Part of what makes LaughingPlace.com such an amazing internet community is the talent of its membership. Combine that with a bunch of disney oriented fun loving folk and you have a formula for some unique meets. Take the recent opportunity readers of the website had to go inside Disneyland’s famous and exclusive dining establishment –… Read More »Club 33 Scrapbook for Tinker Bell
Tucked in among the July 24th ‘Live‘ photos on Laughingplace.com are a few photos from the world premier of Disney’s Sky High, a PG rated popcorn flick that follows the fortunes of a superhero family as their son enters the High School for superheros, only without any superpowers. Sound like something you’d go see? Well… Read More »Sky High, man
I hope somebody is considering offering all of Bob Gurr’s columns at www.laughingplace.com in some type of limited edition softcover book because Gurr influenced everything with wheels at Disneyland. And how come there hasn’t been a book about Morgan "Bill"Evans and how he transformed landscaping into an artform at Disneyland? As part of the series… Read More »Early Imagineers. Who were they?
It was always Walt’s intention that DL would be a place where a family can enjoy a day of fun (and learning – gasp!) together, and still go home at the end of the day with money in Father’s pocket. Walt wasn’t out to fleece anyone. Of course, there have been others managing the parks… Read More »Mellie Muses Money
I’m not going to track the happenings at Disneyland minute by minute today. If you’re interested in that I recommend visiting LaughingPlace.com. But I thought it was interesting that reports have already surfaced about there being 20,000 people in line to get into Disneyland by 3AM Pacific Time. They’ve queued them up inside DCA and… Read More »Long Lines at 4AM Disneyland time
CartoonBrew reports that Longtime Disney Animator Floyd Norman has released another of his sketchbooks. This one has an edge however. "How The Grinch Stole Disney" pokes fun at Eisner and the anti-animation policies that have infested the mouse house recently. Which brings up the question — Does anyone really think things will change at Feature… Read More »How The Grinch Stole Disney
Just a friendly reminder that you have to order from Amazon by July 11th to get opening day delivery of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I’ve ordered mine. Of course, if you order it from the above link, I get a few pennies which helps offset the costs of running this site.
One of the things I like about Eisner is that behind the facade of a tough, often out-of-touch, back-stabbing, Hollywood executive is the soul of a privileged white kid who spent his summers at camp for privileged white kids. Michael thinks that’s why everybody likes him. In fact, he’s written a book about it and… Read More »Eisner admits he’s no Hemingway