Caroline Thompson

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: The Addams Family (1991); The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); Edward Scissorhands.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which they wrote: Who Framed Roger Rabbit ⇒ The Nightmare Before Christmas (the host's read). Katzenberg was looking at Roger Rabbit's success as a reason to try different styles and techniques.
    “looking at the success they had with Roger Rabbit and saying, like, we should try different styles”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:29:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

James and the Giant Peach (1996): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which they wrote: The Nightmare Before Christmas ⇒ James and the Giant Peach (the host's read). The film's long tail made Disney try stop motion again, back to back with Peach, before Laika and others.
    “James and the Giant Peach is almost made like right back to back with this movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:40:45 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (3) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (people): Caroline Thompson → Edward Scissorhands. Thompson, who wrote the final script, also wrote Edward Scissorhands.
    “She also wrote Edward Susan Hans, of course.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:32:01 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Caroline Thompson → The Addams Family. Thompson was the hot goth movie writer of the era, also writing The Addams Family.
    “Which Caroline Thompson also wrote.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 2:23:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.