Robin Hood: Sorry, Aly Won't Shut Up! [Part Two]

Aly & Sarrah are back with more Robin Hood!

This week Sarrah takes us through the details of the movie's release and reception. Spoiler: people weren't really huge fans until AFTER it hit home video. Shocker.

Aly lists of the wonderful voice actors that bring these characters to life (you may recognize a fair few of them), and tries to name everything Robin Hood has inspired or influenced. Turns out, while the legend has a boundless influence on our society and pop culture, Disney kind of likes to forget they made a movie about Robin Hood. Oops.

Our walkthrough has us addressing the phenomenon of being attracted to a cartoon fox, discussing if Phil Harris ever stayed on script, and simultaneously laughing at strange story choices while applauding wonderful character details and great fight scene animation.

Oo-De-Lally!

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Welcome back!
We know you’re itchin’ to get started, so let’s get right down to it.

This week we continue with Aly’s favorite Disney movie, Robin Hood! This is the second of our two part series, so if you missed last week make sure you check it out! Last week we talked about all the Robin Hood source material (including some historical notes) and the animation and studio history.

This week Aly takes us through the voice cast of this movie, and we recognize a lot of names.  She also tries and fails to name everything that Robin Hood has inspired. The stories and tales have inspired too many things to mention, but Disney seems to pretty consistently drop the ball with this movie.

Sarrah talks about the release and reviews of Robin Hood. It didn’t exactly thrive at the box office, once again we have a home-release hit. Thank goodness for VHS and DVD!

Our walkthrough takes us from cartoon physics, to wardrobe questions. We discuss what exactly makes Robin Hood so attractive, and wonder if they even gave Phil Harris a script.  It’s a movie that has us scoffing at very strange choices, and applauding some amazing fight scene animation and really heartfelt moments.

The answer is that WE are driving this Flying Umbrella. So jump on and let’s wrap up Robin Hood (until Aly mentions it again next episode).

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IMDb page for Robin Hood
Wikipedia Article for Robin Hood (film)

Wikipedia Article for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves