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Going To Kansas City?

I got a press release today about an event this Friday, January 15th, in Kansas City that every Disney fan in the area should attend. I certainly wish that I could make it!

Local group Thank You, Walt Disney is holding a fundraising event and special premiere screening of Ted Thomas’s documentary Walt and El […]

Roy

Roy Disney, smiling in Honolulu after completing the 43rd Transpacific Yacht Race on July 24, 2005. Disney and his crew aboard the Pyewacket finished second in the race. (AP Photo)

What’s weird is that I was thinking about Roy E. Disney just this morning.

I don’t remember why; my Disney-related reveries while I should be […]

1930-2009

I read the news today, oh boy.

More on this tonight, but Roy… you’ll be missed terribly.

UPDATE: The official statement from The Walt Disney Company.

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Hitting The Links In Progress City

Rendering of golf cart for Progress City (EPCOT) by George McGinnis

Those of you who saw my birthday tribute to Imagineer George McGinnis will recall that his first job for Disney was to design transportation systems for Walt’s Progress City model. This model, which served as the grand finale for the original Carousel of Progress […]

Curse Me Kilts! Happy Birthday, Alan!

This might seem totally random, but stick with me. Today is actor Alan Young’s birthday, and while most notices will probably dwell upon his best-known turn in the 1960s television classic Mr. Ed, Disney fans who might not know him by sight will definitely know him by sound.

After a long career in film […]