I have a confession to make: I never got into “Must Do Disney.” NO WAIT PLEASE DON’T KICK ME OUT OF THE DISNEY ADULT CLUB I CAN EXPLAIN!!! WHAT IS “MUST DO DISNEY”? “Must Do Disney” was a show that ran on a special Walt Disney World resort television channel on a continuous loop. It starred a bubbly woman...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching! Behind The Scenes With Fess Parker (1956)
A couple weeks ago I dropped a post about Davy Crockett in honor of my dad, who is a big Fess Parker fan. Seeing as how last Sunday was Father’s Day, I thought it might be fun to revisit ol’ Fess in my latest Thoughts While Watching post. (Bonus: it works for Juneteenth tomorrow too!) Turns out, in addition...
Continue readingThree Adventures Of Davy Crockett: A Vintage Disney Conspiracy Theory
Hello! Do you have a moment to talk about Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier? Welcome to Happy Friday, a self-indulgent post wherein I chat about a random Disney/running/theme park thing I love… usually. Today, we put a little twist on the format. Let’s talking about a Disney thing my dad loves! Enter: Fess Parker, or to call...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching! Epcot Center: The Opening Celebration (1982)
It’s taken forever, but we’re finally doing it! Let’s complete the loop with a look at the Epcot opening television special. After a whirlwind couple of months recapping my Dopey Challenge and Fairytale Challenge runDisney weekends, we’re settling back into our regularly scheduled blog programming. And you know I can’t resist starting with another installment of my Thoughts While...
Continue readingMy Thoughts While Watching: Walt Disney World’s 15th Birthday Celebration, 1986
Hello and welcome back to my Thoughts While Watching series, where we dig up very-to-kinda old Disney media and react to it in real time. Culture then, meet culture now. FIGHT! (Kidding, kidding. Mostly. 😜) This week we’re going back to what I once called the ugliest decade, and I stand by it: the ’80s! Not that nothing positive...
Continue readingActually, Disney Villains Are The Best Part
I’ll tell you why I signed up for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend Fairytale Challenge this year. It wasn’t the featured princesses – it was the addition of the Disney villains. Yes, it’s Princess Week, but let’s take things in an alternate direction, shall we? IT’S GOOD TO BE BAD I know I’m not alone in this. It’s hardly...
Continue readingThe Best Disney Movies For The Timid Among Us
Here on the Disney blogosphere, I am one obsessive among many, and a middling one at that. But out in the real world, amongst the normals, I am That Disney Girl. The one you avoid when you do not want to talk about Disney… and who you run to if you need to talk to someone about Disney. It’s...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True (1986)
Hello and welcome back to my Thoughts While Watching series, where we unearth (mostly vintage) Disney media and react to it in real time! I accidentally saved the perfect video for this installment. We’re coming up on the end of Disney’s WDW50 “celebration,” and having now watched it, I can say that Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True...
Continue readingMeet The Robinsons Is Awesome & Here’s Why
WARNING: This post contains a major spoiler for Meet the Robinsons. If you have not yet seen this movie, stop what you’re doing and watch it right now. Please? As this post will posit, it is SO underrated. Here’s the Disney+ link. You’re welcome. I am a bad aunt: there is a dearth of games on my phone. While...
Continue readingHappy Friday: Donald In Mathmagic Land
Got a minute for some nostalgia on nostalgia on nostalgia for today’s Happy Friday post? Yeah? Donald Duck will be there – yeah, I figured you’d like that. Also we’re doing some math – NO WAIT COME BACK! Not math math. More like “your teacher is hungover and therefore will be replacing the lesson plan with a movie” math....
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