Sabbatical Un…Tangled

by C. W. Oberleitner on November 24, 2010

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Okay, I’m supposed to be taking a few months off from the Mouse, but the combination of the holidays and Disney is a hard habit to break. About this time every year I celebrate two of my favorite things at Disneyland: my birthday and Christmas. This is also the time of year that some of the biggest and best films are released. I just saw Tangled and couldn’t let the experience pass without sharing a few words—of praise—about seeing this, the 50th feature-length animated film from Walt Disney Studios. [click to continue…]

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Without the Benefit of Dying, Part 2

by C. W. Oberleitner on October 4, 2010

in news & features

September 2009, John and I were guests of his brother Frank when he closed on his desert area modular home. While in Palm Springs, we saw For Sale and Bank Owned signs virtually everywhere we went. The modular home park Frank was about to move into was no different. [click to continue…]

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Without the Benefit of Dying, Part I

by C. W. Oberleitner September 21, 2010

In the words of Monty Python, “Now for something completely different.”  Well, different for us anyway. The serialized tale of how a late, late, late, late, middle-aged man living in a youth-obsessed city comes to terms with the end of a two-decade-long relationship, the worst recession since the Great Depression, and the aftermath of the [...]

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Sabbatical

by C. W. Oberleitner August 24, 2010

Even if you’re only a casual visitor to this site, you’ve probably noticed it has been weeks since we’ve had anything new to say. It’s no secret that the contributions Kenneth and I make to the site are done primarily in the background. Chuck writes the majority of the posts. Well it seems, for the [...]

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The Sorcerer’s Postmortem

by C. W. Oberleitner July 19, 2010
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, played to mostly empty movie houses, coming in third in the weekend box office derby behind second place finisher Despicable Me, now in its second week in release. What went wrong? The answer depends on who you ask.

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The Happiest Collision on Earth

by C. W. Oberleitner July 12, 2010
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Saturday, July 17, marks the 55th Anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney’s original theme park: Disneyland. In honor of the occasion, we thought we’d take a look back at a story we first ran as part of our coverage of the park’s 50th Anniversary celebration, which recalls some of the forces that came together to [...]

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An Out of Towners’ Guide to Disney’s World of Color

by C. W. Oberleitner June 29, 2010
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To be sure, Disney California Adventure’s new World of Color (WOC) spectacular is one of the hottest tickets in Southern California, but that doesn’t mean you need to put off until next year a visit to the Disneyland Resort’s second theme park just to make sure you get to take in this nightly, super soaker [...]

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First Look: Cool New TRON Legacy Toys Announced

by The Grownup Geek June 23, 2010

The Geek found the following news from Disney Consumer Products (DCP) in his inbox this morning and just had to share it with his fellow geeks. DCP unveiled a first look at its fall line-up of TRON: Legacy inspired electronics and toys (#TronMerch), including the first-ever action figures to feature impulse light projection technology. Also unveiled [...]

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Who Hires These People?

by C. W. Oberleitner June 21, 2010
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This past weekend, well-known mainstream publications, such as Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times, made a startling discovery: grown-ups go to the movies!…specifically, animated films, which these bastions of information are just now beginning to realize may appeal to adult audiences, even if they don’t have children in tow.

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Splashdown: Our World of Color Premiere Podcast

by C. W. Oberleitner June 14, 2010

We chat with Disney writer Jim Hill, Disney Diva Momma, Tom Staggs (Chairman Walt Disney Parks and Resorts), and George Kalogridis (President Disneyland Resort) following the debut of the light, water, fire, and music spectacular show World of Color.

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Geek Week

by The Grownup Geek June 6, 2010
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Well, the summer movie season may be off to a slow start; however, geeks everywhere—grownup and otherwise—can take heart that this week both Disney and Apple are about to debut some much anticipated new stuff. Can you say World of Color spectacular and iPhone 4.0? We thought you could!

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D23 Members to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney Archives

by C. W. Oberleitner June 4, 2010
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On June 25, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, Leonard Maltin, and special guests will honor Walt Disney Archives founder Dave Smith with a one-of-a-kind event. The event is open to members of Disney’s official fan club, D23. So, if you’ve been waffling on that decision as to whether to join D23, now might be [...]

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