Blogging Baby has an interview with the creators of Disney’s Kim Possible, Mark McCorkle and Robert Schooley. In it some clues about the fight to save the show are revealed along with a lot of other fun and interesting stuff… here’s a taste: We thought So the Drama was the series finale. That was it.… Read More »Interview with Kim Possible creator!
If you’re a student or a fan of animation and you’re not reading the A-HAA Blog (AFISA Hollywood Animation Archives Blog) you’re missing out on some amazing stuff. One recent post featured some illustrations from under appreciated Disney animation designer Gustaf Tenggren (Snow White, Pinnochio) that wisk you away to a fantasy world at just… Read More »Some Animation Inspiration via the A-HAA Blog
Wow did you see that episode Wednesday night? Wasn’t that scene with ‘the monster’ and Mr. Eko amazing? I think we can now safely say that LOST is science fiction, not science fact. Whatever the security system or monster is, it’s not mechanical. Mechanical creations don’t move that way. Whether we were seeing what Mr.… Read More »Lost News to use
Last night I attended a screening of Disney’s Glory Road (imdb), the latest feel good ‘based on a true story’ sports film. I’ll try and form my thoughts in to a coherent review for later today. But in short, if feel good movies with a good message are your thing, then this is for you.… Read More »Glory Road: Trailer Clips
If you’re into fan videos of Disney Theme parks then you’ll want to check out these two recent releases on the LaughingPlace.com Store. First is the latest in a series of DVDs from Jeff Lange. "Jeff Lange Remembers Haunted Mansion Holiday" features two versions of the attraction. First there are two ride-throughs of the original… Read More »New Disneyland Fan Videos
The Walt Disney Company has just released the salary and bonuses paid to their executives last year. The Lame duck CEO Michael Eisner received a cushy $10.1 million and remains the companies second largest individual stock holder. Roy E. Disney is the first. Bob Iger, then Disney President and current CEO, earned around $9 million… Read More »It’s good to be the king.
The next Disney Shareholder meeting is in Anaheim, CA on March 10th. What a change from the last four years of Eisner’s reign where the Shareholder meeting was held in out of the way remote locations, sometimes places where the Disney Company had little or no presence (Denver, Philadelphia). What a difference Bob Iger makes.… Read More »Next Disney Shareholder Meeting is in….
Robert Niles postulates that Disneyland has one sure way to combat the current labor shortage problem they’re experiencing, Raise Wages. Because if you pay your employees the prevailing local wage for entry-level service employees you’re going to get average, entry-level service-employee quality from them. And if you pay less, as Disneyland does, you’re going to… Read More »Blog Flume: Disneyland’s labor problem? Low wages and looming strike.