Isaac and Mom put Shorts Madness (aka the Wartime Era) to bed with the surprisingly lovely Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Listen as we discuss how Basil Rathbone must have felt about collaborating with Bing Crosby, the strange lasting legacy of this particular wartime film, and that Mr. Toad ride at the parks where you literally descend into hell.
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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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