After two hundred and seventy episodes, it's hard to imagine that a Disney movie could elicit a new reaction or response from any one of our hosts. Yet somehow, against all odds, NO DESPOSIT, NO RETURN has one of us nearly refusing to engage with it at all. Which is odd because on paper this movie is just another benign 1970s entry in the canon, featuring all the familiar hallmarks. Tediously long car chases, child endangerment, Don Knotts, etc, etc. Have a listen and maybe you can puzzle out what makes this movie differ from so many others...and also if you can figure out why it's called No Deposit, No Return and share it with us, that'd be swell.

There's a chill in the air and the days are getting shorter, so it must mean it's time to bring our Summer of Sadness to a close (the year of eternal disappointment, and also fire and plague, will continue indefinitely). Our hosts end this summer series, appropriately enough, with Disney's FRANKENWEENIE; a feature length film based on one of Tim Burton's early short films that he produced during his first ill-fated tenure at the House of Mouse. In many ways a perfect summation of all of Burton's strengths and weaknesses, it provides plenty of interesting discussion fodder for Vicky, Nolan and Jill to mull over...and also cat poop.

If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time, you know full well that our hosts often worship at the altar of Menken. But we all know that when it comes to the beloved songs of Disney Renaissance, Menken is only half the story. This week we celebrate the life and work of the other half, via the documentary HOWARD. Ambitious, relentlessly hardworking, obsessively creative (and controlling), if nothing else this film proves that Disney wouldn't be where they are today if it wasn't for the words and ideas of Howard Ashman.

The only thing our hosts found harder than consistently and correctly pronouncing the name of the main character in this week's film was staying on topic. That's not to say Disney's SHIPWRECKED is a bad movie - it's a pretty passable family adventure movie, if a little frustrating that it never fulfills the Home Alone-esque elements of its plot. But there's only so much analysis that can be done to Gabriel Byrne's villainous turn, or why a single gorilla would be stranded on an otherwise deserted island somewhere in the Pacific ocean.