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Snow White and Pinnochio Classic Radio Casts

Old Radio Fun Blog has a trio of recent podcasts that will have Disney fans enthralled. First radio broadcast that promotes the movie Song of the South. Hard to get much material on this movie since Disney has deemed it too dangerous for release. Second is a historic audio broadcast from 1938 promotied the release… Read More »Snow White and Pinnochio Classic Radio Casts

Everything Bad is Good for You: Lost Edition

By genre, Lost is a disaster narrative — closest in spirit to the airplane disaster movies over the seventies, which were as a genre so awful that they spawned an entire sub-genre of parodies. But Lost’s creator J. J. Abrams — who co-wrote and directed the show’s breaktaking two-hour opening episode — announced in the… Read More »Everything Bad is Good for You: Lost Edition

Talk like Jack Sparrow Day, Argh!

Argh… Talk like a Pirate Day it be. Which if ye be a Disney fan means ye should be sittin down for a wee while to watch your Pirates of the Caribbean DVD for a few salty ol pirate hints. Luckier folk can hoof it on over to the theme park and sit for a… Read More »Talk like Jack Sparrow Day, Argh!

New Chicken Little Characters

ChickenlittleI usually don’t report directly on what’s going on inside the parks, there are other websites that do that better for vacation planners, but yesterday I was at Disney MGM Studios with my son and we saw the two new walk-around characters from the upcoming release, Chicken Little (imdb). That’s Chicken Little on the left and Abby Mallard on the right. The cutey in the middle is my son.

We got to spend about five minutes with the pair of characters as all the other guests had already been through the queue. They chased eachother around and danced together. My son was very interested by the fallen piece of sky, and that made for some great fun too. It seemed to me that everyone was having a great time. The walk-around staff, or ‘zoo crew’ as they’re known, generates a ton of great guest memories, but they hardly get any recognition and earn peanuts when they should be paid in gold.

Thanks for making my son’s, and my, day yesterday.

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Three Caballeros, a new look

The first half of the movie is a more or less conventional series of sequences. Donald Duck receives birthday presents from his Latin American friends that include a film projector and a reel of film, plus a book about Brazil. Donald sets up the projector then guides our viewing responses as we watch with him… Read More »Three Caballeros, a new look

LP Link of the Day

I just took over the ‘Link of the Day’ duties at LaughingPlace.com. Feel free to send me as many recommendations as you like. Here’s today’s pick: The Lost Season Two premier is just days away. So I’ve chosen a Lost TV Show fan site as the link of the day. Lost-Media is a news blog,… Read More »LP Link of the Day

Coda: A Wedding Story; Hurricane Katrina Celebration Style

Once everything was set up for the reception, we headed down to the lakefront stairs. The bride and groom pulled up in a horse-drawn carriage, and I broke out in goosebumps…it was so beautiful! We’re less than 10 miles from Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom, but right before my eyes a real-life fairy tale… Read More »Coda: A Wedding Story; Hurricane Katrina Celebration Style

A meeting with Frank and Ollie

Frank was standing, giving hand shakes, big smiles and hellos to everyone. I recall that he was quite tall, even for being in his 80’s — an age where it seems time really takes its toll on the body and everything shrinks. Frank projected a personality far beyond his age. He was like a beacon.… Read More »A meeting with Frank and Ollie