The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
Join Jim Hill and co-hosts Len Testa, Drew Taylor, Brian Gaughan, Eric Hersey, and Lauren Hersey as they talk about the multi-faceted Walt Disney Company - including Pixar, Lucasfilm and Disney Studios - as well as Universal Studios and the world of collectibles.
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Episode 137 - Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland, ...
Jim continues talking about how Toontown was formed, including what happened after it just opened.
29 min
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Episode 136 - Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland
Jim starts telling us the story of how Mickey's Toontown came to Disneyland.
27 min
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Episode 135 - The History of Fantasmic, Part 3 ...
Jim finishes the history of Fantasmic at Disneyland.
32 min
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Episode 134 - Remembering Marty Sklar
Jim and Len look back at the career of Disney Imagineer Marty Sklar, who passed away on July 27.
43 min
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Episode 133 - The History of Fantasmic! Part 2
Would you believe that Maleficent's flames involve non-dairy coffee creamer?
46 min
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Episode 131 - The History of Fantasmic!
With the impending re-opening of Disneyland's Fantasmic!, Jim walks us through the history of the attraction.
20 min
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Episode 132 - What DID and DID NOT Get Announce...
Jim is back from D23 where he interviewed lots of people attached to lots of projects, some of which got announced and some that didn't. Jim tells why the things that didn't get talked about, didn't get talked about.
46 min
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Episode 130 - The History of Pixar in Disney's ...
Jim walks through the history of Pixar's involvement in Disney's theme parks, from inspiring films, to parades, and rides.
29 min
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Episode 129 - History of Character Greetings pl...
Jim also updates us on the Star Wars hotel idea that's being considered for Disney's Hollywood Studios.
38 min
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Episode 128 - Is "Tapu Tapu" Samoan for "Openin...
Jim attends the opening day ceremonies at Universal's Volcano Bay water park, then flies across the country for the debut of Guardians of the Galaxy at DCA.
28 min
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Bonus Episode - Pandora Food and Merchandise, p...
Jim and Len walk through the food and merchandise to tell you what's interesting and what's tasty.
36 min
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Episode 127 - We review Pandora - The World of ...
It's been almost 6 years in the making, but Disney's Animal Kingdom has finally opened Pandora - The World of Avatar, based on James Cameron's film franchise. Jim and Len walk through the land and rides to tell you how it turned out.
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Episode 126 - When Harrods Almost Came to Disne...
Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Disney wanted to build malls as part of its Downtown Disney strategies. In order to get elite, anchor stores like Harrods into Florida, Disney supposedly offered them a two-for-one deal that involved Florida and ...
19 min
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Episode 125 - The Master Plan for Disney Seas C...
Jim talks about how Imagineer Kim Murphy's aquarium-centered career at SeaWorld and Epcot's The Seas leads to the ideas for another of Disney's nautical-themed second gates for California - Disney Seas.
20 min
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Episode 124 - When Disneyland's Second Gate was...
Jim tells the story of how back in the early 1990's, when Disneyland was looking to expand, it considered the Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor as part of its expansion plans.
33 min
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Episode 123 - Disney World stories we'll tell i...
Every spring, Jim and Len get together to talk about the mini-stories that go into the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. It's how the podcast got started, in fact. This show is our actual conversation about what's going in to the 2018 edition.
31 min
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Episode 122 - The First Second Gate (Chronologi...
Back in 1990, Disneyland was ready to invest in a second theme park in Anaheim.
30 min
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Episode 121 - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs...
Jim and Len recorded this show a couple of days before the Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs news hit last week. Also Jim talks about why Disney just bought the other half of Disneyland Paris.
34 min
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Episode 120 - Epcot's Festival of the (mostly c...
Len visits Epcot's newest seasonal fling, the Festival of the Arts. Jim explains how Caribbean Beach's new DVC buildings might look, and we talk rumors of Evening Extra Magic Hours' demise at the Studios.
33 min
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Episode 119 - Rockettes and Restaurants
In our main two segments, Jim talks about the time Michael Eisner picked a fight with Radio City's Rockettes, and lost. Len talks about the best restaurants in Walt Disney World as voted on by you.
38 min
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Episode 118 - Jim Wraps Up the History of O Can...
23 min
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Bonus Episode #2 - Discovery Bay, Hawaii
26 min
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Bonus Episode - Jim and Len review Rogue One **...
Jim and Len review Rogue One **with spoilers**
19 min
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Episode 117 - Len gets to see Rivers of Light a...
Hear Len's review of Rivers of Light's Castmember Preview performances,
31 min
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Episode 116 - The Muppets Restaurant That Never...
This is part of our Unbuilt Disney series, with additional shows at DisneyDish.bandcamp.com
34 min