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• Well, so much for that conspiracy theory ...

  Jim Hill shares a funny story about a domain name that the Walt Disney Company recently registered. Which led one reporter to believe that the WDW & Disneyland resorts were in some real trouble this Fall Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, ABC, Disneyland, promotion, Tom Staggs, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, television, Emmy Awards, WDW, promotional campaign, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, September, occupancy rate , domain name , attendance levels, occupancy rates, conspiracy theories, Thomas Staggs, National Stay At Home Week, domain names

• In just one week, the Con is on !

  Jim Hill reviews the programming for Comic-Con 2008 and then points out some panels & signings that Disneyana fans should probably seek out while they're down in San Diego Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, ABC, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, television, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, "Bolt", film, movie, Eric Goldberg, 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, TV show, feature film , Chris Sanders, "The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning", comic book, comic books , ABC reality series, "Up", "Prince of Persia"

• Remembering Suzanne Pleshette (1937 - 2008)

  Jim Hill looks back on the Disney-related portion of this Emmy nominated actress's career as well as commenting on the role that smoking may have played in her untimely demise Read More... Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Universal Studios, Walt Disney, ABC, Disneyland, Walt Disney Productions, television, Burbank, film, movie, TV show, Disneyana fans, condolences, Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette , Emily Hartley, Bob Hartley , "The Bob Newhart Show" , Dean Jones, 1966 , "The Ugly Dachshund" , 1968, "Blackbeard's Ghost" , 1975, "The Shaggy DA" , Roddy McDowell , 1967, "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin" , "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" , English language version, Hayao Miyazaki, "Spirited Away" , Tony Curtis , "40 Pounds of Trouble" , 1962 , Norman Jewison , Damon Runyon, "Little Miss Marker" , St. Joseph's Hospital , studio , Roy O Disney , Peter Ustinov , Disney lot, James Garner, Laura Hennessy , 2002 - 2005 , ABC sitcom, sitcom , "8 Simple Rules'', smoker, lung cancer, smoking-related illnesses , Emmy-nominated

• "Shrek the Halls" puts the fun back into dysfunctional family gatherings

  Jim Hill reviews this new holiday special from DreamWorks Animation, which debuts tonight on ABC at 8:00 p.m. EST Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, TV, DreamWorks, ABC, "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, television, Christmas, television program, TV show, "Tis the season" , holiday season , gingerbread man, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" , Gingy, holiday perennial, TV special, holiday special, Christmas special, Puss in Boots, Donkey, ogre, Shrek, "Shrek the Halls", Fiona, George Bailey, Zuzu's petals, Kleenex, The Island of Misfit Toys, Christmas present, Grinch, subversive, marshmallows, sweet potatoes, White Christmas, holiday guide, "Christmas for Village Idiots", family Christmas, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, dragon, decorations, triplets, holiday classic, waffle, Waffle Santa, jolly old elf, butter, syrup, Santa Claws, "Christmas ain't Christmas 'til someone cries", fart, fart joke, kazoo, Ogre Claus, Clement C Moore, Christmas goose, black lace, sheer black lace, chocolate kiss, harried holiday season, harried holiday, palate cleansed, dysfunctional family gathering, dysfunctional family, family gathering, The Gingerbread Man

• Tube Tuesday: Gary Trousdale tries to "Shrek the Halls" without first wrecking DreamWorks Animation's most important franchise

  Jim Hill chats with this WDAS vet about many of the ogre-sized challenges he faced while directing this new holiday special. Which airs tomorrow night on ABC Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, CG, Epcot, "Beauty & the Beast", "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, television, WDAS, Future World , Christmas, film, gags , film franchise, Happy Holidays, "Tis the season" , feature film , "Shrek Goes Fourth", ratings, color coordinated , Godzilla, midnight snack, chimney, cookie plate, cookie, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" , holiday season , gingerbread man, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" , Gingy, holiday perennial, dated , timeless , film parody, in-joke, Disney in-joke, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers , recording session, DreamWorks campus, character bits , TV special, holiday story , "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" , "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Best Picture nominee, Richard Purdum , 1980s, "Cranium Command", Kirk Wise, holiday special, Christmas special, Gary Trousdale, fairytale, Santa's workshop, The North Pole, Puss in Boots, Donkey, Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas, naughty list, Santa Claus, ogre, Shrek, "Shrek's First Christmas", "Shrek the Halls"

• "They'll Never Put That on the Air" reveals how to grow a hit television series

  Jim Hill reviews Allan Neuwirth's latest book. In which TV veterans talk about how they took shaky new shows and eventually turned them into smash hits like "M*A*S*H," "All in the Family" and "Seinfeld" Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: book, ABC, Michael Eisner, CBS, NBC, Fox, "Seinfeld", television, William S. Paley, Tom Moore, Swoosie Kurtz, Stephanie Lemelin, Sam Huntington, Orbit the Dog, Norman Lear, Nick Kroll, Martin Starger, Lucille Ball, Leonard Goldberg, Lee Pace, Larry Gelbart, Kristen Chenoweuth, Kaitlin Doubleday, Julie White, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Jackie Gleason, Glen Hanson, George Schlatter, Gene Reynolds, Fred Silverman, Emmy Awards, Ellen Greene, Dick Martin, Dan Rowan, Chi McBride, Carl Reiner, Brandon Tartikoff, Bill English, Barry Diller, Babe Paley, Anna Friel, Allan Neuwirth, "They'll Never Put That on the Air: An Oral History of Taboo-Breaking TV Comedy", "The Honeymooners", "Pushing Daisies", "Laugh-In", "Here's Lucy", "Gunsmoke", "Cavemen", "Bewitched", "All in the Family"

• Toon Tuesday: Will "Enchanted" 's health-conscious promotional campaign ultimately result in robust box office receipts for this new Walt Disney Pictures release?

  Jim Hill wonders: Can a feel-good movie actually be used to encourage healthier eating habits? For that seems to be a key component of the marketing plan that Disney has cooked up for its big Holiday 2007 release Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 25 Comments Filed under: movies, TV, ABC, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Pictures, promotion, "Enchanted", marketing, television, Nutrisoda, Kevin Lima, The Little Gym, McDonald's, Happy Meal, "Enchanted: The Video Game", "Dancing with the Stars", childhood obesity, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon

• Tube Thursday: How the Mouse missed out on "Monk"

  With Tony Shalhoub up for yet another Emmy on Sunday and the "Monk" season finale due to air on the USA Network tomorrow night, Jim Hill talks about how Touchstone Television originally developed this series as a starring vehicle for "Seinfeld" second banana Michael Richards Read More... Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: TV, ABC, USA Network, ABC Studios, "Monk", Tony Shalhoub, Andy Breckman, David Hoberman, Michael Richards, Touchstone Television, Mandeville Films, 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, "Seinfeld", "Ellen's Energy Adventure", "Redux Riding Hood", NBC Universal Television Group, Peter Sellers, "The Pink Panther", television, John Ritter, Henry Winkler, Jackie Lyons, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Danny Bonaduce, Judd Nelson, "The Michael Richards Show", Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Columbo", "Late Night with David Letterman", OCD, Bitty Schram