As the booming optimism of post-war America gave way to the free love of the 1960s, five more important rides stepped to the forefront. Welcome to our journey through the greatest Disney attractions of each decade. Click below to jump to a different decade: 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s 2010s 2020s We started in Disneyland, where the new art […]
You only need to hear the Haunted Mansion wolf howl once and you’ll never forget it. Its long, mournful wail is as iconic as Disney park sound effects get — as memorable as the whistle of the steam train, the blast from the Riverboat, the ridiculous honk of the monorail. Watch this video on YouTube […]
The night is dark and cold. The wind howls up the lonely road. The ponderous shadows are as dark as my thoughts as I contemplate the unsettling fact that A-List Hollywood Superstar Ryan Gosling wrote an entire album of weird spook music inspired by the Haunted Mansion. How did we even get here? This all […]
Last week, Ted unveiled 5 more vintage trading cards in this improbable but magnificent deck of the 50 Greatest Park Characters of all time, including the rare (and much-coveted) Mexican Aztec Dancer Girl. This week, I thought it would be fun to showcase cards for characters that originated in Walt’s own backyard. Many of these characters […]
A friend of mine set it up. He said she was his cousin and had trouble meeting nice guys. From her picture, she didn’t look like a girl with that kind of problem. She had a slim figure and a pretty face. Classically beautiful, they call it. Maybe her fashion sense was a little on the […]
Like all geek things, it started in the 1980s. Pop culture’s most iconic characters debuted in that decade. We got Jabba and we got Ewoks. And Indiana Jones (three times). The Ghostbusters materialized. So did Marty McFly and Biff. The Goonies were good enough. E.T. phoned home. The list is endless. Freddy, Rambo, Predator, RoboCop, John […]