Ellen
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"A magical constellation of wishes and dreams." ™® The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.
Not more than any others, but boy has my appreciation of them increased with time. Love them. Melody Time is my personal favorite.
I just love the "package" films. If I'm honest, I probably watch them more than any others....
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Not more than any others, but boy has my appreciation of them increased with time. Love them. Melody Time is my personal favorite.
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This pretty much sums up why Disney Parks are being ripped up to shove up random franchises in every corner. Just a stunning lack of awareness of what makes these things special, why they work.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This pretty much sums up why Disney Parks are being ripped up to shove up random franchises in every corner. Just a stunning lack of awareness of what makes these things special, why they work.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
Sometimes, most of the time, it ain't about storytelling.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's November here, but I'm playing "Masquerade" and remembering the time I worked wristbands at Not So Scary and a guy came in wearing an INCREDIBLE Red Death Phantom costume. The best thing about the Halloween parties was always the guest costume creativity.
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's November here, but I'm playing "Masquerade" and remembering the time I worked wristbands at Not So Scary and a guy came in wearing an INCREDIBLE Red Death Phantom costume. The best thing about the Halloween parties was always the guest costume creativity.
One of the best theme park books out there, exploring the allure of pirate stories in history, literature, and film and how the attraction was shaped by, and now shapes, that fascination.
We think we have been gone quite long enough...
WEDReads is back and ready for a proper relaunch
Join us on BlueSky as we seek adventure and salty ol’ pirates with our discussion of “SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, & KNAVES”
Monday Dec 9th at 9pm EST with author Foxx Nolte 🏴☠️
Get your copy: amzn.to/48JYpIJ
WEDReads is back and ready for a proper relaunch
Join us on BlueSky as we seek adventure and salty ol’ pirates with our discussion of “SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, & KNAVES”
Monday Dec 9th at 9pm EST with author Foxx Nolte 🏴☠️
Get your copy: amzn.to/48JYpIJ
Scoundrels, Villains, & Knaves: Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Popular Culture (Theme Park Design Book)
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October 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
One of the best theme park books out there, exploring the allure of pirate stories in history, literature, and film and how the attraction was shaped by, and now shapes, that fascination.
I'm just a girl. Standing in a 7-11. Begging you to wear headphones if you're going to watch a video in a public, indoor space.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm just a girl. Standing in a 7-11. Begging you to wear headphones if you're going to watch a video in a public, indoor space.
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I try to only post obscure anniversaries, so here’s one: 61 years ago, Oct 26, 1964, a curious episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired. The timing was perfect, and thus an iconic theme park sight gag was born!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I try to only post obscure anniversaries, so here’s one: 61 years ago, Oct 26, 1964, a curious episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired. The timing was perfect, and thus an iconic theme park sight gag was born!
If you see this, post a Frankenstein! (Finally read it, and it was SO GOOD.)
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you see this, post a Frankenstein! (Finally read it, and it was SO GOOD.)
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October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is one of the classic children's books I recently reread, and it's just as beautiful as ever. Even for one who doesn't otherwise care for spiders.
"’Where's Papa going with that ax?’" E.B. White’s classic Charlotte’s Web was published on this date in 1952 by Harper & Brothers. White (1899-1985) deservedly won the Newberry Medal for the novel – & any young reader can attest to the charm of Garth Williams’ (1912-1996) illustrations.
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is one of the classic children's books I recently reread, and it's just as beautiful as ever. Even for one who doesn't otherwise care for spiders.
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I can write my headline and closing line of the review already:
"Sky's Amadeus a pointless sacrifice to the patron saint of mediocrity"
"To those involved, I do not absolve you."
"Sky's Amadeus a pointless sacrifice to the patron saint of mediocrity"
"To those involved, I do not absolve you."
The teaser trailer for ‘AMADEUS’ starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.
Premieres in December on Sky.
Premieres in December on Sky.
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I can write my headline and closing line of the review already:
"Sky's Amadeus a pointless sacrifice to the patron saint of mediocrity"
"To those involved, I do not absolve you."
"Sky's Amadeus a pointless sacrifice to the patron saint of mediocrity"
"To those involved, I do not absolve you."
My husband just rescued all these Disney comics from the discard bin at a school library!!
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My husband just rescued all these Disney comics from the discard bin at a school library!!
Taco Bell
Ok, what fast food chain would be most chaotic if it had a liquor license?
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Taco Bell
And... Phillies season 2025.
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And... Phillies season 2025.
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And the Philadelphia Phillies
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
And the Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies season 2025!!
a black and white photo of a man with a stethoscope around his neck screaming .
Alt: a black and white photo of a man with a stethoscope around his neck screaming "it's alive"
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October 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Phillies season 2025!!
Plenty of good stuff has been said about classical music in cartoons (from Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny to Bluey), but a different example that really stuck with me was "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as the puppet show on Zoobilee Zoo.
Do you have a favorite example of learning about high culture from low culture? Mine is the episode of Gilligan's Island where the castaways stage a musical adaptation of Hamlet set to the tune of Carmen (70s TV was wild) <1/n>
October 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Plenty of good stuff has been said about classical music in cartoons (from Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny to Bluey), but a different example that really stuck with me was "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as the puppet show on Zoobilee Zoo.
The Beach Boys, and "making me" is really not the way I'd describe that, honestly 💕
September 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Beach Boys, and "making me" is really not the way I'd describe that, honestly 💕
Inside you is one wolf, but it's David Hasselhoff in Jekyll and Hyde.
September 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Inside you is one wolf, but it's David Hasselhoff in Jekyll and Hyde.
A fun Donald Duck Halloween design I had the honor to do for RSVLTS.
On sale while supplies last!
On sale while supplies last!
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Awesome shared birthdays: Dick Van Dyke and Christopher Plummer. Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. @epcotgal.bsky.social and @thewickedwench.bsky.social. happiest of birthdays to the ones celebrating today like they'll never be another!
two men standing next to a truck with their arms crossed
ALT: two men standing next to a truck with their arms crossed
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September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Awesome shared birthdays: Dick Van Dyke and Christopher Plummer. Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. @epcotgal.bsky.social and @thewickedwench.bsky.social. happiest of birthdays to the ones celebrating today like they'll never be another!