Mom and Isaac say farewell to the Silver Era, to Walt, and to the podcast (briefly) with 1967’s musical classic The Jungle Book! Does this film qualify as a hangout movie? How does it compare to the THREE Disney live-action reboots of itself? Is Kaa funny or scary? All this and more on our miniseries finale.
Recommended reading: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/28/475885228/jungle-book-love-why-i-identify-with-the-flower-in-underpants
Me, Mom & The Mouse is a podcast about the joy of watching cartoons with your family. If you like this episode, please subscribe and join us each Friday as we watch every film in the Disney Animated Canon and talk about how it was made, what it means, and why we love it (or don’t.)
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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