October 27, 2022: a demon god wants to punish humanity for the actions of a demigod did? That hardly seems fair, does it? | Walt’s TV series premier’s | Walt tells us that his employees are what drive and motivate him

October 26, 2022: Can we count all the Dwarves as a single character? A collective? Sure, why not? It’s my podcast and I get to make the rules here 😂 | Also, The Princess and the Frog gets its own featured ride at Disney World | Also also, Walt looks to Mother Nature for inspiration

October 25, 2022: The Aristocats -(1970) was the last animated feature to be approved by Walt Disney and the studio's first animated feature to be entirely completed after his death. It should be noted, however, that Disney had spent time working on the story for The Rescuers (1977) (released seven years later) around the time The Jungle Book (1967) entered production | on this day Roy Disney (Walt’s brother) dedicated what was known as ‘the Florida project’

October 24, 2022: an admiral of the Galactic Empire (Star Wars) better not choke on his aspirations | the El Capitan Theatre (a fully restored movie palace in Hollywood) premiers Brother Bear 🐻 | Walt credits the legendary Charlie Chaplin for why he used such cute and adorable critters as characters 🥰

October 23, 2022: Loki keeps popping up | Dumbo (1941) and Big Hero 6 (2014) share premier dates | an animator tells us to draw emotions, not just pictures (#deep)

October 22, 2022: the real name of “The Prince” from Snow White is Prince Ferdinand (also known as Florian) | one of the original Imagineers and mouseketeers share a birthday | Walt tells of the richness that you get through the arts

October 21, 2022: Today we acknowledge that Cars 2 exists (for some reason) | the designer of It’s A Small World is born (and all parents are thrilled) | The real genius behind Marvel (Jack Kirby) believes in people 🥰

October 20, 2022: A wisecracking bird is our featured character today | a prominent composer and an actor share a birthday | Walt hopes to augment, not replace, classic fairy tales

October 19, 2022: the most famous triplets in Disney history (but which one is which colour?) | Leonard Nimoy (Spock) directs EPCOT’s first thrill ride | the director of Coco (2017) talks about keeping your focus throughout the filmmaking process

October 18, 2022: Zazu, the majordomo (chief steward of a large household), from The Lion King | cinemas get The Bare Necessities | Disney is a small world, after all