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The Look Back Machine

by Look Back Machine

The Look Back Machine provides a revealing peek back into history with firsthand accounts and research. This documentary-style podcast explores the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered tales from Hollywood. In its first series, the podcast explores the epic multi-part journey of Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere to their cartoon creation Recess. For bonus material check out: https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine https://lookbackmachine.tumblr.com/

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Episodes

  1. Life with Louie

    Get ready for a trip down memory lane! Join the co-creator of Life with Louie as they take you through hilarious adventures and life lessons. Get ready to laugh, cry, and learn with this fan-favorite show that took the '90s by storm. Watch now and join us in celebrating 25 years of Life with…

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  2. Fixing Splash Mountain

    Fixing the original Splash Mountain with Imagineer Dave Feitan.

  3. Disney's Epcot's Goofy About Health

    Disney's Epcot's Goofy About Health

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

    Epcot's Making of Me Documentary

  5. Disney's The Timekeeper with Director Jeff Blyth

    The behind the scenes of The Timekeeper Attraction.

  6. The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show

    The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show

  7. Beauty and the Beast Documentary

    Beauty and the Beast with Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

  8. Cranium Command Documentary

    Hear the story of EPCOT's Cranium Command with Imagineer Jerry Rees and Directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale.

  9. The Wild Thornberrys Movie

    The Wild Thornberrys Movie

  10. Disney's So Weird

    The story of So Weird.

  11. The History of ANTZ

    The story of ANTZ

  12. Shopgirl

    Shopgirl with director Anand Tucker

  13. Final Destination

    Final Destination with Director James Wong

  14. Black Beauty (1994)

    Black Beauty (1994)

  15. Cry Baby Lane: The Lost Nickelodeon Film

    Cry Baby Lane, the Lost Nickelodeon movie.

  16. Disney's Fun with Mr. Future

    Disney's Fun with Mr. Future

  17. Alternate Roger Rabbit Rides

    Alternate Roger Rabbit Rides

  18. The Brave Little Toaster

    Dreamy Flashback by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100532 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Kevin has done so many of our songs. Give him...

  19. Disney's CinéMagique with Jerry Rees

    Disney's CinéMagique with Jerry Rees

  20. Disney World's Alien Encounter with Jerry Rees

    Disney World's Alien Encounter with Jerry Rees

  21. Matt Lagan: B-Movie Hero

    The story of our favorite line in a B-Movie. Target Destroyed. With actor Matt Lagan

  22. Prince of Egypt Oral History

    Prince of Egypt Oral History

  23. The History of Quest for Camelot

    The History of Quest for Camelot

  24. History of: Around the World in 80 Days

    History of: Around the World in 80 Days

  25. The Boy in Blue

    The Boy in Blue Starring Nicolas Cage

  26. The Croods

    The story of The Croods and Nicolas Cage r

  27. Shorty: Frankenstein TV special (1992)

    Frankenstein TV special (1992)

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

    History of Mickey's Christmas Carol History of Mickey's Christmas Carol with help from Director Steve Anderson

  29. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

    Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

  30. CatDog with Creator Peter Hannan

    CatDog with Creator Peter Hannan

  31. LBM Shorty: The Launch of the Disney Channel

    LBM Shorty: The Launch of the Disney Channel

  32. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

    Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

  33. The Story of Rhino

    The Story of Rhino with Mark Walton.

  34. The Rage: Carrie 2

    The Rage: Carrie 2

  35. Vegas in Space as told by Director Phillip R. Ford

    The story of the cult classic Vegas in Space presented by Phillip R. Ford

  36. AAAHH!!! Real Monsters: Krumm

    AAAHH!!! Real Monsters: Krumm

  37. Remembering John Candy

    Remembering John Candy with Paul Flaherty and Peter Markle.

  38. Don Knotts: The Prize Fighter and Private Eyes

    Some Don Knotts stories worth listening to.

  39. History of Disney's Sing Alongs: Disneyland Fun

    Disney's Sing Alongs: Disneyland Fun

  40. Secret History of: The Ninja Turtle Sequels

    Ooze and III.

  41. The History of Pee-wee's Big Holiday

    The History of Pee-wee's Big Holiday from Director John Lee

  42. The History of Sudden Death

    The History of Sudden Death

  43. LBM Shorty: Street Sharks

    Street Sharks

  44. History of Wayne's World 2

    History of Wayne's World 2

  45. The History of Hell Comes to Frogtown

    The History of Hell Comes to Frogtown

  46. The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

    The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

  47. TMNT Coming Out of Our Shells

    The behind the scenes story of the Ninja Turtles Musical

  48. Barney's Great Adventure

    Behind the scenes of Barney's Great Adventure

  49. Mickey's Runaway Brain

    The story of Mickey's Runaway Brain.

  50. Homeward Bound

    The story of Homeward Bound.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Look Back Machine provides a revealing peek back into history with firsthand accounts and research. This documentary-style podcast explores the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered tales from Hollywood.

In its first series, the podcast explores the epic multi-part journey of Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere to their cartoon creation Recess.

For bonus material check out:

https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine

https://lookbackmachine.tumblr.com/

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The Look Back Machine provides a revealing peek back into history with firsthand accounts and research. This documentary-style podcast explores the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered tales from Hollywood. In its first series, the podcast explores the epic multi-part journey of Paul...

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