IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 21 in total of IMMP with the tag “kids”.
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165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)
March 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 31 secs
80s, animation, kids, musical, tolkien, tv
Ian and Matthew talk about one of the most bewildering productions from Rankin/Bass, when the skipped past two thirds of THE LORD OF THE RINGS to give us their RETURN OF THE KIBNG
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156: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
October 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
80s, disney, drama, horror, kids, movie
A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival. Doesn't sound very Disney, does it?
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155: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Novel, 1962)
October 14th, 2024 | 58 mins 39 secs
60s, book, halloween, horror, kids
A spooky carnival comes to town just in time for Halloween.
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134: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS by Rankin/Bass
December 24th, 2023 | 48 mins 25 secs
animation, holiday, kids, musical, tv
Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS.
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133: Rankin/Bass’ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
December 11th, 2023 | 54 mins 33 secs
70s, animation, holiday, kids, musical
The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN.
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132: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass
November 27th, 2023 | 54 mins 46 secs
60s, animation, holiday, kids, musical, tv
We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
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Bonus: THE LOST ISLAND
October 22nd, 2023 | 13 mins 58 secs
70s, bonus, kids, tv
At long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND.
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126: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
September 4th, 2023 | 52 mins 25 secs
70s, animation, kids, live, scifi, tv
Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2023 in Colorado, this special episode takes on STAR BLAZERS -- the Americanized version of Leiji Matsumoto's SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, and the object of Matthew's first anime fan geek-outs with his middle school friends, way back in the 1970s.
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111: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
2000s, action, adventure, animation, disney, kids, millennial strikes back
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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105: THE HOBBIT (Rankin/Bass, 1977)
November 14th, 2022 | 44 mins 12 secs
70s, animation, kids, musical, tolkien, tv
Tricksey hobbitses! In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss Matthew's junior high Tolkien obsession, and specifically the 1977 Rankin Bass animated version of THE HOBBIT.