Hello and welcome once again to my inescapable series Thoughts While Watching, where we watch old Disney media with new eyes. And can you think of any more appropriate entry for December than the Wonderful World of Disney episode “Disneyland Around the Seasons”? This 1966 time capsule captures exactly what you’re craving this time of year: vintage footage of...
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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...
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Hello and welcome back to my continuing series Thoughts While Watching, where we watch vintage-to-vintage-ish Disney media with modern eyes and wonder accordingly. Today we’re setting the time machine to waywayback – let’s visit Disneyland with Uncle Walt again! I’ve pulled another episode of The Wonderful World of Disney (Color?), this one called “Disneyland After Dark.” I went in...
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Welcome back to Thoughts While Watching, my long running series where I watch vintage-to-vintage-ish Disney parks media and react to it in real time. Sometimes it’s the values that take us aback, sometimes just the fashion, but it’s always a good time! Last time I queued up the then-called MGM-Studios opening TV special, after which I polled my Instagram...
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Welcome back to my long running series Thoughts While Watching, where I react to vintage Disney and Disney parks media in real time. Vintage video + modern sensibilities = comedy, I guess? Almost two years ago exactly, I gave the TWW treatment to the Magic Kingdom grand opening television special. I must be slow on the uptake, because it...
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Hello and welcome back to Thoughts While Watching, where I – say it with me – consume vintage-to-vintage-ish Disney and Disney parks media and react to it in real time. Today we’re tackling an episode of “The Wonderful World of Disney,” or possibly “The Wonderful World of Color,” or possibly just “Disneyland.” I swear this show has suffered a...
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Hello and welcome back to my beloved long(ish)-running series, Thoughts While Watching! Beloved by whom? Beloved by me! I dig up old Disneyland and WDW parks media – the older the better – and react to it with modern eyes. Needless to say, results vary… but nostalgic fun is all but guaranteed. In this installment, we cast our minds...
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Hello and welcome back to my favorite blog post series, Thoughts While Watching, where we react to bygone Disney parks media in real time with modern sensibilities. That’s right, we’re judging fashion and cultural policy around here. What could go wrong? Today we have a lunch-break-friendly, 30 minute gem: “The Magic of Walt Disney World,” a promotional video from...
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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...
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Hello and welcome back to my long-running Thoughts While Watching series, where I react to bygone Disney parks media in real time. Some months I know exactly what forgotten clip I want to give the TWW treatment; others I have to go out and find something. It never takes long, though, because many wonderful people have uploaded just about...
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