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Haunted Mansion Holiday Event

Cindy at ColdDeadFish.net reports on the 2004 Haunted Mansion Holiday event at Disneyland. While the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay of the haunted mansion is now open for the general public, it has become tradition to kick off the season with a special ticketed event full of entertainment and with the chance to buy some exclusive… Read More »Haunted Mansion Holiday Event

Boston Legal, the funniest show on TV

I watched Boston Legal on ABC last night and I must say that it was some of the funniest TV I’ve seen in a while. James Spader and Bill ‘WFS‘ Shatner are playing two of the best TV lawyers I’ve seen since Ally McBeal. I was never a big fan of ‘The Practice’, but this… Read More »Boston Legal, the funniest show on TV

Just Ducky, Donald

If you’re a fan of Donald Duck, or Disney animation period, you might want to find your way to Eugene Oregon this month for a celebration of the foul mouth fowl. The University of Oregon is the only college with a Disney character as their mascot: A duck emblem was in use by 1933, and… Read More »Just Ducky, Donald

Remember LibbyLu?

Remember when I said that Disney would be foolish to let LibbyLu dominate the ‘tween’ dress up and party market, well the folks at Disney have things well in hand. An experiment at the 5th Avenue New York store features a place for the ‘tweens to come and release their inner princess. The New York… Read More »Remember LibbyLu?

Striking for Health Care

The next industry in line to strike for maintaining their health care benefits appears to be the hourly cast members at Disney World. Walt Disney World has never had a strike, unlike it’s older sibling Disneyland, but the sides seem very far apart on the same issue that has been the cause of many a… Read More »Striking for Health Care

Cartoon Brew Stirs up a storm

If you’re not reading Cartoon Brew you’re missing out on the best information on the animation industry in the blogosphere. Just the last few days he’s had three amazing scoops. First, he links to this article that links Miramax Films, Dimension Films (two sides of the same coin really and part of the Disney empire)… Read More »Cartoon Brew Stirs up a storm

New Yorker Bites into Eisner

The New Yorker magazine just ran an article that looked at Eisner’s profound failure to produce a decent replacement and the eventual realization of the board of directors that they didn’t find one soon, they too would be replaced. (Thanks Dave!)