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OK, I’m actually at work so I can’t linger but I’ll bet that when you woke up this morning you didn’t think your day would involve seeing a 1977 Bollywood musical that was filmed guerrilla-style at Walt Disney World. I mean, I always hope my day will wind up that way but it never does. Except for today. There’s even something in there for you Magic Mountain fans…

It just goes to show ya, anything can happen in the movies. Care to take odds on anyone getting away with something like this today?

Thanks to BoingBoing…

There’s a question that I’ve seen pop up often over the years in the search results by which people are redirected to this site. With all the hubbub leading up to yesterday’s return of Captain EO to Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, I’ve seen a new explosion of people asking this question:

What does Captain “EO” stand for?

I’m assuming they mean as an abbreviation, not what does he stand for philosophically. Because you do not want to know.

Anyway, to answer that question I’ll quote myself – a citation from my old, old, old original Disney website, WEBCOT:

The name ‘Captain EO’ comes from Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn. Yes, Imagineers sometimes take drugs.

So there you go. Officially, EO doesn’t stand for anything. Not even Earl Owensby. It’s just a shout-out to all those ancient Greeks who happen to be Jacko fans.

And now, because it’s apropos, I repost this video:

While I’m no EO fan, doesn’t the fact that we’re still saddled with Honey, I Shrunk the Audience seem like another instance of Walt Disney World getting a swift kick to the batch while Disneyland points and laughs? Let’s see how John Lasseter would like it if he could only ever see Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management in perpetuity.

I’ll keep reminding myself – we have the WEDway, we have the WEDway…

Sometime in the pre-dawn hours, Apple saw fit to approve the ProgCast so you can now download and subscribe through iTunes here. You can also search for us in the podcast directory in iTunes itself.

Needless to say, we’d appreciate it if everyone goes to iTunes to subscribe and comment even if you’ve already heard the first episode. Hopefully, we’ll have the followup ready to go soon…

Thanks for the comments and support so far. The Progress City audience is the greatest audience in the woooorrrrldddd!

…It’s here.

At long last, the inaugural episode of the Progress City Radio Hour has arrived. We’re still working on technical matters, and it’ll take a while to show up in iTunes, but for now – enjoy!

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With all the stress of the modern world, why not instead take a trip to our happy place?

Now this is what I call a Vacation Kingdom:

Wow. Just try getting that song out of your head. I guarantee that for the rest of your life when you heard someone mention River Country you’ll say “it’s a whoop, it’s a holler!” Just try not to.

Oh, poor River Country. How much fun it looks! Even with all the upsetting 70s batch. Also, how jarring is it to see these old promotional films where they show normal people instead of actors from micro-targeted demographics?

Whoop! Holler!