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The Look Back Machine

by Jake Cannon

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. Visit us at patreon.com/lookbackmachine or lookbackmachine.tumblr.com

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Episodes

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

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

  2. History of The Flintstones movie (1993)

    The History of The Flintstones

  3. Steven Spielberg's Amblimation

    The story of Fievel Goes West, We're Back!, and Balto!

  4. Lion King Sequels: Timon & Pumbaa, Simba's Pride, 1.5, and Lion Guard

    Lion King Sequels: Timon & Pumbaa, Simba's Pride, 1.5, and Lion Guard

  5. Tuesdays with Morrie

    One of Jack Lemmon's final films.

  6. Disney's Blank Check

    The story of Disney's Blank Check

  7. Death Kiss

    The story of a Charles Bronson doppelganger

  8. The Glimmer Man

    Crazy Steven Seagal Stories.

  9. Disney's Bubble Boy

    The behind the scenes story of Disney's Bubble Boy with Director Blair Hayes and Writer Cinco Paul

  10. A Look Back at Leslie Nielsen

    Last Kiss Goodnight 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=USUAN1100611 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

  11. The Dolemite Explosion

    The Dolemite Explosion

  12. Oliver and Company

    Behind the scenes of Oliver and Company

  13. Primal starring Nicolas Cage

    Primal starring Nic Cage

  14. Humanity Bureau starring Nicolas Cage

    Humanity Bureau starring Nicolas Cage

  15. Firebirds starring Nicolas Cage

    Firebirds starring Nicolas Cage

  16. Inconcievable starring Nicolas Cage

  17. A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage

    A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage

  18. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

    Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

  19. Kill Chain starring Nicolas Cage

    The story of Kill Chain

  20. Zandalee starring Nicolas Cage

    The story of Zandalee

  21. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

    Behind the scenes with Director Gary Trousdale

  22. The Prince and the Pauper

    Behind the scenes with Director George Scribner

  23. Chairman of the Board

    Carrot Top's first feature.

  24. Duckman

    Behind the scenes of Duckman

  25. Father of the Pride

    The story of the craziest sitcom.

  26. Biker Mice from Mars

    Behind the scenes of Biker Mice from Mars

  27. The Ant Bully

    The Ant Bully story

  28. Grand Isle starring Nicolas Cage

    Grand Isle starring Nic Cage.

  29. Steel starring Shaq

    The story of Steel starring Shaq.

  30. Jimmy Neutron

    The story of Jimmy Neutron with creator John A. Davis

  31. Death Wish V

    The story of Death Wish V.

  32. Halloween Treats: Confessions of a Killer-- The Ted Bundy Tapes

    Ted Bundy with Ada Ruiz and Greg Gonzalez of LA Meekly.

  33. Halloween Treats: Leprechaun Origins

    The story of Leprechaun Origins, a WWE Film. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  34. Halloween Treats: Gacy

    The story of the film Gacy. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  35. Halloween Treats: Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The story of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  36. Halloween Treats: Disney's Don't Look Under the Bed

    The behind the scenes story of the making of Disney's Don't Look Under the Bed. Just one of our entries into our week of Disney Halloween Flicks part of our month long celebration of Halloween. 1 new episode each day for all 31 days. Happy Halloween from the Look Back Machine.

  37. Halloween Treats: Disney's Mr. Boogedy

    The story of the Disney horror classic Mr. Boogedy. This is our first entry in our week of Disney Halloween. And part of our larger 31 episodes for 31 days of October.

  38. Halloween Treats: Eight Legged Freaks

    The story of Eight Legged Freaks. 31 days of Halloween episodes.

  39. Halloween Treats: Thirteen Ghosts

    The story of Dark Castle's 13 Ghosts remake. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  40. Halloween Treats: Disney's Twitches, Twitches Too, and Scream Team

    The story of Twitches, Twitches Too, and Scream Team. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  41. Halloween Treats: House on Haunted Hill (1999)

    The behind the scenes story of House on Haunted Hill. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  42. Halloween Treats: Hercules in New York and Maggie

    The story of Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting transformation. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  43. Halloween Treats: Dracula (1979)

    The story of Dracula (1979). 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  44. Halloween Treats: Vampire Circus

    The story of the Hammer Film Vampire Circus. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  45. Halloween Treats: Dead Heat

    The story of Dead Heat starring Vincent Price. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  46. Halloween Treats: Disney's Can of Worms

    The story of Disney's Can of Worms, part of our 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  47. Halloween Treats: Teen Wolf Too

    The story behind Teen Wolf Too. 31 days, 31 episodes, Halloween.

  48. Halloween Treats: Disney's Phantom of the Megaplex

    The story behind the legendary Halloween DCOM, Disney's Phantom of the Megaplex. Part of our 31 days, 31 episodes for Halloween.

  49. Halloween Treats: Color Out of Space

    The story of Color Out of Space. Part of our 31 days, 31 episodes for Halloween.

  50. Halloween Treats: Frankenstein and Me

    The story of Frankenstein and Me. Part of our 31 days of Halloween. 31 episodes, 31 days.

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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. Visit us at patreon.com/lookbackmachine or lookbackmachine.tumblr.com

HOSTED BY

Jake Cannon

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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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The Look Back Machine publishes regularly with 167 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.

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The Look Back Machine is created and hosted by Jake Cannon.
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