The Pilot's Club

Episode 30. We watched the pilot episode of the 2007 Disney Channel cartoon Phineas & Ferb, "Rollercoaster," and the season two episode "Rollercoaster: The Musical" where they just did the pilot again but with more jokes and songs this time. We discuss the show's deliberate repetition and the creativity that comes from that limitation, how it combines stories that other cartoons would keep as separate segments, and Humongous Entertainment PC games.

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:03) - Welcome
  • (00:50) - Cartoon comfort food
  • (06:25) - Creativity with boundaries and deadlines
  • (10:02) - Did you catch the time travel easter egg?
  • (10:51) - The musical version never messed with the flow
  • (13:17) - The absent parent trope
  • (16:24) - Positivity in cartoons
  • (17:20) - Candice's need to prove herself
  • (19:07) - Hey have you seen Perry?
  • (23:11) - Oh hey! There's Perry
  • (25:55) - What are we discussing next episode?
  • (30:14) - Outro
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What is The Pilot's Club?

The Whatnauts present The Pilot's Club, a Patreon exclusive podcast all about the first episodes of television shows. Join Melissa and Kyle as they watch and discuss a variety of TV pilots that catch their interest for a number of reasons. Some of the pilots may not have made it to air, others may have been particularly expensive to make, maybe the series was changed drastically after filming, or even something else just as interesting.