by Todd James Pierce | Dec 29, 2015 |
Disney and the Rose Parade – 1955 by Todd James Pierce Growing up in Santa Barbara, my family made multiple trips to the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. I’m old enough to have seen the Firehouse Five reunion float in 1980 also Disneyland’s 25th...
by Todd James Pierce | Dec 26, 2015 |
Disneyland: The First Christmas by Todd James Pierce Christmas at Disneyland is now big business, with special parades, shows and rich theming throughout the park. A massive live Christmas tree occupies Town Square, and the castle has a flashy overlay of...
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 16, 2015 |
A Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney – Part Two by Todd James Pierce Like many of you, I’ve just finished watching the second half of American Experience: Walt Disney. [My review of the first part can be found here.] Having now seen...
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 15, 2015 |
A Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney by Todd James Pierce Having just watched the first episode of the PBS American Experience on Walt Disney, I strongly agree with Disney animator Floyd Norman: “I’d like to think that this American Experience...
by Todd James Pierce | Aug 21, 2015 |
American Experience: Early Problems Race and Culture at Disneyland in the 1950s by Todd James Pierce Yesterday I woke to find a handful of messages about an American Experience clip that had been posted on YouTube. The clip was posted by PBS to promote its upcoming...
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