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Duck and Cover

Today, I’m looking at two more Carl Barks comic collections. Uncle Scrooge: The Twenty-Four Carat Moon – The title story here has a rather wacky plot, Astronomers discover another moon behind the regular one that’s made entirely out of gold. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, carl barks, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Fairy Tales, Families, Food, Holidays, Humor, Technology, Television | Tagged amusement parks, beagle boys, bears, black wednesday, chickens, clara cluck, clarabelle cow, cornelius coot, daisy duck, disney, disneyland, don rosa, donald auf dem bauernhof, donald duck, donald duck and the one bear, donald duck and the witch next door, ducks, ducktales, flintheart glomgold, flying dutchman, goldilocks and the three bears, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, instant millionaire, little golden books, madam mim, mastering the matterhorn, pizza, riding the pony express, robots, scrooge mcduck, the christmas cha cha, the forbidium money bin, the twenty-four carat moon, the wax museum, uncle scrooge and his handy andy, uncle scrooge and the flying dutchman, uncle scrooge and the money champ, uncle scrooge and the twenty-four carat moon, under the polar ice, want to buy an island?, witches |

OzCon Online

Since physical gatherings are a bad idea these days, OzCon International in California was canceled this year, but some attendees decided to do a virtual one, live from the Valley of Virtula. No, not really; that’s the prehistoric name for … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Cartoons, Characters, Economics, Eric Shanower, Feminism, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Muppets, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged angelica shirley carpenter, caroline spector, casey jr., china girl, colin ayres, dina schiff massachi, disney, disneyland, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, glinda, glinda of oz, j. l. bell, journey back to oz, mari ness, matilda joslyn gage, monarchy, mouseketeers, oz: the great and powerful, ozcon international, ozma, peter hanff, rock candy mountain, the emerald city of oz, the magic cloak of oz, the muppets' wizard of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the rainbow road to oz, thomas more, utopia, walt disney |

Isn’t It Nice When We’re All Afraid at the Same Time?

I haven’t written an album review since late April, and at least two of the records I discuss here were released before that. I don’t always have a lot of time to listen to music, and even when I do, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Beatles, Ben Folds, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Drugs, Music, Relationships | Tagged abortion, beck hansen, david lowery, disneyland, guitar, in the shadow of the bull, johnathan rice, on the line, piano, ringo starr, ryan adams, suicide, there will be no intermission |

Desperately Seeking Santa

Merry Christmas! Since the day is almost over, I might as well share my thoughts on a few Christmas movies and specials I watched this year. I Am Santa Claus (2014) – A documentary examining the lives of several people … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Holidays, Humor, Muppets, Music, Sesame Street, Television, Uncategorized, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a muppet family christmas, andy williams, art carney, bert and ernie, big bad wolf, big bird, christmas in disneyland, disney, disneyland, fozzie bear, fraggle rock, glenn miller, hanna-barbera, i am santa claus, kermit the frog, mick foley, miss piggy, muppet babies, sandy duncan, santa claus, swedish chef, yogi bear, yogi's first christmas |

Behind the Schmaltz

This time around, I review a Lifetime movie and a PBS documentary. There isn’t much similarity between them, but they DO both deal with allegedly wholesome family entertainment. The Unauthorized Full House Story – Beth and I watched this crappy … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisiting Disney, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alanis morissette, american experience, bob saget, candace cameron, dave coulier, disney, disneyland, full house, full house reviewed, jodi sweetin, john stamos, kirk cameron, lifetime, olsen twins, paula abdul, pbs, rebecca romijn, roy disney, the unauthorized full house story, walt disney |