For a while there it looked like “Life On Mars” was going to be the only new drama added to the ABC Schedule this year. The Writer’s Strike caused a delay in this year’s Pilot season, and ABC decided to wait until it had time… Read More »Disney/ABC inflates schedule with five new shows
My review of the just-released book Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti is now up at LaughingPlace.com. I really hope you’ll read my review – or at least pretend to. In case you couldn’t tell or… Read More »Shameless Plug: Ken Reviews _Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends_
Ever look at a book cover and know right away you have to add it to your collection? I just had that experience with “Walt Disney’s Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park” by Jeff Kurtti. That’s my grandfather Vic Greene… Read More »New Imagineering History Book for sale
The cast of the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars on ABC has been revealed and along with the usual roles (singer, athlete, boy band member, actor, actress, football player) there are a few choices that are bound to surprise. The three hour premiere… Read More »Next Celebrity Slate Set for ABC’s Dancing With The Stars
Readers of the September 2008 issue of the influential business management journal the Harvard Business Review will find plenty to absorb in the cover story written by Pixar co-founder and current president Ed Catmull. Catmull details how Pixar’s legendary creativity is an integral part of… Read More »Pixar’s Collective (and Creative) Genius
It’s been a while since I’ve done this. But every once and a while I think it’s interesting to go see what’s hot in the world of Disney. This month we’ll look at the bestselling Disney items on Amazon. Usually we learn a little something.… Read More »What’s Hot in the World of Disney
Brady MacDonald at the LA Times has a look at the return of the Flying Saucers to Disneyland… only this time they’re Tires not UFOs and they’re at California Adventure as part of the newly themed ‘Carsland’. Meet “Luigi’s Roamin’ Tires“. Laughingplace.com has the details… Read More »Sunday Reading – Disney Links
There’s a bit of animation history up for bid over on eBay right now. It’s a collection of character drawings and autographs from Walt Disney and a few of the artists who accompanied him on his famous South American tour in 1941. Other artists include… Read More »Animation History: Collection of Sketches from Walt Disney’s South American Trip