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Guests: ‘Shape Island’ Creators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

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Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen are the creators and EPs of “Shape Island”, the Emmy-winning and Annie Awards nominated stop-motion animation family comedy series. It returns for Season 2 this Friday Aug. 29 on AppleTV+. 2015 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) and “Hotel Transylvania” trilogy director Genndy Tartakovsky. 2016 saw […]
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Guests: ‘Lulu Is A Rhinoceros’ Creators Jason and Allison Flom

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“Lulu Is A Rhinoceros” is a new AppleTV+ animated special premiering Friday May 30th. It’s about Lulu (voiced by “Moana”‘s Auli’i Cravalho) — a dog who sees herself as a rhinoceros and wants to share kindness and the value of self-worth with others in her community. This is adapted from a 2018 book by father-daughter […]
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Guest: ‘BEARBRICK’ Showrunner Meghan McCarthy

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New DreamWorks animated series “BE@RBRICK”, based on Medicom Toy’s figures, premieres this Friday March 21st on AppleTV+. Showrunner, EP and writer Meghan McCarthy joins me to talk about the show’s vision, themes, music and spirit. 2015 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) and “Hotel Transylvania” trilogy director Genndy Tartakovsky. 2016 saw […]
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Guest: ‘Goldie’ Creator Emily Brundige

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Emily Brundige is the Emmy and Annie nominated creator of the new animated family series “Goldie”, adapted from her 2019 short. It premieres Friday Feb. 14 on AppleTV+. Brundige shares the inspiration for her show, along with the impact of also working on “Hilda” and “Over the Garden Wall”. 2015 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included […]
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‘Wolfs’ Movie Review

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“Wolfs” is a new action comedy from Jon Watts, the director of one of the highest-grossing movies of all-time, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. And even with all that box office and instant iconic Marvel movie success, Sony decided (at the last-minute) that “Wolfs” shouldn’t go to theaters (beyond a 50-ish cinema, one-week, limited release) and […]
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Guest: ‘WondLa’ EP & Showrunner Bobs Gannaway

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AppleTV+ and showrunner/EP Bobs Gannaway (of “Monsters at Work”) have adapted author Tony DiTerlizzi’s popular books for the new animated adventure series “WondLa”, premiering Friday June 28th. Gannaway previews the exciting first season and more! 2013 LCJ Q&A Podcast guests included Oscar-winning director Chris Wedge (“Ice Age” movies) and the directors of “The Croods”, Chris […]
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Guests: ‘Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin’ Co-writer Robb Armstrong, director Raymond S. Persi and EP Craig Schulz

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Sweet new special Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin premieres this Friday February 16th on AppleTV+. Co-writer Robb Armstrong, director Raymond S. Persi and executive producer Craig Schulz reflect on their — and the entire world’s — longtime affection for the Peanuts crew. Since the podcast began in 2011, Jackson has welcomed-in more than 250 entertainment […]
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Guests: ‘Curses!’ Creators Jim Cooper & Jeff Dixon and Director Leo Riley

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New DreamWorks Animation family adventure series “Curses!” premieres this Friday October 27th on AppleTV+. Creators Jim Cooper & Jeff Dixon and director Leo Riley share visual and storytelling inspirations and insights on working with some classic and modern-day horror icons. In 2012, Jackson interviewed Lee Hirsch, director of the documentary “Bully”, actor/director Matthew Lillard and […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Season 3 Review

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I watched the first three episodes of “The Morning Show” shortly before they debuted in November 2019. I then caught-up with the rest of Season 1 during the early days of the COVID Pandemic in Spring 2020. AppleTV+’s flagship series, an over-the-top, at times outlandish drama about the workings of a fictional morning television program, […]
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Guest: ‘Frog and Toad’ Showrunner Rob Hoegee

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Arnold Lobel’s beloved “Frog and Toad” books leap off the page and onto the screen with the delightful new AppleTV+ animated series, premiering this Friday April 28th. Executive Producer and Showrunner Rob Hoegee guides me through what went into making the show — from adapting the look of the books to collaborating with two other […]
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