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• Wednesdays with Wade: Another Walt-based urban myth

  Wade Sampson debunks a story that's often told in North Carolina. About how Walt Disney supposed spent time working in Asheville, N.C. in the early 1920s before heading off to Hollywood to seek his fame & fortune Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Ward Kimball -- The First Escapader?

  Wade Sampson really dug down deep through his pile of vintage press clippings in order to unearth this classic interview with a Disney Legend Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Walt's People, Volume II

  Want to start off the new year by reading a great new Disney-related book? Then Wade Sampson suggests that you pick up a copy of this new paperback which features 16 interviews with notable Disney artists Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Christmas at Disneyland

  Wade Sampson invites you to join Timmie and Taffy for a holiday trip (circa 1956) to the "Happiest Place on Earth" Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Walt's Christmas Story

  Wade Sampson shares a highlight of this year's JHM Christmas Party. Which was Jim Korkis telling the story of the Christmas that literally changed Walt Disney's life Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: The Disney Treasures that never were

  Wade Sampson has some suggestions for film historian Leonard Maltin about what he might want to pull out of the Disney Studios vault the next time Leonard preps another set of "Walt Disney Treasures" DVDs Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 14, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Walt Disney Recognition Day

  Wade Sampson looks back at the time that Ronald Reagan issued a presidential proclaimation to honor Walt Disney Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Walt and the Indians

  As November draws to a close, Wade Sampson talks up National American Indian Heritage month. He also reveals the many ways the Walt Disney Company has tried to pay tribute to Native American culture over the past 80 years Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Disney without Walt

  Wade Sampson is back with a transcript of an interview with Walt Disney from 1966, where the old Mousetro talks about what he thinks will happen to Walt Disney Productions after his death. Plus another plug for next Saturday's JHM Christmas Party Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Did the NAACP kill "Song of the South"?

  Wade Sampson takes a close look at a little-known aspect of the history of this still controversial Disney Studio production: The time when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People actually picketed this motion picture Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Little Disney mysteries solved

  With today's column, Wade Sampson shines a spotlight on a lot of odd little tidbits that relate to Disney Company history. Take -- for example -- which character from "Fantasia" was supposed to appear in his own series of animated shorts? Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: The Disney - Clampett connection

  Wade Sampson is back with a tale about the many ties that bound master animator Bob Clampett to the old Mousetro himself, Walt Disney Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Future Disney Legends

  Wade Sampson offers up two past Disney employees as possible nominees for this most prestigious award. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: Remembering Rush Johnson

  Wade Sampson pays tribute to Walt Disney's boyhood friend as well as talking about the Marceline project. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Wednesdays with Wade: What really happened to Freddy Moore

  For decades now, stories have swirled around about how this Disney Legend supposedly died. Wade Sampson now debunks the urban legends and reveals the sad truth about Mr. Moore's unfortunate passing. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney