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Blog Post: "Disney U" features many informative & hilarious stories about how things really work behind-the-scenes at the Mouse House

Jim Hill

Did you need a distraction from all of the sad news coming out of Boston tonight? I know that I do. Which is why -- rather than watch that footage of the explosion at the marathon's line yet again -- I picked up a copy of Doug Lipp 's terrific tome, " Disney U: How Disney University develops...

on15 Apr 2013
Blog Post: When it comes to D23's Fanniversary events, it's all about making those connections

Jim Hill

So what does it actually take for D23 to pull together those Fanniversary events that they've been presenting around the country for the past few weeks? According to Jeffrey Epstein, spokesman for the Official Disney Fan Club, it takes a solid six months of behind-the-scenes effort to produce each...

on13 Mar 2013
Blog Post: Theme Park University website now offering insights about how the themed entertainment industry actually works

Jim Hill

The Internet is really a wondrous place. Especially if you're a young person who's considering a career in animation. If you've ever considered becoming a character designer someday, you can always swing by Tom Bancroft 's Character Mentor Studio or Stephen Silver's blog and then...

on3 Mar 2013
Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Jim Hill

For three weeks now, photos of a mysterious bankers box have been making the rounds on the Web. Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof reportedly deliberately put these images out there to help whet people's appetites for " Tomorrowland ," the sci-fi -themed project that these two wrote which is...

on7 Feb 2013
Blog Post: The "UFOs are real" documentary that Walt Disney Studios almost made

Jim Hill

I have long been a fan & supporter of Didier Ghez 's "Walt 's People" books , that series of paperbacks which collects amazing interviews with Disney Legends. But with Volume 11 of this series, Ghez has truly out-done himself. This 630-page book features 36 separate interviews which...

on5 Mar 2012
Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Jim Hill

I have to admit that It's been kind of amusing to watch the reaction (both here and elsewhere around the Web) that Tuesday's "What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy" story has been getting. With all sorts of would-be Disney scholars...

on26 Jan 2012
Blog Post: What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy?

Jim Hill

You're going to read a lot today about how - by revising their long-standing policy on facial hair - Disney Parks and Resorts is now turning its back on nearly 60 years of tradition. Which isn't entirely true. I mean, if Walt Disney himself really insisted that no one with a beard or a mustache...

on24 Jan 2012
Blog Post: Great advice & flying Twinkies rain down in Don Hahn's "Brain Storm: Unleashing Your Creative Self"

Jim Hill

Welcome to June. That time of year when many of us struggle to find the perfect graduation present. That thoughtful, well-chosen item which will then make an impression on the newly capped-and-gowned. Luckily, Disney Editions has - just yesterday, in fact - released a book that (I think, anyway) will...

on31 May 2011
Blog Post: "Disneyland Through the Decades" offers a different take on this theme park's fabled history

Jim Hill

When so much has already been written about Disneyland , how would you then go about putting together a brand-new book about the Happiest Place on Earth? That was the challenge that Jeff Kurtti faced when the folks at Disney Editions approached him last year about possibly putting together a new hardcover...

on21 Jul 2010
Blog Post: How Disney conjured up a live-action version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

Jim Hill

The tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Walt Disney Company have been intertwined ever since Walt Disney invited famed conductor Leopold Stokowski to come join him for dinner at Chasen's . Which is where the old Mousetro supposedly asked the Maestro if he'd be interested in working with Disney...

on7 Jul 2010

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Blog Post: "Disney U" features many informative & hilarious stories about how things really work behind-the-scenes at the Mouse House

Blog Post: When it comes to D23's Fanniversary events, it's all about making those connections

Blog Post: Theme Park University website now offering insights about how the themed entertainment industry actually works

Blog Post: Is Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" movie about that "UFOs are real" TV show which Walt Disney Productions almost made back in the 1950s?

Blog Post: The "UFOs are real" documentary that Walt Disney Studios almost made

Blog Post: "Be Our Guest" features an unvarnished take on Disney Company history

Blog Post: What's really behind the sudden change in Disney Parks & Resorts' facial hair policy?

Blog Post: Great advice & flying Twinkies rain down in Don Hahn's "Brain Storm: Unleashing Your Creative Self"

Blog Post: "Disneyland Through the Decades" offers a different take on this theme park's fabled history

Blog Post: How Disney conjured up a live-action version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"