Hello and welcome back to that cherished blog tradition, my Thoughts While Watching series! Journey through time with me yet again as we plumb the media archives for old and older Disneyland and World media, then react to it with modern sensibilities. What could go wrong? Today we’re taking it almost – but not quite – as far back...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching: Walt Disney On What’s My Line? (1956)
My Thoughts While Watching posts are all about reacting to old Disney media with new eyes, so by now, I’m sure you’re used to my vintage video finds. But this time, are you ready to go waaay vintage? Good, because today’s series entry is what is known in the bygone parlance as a humdinger. Remember that scene in 101...
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 readingThoughts While Watching: The Grand Opening Of Walt Disney World TV Special
Heavens to Betsy, I haven’t added to my Thoughts While Watching series since the beginning of February! Which is understandable – late February through early April were packed with races and WDW trips. The bad news: I’m back. The good news: I’m back! Time for some quality filler between-Disney-trips blogging with a new Thoughts While Watching entry. Lest you...
Continue reading20 Thoughts I Had While Watching Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
After another one of my endless trip reports pushed it aside, my Thoughts While Watching series is back and ready to tackle its December entry! We’re going v. thematically appropriate with Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic, which you can find on Disney+ here. Don’t worry, next time around we’ll go vintage again, but I couldn’t resist the easy Christmas cheer....
Continue reading39 Thoughts Jenn Had While Watching The Disneyland Tenth Anniversary Special
We’ve done the pre-opening report. We’ve done the opening ceremony broadcast. Today in my ongoing Thoughts While Watching series we’ll be rounding out the old school parks trilogy with Disneyland’s tenth anniversary television special. Watch along because I think it’s well worth your time – Pirates, the Haunted Mansion, tons of rare characters, fun behind the scenes footage, a gazillion...
Continue readingThoughts While Watching: The Pre-Opening Report From Disneyland
Today I am excited to continue my Thoughts While Watching series, where I document my thoughts while watching old school Disney parks media. I thought it might be good to tackle the next batch in chronological order, so today we’re going to start with The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland. We’ll follow it up with the opening day broadcast and ten...
Continue readingHappy Friday: A Magical Kingdom With Lots Of Witnesses & Great Security
Not a trip goes by that I don’t think of this and laugh. I have been trying to find an isolated clip of this FOREVER, but my attempts to take matters into my own hands did not produce embed-able results. I think this direct link works, though! If you run into trouble, the show is Burn Notice, the episode...
Continue readingAn Ode to Winnie the Pooh
A couple weeks ago I chose Piglet & Pooh as my Marry for Kill/Refurb/Marry: Disney Partners. Naturally I had to go plumb the depths of YouTube for the perfect video to illustrate why. Shockingly, I did NOT get sucked into the YouTube vortex at that time – but my brain was ready to pick up the slack itself. But...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn & Moon Are ‘Ached Some Questions
Hey, here’s something crazy – we’ve been tagged! We’ve been tagged twice! Thanks to Kellie and Kimberley for inexplicably expressing an interest in our inner workings. They’ve asked questions. We have answers! Four names that people call me, other than my real name: Moon says: Bek Sneaky Rebs Rebek (my Dad is not a creative soul) [to clarify, Moon’s...
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