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• Marty Sklar honored with Window on Main Street

  On the occasion of this Disney Legend’s retirement, Jim Hill uses a Newsreel from 1983 to reflect on the Company’s past, present and future Read More... Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Walt Disney, Imagineering, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Disneyland, Marty Sklar, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, Main Street U.S.A., WDI, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, computer, Glen Keane, 2009, Golden Horseshoe , Main Street USA, Where the Wild Things Are, The Brave Little Toaster, retired, 1955, Tron , Tron Sequel, choreography, choreographer, Golden Horseshoe Revue

• How sometimes being in the wrong place is the right thing to do

  In this week's "Why For" column, Jim Hill shares a story that Wally Boag once told him. Which explains how -- thanks to being accidentally upstaged by Steve Martin -- this Disney Legend wound up appearing on "The Muppet Show" Read More... Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Muppets, Jim Henson, Disneyland, Anaheim, Disney Legend, Saturday Night Live, YouTube, Hollywood, Steve Martin, Steven Spielberg, Golden Horseshoe , Wally Boag, opening night, backstage, London, audience, Universal Studios Hollywood , Woody Allen , 1978, Ellen Boag, The Muppet Show, The Golden Horseshoe Revue, Muppet Show, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Universal Amphitheater, Jake, Dan Ackroyd, Elwood, John Belushi, vaudeville, Jack Nicholson, vaudevillian, vaudevillians, Elwood Blues, Hollywood royalty, Jake Blues, Hollywood party, Jake and Elwood, Hollywood crowd, The Blues Brothers, Adam, Blues Brothers, first class, Bernadette Peters, comfort zone, dressing room, right place, wrong place, Wild and Crazy Guy, A Wild and Crazy Guy, Pecos Bill, Mexican, opportunity, engagement, 80% of success is showing up, apology, special guest, special guests