by Todd James Pierce | Jul 18, 2013
Beyond Lincoln: Walt’s Vision for Animatronics in 1965by Todd James Pierce In 1964, Walt Disney premiered the first human Audio-Animatronic figure, Abe Lincoln, at the New York World’s Fair. The following year, Disney built an updated figure—the Lincoln...
by Todd James Pierce | Jul 7, 2013 |
The Lone Ranger and Disneylandby Todd James PierceAs I bopped around the web this morning, I noticed a half-dozen Disney sites all exploring the same question: with the new Lone Ranger movie schlepping its way into multiplexes, should a costumed Lone Ranger Hi-Ho his...
by Todd James Pierce | Jul 6, 2013 |
Disneyland Voce 1955 by Todd James Pierce <<<< Note: More Disneyland 1955 photos on our Facebook Group Page. >>> This is a video I’ve wanted to dish for years–a video that contextualizes Disneyland within the political and cultural events of...
by Todd James Pierce | Jun 8, 2013 |
Undeveloped Land (in Black) Controlled by Disney in 1960 Walt Disney and “California Living” The Original Second Gate in Anaheimby Todd James Pierce One month before his death in 2010, a gaunt, slightly stooped economist named Buzz Price took the stage at...
by Todd James Pierce | May 6, 2013 |
Press Conference for the Florida Project – Nov. 15, 1965 Walt Disney and Riverfront SquarePart 10 – LegaciesBy Todd James Pierce –> During Walt’s life, there was a saying around studio hallways: no Disney project truly dies; it simply...
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