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The Disney Afternoon Gang
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Episode 103: The Disney Afternoon
Animation Aficionados
A weekly Animation Roundtable Podcast
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The Disney Afternoon Gang
Next week, we’ll have a special Black Friday episode. Don’tcha dare miss it!
Yes! Looking forward to this one. I truly enjoyed the Disney afternoon. It was something I would watch with my younger brother. The animation was very good and the stories were engaging. Disney did a great job and they ruled the afternoon after-school cartoon block for a while with their shows. DuckTales is still my favorite, but I was also a fan of Darkwing Duck. My little brother even had some of the toys, which I recall being very cool, like Darkwing’s jet.
Yeah that jet was cool. I guess mine was Rescue Rangers, until Darkwing Duck came along. The RR opening and ending themes were explosive, especially with the Ranger blimp flying in a lightning storm for the opening. Talk about starting a cartoon with a bang! I love the high notes played in the ‘harder” closing, just sounds like someone’s rocking out on a Casio keyboard. I didn’t realize Dale’s shirt was a Magnum PI reference until a few years ago, I have shame. That’s what I get for never watching that show past the intro.
As for Darkwing Duck, for a few months in the 90’s he was my favorite superhero, if you can even call him that.
The Disney Afternoon was my freakin’ life for years. I’d sit in front of the TV every time to catch Darkwing Duck or Gargoyles. Even Aladdin was entertaining. The comedies didn’t appeal to me at the time, as I liked Looney Tunes more, but Goof Troop was something nice in the background while I did my homework.
Also, the less said about Marsupilami and the Mighty Ducks, the better.