JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIAN #2
One Disney Historian's Journey JournalBy Paul F. AndersonINTRODUCTION To those that are still following this, you may recall back in November I posted the first "Journal of a Disney Historian" (Entry #1). It was supposed to be an attempt by me to answer questions and...
WALT DISNEY & THE E.P. RIPLEY Part Two
WALT DISNEY'S RIDE AROUND DISNEYLANDI got such a strong response to the Fun Foto piece I put up two weeks ago (FUN FOTO-E.P. Ripley and Walt), that I decided to add some photos from the rest of the day (as many emails had requested). So below are eight more...
THE INNER WORKINGS-The Backside of…Rocks
THE INNER WORKINGS OF DISNEYMine Train Through Nature's Wonderlandor "The Back Side of Rocks"by Paul F. AndersonWelcome to a new feature here at the Institute. In keeping with my original mission statement for DHI of presenting Disney historical items that can not be...
DHI UPDATE: Power Issues
I was only able to save the one essay on Joyce Hall, so I'm working from scratch to put back together the other essays that were supposed to go up last week. So watch for a flurry of posts in the next few days, including a fairly lengthy Journal of a Disney Historian.
DHI UPDATE: Joyce Hall & Walt Disney
If you have read below about the power issues the Institute has suffered from this last week, you know I had scheduled posts ready to go. I have been able to save two of them, and posted the first. Oddly, it still appears as if being listed on Tuesday, March 16th. As...
SUNDAY FUNNIES-A Decidedly Disney Hook
THE SUNDAY FUNNIESIn the years I have collected non-Disney cartoons that make reference to Disney, The Far Side simply leads the way. Gary Larson is an astute observer of the media and popular culture, and the sheer number of cartoons he has devoted to Disney mirrors...
DHI UPDATE: Power Issues
My apologies for the lack of posts and essays this last week. Apparently the Gremlins that I am studying for the Disney and the War book got into the DHI electrical system. Items were scheduled to go up, but there was a utilities issue here at DHI (even our Disney...
WALT’S PEOPLE-Joyce C. Hall
WALT'S PEOPLE-Joyce C. Hallby Paul F. AndersonJoyce C. Hall founder of Hallmark Cards became one of the first licensees for Walt Disney. Both had very similar childhoods, each spending their childhood in poverty, and in the Midwest (Hall in Nebraska, Disney in...
WALT DISNEY QUOTE-Humor
"Childishness? I think it's the equivalent of never using your sense of humor. I mean there's a certain something that you retain. It's the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can't laugh at others."
SUNDAY FUNNIES-Mary Poppins Goes To D.C.
THE SUNDAY FUNNIESWelcome to this offhand homage to the Sherman Brothers wonderful score to Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). From the Presidential campaign of 1992 when independent H. Ross Perot entered the race. The political strip from August of 1992 was...
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