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• The John Hughes / ABC / Walt Disney Company connection

  In honor of the passing of this talented filmmaker, Jim Hill shares a few anecdotes that reflect on the times that Hughes worked for the Mouse Read More... Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: cross country trip , Curly Sue, Great Oaks Entertainment, ABC, Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Pretty in Pink, producer, television, television show , The Absent-Minded Professor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, film, film title, films, writer , Warner Bros. , Walley World, Walt Disney, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, The Bee, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, slapstick, screenplay, script, Ron Miller, Ricardo Mestres, movies, Jackie Chan, Jaws 3 People 0, Flubber, Faber College, family vacation, Eddie Bracken, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, Delta House, 1979, 1990, 1990s, 1991, 1996 , 1997, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jim Belushi, John Hughes, vacation, Vacation '58, TV series, TV show, 101 Dalmatians, 1950s, Michael Eisner, Michelle Pfieffer, Mickey, Robin Williams, director , Disney, Hollywood Pictures, Home Alone, Harold Ramis, Mouse House, movie, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Studios, National Lampoon, National Lampoon's Animal House, National Lampoon's Vacation, motion picture

• "Defying Gravity" details Stephen Schwartz's sometimes difficult dealings with the Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill reviews Carol de Gieve's career biography of this Academy Award-winning songwriter, which features some great behind-the-scenes stories about the five Disney projects that Schwartz worked on Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: graduate school, Gregory Maguire, A Whole New World, softcover, Something's Coming, songwriter, Kevin Bannerman, Pippin, Aladdin, Alan Menken, Working, world premiere, Written in Stone, therapist, The Prince of Egypt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sir Tim Rice, September, Romeo, Romeo & Juliet, resume, reviews, rhyme, Radiator Springs, Pocahontas, Peter Schneider, musical, musical theater, musical theater fan, middling reviews, Matthew Wilder, long running hit, long running hits, Los Angeles, lyricist, lyrics, Juliet, hit, Geppetto, Godspell, Enchanted, Disneyana fan, Disney Feature Animation, David Zippel, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, Destiny, creative process, Colors of the Wind, career, Carol de Giere, book, Broadway, Broadway credits, Broadway musical, animated feature, Academy Award-nominee, Academy Award-winning, 1978, 1986, 1990s, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 , 2007, Tony, John Smith, trio, TV movie, Stephen Schwartz, Children of Eden, China, Michael Eisner, London, Disney, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Applause Books, Howard Ashman, Shirley Jones, show business , NYU, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Studios, West Side Story, Wicked, Native Americans

• Monday Mouse Watch : Mickey, Minnie ... and Michael ?!

  Jim Hill got an advance look at the list of honorees for this year's Disney Legends awards. And he predicts that at least one of this year's picks is going to tick off the fan community Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: CEO, The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse, Frank Wells, award, 1984, 2008, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Eisner, Burbank, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Studios, Disney Legend, Disney lot