Category Archives: Current Affairs

Shameless Plug: My Column on Who Will Buy Busch Entertainment

My column on the Busch theme parks being for sale and who, including Disney, could buy them is now up at LaughingPlace.com.  I really hope you’ll read my review – or at least pretend to.  Since I wrote it, it … Continue reading

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Former Disney Property Continues to Struggle

The Queen Mary attraction in Long Beach, California, continues to struggle according to this story in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. In the late 1980s, The Walt Disney Company purchased the company that owned the attraction, which at the time, included … Continue reading

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Sumner Redstone Profile

If you frequent this blog, you’ve probably read up on Walter Elias Disney, Michael Eisner, and Bob Iger and know some interesting stories about those men and their personalities.  Portfolio.com has a long and interesting piece by Lloyd Grove on … Continue reading

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What Happened in Vegas

People are streaming into Las Vegas to welcome in the New Year.  Steve Wynn, who is often compared to Walt Disney, has just opened up Encore, his follow-up to his eponymous crescent-shaped tower.  With the way the economy is going, … Continue reading

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Bolt: It’s Awesome!

My family and I attended a showing of Disney’s latest feature Bolt with some friends at the wonderful El Capitan Theatre.  It was awesome. Awesome is a word that gets used a lot, especially by Rhino (the hamster), but it’s … Continue reading

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