Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

Fixing Splash Mountain

Learn how the original Splash Mountain was fixed. 

Epcot's ''The Making of Me'' Documentary

Epcot's ''The Making of Me'' Documentary

Disney's The Timekeeper with Director Jeff Blyth

The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show

The History of The Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show 

Beauty and the Beast Documentary

Cranium Command

Around the World in 80 Days

The Brave Little Toaster: An Almost Disney Movie

History of CinéMagique

History of Alien Encounter

Fun with Mr. Future

Alternate Roger Rabbit Rides

History of Disney's So Weird

History of Disney's So Weird

History of Disney's So Weird

History of Disney's So Weird

History of Mickey's Christmas Carol (Steve Anderson, Burny Mattinson)

History of Mickey's Christmas Carol (Steve Anderson, Burny Mattinson)

The Story of Rhino with Mark Walton

The Story of Rhino with Mark Walton.

History of The Mighty Ducks' Sequels: D2, D3, Animated Series

The Mighty Ducks' Sequels: D2, D3, Animated Series

The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

The History of Ducktales' Theme Song

Mickey's Runaway Brain

The story of Mickey's Runaway Brain 

Homeward Bound

The story of Homeward Bound. 

George of the Jungle

The behind the scenes story of how George of the Jungle was rescued from tragedy. 

Mickey Unrapped: Disney's First Rap Album

The story of Disney's first rap album and why and how it exists. 

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

The story of Atlantis: The Lost Empire through the eyes of director Gary Trausdale. 

Benji (Part II)

The continuing story of Benji as told by creator Joe Camp.  Check out his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Benji (Part I)

The story of Benji in 2 parts, through the eyes of Joe Camp.  Check out his written books here:  https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Disney's Winnie the Pooh (2011)

The story of Disney bringing back 2d animation one last time, for the last time.  2d was dead and then came Winnie the Pooh.  Through the eyes of director Steve Anderson. 

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

What happens when Pixar takes over Disney animation right in the middle of your movie? This is that story through the eyes of director Steve Anderson. 

Disney's Home on the Range (2004)

The story of Disney's Home on the Range, the true end to 2d animation at Disney.  The box office bomb sent ripples throughout the studio and changed Disney forever.  Hear the stories of what could've been and what happened, and how sometimes it's simply beyond your control. Through the eyes of Will Finn and John Sanford. 

Disney's The Country Bears (2002)

Part of theme park films in the early 2000's, The Country Bears stars Christopher Walken.  And that level of weird is only the beginning.  Through the eyes of Peter Schneider. 

Disney's Mulan (1998)

The story of Disney's Mulan, the greatest movie that's ever been made in a theme park.  Hear the behind the scenes stories from the directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook.  This is the trials and tribulations of Disney's underrated classic. 

Disney's Rocketman (1997)

There is only one Rocketman film and it's not Elton John's.  This is the story of Rocketman through the eyes of star Harland Williams and Director Stuart Gillard. 

Disney's The Great Mouse Detective's Sexy Song

How did a burlesque number with a stripping mouse end up in a Disney animated feature?  Here's the behind the scenes story from singer Melissa Manchester. 

Disney's Geppetto starring Drew Carey (2000)

A musical starring Drew Carey. Enough said.  And it completely changed the rest of his career.  As seen through the eyes of Director Tom Moore. 

DCOM: Brink!

Special DCOM episode about the making of the best inline rollerskating movie of all time.  This is the story of Brink! with Director Greg Beeman and writer Jeff Schechter.  With Guest Host: Chad Goes Deep 

Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt 7 (the end)

The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Part 7, final episode of our series, and the end of the line for Recess.

Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 6

The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Welcome to Part 6 and the beginning of the Recess on Disney's One Saturday Morning. 

Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 5

The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  Welcome to Part 5, in which Joe helps develop Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! and Paul gets to work on Beethoven the animated series.  W...

Disney's Recess (Created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 4

The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess.  This time Paul and Joe find themselves at Nickelodeon, and help define the newly birthed Nicktoons with Rugrats.   Recorded before...

Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 3

The story of Paul and Joe continued in their journey to Recess.    Recorded before Recess was on Disney Plus. 

Disney's Recess (created by Paul and Joe) Pt. 2

The full unauthorized deep history of Recess. Learn everything you wanted to know and more about a forgotten gem. How did it start? Why was it at Disney of all places? Who are Paul and Joe? How did this happen?  Hear it from the creators themselves, as Paul and Joe explore their lives and their creations, their failures and successes, and of course Recess. 

Disney's Recess Pt. 1

Part 1 of 7 of Disney Dust's  series on the story of Recess starring the creators Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere. Their 7-part journey takes us through The Simpson's Heyday, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, and eventually Recess. All the wild times and upheaval, and everything going awry.  Presented by The Look Back Machine  Recorded before Recess was on Disney Plus. 

Disney's Pepper Ann

Disney Dust Documentaries presents the Disney classic Pepper Ann oral history starring creator Sue Rose.    Hear the inside story of how Pepper Ann came to be in the 90s on Disney's One Saturday Morning.  Check out more of our Disney Dust episodes presented by The Look Back Machine. 

Disney's Science Court/ Squigglevision (1998)

One Saturday Morning was known for Doug, Pepper Ann, and Recess, but Science Court is a forgotten gem with humor straight from Dr. Katz.  Here the story of how it got to Disney in the 90s through the eyes of creator Tom Snyder. 

Disney's Manny the Uncanny

The story of the weirdest character ever to appear on a Disney network. Manny the Uncanny, when you were a kid you definitely went wtf when he popped up after a Mickey Mouse ad. He was weird, awkward and played deftly by Paul Rugg. Learn how Paul created the character and brought a Warner Bros.' sensibility to Disney.  This is the story of Manny the Uncanny. 

Disney's One Saturday Morning

The inside story of how Disney programmed their newly purchased ABC station with something completely different from what they'd ever done before.  Through the eyes of director Peter Schneider.       

The History of The Disney Afternoon Pt. 2

Part 2 of 2 on the history of The Disney Afternoon. From Gummi Bears to Quack Pack and everything in between. Here how the Disney Afternoon finally came to an end to make way for One Saturday Morning.  This is the end of the Disney Afternoon.    Presented by The Look Back Machine   

The History of the Disney Afternoon Pt.1

Part 1 of 2 of our oral history look into one of the most successful animation ventures of all time: The Disney Afternoon. Learn how all your favorite shows (Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, DarkWing Duck, Ducktales, Gummi Bears, Gargoyles, Quack Pack, and Bonkers) were all born out of a breakfast at Michael Eisner's house.  The creators and key figures from each show lend their voice to bring the story to light.  Presented by The Look Back Machine