James Earl Jones

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Count them as actor (3 films) instead.

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 were tied to as approached for Santa: 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 were tied to as approached for Santa: 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

Acting (3) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about James Earl Jones: Elfman told him he'd written Santa for him and Jones angrily replied 'you don't know me'.
    “James Earl Jones got very angry and yelled, you don't know me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:11:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about James Earl Jones: Jones had a big role questioning the mission; Kubrick decided he did not want the protesting crew member to be a Black actor and cut it. Jones told him he took the part for the cut material.
    “eventually Kubrick decided he didn't want the guy protesting to be a black guy and cuts everything out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:02:27 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about James Earl Jones: Jones said Kubrick constantly wanted the actors eating, handing them Twinkies, because he liked the mundane aspect of horrific events.
    “I think he liked the mundane aspect of horrific events.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:30:20 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)