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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (BONUS EPISODE)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (BONUS EPISODE)
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83 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Episode Summary: In this bonus episode, Erin and Rachel unpack The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), and debate which is the most frightening: the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, Mr. Toad’s untreated mental illness, or the complete lack of female and BIPOC representation in this film.Episode Bibliography:Burton, N. (2012). A short history of bipolar disorder. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201206/short-history-bipolar-disorderConradt, Stacy. (2016). 11 Hair-Raising Facts About Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Mental Floss. Retrieved from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87938/11-hair-raising-facts-about-disneys-legend-sleepy-hollowCox, C., & Marland, H. (2018). “We are recreating Bedlam”: A history of mental illness and prison systems in England and Ireland. In A. Mills & K. Kendall (Eds.), Mental health in prisons: Critical perspectives on treatment and confinement. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539382/Daigrepont, L. M. (1984). Ichabod Crane: Inglorious man of letters. Early American Literature, 19, 69-81.Grahame, K. (1908). The Wind in the Willows. Methuen.Grob, G. N. (1977). Rediscovering asylums: The unhistorical history of the mental hospital. The Hastings Center Report, 7(4), 33-41. Johnson, D. (2014). Classic No. 11 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). The Disney Odyssey. Retrieved from https://thedisneyodyssey.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/classic-no-11-the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad-1949/Kinney, J., Geronimi, C., & Algar, J. (Directors). (1949). The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [Film]. Walt Disney Productions. Irving, W. (2008). The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41/41-h/41-h.htm. Irving, W. (1996). The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Oxford University Press. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20200611214531/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ichabod_and_Mr._Toad
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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