Book Review: Designing Disney by John Hench
Designing Disneyby John Hench is one of my favorite books in my personal library. The book is divided into four main areas: the [...]
Daily Figment 09 Disney, Eisner and Lasseter
I have been thinking a lot (maybe too much) about Eisner lately. I guess this has been spurred on by everyone’s unbridled love [...]
Daily Figment 08 – Orson Scott Card & Ratatouille
In keeping with yesterday’s theme of a prominent writer defending Disney (albeit in 1958), I thought I would post something a little more [...]
Daily Figment 06 – Live Internet Broadcast
Michael, the owner of Explore The Magic, is hosting a live call-in show on Wednesday, July 11 at 9:00pm (EST). I will be [...]
Meet Our Neighbor! (Unless you can think of a better title)
The Disney Geeks are proud to present a new addition to our regularly scheduled blog posts: Meet Our Neighbor! We have spent months [...]
Daily Figment 05
One of our first ideas for Main Street was a corset shop called ‘The Wizard of Bras.’ For some reason, Walt didn’t like [...]
Hat Tip
A Hat Tip to Kitty-Chan over at Broke Hoedown for this link to a video clip on YouTube. It happens to be one [...]
Daily Figment 04 – The Disney War
Both of the following quotes are from The Disney War by James Stewart. We have no obligation to make art. We have no [...]
Daily Figment 03 – Culture
Dr. Carl Hodges, director of the Environmental Research Laboratory of the University of Arizona, consultant on The Land Pavilion, as quoted in Walt [...]
Daily Figment 02 Herb Ryman and Creating Disneyland
The year was 1953. Walt said, ‘Hi Herbie. I’m over here at the studio. I wonder if you could come over here. Just [...]