Just in time for Easter, Wade Sampson talks about the historical significance of an animated short that Walt Disney Studios produced back in 1934 ...

Wade Sampson returns with a full history of the Carousel of Progress, tracing the history of this beloved attraction all the back to its Edison Square days and then musing on COP's uncertain future

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Wade Sampson shares another amazing Disney-related article from his extensive magazine collection. This time around, it's a piece from a November 1938 issue of "Liberty Magazine" that offers some real insights into how Walt & Roy operated back then...

Wade Sampson wonders if the real inspiration for "The Happiest Place on Earth" can actually be found in the Windy City. To prove his point, Wade walks us through the old Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948-49 and points out the many parallels between aspects of that event and lands, rides & shows at the Anaheim theme park...

What to bone up on some pretty uesless trivia? Wade Sampson shares some fun factoids that some Disneyland PR flak threw together back in 1957, back when the "Happiest Place on Earth" was then only two years old...

Wade Sampson shares an article from a 1953 issue of McCalls, where Lillian looks back on the life that she shared with Walt Disney...

In honor of this film's release on DVD yesterday, Wade Sampson is back with even more stories about "Lady and the Tramp"...

Just because the company has reacquired the rights to this early Disney cartoon character doesn't mean that we'll automatically be seeing a Lucky Rabbit DVD anytime soon. Wade Sampson explains why the search for Oswald's many missing films goes on...

Chuck Oberleitner returns to JHM with an article about last Wednesday's award show at the Hollywood Palladium. Where the visual effects industry honored the new head of Disney Feature Animation with a lifetime achievement award...

JHM columnist Wade Sampson offers a detailed look back at the history of this classic animation character that the Walt Disney Company recently reaquired the rights to...

JHM columnist Wade Sampson weighs in on a very controversial subject: Whether it's right that so many important pieces of Disney Company history are now in the hands of private collectors ...

JHM columnist Wade Sampson wonders about what's going on with WDW's science & discovery theme park. Whether -- as they attempt to raise attendance levels -- the Imagineers are watering down Epcot's core concepts so much that the place has become almost unrecognizable ...

Wade Sampson takes a not-so-fond look back at the history of this now defunct Future World thrill ride...

Wade Sampson debunks a story that's often told in North Carolina. About how Walt Disney supposed spent time working in Asheville, N.C. in the early 1920s before heading off to Hollywood to seek his fame & fortune...

Wade Sampson really dug down deep through his pile of vintage press clippings in order to unearth this classic interview with a Disney Legend ...

Want to start off the new year by reading a great new Disney-related book? Then Wade Sampson suggests that you pick up a copy of this new paperback which features 16 interviews with notable Disney artists ...

JHM guest columnist Richard Mercer brings us up to speed about a new Disney military art exhibit now being presented at Wright Patterson Air Force Base

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Wade Sampson invites you to join Timmie and Taffy for a holiday trip (circa 1956) to the "Happiest Place on Earth" ...

Wade Sampson shares a highlight of this year's JHM Christmas Party. Which was Jim Korkis telling the story of the Christmas that literally changed Walt Disney's life...

Wade Sampson has some suggestions for film historian Leonard Maltin about what he might want to pull out of the Disney Studios vault the next time Leonard preps another set of "Walt Disney Treasures" DVDs...

Wade Sampson looks back at the time that Ronald Reagan issued a presidential proclaimation to honor Walt Disney...

As November draws to a close, Wade Sampson talks up National American Indian Heritage month. He also reveals the many ways the Walt Disney Company has tried to pay tribute to Native American culture over the past 80 years...

Wade Sampson is back with a transcript of an interview with Walt Disney from 1966, where the old Mousetro talks about what he thinks will happen to Walt Disney Productions after his death. Plus another plug for next Saturday's JHM Christmas Party...

Wade Sampson takes a close look at a little-known aspect of the history of this still controversial Disney Studio production: The time when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People actually picketed this motion picture...

Wade Sampson is back with yet another tale about an aerialist who portrayed Tinkerbell at Disneyland. Meet Gina Rock, the daring young lady who regularly flew over that family fun park while in the family way....