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• Wednesdays with Wade: Disneylanders look back at the birth of their park

  JHM favorite Wade Sampson has a real winner this week, folks. He's got members of "Club 55" talking about what it was like to work at Disneyland in the Summer of '55. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Winter Draws On: Disney's Gremlins and the Walt Kelly Myth

  We're starting a new tradition here at JHM today: "Wednesdays with Wade." And what better way is there to get this tradition started than with a brand new Sampson story. This one is about a legendary aborted project at Walt Disney Studios. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Disney goes to the Rose Parade

  Just in time for tomorrow's Tournament of Roses Parade, Wade Sampson looks back on the Walt Disney Company's participation in this Pasadena tradition. Read More... Posted Friday, December 31, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• In praise of Ron Miller

  Wade Sampson returns with an article that asks us to take another look at Disney's former CEO & all he accomplished before Eisner gave him the boot. Read More... Posted Monday, July 26, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Looking back at December 1966 & Walt Disney's passing

  Wade Sampson returns with a thoughtful new column which looks back at Walt Disney's death in real time. This piece includes Roy Disney's seldom seen tribute to his late brother. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Search of Dumbo's Mother: Helen Aberson Mayer

  Hey, JHM fans! Wade Sampson needs your help. Do any of you have any information about Ms. Mayer, the woman who was credited as being the co-originator of the idea for this 1941 Walt Disney Studios release? Read More... Posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Walt Disney and the 1960 Olympic Games

  What better way is there to cool off on a hot summer day than to look on that long ago February when Walt Disney rode herd on the festivities for the 1960 Winter Olympics? Wade Sampson fills us in on all the details. Read More... Posted Monday, June 14, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Remembering Ronald Reagan and the World of Disney

  In honor of our "National Day of Mourning," Wade Sampson looks back at the 40th President of the United States and his unique ties to the Walt Disney Company. Read More... Posted Friday, June 11, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Another look back at the 1941 Disney Studio strike

  Wade Sampson returns with another article about this pivotal moment in Disney Company history. Which uses an old "Screen Actor Magazine" article to look back this event in real time. Read More... Posted Monday, June 07, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Forgotten Disney Legends: Jack Bradbury

  Wade Sampson takes a moment to honor the memory of a recently deceased member of the Disney team, Jack Bradbury. Read More... Posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• In his own words: Herb Sorrell and the Disney Strike

  Given that June is the 54th anniversary of the infamous Disney Studios of 1941, Wade Sampson thought he might serve up a JHM column about one of the most colorful & controversial figures in that fracas: union leader Herb Sorrell. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• The Myth of Mickey Rooney & Mickey Mouse

  And -- while we're at it -- why don't we annoy all of the Mickey Rooney fans as well? Wade Sampson returns with a column that punches some rather large holes in a story that the veteran cinema star loves to tell. How Mickey supposedly inspired Walt Disney to change the name of his newest character, Mortimer Mouse. Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Forgotten Disney Legends: Ferdinand Horvath

  Everyone knows about Disney's "Nine Old Men." But -- over the past seven decades -- hundreds of talented artists have made significant contributions to Walt Disney Studios releases. Today, Wade Sampson shines a spotlight on one the lesser known major talents to ever work to the Mouse: Ferdinand Horvath. Read More... Posted Monday, May 24, 2004 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Finding Mickey Mouse at Disney World

  As a special weekend treat for JimHillMedia.com readers, Wade Sampson shares a special gift from JHM's old pal, Jim Korkis. Which is the ultimate Mouse scavenger hunt for Florida-bound Disneyana fans. Read More... Posted Friday, May 14, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney

• Those characters are DECIDEDLY not on model

  Wade Sampson gets scandalous with an article about one of the more infamous pieces of Disney-related artwork ever created, yet rarely seen: The "Disneyland Memorial Orgy" cartoon. Decidely not for children. Read More... Posted Monday, May 10, 2004 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney