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• Tune Tuesday : "Hello, WALL-E! Well, Hello, WALL-E ..."

  Forget about Pixar's latest production. Jim Hill talks about the many other ways that Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning musical has popped up at the Mouse House Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: movies, Pixar, musical, Imagineering, CG, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, 20th Century Fox, Magic Kingdom, James Bond, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, The Magic Kingdom, New York City, Main Street U.S.A., Eddie Sotto, Euro Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, television, The Haunted Mansion, Rotten Tomatoes, Tony Award winner, WDI, WDW, Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, film, movie, 2008, 1970s , opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Disneyana fans, Main Street USA, Tony Award, Andrew Stanton, Tony Award-winner , CG feature, 1970 , Imagineers, Disney Pixar , Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E, New York, domestic release, 1969, Jerry Herman, showtunes , futuristic fable , Put on Your Sunday Clothes, It Only Takes a Moment, CHUD, robot, Elegance , Before the Parade Passes By , area music , E.J. Peaker , Disneyland Showtime , The Wonderful World of Disney , Donny Osmond, Merrill Osmond , introduction, Miss Molloy, dress shop , Minnie Fay , movie star, Love Bug Parade , Condorman, spoof , 1981, Woody Wilkins , Michael Crawford , Barbara Carrera , Cornelius Hackl , original Broadway production, Phantom of the Opera, Dolly Levi , extras , senior Vice President of Creative Development , Tony Baxter , turn-of-the-century , Gene Kelly , Barbara Streisand , price tag , Hello

• 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, Noah Cyrus, 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 , West High Knights, ABC sitcom, sitcom , Virginia Davis, smoker, lung cancer, smoking-related illnesses , Emmy-nominated

• Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

  Jim Hill shares the latest news about "Shrek the Musical," which should open on Broadway just in time for the holidays. He also talks up a special promotional appearance that John Tartaglia will be making at NYC's World of Disney this Saturday & Sunday Read More... Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: theater, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, promotion, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek the Third, DreamWorks Animation, Playhouse Disney, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Shrek 2, television, Tony Award winner, NYC, 5th Avenue, World of Disney, Broadway musical, 2008, television program, Disneyana fans, Shrek Goes Fourth, holiday special, ogre, Shrek, Shrek the Halls, Pinocchio, Tony Award, Broadway production, theme park attraction, animated features, Big Green Ogre , Great White Way, Jeanine Tesori , Tony-nominated , Thoroughly Modern Millie , Caroline or Change , Mulan II , Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch, The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning, William Steig , Oscar-winning , playwright , David Lindsay-Abaire , Jason Moore , Avenue Q , Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater , Palace Theater, Tony Award-winner , Tony nominee, Christopher Sieber , Lord Farquaad , Johnny and the Sprites , John Tartaglia , puppet pal, Root, Saturday , Sunday, Johnny and The Sprites Live – A Spofulous Broadway Concert, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids , fundraiser, Town Hall , family-friendly event , meet-n-greet , concert , autographs, pictures, www.broadwaycares.org

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is there really such a thing as putting too much Walt into a Disney theme park?

  Jim Hill offers a different take on the upcoming DCA redo. Where the proposed revamp of this theme park has more to do with appeasing specific market segments than it has to do with making California Adventure better Read More... Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, attraction, Imagineering, Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Pixar Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, Main Street U.S.A., television, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyana, Hollywood, WDI, Southern California, Imagineer, DCA, dark ride, tourists, theme park fans, nostalgia, 1923, Disneyana fans, tribute, tributes, critic, critics, vocal critics, too much Walt, window dressing, Walt-centric, per-square-foot sales ratio, retail corridor, annual passholders, Main Street USA, 2001, entrance area, girl-friendly, 5-to-8-year-old girls, Golden Dreams, The Indiana Jones Adventure, GM Test Track, Radiator Springs Racers, Cars Land, Jeff Hornaday, E-Ticket, corporate symbol, Colonel Sanders, Frank Finlay, The Disneyland Resort, Generation X, Generation Y, Disneyphiles, Disneyphile, guest, guests, pie-eyed Mickey, The Partners statue, Partners statue, attractions, shows, rides, Ol' Mousetro, ride, show