web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 08:15:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “Disney” https://www.immproject.com/tags/disney Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> en-us episodic The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media. Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> no TV, media, comedy, talk, family, father and son, Porter, television, pop culture,retro,twentieth century,GenX,Generation X,Millennial,1960s,1970s,1980s,movies,cinema,1950s,1940s,1930s Matthew Porter and Ian Porter immpcast@gmail.com 190: LIZZIE McGUIRE (A Millennial Strikes Back) https://www.immproject.com/190 7e601a82-2766-4af0-a050-25a906156854 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 190 LIZZIE McGUIRE (A Millennial Strikes Back) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Special guest Jennifer Ogden-Porter joins to share a TV show that was formative to her growing up: Disney CHannel's LIZZE McGUIRE 1:24:50 no Jennifer Ogden-Porter (wife of Ian Porter!) joins the IMMP once again, this time to introduce Ian and Matthew to mysteries heretofore unknown to them: The Disney Channel's LIZZIE McGUIRE starring Hilary Duff. We learn how Lizzie taught Jen how to be a middle school girl — and how those lessons may reach beyond early-2000s TV. Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter. Jennifer Ogden-Porter (wife of Ian Porter!) joins the IMMP once again, this time to introduce Ian and Matthew to mysteries heretofore unknown to them: The Disney Channel's LIZZIE McGUIRE starring Hilary Duff.

We learn how Lizzie taught Jen how to be a middle school girl — and how those lessons may reach beyond early-2000s TV.

Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter.

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We learn how Lizzie taught Jen how to be a middle school girl — and how those lessons may reach beyond early-2000s TV.

Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter.

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]]> 156: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) https://www.immproject.com/156 96c1f006-78e4-4117-b4c3-1c5216a22418 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 156 Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? 1:10:17 no In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury himself from his classic novel. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? It's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Ray Bradbury, Disney, horror, Jason Robert's, Jonathan Pryce In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury himself from his classic novel. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it? It's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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]]> 111: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE https://www.immproject.com/111 d67380d3-0128-4a29-b85f-f15d022904ac Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 111 Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Ian takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE. 1:02:13 no <p>Ian takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's <strong>ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE</strong>. </p> Michael J Fox,James Garner,Don Novello,John Mahoney,Cree Summer Ian takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE.

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]]> 088: FILLMORE! (The Millennial Strikes Back) https://www.immproject.com/088 a1786f4c-d63c-4d95-8b16-7c345cca9d9f Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 088 FILLMORE! (The Millennial Strikes Back) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter This week Ian takes over to talk about Disney's middle-school police procedural. 52:32 no Following up on our Streets of San Francisco show, Ian takes over to talk about the spiritual descendant of Quinn Martin and the best American animated series you may have never seen: Disney's middle-school police procedural FILLMORE! Disney,police,mystery,safety patrol,Disney XD, Following up on our Streets of San Francisco show, Ian takes over to talk about the spiritual descendant of Quinn Martin and the best American animated series you may have never seen: Disney's middle-school police procedural FILLMORE!

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]]> 053: Disney’s TRON: LEGACY https://www.immproject.com/053 0c8a470f-7c08-40ee-ac0b-017d88456943 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 053 Disney’s TRON: LEGACY full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Twenty-eight years after TRON, Disney finally gave us a sequel: TRON LEGACY. Which gave Ian a TRON movie for his own generation, and gave the IMMP this new Millennial Strikes Back episode. 1:02:45 no Twenty-eight years after Disney released TRON, we finally got a sequel: TRON: LEGACY. Which gave Ian a TRON movie for his own generation, and gave the IMMP this new Millennial Strikes Back episode. As usual, there are spoilers ahead. Disney,tron,action,10s,80s,scifi,adventure Twenty-eight years after Disney released TRON, we finally got a sequel: TRON: LEGACY. Which gave Ian a TRON movie for his own generation, and gave the IMMP this new Millennial Strikes Back episode.

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]]> 052: Disney’s TRON https://www.immproject.com/052 e60d5f42-2acf-46f5-bfee-a798333b9390 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 052 Disney’s TRON full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter That’s TRON. He fights for the users. In 1982, Disney took us to the world inside a computer to combine an epic fantasy quest with ground-breaking visuals. 1:06:50 no <p>That’s TRON. He fights for the users.</p> <p>In 1982, Disney took us to the world inside a computer to combine an epic fantasy quest with ground-breaking visuals.</p> <p>Yeah, this is pretty much coded to attach itself to Matthew and Ian's DNA. </p> Disney,scifi,adventure,cgi,computer, computer graphics,Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner That’s TRON. He fights for the users.

In 1982, Disney took us to the world inside a computer to combine an epic fantasy quest with ground-breaking visuals.

Yeah, this is pretty much coded to attach itself to Matthew and Ian's DNA.

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In 1982, Disney took us to the world inside a computer to combine an epic fantasy quest with ground-breaking visuals.

Yeah, this is pretty much coded to attach itself to Matthew and Ian's DNA.

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]]> 043: Disney’s THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD https://www.immproject.com/043 1a148a7c-85c8-4afd-a583-9da778ed2fa6 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 043 Disney’s THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter The last of Disney's Medfield College movies starring Kurt Russell is a family comedy featuring unsanctioned medical testing and performance enhancing drugs in collegiate athletics. Fun for all ages! 1:01:39 no Unregulated biomedical testing on humans, performance enhancing substance use in collegiate athletics -- that's what the heroes are up to in the Disney comedy romp The Strongest Man in the World starring Kurt Russell as Medfield College man Dexter Riley. Disney,Kurt Russell,Medfield College,comedy Unregulated biomedical testing on humans, performance enhancing substance use in collegiate athletics -- that's what the heroes are up to in the Disney comedy romp The Strongest Man in the World starring Kurt Russell as Medfield College man Dexter Riley.

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]]> 041: Disney’s NOW YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU DON’T https://www.immproject.com/041 277b7308-8f7a-45e6-babb-d0207caf27af Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 041 Disney’s NOW YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU DON’T full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Return with the IMMP and Kurt Russell to the Medfield College universe. 47:27 no Retun with us to Disney's Medfield College Cinematic Universe, where science student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) has created an invibility formula. Disney,TV,Kurt Russell,Joe Flynn,Medfield Retun with us to Disney's Medfield College Cinematic Universe, where science student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) has created an invibility formula.

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]]> 034: Disney’s THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR https://www.immproject.com/034 355ff9c7-aceb-4d54-ae10-a175b236afcb Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 034 Disney’s THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Eight long years before The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Disney introduced Medfield College — and “flubber” — in THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR 42:35 no Eight long years before The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Disney introduced Medfield College, and “flubber," in THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR. It doesn't have Kurt Russell, but it does have Fred MacMurray and Nancy Olson as the most charming couple ever to violate the laws of thermodynamics. Disney,Comedy,Fred MacMurray, Eight long years before The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Disney introduced Medfield College, and “flubber," in THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR. It doesn't have Kurt Russell, but it does have Fred MacMurray and Nancy Olson as the most charming couple ever to violate the laws of thermodynamics.

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]]> 033: Disney’s THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES https://www.immproject.com/033 4b0b5f5b-d199-40f0-ad6f-6723d4530a86 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 033 Disney’s THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Before he was MacReady in THE THING, before he was Snake Plisskin in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Kurt Russell was happy-go-lucky Medfield College man Dexter Riley in the Disney comedy THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES. 1:06:35 no Before he was MacReady in THE THING, before he was Snake Plisskin in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Kurt Russell was happy-go-lucky Medfield College man Dexter Riley in the Disney comedy The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Disney,comedy,Kurt Russell,60s Before he was MacReady in THE THING, before he was Snake Plisskin in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Kurt Russell was happy-go-lucky Medfield College man Dexter Riley in the Disney comedy The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

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]]> 027: DRAGONSLAYER https://www.immproject.com/027 52259511-610a-401f-b085-ee7791cd8827 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 027 DRAGONSLAYER full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Ian and Matthew talk about the Disney/Paramount feature DRAGONSLAYER, an under-appreciated movie with lots of surprises. 1:13:09 no The 1981 movie DRAGONSLAYER may be little remembered today, but it contains lots of magic and adventure. And more gore than you might expect from a Disney production. And surprising explosions. A lot of spoilers in this episode, so please beware. Movie,80s,fantasy,Disney,MacNicol,Dragon The 1981 movie DRAGONSLAYER may be little remembered today, but it contains lots of magic and adventure. And more gore than you might expect from a Disney production. And surprising explosions.

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A lot of spoilers in this episode, so please beware.

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]]> 007: Disney’s The Weekenders (The Millennial Strikes Back) https://www.immproject.com/007 faaf3d31-e367-49e8-bde3-b9a5a120d84f Mon, 28 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 007 Disney’s The Weekenders (The Millennial Strikes Back) full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter The Millennial Strikes Back! This episode Ian takes over to show Matthew Disney’s The Weekenders. 56:51 no The Millennial Strikes Back! This week Ian takes over to showcase a favorite show from his youth: Disney's The Weekenders. Disney,DisneyChannel,Weekenders,TV,2000s,animation The Millennial Strikes Back!

This week Ian takes over to showcase a favorite show from his youth: Disney's The Weekenders.

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]]> 004: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea https://www.immproject.com/004 c7ed4c9a-a6ea-400e-ab6a-626b1ca3f8f5 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 004 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter IMMP leaves the TV lounge and goes to the movies to discuss a Disney adventure classic. 1:14:41 no IMMP leaves the TV lounge and goes to the movies, to watch the Disney adventure classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Before Red October was hunted, before K-19 made any widows, before the Beatles lived in a xanthous submersible filled with drugs, there was the greatest submarine of all. The Nautilus, from the Jules Verne novel of 1870. And there was one of the great tortured antiheroes in its Captain Nemo. In 1954, Walt Disney Productions released a grand, spectacular feature film version of the tale, the most costly movie ever at the time it was made. Will the film hold the same magic for Matthew as it did in the 70s when he was an eight-year-old lover of adventure stories? And what will Ian make of Peter Lorre as a good guy, or Kirk Douglas as a singing whaler? WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. WARNING 2: Ian sings a fo'c's'le song. Have question, comments? You can reach us at immpcast@gmail.com, or on Twitter @IMMPcast. Disney,Verne,submarine,adventure,movie,Kirk Douglas,James Mason,Peter Lorre, IMMP leaves the TV lounge and goes to the movies, to watch the Disney adventure classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Before Red October was hunted, before K-19 made any widows, before the Beatles lived in a xanthous submersible filled with drugs, there was the greatest submarine of all. The Nautilus, from the Jules Verne novel of 1870. And there was one of the great tortured antiheroes in its Captain Nemo.

In 1954, Walt Disney Productions released a grand, spectacular feature film version of the tale, the most costly movie ever at the time it was made.

Will the film hold the same magic for Matthew as it did in the 70s when he was an eight-year-old lover of adventure stories? And what will Ian make of Peter Lorre as a good guy, or Kirk Douglas as a singing whaler?

WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

WARNING 2: Ian sings a fo'c's'le song.

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Before Red October was hunted, before K-19 made any widows, before the Beatles lived in a xanthous submersible filled with drugs, there was the greatest submarine of all. The Nautilus, from the Jules Verne novel of 1870. And there was one of the great tortured antiheroes in its Captain Nemo.

In 1954, Walt Disney Productions released a grand, spectacular feature film version of the tale, the most costly movie ever at the time it was made.

Will the film hold the same magic for Matthew as it did in the 70s when he was an eight-year-old lover of adventure stories? And what will Ian make of Peter Lorre as a good guy, or Kirk Douglas as a singing whaler?

WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

WARNING 2: Ian sings a fo'c's'le song.

Have question, comments? You can reach us at immpcast@gmail.com, or on Twitter @IMMPcast.

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