The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Latest Episodes:

Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 90: When Disney went to pot to help “Fantasia” turn a profit Aug 14, 2020

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the Crumpet / Kermit cameo in Disney’s “Amphibia.” They also discuss that recent spate of spinoffs & revivals that are going forward without any input from the creators of those series

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Disney Dish Episode 282: Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective Aug 10, 2020

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Using his keen deductive skills, Len Testa reveals what year the first scene of “Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress” is actually set in. Then Jim Hill looks back at the circumstances that forced Walt Disney Productions to go from being a privately owned to a publicly held company.

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Marvel Us Disney Episode 69: Get ready for COVID Corn (patent pending) Aug 07, 2020

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Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s podcast by talking about how UK-based retailer Base accidentally revealed that Spidey will be a playable character on “Marvel’s Avengers” for the PS4 starting in early 2021. They also look back at when a leak of “Deadpool” test footage led to 20th Century Fox finally greenlighting production of that Ryan Reynolds film

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Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 48: Remembering Wilford Brimley & Tom Pollock Aug 06, 2020

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Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by paying tribute to two industry vets with ties to the Star Wars franchise that we’ve recently lost. They then talk about that TikTok video which suggests that the Skywalker Saga should be retitled

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 89: What will Disney+’s “Beauty & the Beast” prequel series be called Aug 04, 2020

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the impact that Disney’s decision to unscheduled its live-action “Mulan” could potentially have on Pixar’s “Soul.” They then interview animation historian Didier Ghez about the sixth & final volume of his “They Drew As They Pleased” series

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Disney Dish Episode 281: Disney World refines its reopening plans Aug 03, 2020

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Len Testa recounts his recent walk-throughs of The Magic Kingdom & Disney’s Hollywood Studios as the WDW Resort continues to tweak its coronavirus-related procedures. Then Jim Hill talks about how Paul Comstock found all of the full-sized trees he needed in order to make Anaheim’s Downtown Disney look like a lush garden district

***Jim had the wrong input selected while recording, so he sounds a bit strange in this episode..

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Disney Dish Episode 280: The significance of WDW’s deeply discounted 2-day tickets Jul 27, 2020

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Len Testa starts off this week’s episode by talking about how The Walt Disney Company is still struggling when it comes to the proper way to compensate annual passholders & DVC members for coronavirus-related disruptions-in-service. Then Jim Hill looks back at what it took to change the Disneyland Hotel’s Vacationland Recreational Vehicle Park into the Mickey & Friends Parking Structure

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Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 47: “The Bad Batch” to make good on Disney+ Jul 26, 2020

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Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this episode by discussing the rescheduling of the next three “Star Wars” theatrical releases. Then Jim takes a look at John Williams’ tenure as the conductor of the Boston Pops

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Marvel Us Disney Episode 68: What Tony almost said to Thanos Jul 24, 2020

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Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off talking about how much they’ve been enjoying the final season of Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” They then talk about how Joe & Anthony Russo have been relying on Marvel Cinematic Universe vets as they cast their post-“Infinity War” / “Endgame” projects

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 88: Get ready for Don Hahn’s “Howard” Jul 21, 2020

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Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by sharing what Richard Linklater told him about his “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Adventure” project. Then Jim Hill talks up Drew’s upcoming Zoom conference at Gallery Nucleus

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