35: Gravity Falls "The Love God" ft. Michael Rianda

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Charley and Ella are joined by Gravity Falls Season 1 creative director/Mitchells vs. the Machines director Michael Rianda to talk "The Love God"! We discuss Michael's path to Gravity Falls and beyond and some infamous Disney censorship of this episode. PLUS: Our own Patron Juneau Ceres helps us crack the most complex Vigenère code yet! Follow Michael: https://twitter.com/michaelrianda Watch Michael's Academy Award-nominated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81399614 Watch Ella's Student Academy Award-semifinalist film Slam Poet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLNmGT3cq8 Check out Juneau's Gravity Falls fanfiction (major GF spoilers within): https://archiveofourown.org/users/Base12 The book that got Juneau into cryptograms: https://books.google.com/books/about/Codes_Ciphers_and_Secret_Writing.html?id=zkTDAgAAQBAJ Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our brand-new merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Watch Gravity Falls episode 29 "The Love God": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/e2c945d9-6638-425a-a2b2-c00a03ba9e73 Watch Disney’s BLAM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1rVF8Np4xw Watch Charley's "Steamed Hams but Everyone Gets Possessed by Bill Cipher": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahmt15CVUPE Original "Love God" storyboards by Sabrina Cotugno: https://arythusa.tumblr.com/post/104366869577/gravity-falls-the-love-god-intro Full Alex Hirsch interview with The Mary Sue (major GF spoilers within): https://www.themarysue.com/alex-hirsch-interview/ Neil Cicierega's unused Gravity Falls theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpYBdOMh4GM Neil’s Goat and a Pig demo: https://neilblr.com/post/103685242673
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