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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Happy Hauntings From The Haunted Mansion

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It's October 31, and since 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, let's take a look back at some haun...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

A Celebration For The Ages: 50 Happy Years

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Can Gyro Gearloose be part of our Countdown to Halloween 2019? Sure, because the inventor created by master Disney artist/writer Carl Barks,...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

View-Master Monster Pack (Featuring Drac)

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Back he re Tulgey Wood took a look at the View-Master adaptation of Dracula and here a look at the View-Master Frankenstein . This year w...
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Monday, October 14, 2019

An Artful Halloween

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What better way to Countdown to Halloween than with some frightfully artful art? The great Hayden Evans is holding his own day-by-day count...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Sacred Silly, Searle Style

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In the first decades of TV Guide, the covers were almost always artful, so it's no surprise that they turned to artists to create cover...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Scooby-Doo, When Do You Celebrate Your 50th Anniversary?

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50 years ago, this fall, Scooby-Doo Where Are You! debuted on CBS, on September 13, 1969—and spooky old houses, seemingly supernatural doin...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

Pancakes (Addams) Family Style

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The new animated Addams Family film has more than one tie-in. Besides the Monsters Cereal promo, there is a major campaign at IHOP. For our...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

When Ghosts And Goblins By The Score Ring The Bell Not The Front Door But The Main Titles

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For many, Walt Disney's Trick or Treat is a perennial part of the Halloween celebration. But did you know that the opening titles we se...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Eerie vs Salem, Marshall vs Max

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1991 saw the premiere of the cult TV series, Eerie, Indiana , a horror/supernatural/sci-fi/comedy that ran for one abbreviated season. As se...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Little Audrey's Big Halloween Adventures

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Cas per, Spooky and their ghostly cohort s may be the Harvey comics stars we automatically think of during Halloween time, but the decidedly...
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An author, historian, editor, researcher and blogger, Jim Fanning specializes in Disney. In a career dedicated to celebrating and exploring the work and life of Walt Disney, as well as his collaborators and those who carry on his legacy, Jim has recounted the history of many areas of the wide world of Disney. A contributor to Disney twenty-three Magazine and the D23 website, Jim has written books, articles, comics and a variety of other works, in addition to officially commissioned projects for many departments of The Walt Disney Company, including Publishing, Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering, as well as lending his expertise to many Disney licensees, including The Walt Disney Classics Collection (including Sketches Magazine), Technicolor, Dixie, NBC and Mattel. He also wrote many episodes of the groundbreaking documentary TV series, Disney Family Album, and has contributed writing and research to the Walt Disney Family Museum. Jim's philosophy is historical accuracy, dedication to uncovering new and little-known behind-the scenes stories, and lively and engaging storytelling that illuminates authentic Disney "magic."
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