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Blog Post:
Why For were Tweedle Dum & Tweedle Dee banned from the Disney theme parks?
Jim Hill
Jeannine B. writes in to say: I have a friend who worked in the Character Department at the Magic Kingdom back in the 1980s. She has lots of great stories about what it was like to be a member of the Zoo Crew back then. But one of the stranger ones that my friend tells is about when Michael Eisner wouldn't...
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28 Oct 2011
Blog Post:
Tube Thursday: Why "CSI" doesn't air on ABC
Jim Hill
Given that CSI kicks off its 11 th season on CBS tonight and given that Michael Eisner's new book, "Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed," was released to stores earlier this month, it's almost inevitable that some entertainment reporter out there is going to connect the...
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23 Sep 2010
Blog Post:
Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part 3
Todd James Pierce
Picking up where we left off yesterday ... Despite the two MCA lawsuits, Disney continued to develop plans for the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot in Burbank . At the helm of the Disney project were two Imagineers: a young Joe Rohde (then 32-years-old) and Rick Rothschild . Their mission was to seamlessly...
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29 May 2008
Blog Post:
Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part 2
Todd James Pierce
Picking up where we left off yesterday ... During the first five months of 1987, Burbank city officials worked toward an agreement with Disney to build a theme-park-slash-shopping-center in their downtown district. At issue was the money: Disney wanted to buy the land for next to nothing. Disney also...
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28 May 2008
Blog Post:
Disney honors its own at the 2007 Legends induction ceremony
Jim Hill
In a town that's known for its glitz & glamor (as well as for giving out far too many awards to people who really don't deserve recognition), the Disney Legends is a really nice change of pace. Photo by Brian Gaughan Held three weeks ago today, this year's induction ceremony was such a low key, classy...
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31 Oct 2007