On the latest episode of teenVoice, Heights Herald Staff Writers and hosts Livie Powers and Laila Smith talk about their favorite childhood television shows and movies with guests Elliott Carruthers (9), Daniel James (10) and Columbia Heights High School (CHHS) English teacher Mr. Lucas Toutge. They discuss their top three films or programs as kids and share how these nostalgic works of art influenced them as they grew up. Finally, they analyze how movies and shows for children have changed over time. Listen in to see if your fave is mentioned!

Read a partial transcript of the episode below:

Hello everyone, I’m Livvie. And I’m Layla. Today on teenVoice for the Heights Herald newspaper, we will be talking about childhood movies. Childhood movies slash TV shows are a quintessential part of childhood. They help kids grow and develop. But how have they changed? Today we’ll be talking with Daniel James, Elliot Carothers, and Mr. Toutge. We will see what their favorite childhood movies were and how they have shaped them as a person. And then we will discuss the shift in childhood movies. Daniel, what is your favorite childhood movie?

I have a couple favorite childhood movies. I wasn’t a super big movie watcher, but I really liked Holes, the live-action [adaptation] of a book I read as a kid. I really liked Coraline, and I really liked the movie Kubo and the Two Strings.

What do these have in connection to you?

So, Holes was kind of just like a book thing, but both Holes and Coraline are adaptations of books that I really liked, and when I read their books first, and both Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline have very cool and unique animation styles that allured me as a kid.

So, how do you think these helped you grow as a kid? Made who you are now?

For the art aspect of it, I was always an artist as a kid. I’ve always been doing art. And Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline were two very cool examples of animation that I had not seen before. I think Kubo and the Two Strings has a lot of puppetry involved, and I remember watching all the behind-the-scenes videos, and they were just awesome to me as a kid. And then Coraline is a classic awesome art movie and both of those encouraged me to do more art.

How does Holes relate with art then?

Well, I’d say that…

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