast! An episode so big, we almost made it two episodes, and then we got lazy and just crammed them together into one. Woohoo! First up, your pals Mike and Dave go through their opinions on the second of selection in their Disney Sequels...
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Disney Sequels 1: Fantasia 2000
Well, it’s been a while since the boys had a technical malfunction. It was a good run while it lasted, though! After a myriad of glitches that amounted to a Herculean editing job and a missing ending, we finally bring to you a fascinating assessment of a movie no one talks about anymore: Fantasia...
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Episode 26: Disney Bombs 4: Fantasia
Yo! Join Mike and Dave as they wrap up their shirt mini-series about Disney Flops with a look at the Disney Classic, Fantasia! Spoiler alert: Fantasia is an amazing film now and it was an even more amazing achievement when it was originally released in 1940. Dave and Mike take a look at the...
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Disney Bombs #3: John Carter
Oh hi! We’re back with a new entry in our tiny “Disney Bombs” miniseries with a look at the colossal 2012 box office catastrophe John Carter! Though we lay our early on that we are not here just to pile on “bad movies,” we have a lot of questions about this one, such as: Who is mad at who? Is…
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Disney Bombs 2: The Rocketeer
Mike and Dave are back! Again! For the like the 25th time! The boys are continuing their miniseries covering Disney films that bombed at the box office, but this is no "bad movie podcast." Mike and Dave are watching these movies that underperformed while in movie theaters to gain some new insight...
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Disney Bombs #1: The Black Cauldron
Dave and Mike are back with the first episode in a 4 part miniseries delving into Disney Bombs. Did you that the Disney company doesn’t always just print money? They make mistakes sometimes! But we’re not interested in making fun of bad movies (well...we sort of do that). We’re taking a look at...
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Blackish, The Middle and George Lopez: The Conclusion to the Disney Sitcom-Visit Mega Series!!
My goodness! Here it is, the epically sleepy conclusion to our seemingly never ending mega series that looked into every tv sitcom that has taken a trip to a Disney park. Did you ever think we would finish it? We were so ready to be done that we crammed 3 episode reviews into one podcast, woohoo!...
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Modern Family Went to DisneyLand, Too
OH WOW! We're back! Yes, Michael and I are still here, still alive, and still talking about ridiculous things. We originally did a whole episode about our individual experiences through quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic, and then Zoom ate the audio file. In retrospect, that was probably for...
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Sabrina The Teenage Witch Went to Disney's Animal Kingdom For Some Reason
Hey there! Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, where we are proud to be the 156,000th Disney podcast available! Woohoo!Our seemingly never-ending mini-series soldiers on as we continue to take a look at all of the sitcoms that took their talents to...
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Boy Meets World Meets Disney(World)
Today we continue our miniseries that is exploring the various television shows that took their talents to Disney Parks in an effort to cross promote their benevolent corporate overlords, and it's time we look in on Boy Meets World!
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Step By Step Went to DisneyWorld, and We Watched It So You Don't Have To
The boys watched Step By Step's Disney World adventure so you don't have to.
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Roseanne Went to Disney World and We're Going to Tell You About It
Roseanne went to Disney World in the early 90's. We're talking aboutit.
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Fall of 2019: TRIP REPORT!
Fall 2019 Trip Report
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Let's Go to DisneyWorld/Land - Family Matters Edition! Or: Mike Met Urkel
Family Matters Goes To Disney World, and We Are Here For It.
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Let's Go to DisneyLand/World: Blossom and Full House Edition!
The boys cover Blossom's visit to DisneyLand and Full House's pilgrimage to Walt Disney World.
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A Big, Sleepy Adventure: Muppet Treasure Island
Your Disney buddies talk Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets at the DIsney Parks and fail spectacularly at Disney Trivial Pursuit.
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Treasure Planet: Disney Animation's Audacious, Revolutionary, Gorgeous Box Office Catastrophe
Yo-ho! Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, your guide to adding more Disney to your life! Your boys are keeping their impromptu pirate series going with a super nerdy investigation and autopsy of Disney Animation's 2002 film Treasure Planet!
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In a Pirate State of Mind: Treasure Island - it's History and Impact!
The Add More Mouse podcast is back with another episode that focuses on that longtime Disney staple: pirates! Mike and Dave discuss the 1950 Disney live action film Treasure Island.
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From Attraction to Film: Pirates of the Caribbean
MIke and Dave close out their series about Disney films based on theme park attractions by looking at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl! Aaaargh!
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From Attraction to Film: The Haunted Mansion
Mike and Dave arrive at the penultimate episode of their series looking at the films Disney made that were based on attractions. Yes, we find ourselves discussing the 2003 cinematic curiosity, The Haunted Mansion, starring Eddie Murphy and Terrence Stamp (?!).
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We Saw Aladdin (2019)!
Your hosts saw the new Aladdin and they got stuff to say.
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From Attraction to Film 3: The Country Bears
Your best pals Mike and Dave talk about the DIsney film The Country Bears and whether or not it nails the vibe of the attraction that inspired it.
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Episode 7: From Attraction to Film - Mission to Mars
Dave and Mike take a look at Disney's 2000 release Mission to Mars and try to connect it to the theme park attractions of the same name. Also: wigs!
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Tower of Terror: The Movie?!
Did you know there was a made-for-tv movie based on the Disney parks attraction Tower of Terror? We didn't either, but now we do, and we're going to tell you all about it!
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Episode 5: Hello Disney+, Goodbye Life!
What is up?! Welcome back to the Add More Mouse podcast, your most reliable podcast featuring two men in their mid-30's sitting in a basement and talking about all things Disney! This week, your cut-from-marble hosts are going deep into the details on Disney's impending streaming service…
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Episode 4: An American Original
Hey! Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast! In this episode, your Ken Doll-like hosts Dave and Mike discuss some surprising things they learned after reading the classic biography "Walt DIsney: An American Original" by Bob Thomas. Along the way you'll learn a little bit about Walt Disney's...
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Episode 3: Dumbo De-brief
Oh, hi there! Welcome to the Add More Mouse podcast, Episode 3: Dumbo De-brief. In this episode, Dave and Mike hash out their feelings after seeing the latest live-action retelling of a Disney classic: Tim Burton's Dumbo! Your handsome-yet-humble hosts talk Dumbo history,and highlight the biggest...
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Episode 2: Disney's 2019 Movie Onslaught
2019 is a bonkers year for the Disney Company's theatrical release schedule. Join your incredibly handsome-yet-still-humble hosts Mike and Dave as they break down Disney's film release schedule for the calendar year 2019. Along the way, they discuss some Disney news, how terrifying the first…
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Episode 1: The Beginning
Join us for the very first episode of the Add More Mouse podcast, your weekly guide to Disney-fying your life!
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Add More Mouse is a podcast devoted to discussing and obsessing about all things Disney, geared toward people who want to deepens their knowledge of the parks, films, and anything else under the Disney umbrella. Join your hosts, Dave and Mike, as they highlight news, reviews and entry-level history of this often inspiring and sometimes frustrating company. Whether you're into the theme parks, the films, the tv shows, the animated classics or all of the above, we aim to help you bring a little more mouse into your life with the Add More Mouse podcast!
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