Disney Byways: “The Cactus Kid”
Today’s cartoon actually sits neatly at an intersection of several things we’ve seen before. It…
Disney Byways: “On Ice”
Nominally, this is a Mickey Mouse cartoon; I don’t write about those often. I find…
Disney Byways: JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Sometimes, it can be really frustrating to have been an early reader. When, for example,…
Disney Byways: The Arendelle Castle Yule Log
Christmas is a time of tradition. For many people, that tradition is snuggling in front…
Disney Byways: ZENIMATION
The holidays are a high-stress time. It’s not true that there are more suicides at…
Disney Byways: “The Golden Touch”
Disney has always drawn from myth, legend, folk tales, and the like for source material.…
Disney Byways: The FANTASIA Road Show
Fantasia has already been a Year of the Month entry when we did 1941. However,…
Disney Byways: “Pluto’s Surprise Package”
My mother told me, years ago, the story of a postal inspector who freaked out…
Disney Byways: “Trick or Treat”
One of the greatest sins, historically, has been failure of hospitality. No surprise, of course,…
Disney Byways: “The Grasshopper and the Ants”
Grasshoppers hold two basic places in Western culture. One is as the enormous force of…