by Todd James Pierce | Feb 26, 2016 |
The Disney-MGM Studio Backlot in Burbank Part Two: Studio Execs Behaving Badly by Todd James Pierce In the early months of 1987, Burbank city officials worked toward an agreement with Disney to build a theme-park-slash-shopping-center in their downtown district, an...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 22, 2016 |
The Disney-MGM Studio Backlot in Burbank PART ONE by Todd James Pierce PROLOGUE Years before Disneyland, Walt briefly explored the idea of using trains to offer guests a brief tour of his animation studio in Burbank. Though the idea had likely been percolating...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 10, 2016 |
The Story of Dateline Disneyland: 1955 by Todd James Pierce It’s been a while since we’ve done a special podcast-only article. But we’re doing one today. In large part, this story is being released as a podcast because it relies heavily on...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 10, 2016 |
DHI Podcast 014 – Harriet Burns, First Female Imagineer by Todd James Pierce Up on the podcast is the story of Harriet Burns, the first woman to join Walt Disney’s team of artists and engineers who were developing Disneyland in the 1950s. This podcast...
by Todd James Pierce | Aug 18, 2015 |
NEW DHI PODCAST – The Pinto Colvig Story So who was Pinto Colvig? The voice of Goofy, the voice of multiple dwarfs in Snow White, the voice of practical pig, a sound effects man, and an animator. One of my projects for this past year was to edit and introduce...
by Todd James Pierce | Jul 31, 2015 |
DHI Podcast 010 – Blaine Gibson by Todd James Pierce Earlier this month, Blaine Gibson, Disney animator and sculptor, passed away at the age of 97. I was lucky enough to interview Blaine multiple times. I’ve assembled this podcast as a tribute to him. I’ve...
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