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• Remembering Harriet Burns (1928 - 2008)

  JHM contributor Todd James Pierce reflects on the life & career of this Disney Legend reviews Read More... Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park , California, Anaheim, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood, park, Los Angeles , New York , theme park attraction, the Walt Disney Company , Dallas, WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , San Antonio, Harriet Burns , WED , Texas , 1950s, 1953, props, set designer , Colgate Comedy Hour, TV , Disney Studios , Mickey Mouse Club, Fred Joerger, sets , models, WED Model Shop, attractions, Walt Disney, 1959, conceptual model, Matterhorn, Walt Disney Company , National Geographic , Vic Green, Submarine Voyage, mermaids, Enchanted Tiki Room , Pirates of the Caribbean, audio-animatronics, the Haunted Mansion, Freedomland, X Atencio, Blaine Gibson, Don Edgren, Bob Gurr, Bill Martin, Bible Storyland , Los Angeles County, Nat Winecoff, Bill Zeckendorf, 1960s, Six Flags Over Texas , Wathel Rogers

• Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part I

  JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce kicks off a brand-new series for JHM. Which discusses that 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build right in the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disneyana fans , Disney’s California Adventure , Michael Eisner, theme park , California, WESTCOT , Anaheim, Port Disney , Long Beach , Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios , Disneyland, MCA , Universal City-Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World, outdoor amusement industry , May , 1985, Hollywood, Disney-MGM Studio Tour, park, Disney park, Universal park, guests, film properties, MGM, UA , 20th Century Fox, The Wizard of Oz, Tarzan the Ape Man , Alien , Orlando Sentinel , MCA executives, governor, Florida Governor Bob Graham, Bob Graham, state , state pension fund , Universal theme park , low-interest loan , Universal City , political muscle , MCA President Sid Sheinberg, president, Sid Sheinberg, ravenous rat, Universal project , investment offer, March, 1986 , grand opening , King Kong attraction, King Kong, December , Universal Studios – Florida, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney officials , convention, greater Orlando , strategic move , Disney’s territory, secret negotiations , City of Burbank, California theme park, Burbank City officials , Disney organization , Town Center mall, Robinson’s, phone conversations, January, Eisner , Burbank officials, lunch, executive dining room, Burbank Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard , Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard, Mary Lou Howard, Town Center , Property, napkins, tablecloth, Universal Studios Tour , the industry, payback , studio-based theme park