Swiss Family Robinson (1960) : A Prototype for the Blockbuster

It's the beginning of summer movie season and Lydia is giddy to share how important a sense of adventure is to a good Blockbuster by outlining the many similarities between a corny Disney film and 1977's Star Wars.

Next episode: Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Attributions:

• Opening music: Struggling performed by the Johnny Dodds Trio, obtained from the Open Music Archive, licensed under the Public Domain.
• Closing music: Beautiful Cinematic Piano Music by Denis-Pavlov-Music used with permission under the Pixabay License.
• Soundscape: Various clips used with permission under the Pixabay License. Mourning dove sound clip by Spanac used with permission from the Free Sounds Library under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.