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The world's most magical place can always get a little more magickly. These dunces solve the most common parks problems.

Papyrus went from a carefully handmade typeface to one of the most overused fonts in the world, becoming a punchline while picking up all kinds of cultural baggage along the way.

Will Producer Ash ever do a deep-dive on a beloved IP from your childhood that DOESN'T end in heartbreak and disgust? Probably not.

In this episode, the gang covers how a cigar-smoking rat and a bunch of creepy robot animals accidentally became Silicon Valley’s first attempt at hacking human dopamine - by trapping kids in a flashing-light pizza fever dream powered by Atari-era chaos!

This week the gang covers “Lawnchair Larry” - the guy who basically did Up, but with a lawn chair, weather balloons, and absolutely zero Pixar-level forethought.

This week the gang tackles the legend of “Lawnchair Larry” - the guy who basically did Up, but with a lawn chair, weather balloons, and absolutely zero Pixar-level forethought.

Of all time.

Walt Disney’s Three Little Pigs came out in 1933, smack dab in the middle of the Great Depression - and it really struck a nerve. People saw the Big Bad Wolf as a stand-in for the harsh economic times, while the pigs felt like everyday Americans doing their best to get by.

This episode has it all - New Orleans history, beignets, gumbo, Hurricane Katrina, the civil rights movement, and a legendary restaurant in the Tremé. Meet Leah Chase, the inspiration for Disney's first black princess!