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Seeking your help….

Hello folks, it’s Beacon Joe here again. First off, I’d like to thank everyone for listening and commenting on the podcast, and hope you all enjoy it. The reason I’m writing is to obtain a little information on a ditty Michael and I overheard at the D23 convention last September.

We had the pleasure […]

Pretty Middle Manager

A couple of days ago, as you might recall, we took a look at Dick Nunis’s bright idea for managerial fashion at Walt Disney World in 1991:

Fashion!

Well, that very day, sharp-eyed Progress Citizen and real-world chum Kate pointed out the following, which nearly killed me. Above you see fashion from Walt Disney World […]

The Scriptorium – The Muppet Man

I first heard about The Muppet Man last December when it received a great deal of publicity due to its appearance at the top of the fabled “Black List.” The list, which has become something of a big deal, is an annual ranking of that year’s best unproduced scripts circulating around Hollywood. Making the list […]

Around The World In Eighty Mehs

A saw a story yesterday that made me realize that there have been a lot of little bits and pieces of news trickling out lately about new attractions that are coming to some of the less-covered Disney parks overseas. These developments don’t tend to get the coverage that new American attractions receive, so I thought […]

Talkin’ Bout Studios

About a week ago, Matt Hochberg at the Studios Central site posted a thoughtful counterpoint to my “top ten” article about fixing the Hollywood Studios park. It’s understandable that our viewpoints differ on the matter of the Studios; obviously I have a number of significant problems with the way the park has developed, while Matt […]