I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.
Michael Barrier knows his stuff when it comes to animation and when it comes to Walt Disney. So I’ve been looking forward to reading his review of the Neal Gabler biography Walt Disney – The Triumph of the American Imagination. As it turns out Barrier has been working on his own biography of Uncle Walt,… Read More »Michael Barrier on the latest Walt Disney Biography, 600 pages and still wanting.
One of the interesting things about High School Musical is how it was the first real break out hit of the iPod generation. In print and online advertising for "High School Musical" that preceded the movie’s airing on the Disney Channel, tweens were directed to the "HSM" Web site to download a free track. That… Read More »Lessons from the marketing of High School Musical
Evangeline Lilly, who plays the coy and spunky Kate on ABC’s hit TV Show LOST, lost her house to a fire. She lived in this house will filming in Hawai. While I’m sure this isn’t a great experience for Lilly, perhaps she’ll move in with her boyfriend Dominic Monaghan. A few more deets and a… Read More »‘LOST’ star’s home destroyed in fire
What’s it like to be practically perfect in every way? No one would know better than the current Star of Disney’s Broadway production of Mary Poppins – Ashley Brown. Backstage.com has a long interview with the rising star. "One of Mary’s most famous lines is ‘I never explain anything,’ " Brown says. "Everyone wants to… Read More »Ashley Brown is Mary Poppins on Broadway
As far as I can tell no official warning or recall has been issued for this product, but a California TV channel is reporting that a Disney Princess Disco Lamp purchased at Wal-Mart suffered a bit of a melt-down in a child’s bedroom. If you purchased one of these you might want to check it… Read More »Disney Product Fire Warning
Once again Gadisa has expertly captured the magic of a visit to Disneyland Paris on her blog. Using YouTube her Video Trip Report sets the standard for Disney trip reports. The writing is in Dutch, but her feel for the magic of Disney is universal. The night before the trip Disneyland Paris endured a huge… Read More »Gadisa Captures The Magic of DLP
I was first introduced to the daily staple of life that is ESPN back in 1987. I worked at a summer camp and weekends were spent in the local town drinking up life, pizza, and sports. The big screen TV at the Pizza joint was playing a new type of football, something they were calling… Read More »ESPN Gets Some Football On, Arena Style
Of all the new shows of the fall season at ABC ‘The Nine’ held the most interest for me. I thought the pilot was excellent. But I was only able to tolerate three episodes of the show before it fell off my rotation. I wasn’t alone either as the ratings numbers never materialized in the… Read More »Where did The Nine go wrong?