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Meet the Disney Legends pt 3

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Hello, and thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts and ideas.  Recently, I wrote about the Disney Legends, and was excited to note there is a special coming to Disney XD tomorrow at 8:30 pm.   (more…)

Meet the Disney Legends pt 2

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Hello, and thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts and ideas.  Recently, I wrote about the Disney Legends, and was excited to note there is a special coming to Disney XD on August 1, at 8:30 pm.  Sadly, the show is only slotted for  (more…)

Big Bands Update

Amazon is a great tool, isn’t it, my friends?  If you recall, earlier this month I wrote about Big Bands at Disneyland and lamented that the show is not currently available  (more…)

Thank you, Netflix

Not a long posting this time around, but I wanted to take a moment to appreciate Netflix for its steaming of several volumes of the Disney Silly Symphonies along some of the obscure, lesser known/released Disney titles such as Great Mouse Detective and The Reluctant Dragon.

As I have said from the beginning, my goal is a creation of a “Vault Disney Channel”, a la (more…)

News and Notes, This and That

Welcome, and thanks again for taking time my thoughts and ramblings.

Today, I have some housekeeping to address instead of dropping some general Disney knowledge.  As many of you have noticed, my postings have dropped from once a day to once every few days while I was on vacation. (more…)

Big Bands at Disneyland

Hello, and welcome back to my thoughts and ramblings.  Growing up, my favorite station on TV was The Disney Channel, if you haven’t figured that out by now.  Even at five, going on six, I loved being able to see anything about Disneyland in particular, especially as we got closer to a family vacation to Anaheim.  Any show would do.  Even, and especially, Big Bands at Disneyland.

The series, hosted by Peter Marshall, was filmed at (more…)

Welcome to Pooh Corner

One of the original shows of The Disney Channel, the first live action Winnie the Pooh show debuted the day the Disney Channel launched on April 18, 1983.  The show debuted at 7 am EST, making it the first program to air on The Disney Channel.

Disney Archivist Dave Smith described the show as performers in costumes and masks in storybook a settings.  The show used a technique described as “advanced puppetronics.”

The half hour time-blocked show would consist of (more…)

I Want My D-TV

Welcome back, and thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts.

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In 1984, a year after the premiere of The Disney Channel, D-TV was introduced as a five minute short between standard evening programming.  Playing off of MTV music videos, D-TV was a classic oldie song mixed with Disney animation. (more…)

Walt Disney Home Movies

Friday Night! Home Movie Night in front of the TV and VCR!  Uh…for those who don’t know:

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This is a VHS.  But I digress.  It’s movie night!  Before Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, it was a trip to the mom and pop shop to rent a movie,  and you were really never sure what you would get. (more…)