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By Michael - April 20th, 2026
At the end of last month, I started uploading daily videos to my long-dormant YouTube channel, Progress City Public TV. These are random clips and ephemera from decades of collecting – from long-ago TV specials to rare content from the early days of the Disney Channel. Maybe even the occasional really terrible home video […]
By Michael - February 19th, 2013 Here, for a little diversion, is a special that aired on the syndicated “Wonderful World of Disney” show back in 1986 (although it aired in my market in early January, 1987). It’s Donald Takes A Holiday, a compilation of vacation-themed Donald shorts with a new narration tying them together. There’s no particular historical significance here; […]
By Michael - March 15th, 2012
We’ve spoken about the Disney studio’s recent trip to Mars as well as Bob Clampett’s (non-Disney) attempt to animate the series of Edgar Rice Burroughs stories in 1936. But in 1957 Disney himself took a brief trip to Barsoom via Mars and Beyond, the beloved episode of the Disneyland television series directed by Disney […]
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The Progress City Primer
 From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.
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