Whit Honea is the author of The Parents' Phrase Book. He lives in the L.A. area with his wife and two boys. You can find his writings and other works all over the Internets. Now available on Twitter.
You’ve probably seen Winnie-the-pooh or Mickey Mouse on a box of cereal somewhere (my favorite was Buzz Lightyear), but now be prepared to see the visage of Disney’s latest action hero, Johnny Depp as Captain Jack, gracing the new Pirates of the Caribbean cereal by Kellogg’s. According to the description on the steering wheel, the… Read More »Johnny Depp on Pirates of the Caribbean Cereal… it’s true!
As long as Disney CEO Bob Iger is taking up old causes, I have another one for him. Put the weight of the Walt Disney Company, and the minds of the Imagineers, behind rapidly implementing a network of monorails across the Los Angeles region. Why… Read More »Walt’s Vision: Bring Monorails to Los Angeles Now!
The Pixar Animation buyout, as cool as it is, won’t be complete for another few months. But David Stainton, former head of Disney Feature Animation has already move out. So Don Hahn, who is know for his storytelling and creative abilities, has been appointed temporary head of WDFA. Don’t know what the practical affect of… Read More »Don Hahn Temporary Head of Walt Disney Feature Animation
I’ve always enjoyed Barbara’s blog about Celebration Florida. I missed her post on her 1-year anniversary of actually moving there and fulfilling a dream of hers. As usual, it’s a great read. The last 365 days have been a whirlwind of activity and revelry in our adopted hometown. From the very first night, when the… Read More »One Year in Celebration, FL
Cartoon Brew has two great posts (part one and part two) that discuss the return of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit to the company his creator founded. It’s hard to even wrap my head around how cool this deal is; Disney is using their ESPN division as leverage to further their cartoon holdings. For a company… Read More »The Prodigal Rabbit
Disney has another hit musical on their hands. No, it’s not Tarzan on Broadway, that still hasn’t opened yet. Instead it’s High School Musical a made for TV musical that’s really scored with the ‘tweens. Not only is the show popular, but the High School Musical soundtrack is currently ranked #2 at Amazon and has… Read More »Disney’s Hit Musical… not what you think
Everyone has heard the story of how Walt Disney invented his famous mouse pal Mickey while returning to Los Angeles on a train from New York. What most people forget is that Walt had just had his first creation ripped from his hands and he vowed never to lose the rights to another character he… Read More »Oswald the Rabbit returns home
Newsweek has an interview with The former head of Walt Disney, Michael Eisner. It starts off normal, but by the end you can see that Eisner clearly still has issues with the way his career ended; not to mention Roy Disney (who orchestrated his ouster) and even ‘Sparky’ Katzenberg. If this is any indication of… Read More »Eisner on Ego, Roy Disney, Sparky