Celebrating the Living: Hayley Mills
She’s been on the list since the beginning, and I keep putting her off in…
Attention Must Be Paid: Fess Parker
There’s a character in Terry Pratchett’s Thud! named Mr. A. E. Pessimal. That’s his birth…
Disney Byways: The Disney Store
To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure how much I ever bought from Disney Stores…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on Show People
It’s common knowledge that the character of Susan Alexander, Charles Foster Kane’s tone-deaf paramour in…
Lunch Link: Two Classic Sesame Street Shorts
“How Crayons are Made” (1981) dir. Unknown Only 80s kids understand you can’t explain the…
Celebrating the Living: Bruce Dern
It’s amazing the things I can learn while doing this project. Did you know that…
Dissolve On (Best of 2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Attention Must Be Paid: Hattie McDaniel
“I’d rather play a maid than be one.” Man, no research for this column has…
Year Of The Month – Steamboat Bill Jr.
The last twenty minutes of Steamboat Bill Jr. are some of the greatest moments of…
Disney Byways: “All in a Nutshell”
I have more patience when Donald Duck goes up against Chip ‘n’ Dale than when…