Hoppers (Featuring Chauncey Telese)

About this episode

Chauncey Telese joins Jesse Andrews to discuss Pixar's latest film Hoppers and its connections to other works.

On the 410th episode of Piecing It Together, Chauncey Telese joins me to talk about Pixar's latest Hoppers! Along with the big puzzle piece actually cited in the film Avatar, some other puzzle pieces include Up, The Wild Robot and Mystery Men. As always, SPOILER ALERT for  Hoppers  and the movies we discuss! Written by Jesse Andrews Directed by Daniel Chong Starring Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Dave Franco Disney / Pixar Chauncey Telese is one of the hosts of L.A. Podfidential. Make sure to check out LA Podfidential at  https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-podfidential/ Follow LA Podfidential on Twitter  @LAPodfidential And Follow Chauncey on Twitter  @bigchaunc64 My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream , 2020's David Rosen , 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena . Find it on Bandcamp , Apple Music , Spotify and everywhere else you can find music. You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com My latest music video is “Shaking" which you…

People in this episode

Guest: Chauncey Telese

Topics covered

• Pixar
• film reviews
• Hoppers
• interviews
• animation
• movie analysis

Keywords

• Hoppers
• Pixar
• Chauncey Telese
• film analysis
• Avatar
• Up
• Mystery Men
• animation
• movie review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney, Pixar, L.A. Podfidential

Products: MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024

Books & works: Hoppers, Avatar, Up, The Wild Robot, Mystery Men, A Different Kind Of Dream, David Rosen, MORE CONTENT, And Other Unexplained Phenomena, Shaking

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