In this week’s episode, Mom and Isaac re-discover 1951’s gorgeous, thrilling, and wall-to-wall hilarious Alice in Wonderland. Listen as we discuss the bizarre original pitch for this movie, the brilliance of the unbirthday scene, Sterling Holloway’s best performance, and the horrific blu-ray “restoration” that nearly renders this movie unwatchable.
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Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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