Attention Must Be Paid: Jackie Coogan
Basically, if you’re picturing Jackie Coogan, you’re either picturing him at age seven or in…
Disney Byways: THE SWAMP FOX
Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat Nobody knows where the Swamp Fox’s at…
Camera Obscura: THE MOONSPINNERS
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Gillian, don’t you have enough recurring columns here…
Celebrating the Living: Harrison Ford
Of late, I’ve been doing a lot of people about whom I’m doing research. Specifically,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Wendy Toye
It seems the sparse amount of detail about the life of Wendy Toye, CBE, has…
Disney Byways: Animated Parenting
I read an article this morning about what parents can learn from children’s shows. Obviously,…
Celebrating the Living: Stockard Channing
It is not often we encounter people whose TV debut is on Sesame Street. Sonia…
Attention Must Be Paid: Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen seemed such a natural fit for comedy that it’s hard now to remember…
Disney Byways: Teenage Girl Idols
Sure, Disney’s first star, even before there was a Walt Disney Pictures, was four-year-old Virginia…
Stuff My Kids Watch: Algorithm of My Son’s YouTube Watching
One of the more curious results of the pandemic has been that the kids have…