February 4, 2023: It was a difficult week at work, so today’s character is a very fitting for the depressed mood throughout our agency. | On this day we celebrate the birthday of the voice of Prince Charming 🥰 | Legendary animator Frank Thomas tells us what is was like working on the classic films.

February 3, 2023: Today, on my way into work, I was listening to a podcast about the issues with cars and debt. Today I am grateful that I not only own my car out right but it is also reliable. I hate cars so much! And more than hating cars, I hate the NEED for a car in my life. Unfortunately public transportation is absolutely terrible and no other options are available aside from becoming a hermit. Seeing how much money my friends are spending on their monthly car payments, but also the expenses of insuring and maintaining those cars when they’re older, makes me grateful that I have no car payment and my car is incredibly reliable. Although I need an oil change right now, that’s about the extent of the major maintenance expenses I face. I really wish our community was set up with better public transportation because I would jump on that in a heartbeat!!! | Today’s “character” is a set of three characters, but they are usually referred to as the collective, and not individually. I’ve never really seen them portrayed alone, but always together whenever they make an appearance. | On this day, the movie The Three Caballeros was released. It would become a forgotten Disney film until recently, but it has now sparked a series on Disney+. My only criticism is that all the streaming services are pumping out subpar content just so they can expand their library. And unfortunately, it’s the audience that loses out. | Walt takes an interesting perspective on using his films to educate children, and I’m conflicted on how I feel about it.

February 2, 2023: I’m not publishing this until after 10 o’clock at night because I was lazy today. Piper cuddled up in my lap and used her magic powers to keep me from accomplishing anything. So instead I’m just gonna post a link to a YouTube video, showing the lowering of the flag ceremony at the Magic Kingdom. I really admire that they pick a veteran each day to be honored during the ceremony. https://youtu.be/SHQ1q-J8kc0 | My mum loved BB-8 when he premiered in theaters. She even bought a water bottle of him, making it the first actual Star Wars merchandise she ever bought for herself. | Did you know that Walt Disney created an animation studio before he created the company Disney? It’s kind of crazy to think of him any other animation studio besides Disney Animation. I guess it just goes to show you that success is hardly ever a straight line, but rather a winding path. | George Lucas, famously doubted that Star Wars would ever be success. And today we get a quote from Princess Leia herself about it.

February 1, 2023: Today is the first day of Black History Month, and I’m so grateful that we live in the modern world. It’s not perfect by any means, and there’s still a lot of progress to be made. But go back to any other point in history, and everyone everywhere was much worse off. Culturally, and politically, everyone was worse off. Modern sanitation, abundance of food and it’s availability, medical science, and job safety are just a few of the examples of why it is better to live today than at any other time in history. Let’s not lose our momentum, but let’s also be grateful for how far we’ve come even in just the last few hundred years. | Today’s character is one of the “street level” Avengers, meaning that instead of being in the big movies she has a TV show. However, she was also one of the forerunners to all of the Marvel TV shows we have today. | On this day we recognize someone who started as an ice cream vendor, and rose to one of the more prominent Imagineers in the entire Disney organization. It really is a testament to persistence and consistency in excellence. | Yoday, Walt gets deep about innocence.

January 31, 2023: Yesterday I saw a video from the famous YouTuber Mr. Beast ( https://youtu.be/TJ2ifmkGGus ). In this video he helps cure a thousand people of blindness! These were people who only needed a 10 to 20 minute procedure to clear up the cataracts and clouded lenses in their eyes, but did not have access or financial resources for the procedure. In traditional Mr. Beast fashion he pays for everyone’s procedure and even gave tens of thousands of dollars to several people who lost their jobs or were severely financially impacted because of their blindness. Even gave one guy a brand new Tesla! Today I am grateful for people like him. Say what you want about Mr. Beast, but here somebody who is able to earn millions upon millions of dollars from their YouTube channel, and he turns right around and gives it back to people in need. I also support his channel “Beast Philanthropy” which helps a food bank and other causes here in my home state. I’m grateful that there are people like him the world, especially the younger generation (yes, I’m an old guy). He gives me hope for the future that people like him are rising to power and influence. People like Mr. Beast certainly are not the celebrities we deserve, they are the celebrities we need! | Long live the king!!! Granted, it’s a French legend that’s been appropriated by the English. | Seems there is a special, magical “dream suite” you can stay in at the parks. | Pixar’s Lee Unkrich gets deep about kids and mortality.

January 30, 2023: Here’s another video from YouTube, created by a former cast member, and highlighting some of the Easter eggs on Main Street USA! ( https://youtu.be/1KEoV3OuC1o ) | Despite the design of today’s character, I actually like broccoli. Especially when it’s steamed and cook with butter and some spices. 😋 | On this day, we celebrate the birthday of a man who started at the bottom and rose to the top. Well, kind of the top … it gets kind of complicated when you get to the top brass of Disney. | Walt tells us that the key to making something in the Disney way is teamwork. The key is always teamwork!!!

January 29, 2023: Today (and last night) has made me grateful for quiet nights in. Yesterday, after Piper and I went for a nice walk in a local park, I wasn’t feeling too well. Told the wife and we agreed to a simple Saturday night in, binge watching Law & Order and The Office. It’s nice to have days like that … not every day needs to be a legendary adventure; sometimes you just need a little time to relax and recover mentally (especially for us introverts). | Todays character is an often forgotten figure who was integral, though, in the friendship of the legendary Fox and Hound. | Did you know that Walt always wanted to make a sequel to Fantasia but died before he could. His nephew, Roy Disney, spent making his uncles much desired sequel: Fantasia 2000. | What does it take to lead someone to being a great artist? A legendary Disney animator tells us in todays quote.

January 28, 2023: Today I am very grateful for the parents that I had, especially how they were able to keep their sanity raising me and my brothers. Lately I’ve seen too many children in rough home situations, with parents who have taken to substance-abuse as well as just plain giving up on being parents. It really breaks my heart to see children in these situation, especially when I’m unable to take them away from all that pain and misery and give them a loving home. But it also makes me very grateful for the parents that I had. So when you two eventually read this, I love you mum and dad! | Today’s character is the man who mentored and basically taught princess Leia to be the strong, independent woman she eventually became. I’m convinced that because of him we got one of the best princesses in the entire Star Wars galaxy. | on this day, we celebrate the accomplishment of a world record achievement! | Walt tells us today that the key to art is to make it as a gift for somebody, which sounds very similar to something John Green once said. That’s why I make this podcast for my wife and Piper Onion. 🥰🐶

January 27, 2023: Let’s try yesterdays attempt at a YouTube link again ( https://youtu.be/Xo2L4UKVMcE ). Hopefully it works better putting it in the show notes instead of the title. Besides podcasts, I pretty much live on YouTube. I come across so many great things that I just want to share them with people who also love the things that I love. Hopefully this will work going forward, and we can continue to celebrate Disney every day in our own little way. I’m really grateful I’m not attempting to make money off this podcast, because it gives me the freedom to use it as I want and create the content that I want to create. So many podcasts and Youtubers that I follow seem to have to create based on what their audience wants to listen to. Sometimes it comes across as fake when you can see that they’re not all that enthusiastic about the subject. I’m glad and grateful that I have enough income from my main job that I don’t need this as a side hustle, and I don’t have to invest in a lot of equipment or subscriptions thanks to the free tools and platforms that are available. | Today’s character is a little big man, and probably one of the best parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With his new movie coming out soon, it’s only appropriate that we give him the credit that he’s due. | On this day, we celebrate Lewis Carol’s birthday, and we need to remember to give credit to the creators of the stories we love. Writers are often forgotten about. But without the writers, we would have nothing to celebrate. | Today’s quote is from Kevin Fiege, and I’m noticing that a big trend with successful people is persistence. They weren’t any smarter than the rest of us, they just refused to give up!!!

January 26, 2023: I had a thought while getting cleaned up this morning: I’m very grateful for hot water and soap, and the readily available access I have. It’s kind of hard to think that, despite all of our medical advances, basic sanitation like washing your hands with hot water and soap has saved more lives and improved peoples health more than every other medical advancement in history combined.!!! It’s sad to think that there are some people in the 21st-century who still do not have access to hot water and soap, or even the education of how effective it can be to improve their health. That’s one of the reasons why I support The World Toilet Organization … laugh at the name, if you want, but they’re dedicated to bringing basic sanitation to some of the poorest countries in the world. | did you know that the wizard from Fantasia actually has a name? And I wonder if there’s not some symbolism behind it, and that Disney created Mickey Mouse and Mickey ended up running amok on his own after the public fell in love with him. | Today we celebrate the birthdays of mega A-list celebrities, who gave their voices to some of the most beloved characters from Pixar. | Walt get deep, yet again, about the people he works with, and the people who come to his parks.