Episode 29 - Our Problem Free Philosophy - The Lion King

It's another dealer's choice, and it's Sarah's birthday, so you can probably guess how this one turns out! To celebrate her big day, the hosts discuss the now-classic Disney animated offering of 1994 - Savannah Hamlet, a.k.a. The Lion King! A comprehensive trip through '80s and '90s Disney flicks is taken, touching on everything from The Black Cauldron to Hercules, with significant time spent comparing the four consecutive masterpieces cranked out by the House of Mouse - The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Many swipes are taken at the 2010's live-action remakes and their general pointlessness, while criticism also gets levied at the Academy for their many bone-headed Best Song choices from this group. Cameos from Robin Williams, Angela Lansbury, A Most Violent Year, The Rescuers Down Under, Jo Anne Worley, Beyonce, and special shout-outs to Moira Kelly abound, with very brief mentions of karaoke renditions of "Hakuna Matata" and the long-lost high school adaptation Antigone: The Musical! You will feel the love tonight, if that's your thing, in this twenty-ninth monkey's uncle of an episode of It Happened One Year!