One-Foot Runaway Brain Mickey Toy

Good news: Japanese toy maker Medicom Toy produced this handsome 12″ Mickey Mouse vinyl toy based on the 1995 short Runaway Brain. Bad …

I Yam Mulan

Spotted outside of an Asian grocery store in Queens, a cardboard box from a yam producer that uses an unauthorized rendition of Mulan as …

Pooh diapers — and a rectal thermometer!

This week marks the anniversary of one of our most popular posts: the one about the Spongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer. …

Disney cartoon WTF??

Didier Ghez posted this several months ago but I just caught up with it today. Apparently it was made by Italian Disney comics artist …

An interview with Walt Disney

For your weekend pleasure, here’s a terrific interview with Walt Disney circa 1963, conducted by Fletcher Markle. Markle, who had just …

Disney Artists Write Home During WWII

During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …

Heavy Metal Thumper

A few years ago we posted about a musician applying a rock guitar soundtrack to a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Now a band from San Antonio …

Disney lays an Egg

What would Clara Cluck say? (Thanks, Lev Polyakov)

The Life of a Disney Secretary

Disneyana collector and historian David Lesjak has done a remarkable bit of investigation into the life of Carolyn Kay Shafer. Who you …

Vintage Mickey Mouse Kimono

I think I’ve finally found a reason to have a kid: this traditional 1930s boy’s Japanese kimono decorated with images of Mickey is a …

Mickey Transformers

Say hello to Mecha-Mouse! Going on sale next month in Japan are a pair of Mickey Mouse Transformers toys. One in shimmering black and …

Steve Martin in Disneyland Dream

A postscript to my post last week on the Library of Congress selection of the home movie Disneyland Dream to the National Film …

Disney’s Secret of the Magic Gourd

If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the …

Sexy Disney “Fine Art”

These pieces (of art) were spotted on display aboard a recent Disney Cruise, for a very high priced auction by the Park West gallery. …

G-Force trailer

Silly me! I thought the forthcoming live action G-Force film from Disney was an adaptation of of the anime series Battle of the Planets. …

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