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Jeff Lange's not kidding around when he shares some of the shots that he took at the 2006 Licensing Show. Be warned. All of you Marvel Comics and/or Three Stooges fans out there may be in for a shock...

As Jeff Lange continues his tribute to the great Disney villains, he offers up some concept drawings of the dark ride that the Imagineers had originally wanted to install at Disneyland-Paris....

Floyd Norman shares a great in-joke from "Cars" as well as talking up the new optimistic atmosphere that he's been encountering while wandering the corridors of Disney Feature Animation...

While prowling around the new super-sized version of Mouse Surplus, Jeff Lange comes across a box filled with old acetates & film strips that the Imagineers actually used to achieve various effects inside of Epcot Center's "Horizons" pavilion. He now shares those images with JHM readers...

Animation legend Floyd Norman is back with another installment of his "Jungle Book" series. This time around, Floyd talks about how master animator Milton Kahl lost one choice assignment on this film ... only to quickly gain another...

Picking up where Tuesday's photo essay left off, Jeff Lange takes a drive around to the other side of Hourglass Lake to give JHM readers a sense of how much work has yet to be done...

Jeff Lange continues his fond look back at Walt Disney World's 20th anniversary celebration. In today's installment, Jeff shares images of the studio theme park's street show that hyped ABC's newest sitcom...

Jeff Lange shares some of his pictures that he took at this year's edition of "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party." Where some guests showed Disney how the Hitchhiking Ghosts should really look...

In the first installment of this new two-part series, Disney Legend Floyd Norman describes what it was like to visit the set of this 1961 David Swift film...

Jeff Lange's back with yet another WDW-based photo essay. This time around, Jeff shares some of the shots that he took of this year's "Boo-to-You" Halloween Parade...

Jeff Lange returns with another Disney theme park related photo essay. This time around, Jeff examines the exteriors of Disneyland & WDW's Haunted Mansions...

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey wasn't quite sure what she was getting herself into when this Spanish-French actress first went in to audition for " Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved "I did that audition in Paris. And the only information I had to go on was this one short scene from the movie and the name of my character, Syrena," Astrid recalled. "But since the name 'Serena' means 'mermaid'...

Animation legend Floyd Norman now concludes his four-part series on "The Jungle Book." This time around, Floyd talks about working with Sterling Holloway on the character of Kaa. Plus Walt's interesting asessment of the boys from Liverpool...

As a special holiday treat, Floyd Norman takes us back to the Disney lot in the early 1960s. Where we then get to listen in as Walt Disney films his intros for "Walt Disney Presents"...

Nancy Stadler shares some of the photographs that she took last night at NYC's Roseland Ballroom. As the cast of Disney Theatrical's latest production arrived for that show's opening night celebration...

Jeff Lange begins a two-part photo essay about Roger Rabbit, who was once one of the most visible characters at the Disney theme parks. Only to virtually drop from sight by the time the 1990s ended...

Animation legend Floyd Norman is back with another installment of his new series about the production of "The Jungle Book." This time around, Floyd talks about how Walt Disney almost cut "The Bare Necessities" out of the movie...

Want to get a sneak peek at what may be the next big thing from Disney Consumer Products? Then Jeff Lange suggests that you fly on out to the Disneyland Resort next weekend to attend the "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg" signing & product release....

Animation legend Floyd Norman kicks off a brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In his first installment, Floyd talks about this project's very humble origins. Back when "The Sequel" was just supposed to be a direct-to-video release...

In the final installment of his two part photo essay, Jeff Lange shares the rest of the shots that he took while visiting Disney-MGM's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" walk-through attraction...

Jeff Lange's back with another exciting photo essay. This time around, Jeff shares some shots that he recently took of the uncompleted half of this WDW resort. Which is soon slated to become Disney World's first all-suite hotel...

Animation legend Floyd Norman starts a brand-new series for JHM which chronicles the creation of the last feature-length animated film that Walt would work on. In today's installment, Floyd talks about his initial promotion to the Story department...

It's Christmas in July as Ron Schneider recalls the shocking experience that he had back in December of 1982 while shooting a sequence for "Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade" special ...

Jeff Lange now concludes his photo essay on Roger Rabbit by offering up an explanation as to why this character doesn't many appearances in the parks these days...

While wandering around Mouse Surplus' new warehouse, Jeff Lange comes across an early Epcot map. Which reminds him of the African pavilion that was supposed to open to the public in late 1983, but ultimately got tripped up by budget problems & politics...