054 Mary Poppins - Jack of All Accents
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Morgan and Mason are joined by Rotoscopers writer Blake Taylor, as they discuss Blake's favorite film Mary Poppins, as well as the upcoming* Saving Mr. Banks.* Highlights: ■ Breaking tradition and doing our first live-action film!

■ Announcements: Podcast Awards results will be announced in January; 1st Annual Rotoscopers Awards. Voting starts December 1.

■ Main Discussion: Mary Poppins

■ A very LONG movie for kids…it never ends!

■ Story of acquiring the rights and P.L. Traver’s negative reaction to the film.

■ Is May Poppins a witch or fairy? Do Mary Poppins and Nanny McFee belong to the same nanny organization?

■ Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews casting story, Oscar acceptance speech, very serious yet likable,

■ Prequel possibilities: musical or no musical?, Mary and Bert’s backstory, will we see her on Once a Upon A Time?

■ Bert: both narrator and characters, D*** Van Dyke, jack of all trades, his poor accent.

■ Was there a romance between Mary and Bert?

■ The Kids: little monsters, list of conditional love for their nanny.

■ Mr. Banks: so extreme and over the top.

■ Mrs. Banks: suffragette, absurd, never any scene where Mary Poppins and she speak.

■ Originally had 37 songs written.

■ Opening credits sequence, nannies blowing away, Admiral Boom is the worst neighbor ever.

■ “Spoonful of Sugar”: how do the kids have magic?

■ “Jolly Holiday”: penguins, farm animals, “there’ll be no bill”.

■ “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”: real meaning of the word, does Julie Andrews mess up?, syllabic inversion.

■ Uncle Albert and “I Love to Laugh”, Mary Poppins doesn’t even crack a smile.

■ Mary Poppins Broadways. Not on tour anymore.

■ Morgan’s Make-A-Wish wish is to play a Mary Poppins medley in orchestra.

■ Mary Poppins is an assassin.

■ Blake and Mary Poppins’ layers.

■ Saving Mr. Banks: excited?, Oscar worthy?, Tom Hanks interpretation.

■ Voicemails and emails.

■ Mason meets Blake, caught and fired, gnawing at the bit. Runtime: 1:32:43; 47.5 MB Links ■ Scary Mary Trailer)

■ Saving Mr. Banks Trailer)

■ Watch Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Blu-ray) | DVD)

■ Frozember) and Princess Profiles) articles Where To Find The Rotoscopers

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