by Jim Smith | Jun 3, 2024 | Disney, Disney Spotlight Series, Fun Facts, Spotlight
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on May 27, 2024.) Golly Mick, what have we here? It’s Goofy! Disney’s unofficial president of pratfalls first entered the hallowed halls of classic animation in 1932. For 92 years and counting,...
by Jim Smith | Mar 19, 2024 | Disney Spotlight Series, Fun Facts
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on March 22, 2024.) Disney-Pixar’s Luca is one of the unfortunate casualties of the COVID pandemic. The film – which finished production during the pandemic – was released while the...
by Jim Smith | Nov 17, 2023 | Disney, Disney Spotlight Series, Lists
(Originally published June 2020 – Updated November 2023. A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place and published on November 30, 2023.) Another day, another iconic voice. Such is the life of the linguistically-talented Alan Tudyk, who is adding...
by Jim Smith | Jul 28, 2023 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
“Welcome, foolish mortals!” You might not know his name, but you know his voice. Paul Frees, considered by many to be on par with Mel Blanc as a “man of a thousand voices” lent his voice talents to several legendary Disney characters and attractions, as well as quite...
by Jim Smith | Dec 20, 2022 | Bits & Pieces, Disney, Disney Spotlight Series
Every December (and November, and sometimes October) the jolly mug of Santa Claus appears on television, in films, in shopping malls, outside big box stores, and on countless front yard lawns. It’s hard to escape Jolly Old Saint Nick (thankfully I’m quite fond of the...
