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When “Chicken Little” Took Flight: Disney’s First CGI Gamble and What Came Next
Episode 331
This week on Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor mark the 20th anniversary of Chicken Little — Disney’s first fully computer-anim…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Disney's Game Plan for Epic & The Raglan Road Story
Episode 556
Jim wraps up the story of Raglan Road and explains how one Irish pub helped inspire the full transformation of Pleasure Island into today’s Disney Sp…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Annual Pass Puzzle and How The Mummy Buried a Monster Movie Franchise
Episode 75
In this Halloween episode, Jim Hill and Eric Hersey dig up the spooky story of Universal’s Dark Universe - the ambitious attempt to build a monster-f…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Disney’s Hogwarts? Plus the Return of Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Episode 71
In this jam-packed episode of I Want That Too, Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey dive into Disney’s newest fantasy franchise in the making - and how “Impos…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Godzilla Invades Marvel (and DC!)
Season 2 Episode 3
In this monster-sized episode of Marvel Us Disney, Jim Hill and Dan Graney celebrate Halloween week by looking at the King of the Monsters’ surprisin…
7 months ago
How Disney’s “Pinocchio” Became the Studio’s Most Terrifying Classic
Episode 330
Jim Hill and Drew Taylor celebrate Halloween week by taking a deep dive into Disney’s darkest fairy tale — and the long, strange legacy of “Pinocchi…
7 months ago
Disney’s Numbers Are In: What the 2024 TEA Attendance Report Tells Us
Episode 555
This week, Jim Hill and Len Testa discuss Disney’s newest attraction update — Soarin’ Across America, debuting at EPCOT and Disney California Advent…
7 months ago
Manufacturing the Magic: Disney at the Fair
In the 25th installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid journey to Flushing Meadows. There, they shine a spotlight on the four at…
7 months ago
How a Budget Cut Created Back to the Future’s Lightning Strike Moment
Episode 74
Jim Hill and Eric Hersey celebrate Back to the Future Day by revealing how one of cinema’s most iconic moments, the lightning strike finale, was bor…
7 months ago
The Magic Behind Bedknobs and Broomsticks: How Disney’s Forgotten Fantasy Took Flight
Episode 70
This week, Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey dust off one of Disney’s most underappreciated classics, Bedknobs and Broomsticks. From its wartime origins an…
7 months ago