by Jim Smith | Dec 22, 2022 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Media, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on December 22, 2022.) Ho Ho Ho! It’s Christmastime again. That time of year when Santa invades almost every television and radio station – not to mention billions of homes worldwide. Santa – also...
by Jim Smith | Dec 4, 2022 | Disney Connections
Family traditions run long and deep – especially around the holidays. Trees, stockings, turkey dinner, and the question of “whose turn is it to play Santa Claus” are perennial family heartwarmers in the month of December. In November 1983, a whole new Christmas...
by Jim Smith | Nov 14, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on November 18, 2022.) You’ve heard the tale of how Mickey Mouse was born on a train. And we all know Walt Disney was a pioneer of animation from its early days. But do you know the story of the man behind some...
by Jim Smith | May 25, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
In 1928, an icon was born. Mickey Mouse – the inspiration of Walt Disney, and animated by Ub Iwerks – first endeared himself to audiences in the short film Plane Crazy. Mickey’s circular body and rubber hose limbs remained largely unchanged for the first...
by Jim Smith | May 18, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was published for Laughing Place on May 25, 2022.) For a few very rare folks, the ability to add life, character, and charm to an animated figure comes naturally. Fred Moore was one of those people – able to inject an immense amount of...
