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Well, not exactly. I know that we here at the ProgressDrome can be a little hard on Disney’s output these days. Too often are their televised specials shallow, full of awkward forced synergy, and generally unentertaining and devoid of Disney-related content. I know, I know – we can be really picky. But despite how great […] Ah, the good old days. This is an ad for the then-fairly-new Disney Channel from the fall of 1984. Youngsters who missed those heady days might be shocked that there’s material aimed at an audience older than seven years old. Crazy, I know! Gather ’round The Disney Channel It’s going to tickle your family’s […] One day more… Tomorrow marks the end of an era, when Mickey’s Toontown Fair closes in Orlando. Twenty-two years after its opening as a “temporary” area, Mickey’s Birthdayland, the cobbled-together land will face the bulldozer in preparation for the Fantasyland expansion. Mickey’s Birthdayland debuted to celebrate the Mouse’s 60th birthday in 1988. Pieced […] Turner Classic Movies continues its weird relationship with Disney, and its de facto role as Disney Channel in exile, with a recently-announced Boxing Day marathon of Disney live-action films. The films will play from 6:30 AM until midnight on December 26th, hosted by TCM regular Ben Mankiewicz and Rebecca Cline, Director of the Walt Disney […] When veteran actor Leslie Nielsen passed away last weekend, most tributes focused on his later career in a series of spoofs and slapstick comedies. Some mentioned his earlier career as a dramatic actor and leading man, but none that I saw covered his connection to Walt Disney. My first thought upon hearing the news […] |
 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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