Long before it was a joke in The Simpson’s, the mass-transit system known as the Monorail offered real potential as a solution for what was seen as a nation’s over-dependence on foreign fuel and heavy traffic. If that image up there doesn’t make you long… Read More »A Monorail in every town
Ever look at a book cover and know right away you have to add it to your collection? I just had that experience with “Walt Disney’s Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park” by Jeff Kurtti. That’s my grandfather Vic Greene… Read More »New Imagineering History Book for sale
There’s a bit of animation history up for bid over on eBay right now. It’s a collection of character drawings and autographs from Walt Disney and a few of the artists who accompanied him on his famous South American tour in 1941. Other artists include… Read More »Animation History: Collection of Sketches from Walt Disney’s South American Trip
For its vigorous pursuit of copyright extension and trademark protection the Walt Disney Company is often made to be the villain in the war for freedom of expression and artistic expression. I obviously have a dog, or two, in this fight (my content is stolen… Read More »Mickey Mouse Copyright Mystery
Back in 1908 Emile Cohl created Fantasmagorie. It debuted on August 17th, 100 years ago today. It may look like animated chalk drawings, but it’s actually black lines drawn on white paper and then printing in negative to make it look like chalk drawings. The… Read More »Animation turns 100 today
A giant southwestern inspired A-frame in the middle of Florida swampland? Where else but at Walt Disney World. I did not know that “Tempo Bay Resort” was in consideration instead of “The Contemporary Resort” for that now classic, but FoxxFur of the Passport to Dreams… Read More »Tempo Bay, Walt Disney World’s magic vista
Find out who is kissing Mickey Mouse in the above frame as well as dozens of other animated cameos by Hollywood’s biggest stars who appear in the Disney animated short Mickey’s Gala Premier over on the 2719 Hyperion blog. What a wealth of knowledge Jeff… Read More »A Map to the Stars in Mickey’s Gala Premier
Over at the Magic Kingdom a month long refurbishment has been announced for the Country Bear Jamboree. That’s good news because the attraction has been neglected as of late. And with the refurbishment ending so close to the holidays there is hope that we might… Read More »A Country Bear History Lesson