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• Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

  Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, theater, Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, CG, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, WDAS, featurette, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Las Vegas, 1977, D23, 2009, October, 1970s , TV show, 1966 , 1968, hand-drawn animation, home premiere, 2011, theatrical release, Meet the Robinsons, characters , 1960s, Development , chapter, relaunch, Licensing International Expo, DCP , source material , television show , The Princess and the Frog, D23 EXPO, hand-drawn, featurettes, TV series, animated film, reset button, hand-drawn feature, Steve Anderson, story supervisor, Don Hall, Winnie the Pooh, animation fans, old school, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, A. A. Milne, Japanese Bunraku puppeteering, technique, Japanese, storybook, stuffed animal, Bunraku, stuffed animals, Christopher Robin, The Book of Pooh, CG animated, watercolor, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, watercolor backgrounds, Hundred Acre Woods, whimsical, contemporary audiences, Darby, commercialized, Buster, feature-length project, Winnie the Pooh franchise, silly old bear, hand-drawn film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, style, tone, Burny Mattinson, David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred Acre Woods, Dutton Juvenile, Dutton, original source material, The House at Pooh Corner, Eeyore, Expotition, North Pole, cutsie-pooh, cutsie-poo, expo, reset, Pooh products, juvenile, Winnie the Pooh movie, Pooh featurette, Pooh featurettes, theaters

• You don’t know Jack about Disneyland’s “Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies"

  Jim Hill talks with John Addis, Senior Show Director for Disney Entertainment Productions, about how this new fireworks show came together Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, fireworks, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Anaheim, Disney Legend, The Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Resort, The Haunted Mansion, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Dumbo, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, WDW, Paul Frees, Ghost Host, Jack Skellington, spider, 2009, Disney World, Halloween, snow, 2005, November, Cinderella Castle , Walt Disney Creative Entertainment , Steve Davison, parades, fireworks display, flight path , trick-or-treat, trick or treat, Zero, Disneyland Park, Castle, John Addis, Scream-Along, shell, public performance, Senior Show Director, Disney Entertainment Productions, fireworks show, magical orb, spectaculars, magical, flight pattern, main street, snow falling, Disney Villains, Ursula the Sea Witch, Oogie Boogie, The Hub, The Ghost Host, Cruella De Vil, trick-or-treating, Ursula, spiders, Castle walls, Haunted Mansion, Halloween fireworks display, Corey Burton, Holidays at the Disneyland Resort, snow falling on Main Street, Halloween Time, Disneyland Guests, Halloween Screams, M.C., Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies, Disney Villain, Happy HalloWishes, shimmering lights, Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghost Spectacular in the Sky

• Remembering Virginia Davis (1918 - 2009)

  Jim Hill looks back over the life & career of Disney’s first star, that talented little girl who lit up the “Alice Comedies” Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Productions, Virginia, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood, 1920s, Walt Disney Studios, animated character, Pinocchio, cartoons, Disney Feature Animation, animated short, Virginia Davis, Virginia Davis McGhee, Hollywood history, Disney animation rarities, cartoon series, Snow White, Alice Comedies, Alice's Wonderland, animation historian

• After "the boys" bows big in the Bay Area, "the sherman brothers' story" gets ready for its Southern Californian debut

  Having held its world premiere at the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival this past Saturday, this new Walt Disney Pictures release will be screening tonight at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Which is offering discounted admission to D23 members Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Legend, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, San Francisco, 2009, Richard M Sherman, Robert B Sherman, Sherman Brothers , Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, Lido Theater, film festival, documentary

• "Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland" showcases Mary Blair's concept art

  Jim Hill reviews a brand-new picture book which is built around the amazing artwork that this Disney Legend created for that 1951 animated feature Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Press, Peter Pan, Disney Legend, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Blair, concept art, Walt Disney Studios, 2008, 2009, animated feature, 2007, picture book, artists , 1951, bookshelf

• Mist Direction or How DAK Operations just slipped Joe Rohde a Mickey

  Jim Hill talks about "Expedition Everest" 's faltering effects. More importantly, WDW's long-standing tradition of bamboozling senior Disney officials whenever they come on property Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, attraction, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Dick Nunis, Joe Rohde, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, The Jungle Cruise, Expedition Everest : Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Disney Legend, The Magic Kingdom, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, WDW, Expedition Everest, DAK, Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Operations, Disney World, Disney / Pixar, effects, guests, attractions, shows, rides, ride, show, theme park attraction, Food Service, Chairman, Liberty Tree Tavern

• What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

  Jim Hill pays tribute to this Disney Legend, who passed away this past Tuesday following a long bout with cancer Read More... Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Marc Davis, Anaheim, Peter Pan, Disney Legend, The Walt Disney Company, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, John Hench, Cinderella, Mary Blair, Sleeping Beauty, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, it's a small world, WDW, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Studios, LaughingPlace, The Walt Disney World Resort, animated feature, ride, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, theme park attraction, Joyce Carlson, 1964 New York World Fair, New York World's Fair, retired, compliment, legacy, humble, concept phase, design phase, Disney Netpal, project development, detailed model, dimensional figure, Jim Korkis, 2003, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, doll, condolences, Hospice of the Comforter, Altamonte Springs, obituary

• A meet the author / artist / filmmaker edition of Where For

  Jim Hill bounces from Orlando to Anaheim, New York to Hollywood and then back again. As he talks up a number of signings & screenings that are being held all over the country over the next eight days Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theme park, Disneyland, Anaheim, Orlando, Disney Press, Disney Legend, Disney's Contemporary Resort, New York City, Disney Editions, Hollywood, The Pixar Story, NYC, The Walt Disney World Resort, Disney / Pixar

• "Raggedy Ann" reunion features look at rarely seen Richard Williams film

  Jim Hill talks up this Saturday's benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Which will feature a screening of this 1977 release, followed by a panel discussion with various members of the "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure" production team Read More... Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, Broadway, traditional animation, podcast, Ward Kimball, Art Babbitt, Disney Legend, benefit, television, YouTube, Disneyana, Hollywood, DVD, California, 30th anniversary, ASIFA-Hollywood, CinemaScope, 35MM, American Film Institute, West Coast, Mark Goodson, Mark Goodson Auditorium, Nathan Rose, MagicalMountain, resort, film, movie, Joe Raposo, Raggedy Andy, Raggedy Ann, VHS, Richard Williams, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, Bobbs-Merrill, The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, Magical Definition, Magical Definition Podcast, animated character, Mason Adams, Paul Dooley, George S Irving, Golden Age of Animation, Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, UPA, Corny Cole, Tissa David, Eric Goldberg, Dan Haskett, Tom Sito, Michael Sporn, master class, traditionally animated feature, break-out character, John Canemaker, rag dolly, Little Nemo, Winsor McCay, Arthur, John Kimball, animation student, roughs, clean-up, voicework, Joe Silver, candy, The Greedy, Fred Stuthman, Laurel & Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, spine, car crash, 1974, 1977, Macmillan Publishing, The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy: An Intimate Look at the Art of Animation: Its History Techniques and Artists

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 3

  Jim Hill continues his 5-part series on this recently revamped Magic Kingdom classic. This time around, Jim reveals how WDI recycled a creative concept that had originally been proposed for the 1999 redo of Epcot's "Imagination" pavilion. Which now adds a truly surreal touch to this WDW dark ride Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney, attraction, Imagineering, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Marc Davis, Omnimover, Disney Legend, Epcot Center, The Magic Kingdom, Audio Animatronic, The Haunted Mansion, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Glendale, WDW, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, Liberty Square, Madame Leota, Jeff Lange, Doom Buggy, The Attic, The Grand Staircase, The Corridor of Doors, The Music Room, The Endless Hallway, 1971, spider, wallpaper, The Séance Circle , Imagination pavilion, Journey into Imagination, Future World , M.C. Escher , Relativity, Kodak , Rochester N.Y., Journey in Your Imagination , Journey into Imagination with Figment , ghosts , spirits , Dreamfinder, Figment, AA figure, The Conservatory , The Grand Ballroom

• WDI's X-Scream Makeover of WDW's Haunted Mansion: Part 1

  Jim Hill begins a new series that takes an in-depth look at this Magic Kingdom favorite. Which recently underwent a three-month-long overhaul that significantly enhanced many of the effects found in this Liberty Square attraction Read More... Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: Disney, attraction, Imagineering, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, The Jungle Cruise, Disney Legend, Epcot Center, The Magic Kingdom, The Haunted Mansion, Imagineer, Paul Frees, Ghost Host, Gargoyles, The Colonnade, The Foyer, The Portrait Gallery, The Entrance Hallway, The Graveyard, stretching room, Liberty Square, Madame Leota, singing busts, Smellizer, Mr. Toad, Pet Cemetery, Dutch Gothic, wheelchair accessible, Master Gracey, The Picture of Dorian Gray, digital projection, binaural sound, cast members, Jeff Lange

• Toon Tuesday : Mary in the morning, Ellenshaw in the afternoon

  Looking for a fun way to spend a Saturday in the Bay Area? Then let Jim Hill plan out October 27th for you. Starting with a new exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum, an artist's signing at Where the Magic Begins and ... Would you believe a wedding? Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:05 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Anaheim, Orlando, Peter Pan, Disney Legend, Cartoon Art Museum, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Blair, Burbank, San Francisco, Peter Ellenshaw, Harrison Ellenshaw, Michael Young, Collectors Editions, Disney Art by Ellenshaw, Preston Blair, Kevin Blair, Cindy Russell, Where the Magic Begins, it's a small world, The Art and Flair of Mary Blair, Livermore, Bay Bridge, Bay Area, Southern California, Central Florida