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It’s an audio theme park party — and you’re invited! Have a vacation question, Epcot comment or Galaxy’s Edge hot take your friends no longer wanna listen to? Call us at 747-CHURROS (747-248-7767) and we might play your call on a future episode!
Have you ever asked yourself, “who is Duffy the Disney Bear?” “how come Gelatoni paints with his tail?” Or “why is everyone, including the host of this podcast, such massive fans of Duffy & Friends?” Well buckle up, because all of your Disney Duffy questions, from Tokyo to Cape Cod and back, are about to be answered.
We’re talking with Charlie Watanabe (senior story editor, Walt Disney Imagineering), Eva Lee (manager of franchise development, Walt Disney Imagineering) and Daniel Jue (portfolio creative executive, Tokyo Disney Resort), the brilliant minds who created Duffy, ShellieMay, Gelatoni, ShellieMay, StellaLou, CookieAnn, and ‘Olu Mel!
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Disneyland and all its rides, characters and unexpected magic now exists online on Minecraft. To all who come to this happy digital online game space: welcome.
Thanks to our special guests…..
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Nicholas Cappelloni (Mouskegamer) on Youtube
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
We're discussing all things Batuu with Walt Disney Imagineering's Scott Trowbridge — a two-time guest! — and author Amy Ratcliffe.
The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is jam-packed with never-before-seen concept art, Star Wars secrets and behind-the-scenes stories of how these lands were really made. It's rare to get such a robust look at how these spaces are created — and what was left behind — and both Scott and Amy were game to discuss *everything* between its covers.
Come aboard as we chat secret ride code names, design principles and even the 26-foot-long hamster-gerbil that lives on within Star Wars lore!!!
Thanks to our special guests…..
Scott Trowbridge and Amy Ratcliffe!
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Believe it or not, there is a version of Shrek that is entirely remade, frame by frame, independently by artists. Here's their story!
RELEVANT LINKS:
Full list of artists in Shrek Retold
Read Wired's piece about Shrek Retold
Jamie's Lolita and My Year In Mensa podcasts
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Every year in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of people gather to competitively eat onions, rock out to Smash Mouth, roar as loud as they can and celebrate our beloved green ogre Shrek — and you're about to hear ALL about it.
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Think Shrek's global footprint is limited to a film franchise!? Think again!!!!
From an animatronic marionette show in Dubai to a waterpark in New Jersey, we're bopping around the world to discuss Shrek's long-lasting global legacy!!!!
Relevant Links:
SHREK 4-D ON YESTERWORLD
SHREK 4-D ON NETFLIX
SHREK at Motiongate Dubai (thanks to SoCal 360 Attractions!)
Stalling! with Alison and Melia bathroom podcast!
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
In which we explore once and for all if a beloved theme park character, Shrek, celebrates Hanukkah or not.
A delightfully unhinged holiday episode for you and yours!
Thanks to our special guests…..
Arielle Kaplan on Instagram! (nsfw)
Relevant Links...
The Tweet That Started It All!
Arielle's "Is Shrek Jewish?" story for Alma
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
YES YES Y'ALL WE GOT THE GUY WHO DID THE JAW-DROPPING DRONE SHOW FOR PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN!!!!! OKAY I'LL STOP YELLING AT YOU IN CAPS, BUT WE GOT THE BIG INTERVIEW!!!
Anyway, buckle up for a ROUSING chat with Nils Thorjussen, CEO of Verge Aero, and learn about how creating software and drones in-house aided them in pulling off the best themed entertainment this side of the Magic Kingdom — and why it's surely where the future of themed entertainment is heading.
Relevant Links:
Read my reportingon Verge Aero and their drone light shows at TechCrunch
TIME Magazine Drone Cover
Verge Aero's site
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Yes yes y'all, tuck in for some listener questions & a wide range of answers, along with a ton of Disney news and call-ins about what little parts of rides you love!!
Thank you to AJ Wolfe of Disney Food Blog for calling in for this week's episode!
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Very Amusing is your go-to podcast for having fun with travel, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
Bonjour! Come one, come all, to a feast for the senses! And hear the wild story of how a bunch of strangers created a five-star musical themed to Pixar's film, Ratatouille, entirely on TikTok.
FOLLOW THE RATATOUILLE MUSICAL TALENT!
https://www.tiktok.com/@e_jaccs
https://www.tiktok.com/@bowlingforsnails
https://www.tiktok.com/@blakeyrouse
https://www.tiktok.com/@rjthecomposer
https://www.tiktok.com/@jeromejarambe
https://www.tiktok.com/@fettuccinefettuqueen
https://www.tiktok.com/@danieljmertzlufft
MUSICAL NUMBERS, IN ORDER:
https://www.tiktok.com/@e_jaccs/video/6859521038418447622
https://www.tiktok.com/@danieljmertzlufft/video/6885475193410620678
https://www.tiktok.com/@blakeyrouse/video/6888386416296922373
https://www.tiktok.com/@bowlingforsnails/video/6888115836381302021
https://www.tiktok.com/@fettuccinefettuqueen/video/6888530225508928770
https://www.tiktok.com/@jeromejarambe/video/6888390489238686981
https://www.tiktok.com/@rjthecomposer/video/6887296694573190406
https://www.tiktok.com/@e_jaccs/video/6888029088544460037
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