The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about many of the great Japanese animated films & TV shows GKIDS is now making available to the North American market. They then share Greg Weisman’s heartfelt tribute to the veteran performer who voiced Hudson on Disney’s “Gargoyles” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Christina Harrison report on World Showcase’s newest attraction, “Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.” Then Jim Hill continues his series on the development of the Haunted Mansion attraction for the Disney Parks Show notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by talking about his last-minute trip to Las Vegas and what he saw at CinemaCon. Jim Hill then shares what he’s heard about how the “Archer” production team plans to pay tribute to the late, great Jessica Walter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start this week’s show by digging through a pile of listener mail related to recent changes at the WDW Resort. Jim then continues his history of the development of The Haunted Mansion attraction Show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” teaser trailer that debuted at CinemaCon earlier this week. They also look at the latest developments in Scarlett Johansson’s legal proceedings against Disney Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by offering updates on “Cruella 2” & “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.” They then talk about why Robin Williams got so mad at the Mouse back in late 1992 / early 1993 over the way “Aladdin” was being promoted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how Mouse House management is frustrated with the narrative that’s now out there about Disney Parks & Resorts. They then continue their new series on the decade-long development of The Haunted Mansion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing their thoughts on those new Goofy short-shorts which just debuted on Disney+. Drew then goes on to talk about his recent trip to the Disneyland Resort and the Pixar veteran he bumped into while visiting those theme parks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by answering listener mail & then sharing some recent surveys from the WDW Resort. Jim then continues his history of The Haunted Mansion and talks about the original walk-thru version of this attraction that Disney Legend Ken Anderson developed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill share their thoughts on the first episode of “What If?,” Marvel Studios’ new animated series. They also discuss what impact Scarlett Johansson’s decision to sue Disney could have on the rest of the entertainment industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Walt Disney Animation Studios’ second set of Short Circuit shorts. They then interview the director of the animated feature Lin Manuel Miranda spent 11 years shepherding to the screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill discuss the news of the week, including Disneyland’s new Magic Key program and the sample package rates that were recently revealed for “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.” They then begin a new series on the development of Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction. Show Notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about that trio of new “Goofy” shorts that animation master Eric Goldberg created. They then take a look back at “DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp,” which was the last Walt Disney Animation Studios film that was produced using cel animation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Disney World’s new policies regarding mask use at the Parks. They then look back at why the Imagineers spent 18 months & $25 million to dredge a channel at Castaway Cay This episode's show notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the start of principal photography on “Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” They then share what some photographs taken on the set of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” may reveal about T’Challa’s fate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by sharing the latest news coming out of ComicConAtHome2021. Jim then talks with Tasha Sounart about the creation of the new “Coco” sequence for “Mickey’s PhilharMagic” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill welcome special guest Christina Harrison, who talks up where to find the very best eats -- and the strongest air conditioning -- at the 2021 edition of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by sharing their thoughts on the teaser trailer for Pixar’s “Turning Red.” They then chat with Dan & Kevin Hageman about DreamWorks Animation’s new full-length feature which will then wrap up the “Tales of Arcadia” feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the “Disney Very Merry After Hours Special Event” at WDW’s Magic Kingdom. They also look back at October 31, 1994, and KIIS 102.7 FM’s infamous promotional event at Disneyland Park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this super-sized show, Aaron Adams & Jim Hill share their thoughts on Marvel’s “Black Widow” as well as discussing how the Season One finale of “Loki” sets the stage for the next dozen or so Marvel Cinematic Universe films & limited series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing their thoughts on the teaser trailer for Disney’s “Encanto.” They then talk with Malcolm D. Lee about the challenges he faced while working on his first big FX film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about which WDW Resorts will be re-opening over the next three months. They also look back at the horticultural challenges that Disneyland Park faced less than 10 days from its grand opening back in July of 1955 Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show about the “Coco” scene which is about to be adding to “Mickey’s PhilharMagic” at the Disney theme parks. They then interview Tom McGrath, the director of DreamWorks Animation’s “The Boss Baby: Family Business” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this episode by discussing WDW’s decision to reportedly make Evening Extra Magic Hours a Deluxe Resorts & DVC Member exclusive. They also conclude their look at the history of “Toy Story Midway Mania!” Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Marvel’s “Wakanda Forever,” the “Black Panther” sequel that began production down in Georgia earlier this week. They also discuss Episodes 3 & 4 of “Loki.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how “The Simpsons” paid tribute to Conan O’Brien’s last show on TBS. They then share a lengthy interview with David Bess of Walt Disney Animation Studios & Shannon Mills of Skywalker Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by listing the nighttime shows which will soon be returning to the WDW Resort. They then look back at many of the concepts for Mickey Mouse-based rides, shows & attractions that never quite made it off of WDI’s drawing board Show Notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Tailor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about what Adult Swim did to help raise awareness of their recent animated acquisition, “Tuca & Bertie.” They then discuss why the audience for feature-length animated films maybe isn’t quite ready to return to their local multiplex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by answering all sorts of listener questions. They then talk about how the Rivers of America at Disneyland Park almost encircled a Mickey & Minnie Mouse-themed island, rather than Tom Sawyer Island Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the huge per-household audience that tuned in to Disney+ for the “Loki” premiere. They also talked about how the version of time travel introduced in “Avengers: Endgame” handcuffed the writers of this new limited studios from Marvel Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about Walt Disney’s battles with the home owner association at Smoke Tree Ranch. They then reveal what Disney+’s new “Monsters at Work” animated series has in common with “Planes: Fire & Rescue” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa starts off this week’s episode by planning out the perfect progressive dinner for fans of WDW’s monorail resorts. He & Jim Hill then reveal when they each believe Disney World’s golden age occurred Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing a somewhat depressing aspect of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest short, “Us Again.” They then talk with Enrico Casarosa & Andrea Warren about the challenges of making a full-length animated feature during a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how WDW Resort Guests will have the inside track when it comes to scoring tickets for “Disney After Hours Boo Bash.” They then talk about how Disneyland’s “Rocket to the Moon” ride became a “Mission to Mars” Show notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how difficult it’s been to keep up with Universal Orlando’s rapidly changing COVID-related safety policies. They then discuss NBC Sports’ concerns about the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up Chronicles Books’ “Art of Pixar’s Luca.” They then look at the 2002 film that inspired “Spirit Riding Free” & “Spirit Untamed” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Universal’s decision to raise the starting wage for new Team Members to $15-an-hour says about the tightening Orlando labor market. They then share stories about how miserable service on Disney’s Magic Express has reportedly gotten. Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by sharing his impressions of Disney’s “Cruella.” Then Drew & Jim Hill talk about the “Walt Disney Studios and World War II” exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode about the DVC-related change that’s coming to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in 2022. They then finish their look at Davy Crockett & Zorro in the Disney Parks Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how well “WandaVision” & “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” did at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. They then discuss why Dave Bautista may be getting ready to stop playing Drax the Destroyer in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagined Life Family immerses you in the surprising moments and challenges that shaped someone’s life before they became successful-- but there’s a catch. You won’t find out who you are until the end of the episode unless you follow the clues along the way! In this episode, you long to go to Africa and have adventures like Tarzan. But everyone tells you girls aren’t supposed to do things like that. You’ll just have to prove them wrong. Take a journey with Imagined Life Family and see the world through someone else’s eyes. Listen at http://wondery.fm/ILF_DisneyDish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about which minor character from “The Muppets Take Manhattan” has now joined the cast of the “Muppet Babies” reboot. They then talk about Steven Spielberg’s complicated relationship with the Walt Disney Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa and Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the news that came out of the most recent Disney quarterly earnings call. Then Jim Hill reveals why the founder of the American Broadcasting Company didn’t think that Roy & Walt were very good businessmen. Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how Amy Mebberson used her Pocket Princesses strip to pay tribute to Mother’s Day. They then look back at when walk-around versions of the Disney characters were rushed into EPCOT Center’s Future World section back in 1985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by comparing WDW’s Boo Bash Disney After Hours event to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. They then continue their look back at Fess Parker’s time at Walt Disney Studios. Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shelly & Noe Valladolid start off this week’s show with a quick look at the re-opening of Disneyland Park. They also talked about how the pandemic, as well as an earthquake in Puerto Rico, impacted the production of Marvel Studios’ most recent limited series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing all of the info that Marvel Studios just released about Phase Four of the MCU. They then share the tribute to Jack Kirby that the Imagineers recently added to DCA’s “Guardians of the Galaxy -- Mission: BREAKOUT !” attraction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about Seth McFarlane’s attempt to revive / reinvent “The Flintstones” back in 2011. They then discuss how “Vivo” went from being a DreamWorks Animation project to a Sony Picture Animation release that will soon be showing up on Netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing some of the bars & the restaurants that just got revealed for the Disney Wish. They then discuss the huge part that Davy Crockett played in the first year or so of Disneyland Park’s operation This episode's show notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the eight-week-long promotional campaign Universal Pictures has put together to hype the June release of “F9.” They then talk about Comcast’s new marching orders when it comes to the Universal Parks & Resorts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices