Disneyland Home Movie from 1967
Cory at the always excellent BoingBoing.net has posted a great video from one family’s visit to Disneyland in 1967. An amazing look at how much has changed and how much remains the same. And oh the fashion!
Pixar Humor
Upcoming Pixar links to three YouTube videos that either spoof Pixar or just make fun of it. Check them out now before they’re pulled.
Emmy Snub irks Disney
Perhaps feeling a little snubbed when LOST and Desparate Housewives failed to garner nominations in the top categories, Disney has decided to counter program the show with the broadcast premier of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl. (Link)
Resort President Cakewalk
Does anyone even do Cakewalks anymore? We used to do them all the time in grade school back in Portland. Every family brought in a cake or a pie and you walked around until the music stopped. If you were on the right spot you won a cake. Of course, there was always that one… Read More »Resort President Cakewalk
Breaking News: Matt Ouimet departs Disneyland, Ed Grier named as Disneyland President
This is just coming over the wires. Ed Grier, previously Executive Managing Director of Walt Disney Attractions Japan, will replace the outgoing Matt Ouimet as Disneyland Resort President. Ouimet moves to Starwood Hotels and Grier will give up his role as head Disney person at the two parks that make up the Tokyo Disney Resorts.… Read More »Breaking News: Matt Ouimet departs Disneyland, Ed Grier named as Disneyland President
Disney & The Grocer
I am long accustomed to seeing the Disney brand name everywhere I look, even the supermarket. Lately it has been turning up in some interesting places. Sure, cereal is either named for a Disney movie or contains the promotional merchandise of one, but that’s old hat. I have purchased lots of stuff that I may… Read More »Disney & The Grocer
Another Talent escapes the Nest
For every young actor that Disney shapes and molds into a network star it seems that three or four get away. The latest to escape the maze of the Mouse House is Ashley Tisdale of High School Musical fame. She just signed to have her musical career controled by Warner Bros Records. The article doesn’t… Read More »Another Talent escapes the Nest
The Toys are back in town… again
One of the first things John Lasseter and company did when they were brought down to the Walt Disney Studios for the first time after the merger is to stop production on Toy Story 3 by Disney’s ‘Pixar Killer’ team Circle 7. Lasseter believes that sequels should be done by the unit that did the… Read More »The Toys are back in town… again