Mouse Lounge Podcast

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week we present the 1982 read-along of, “The Story of Tron”.  For more than four years, The Mouse Lounge has been entertaining listeners with an informative and irreverent view of Disney.  On the "Extinct Attractions Club Podcast" Liana lent her depth of knowledge and sense of humor, quickly becoming a fan favorite. We are thrilled and excited to announce "Liana Behind the Mickey Bar" as a regular feature. Belly to the bar with us, as we discuss the world of TRON! From the Walt Disney Archives:  Direct from the archives, learn about the history of the sometimes maligned but nonetheless visually groundbreaking picture, TRON.  Also, in honor of Mickey’s Birthday, who turns 82 the day this episode was released, we dig really deep into the stacks and pull out a 78 from 1937.  Have a listen to “Billy Murray’s, “Mickey’s Birthday Party.

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) To provide production support for the Mouse Lounge visit mouselounge.com and look for the Paypal link on the left side.  If you like the show please post a review for the Mouse Lounge Podcast on iTunes. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week we present a Disneyland Little Long Playing Record.  First, listen to a short biography about the incomparable Disneyland Story Reader, Robie Lester followed by her exquisite telling of the Story of Sleeping Beauty!    Next: a special Mouse Lounge mini-documentary about the history of the 1959 feature film, Sleeping Beauty. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West.   This week we feature a slight departure from our typical ride-thrus.  So often we walk through Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland on our way to our favorite Fantasyland attractions.  This time, we stop just b

    (((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)))   To provide production support for the Mouse Lounge visit mouselounge.com and look for the Paypal link on the left side.  If you like the show please post a review for the Mouse Lounge Podcast on iTunes. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week we present a Halloween triple treat!   First up; from 1929, the very first Silly Symphony cartoon.  Have a listen to, The Skeleton Dance.    Next, from 1949’s Ichabod and Mr. Toad, the last of the so-called, “package films,” we feature a clip from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow where Bing Crosby explains in song that you can’t reason with a headless man. And finally, experience side one of "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House". From the Walt Disney Archives:  Enjoy the theme, to 1982s “Disney’s Halloween Treat!” Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West.   Thi

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Pixie Dusted Productions presents...   Disneyland's, Dapper Dans

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Mouse Lounge -- Season 05 -- Episode 04 -- October 6, 2010 In this episode, the Mouse Lounge finds the magic of Pinocchio. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week, from a Disneyland Record 1962  release, your Disneyland Story Reader, Jiminy Cricket narrates the story of Pinocchio. From the Walt Disney Archives:  Learn about the making of this extraordinary film from the men and woman who made it. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West.   This week, we’ll travel back to 1982.  Take a ride on Pinocchio’s Daring Journey. We’ll go back in time… to the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, rumble seats, and bathtub gin… and listen to… the incomparable… Cliff Edwards. We’ll close the show with a stunning a capella cover of “When You Wish Upon a Star.”    

"Shermania!" (((HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED))) Produced as a tribute to Disney Legends, the Sherman Brothers, "Shermania!" the film began life first as a song.  Robert and Richard Sherman's Father, Tin Pan Alley tune-smith, Al Sherman, told his boys to follow the three S’s when writing songs: make them singable, simple, and sincere. With that ideal as inspiration, composer Jerry Ranger and author/lyricist Cynthia Ferrell co-wrote the song, "Singable, Simple, and Sincere".  The song is performed by Tess Ferrell, now lead singer in "Big Band Beat," a broadway-style show on the American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea. The film, now titled, "Shermania!" was shot over the course of two days in August 2010 in Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks, California, under the direction of Cynthia Ferrell & Brian McDonald and stars Tess Ferrell and Jerry Ranger.   Other credits include: Cinematographer: Tim Carr Editors: Brian McDonald, Chuck Lewis & Nick Brosco Boom operator and production support: Gary Chambers Script superv

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Mouse Lounge -- Season 05 -- Episode 02 -- September 12, 2010 In this episode, the Mouse Lounge brings to life what takes place in space in Tomorrowland. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week, from a Disneyland Record 1957 release, Jiminy Cricket and Walt Disney narrate “A Day at Disneyland”. From the Walt Disney Archives:  We’ll go back in time and have a listen to the two-longest lived attractions in the Disneyland’s Tomorrowland South building, Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. This week, we travel flashback to 1987 and take in the Captain EO Tribute! We'll close this week’s show with a couple of space-themed tracks.  First Kingsley & Perry’s, “Spooks in Space”.  You’d be right if you guessed this was the duo that wrote and recorded the original “Barouque Hoedown” used in the Main Street Electri

  (((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Pixie Dusted Productions presents...   Disneyland's, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) In this episode, the Mouse Lounge presents a rootin’ tootin’ tooth shootin’ good time in Frontierland!  From the Walt Disney Archives:  Walt introduces Frontierland to an eager America on Disneyland’s opening day in 1955.  Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week, we travel back in time, to the late 1800’s for Slue Foot Sue’s Golden Horseshow Revue!  Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West.   This week, we hop on board the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.   We'll close this week’s show with a couple of jumpin’ Frontierland tracks from the Mark Twain Riverboat, enjoy Come Back, Sweet Papa, and Milenberg Joys!

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) In this episode, the Mouse Lounge presents Disney’s fascination with the automobile, or cars… to you and me. From the Walt Disney Archives:  At the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, Ford presented Disney's "The Magic Skyway," the second most popular exhibit at the fair, using Ford cars in an early prototype of the Omnimover system to move the audience through scenes featuring life-sized audio-animatronic dinosaurs and cavemen.   Walt narrates this forgotten attraction of Yesterdayland. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   This week, we take a ride back in time to June 6, 1952 for the release of Susie the Little Blue Coupe.  The incomparable Sterling Holloway narrates. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West.   This week, we double dipstick.  First into Yesterdayland for a  compilation track from Disneyland’s Autopia.  T

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) In this episode, the Mouse Lounge takes in a languorous, lazy summer day…at 55 miles per hour of course.  Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.   In 1963 Walt Disney Productions released the feature film Summer Magic, starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in a story about a Boston widow and her children taking up residence in a small town in Maine. The film was based on the book "Mother Carey's Chickens" by Kate Douglas Wiggin.  The film was Mills' fourth of six films for Disney, and the young actress received a Golden Globe nomination for her work.  The soundtrack from the picture yielded some very good songs, including the Richard Sherman composition, the Ugly Bug Ball; which went on to be a popular song that year.  Two other cuts on the record however will be of interest to Disney Park fans.  Flitterin’ and Beautiful Beulah can often be heard in instrumental f

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) In this episode, the Mouse Lounge salutes America… Disney style!  Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.  This week, from the 1980 Disneyland Record #2511 “Yankee Doodle Mickey” have a listen to Mickey and the gang performing You’re a Grand Old Flag and the Armed Forces Melody.  Listen carefully, that’s Wayne Allwine as Mickey, three years before he officially inherited the roll from Jimmy McDonald in Mickey’s Christmas Carol.   Yankee Doodle Mickey was given the CD treatment in 2002.  While several songs from the original LP were removed, at the time The American Adventure hosted an a capella group called, “American  Vybe.”  Their studio rendition of America the Beautiful is featured here.  From the Walt Disney Archives:  In 2004 Leonard Maltin met with John Hench, at the time, Disney’s longest-term employee, and discusses how after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Burbank studio

  (((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)))   Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785   In this episode, the Mouse Lounge tumbles down the rabbit hole.   Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record.  This week Walt introduces the tale of Alice in Wonderland, and then told on Disneyland Records ST-3909, the Magic Window Series!  Listen to the first half in the podcast, then log in to the multimedia section of mouselounge.com to download the second half.   From the Walt Disney Archives:  Walt gives a tour of the Disney Studios to Winston Hibler under the auspices of being during production of Alice in Wonderland.  While purely a promotional puff piece it is nonetheless worthy of playback for its nostalgia value.   Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. A year before the first major expansion of Disneyland that was to add the Matterhorn, Monorail

  (((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, DCA becomes alight with magic and music with the first public performance of "World of Color!  This audio was captured during the June 11 9:00pm show. This post also marks. after a six month hiatus, the return of The Mouse Lounge Podcast.  (If you think of the Mouse Lounge kinda like how "LOST" was aired, maybe it won't piss you off as much.)   ;) Enjoy! Gary Chambers(805) 270-5785The Mouse Loungehttp://www.mouselounge.comSubscribe to our write a review about the Mouse Lounge Podcast:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=180696323 The Mouse Lounge is a fan-based podcast and is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. Non factual statements made by the Mouse Lounge hosts, Gary Chambers and his guests are their current opinions only and are subject to change without notice. All copyrighted material used with permission or

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, we trip the Christmas lights fantastic and over a few toys in the process. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record. This week from a dusty box of LPs we drop the needle on some classic vinyl. From Disneyland Records catalog ST3913, enjoy Walt Disneys Babes in Toyland! From the Walt Disney Archives: A young Walt Disney performs as Mickey and himself in 1934s Heinz Hall of Fame Christmas Stocking. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. This week, not so much a ride-through, but a musical trip through the holiday season, with the Disneyland Band in their annual Christmas Concert. I am told the band will improve its selection of singers from the audience in the coming year. We close this week’s show with fou

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, we take an adventure in Melody and to the mythic land of Agrabah! From the Walt Disney Family Museum: Peek into the process of one of Americas Modern Masters of Melody, Alan Menkin. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record. This week we unearth RCA Victors VY-4000. On four Little Nipper Storybook 78s on 1952 Adventures in Music: Melody. This entire segment, as well as images from the album will be available in the Multimedia area of Mouselounge.com. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. This week, Don your Dishdasha and duck into DCA for a trip to mythic Agrabah! This is a very recent recording of Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular and the pop culture references are fast and furious. Also pay close attention

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, celebrate 70 years with the one that started it all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. From the Walt Disney Family Museum: In a darkened theater filled to overflowing at the D23 Expo, I had the honor of sitting in the presence of true Disney legends and experts. Producer, Don Hahn moderates a panel discussion about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In attendance were animator, Andreas Deja, who invoked life into Scar in the Lion King, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Eric Goldberg, responsible for animating the Genie in Aladdin, and directing the jaw dropping Rhapsody in Blue and hilarious Flamingo with a Yo Yo sequences in Fantasia 2000, Disney historian and author, J.B. Kaufman, animation historian and prolific writer, Charles Solomon, and special guest, looking dazzling at 90 years young, Marge Gower Champion, the live action model for Snow White. Each w

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, we take a look back at 40 years of creepy creeps, happy haunts, stolen kisses, and God knows what else. . . and say goodbye to someone very special in Walts life. Also, a full docket of Disney News from departments Entertainment, Theme Parks East, Theme Parks West, and Business. From the Walt Disney Family Museum: On the heels of the D23 Expo, meet someone who was there the year Walt made his inauspicious arrival in Hollywood; Virginia Davis of the Alice Comedies. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record. This week we go into the studio with Paul Frees, circa 1968 and hear a few alternative takes of the ghost host spiel. Eerily familiar yet very, very different. Also from the vault, a unique opportunity to delve into the Walt Disney educational archives with this 1974 presen

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, we hop into our DC-3 and head south of the border. Also, a full docket of Disney News from departments Entertainment, Theme Parks East, Theme Parks West, and Business. From the Walt Disney Family Museum: Listen as Walt describes the sights and sounds of the lands in Latin America. Excerpted from Walt Disney -- The Triumph of American Imagination: By 1940, the Walt Disney Studio had moved from Hyperion Avenue to the new Burbank studio still used today. The financial windfall of Snow White was now a distant memory and Walt had two financial failures on his hands, Fantasia and Pinocchio. The studio had been overrun by union organizers and production on Bambi was slowed to a crawl. Those crossing the picket line were working on Dumbo, fronted as a picture they could just knock out quickly. While the lawyers were settling with striking workers in 1941, Walt needed to get away and find other projects. He found it in a workin

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) This is a very special episode of the Mouse Lounge. Not only does it mark the shows return after a four month hiatus but also the first episode recorded in the new house. For those keeping track, this is number five since Episode 1. In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, explores Walts Small World. Also, a full docket of Disney News from departments Entertainment, Theme Parks East, Theme Parks West, and Business. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record. This week, we delve into the archives of The Wonderful World of Color” and the episode, Disneyland Goes to the Word’s Fair from 1964. From the Disney Family Museum: Imagineer Rolly Crump discusses the construction of the 1964-1965 its a small world facade, The Tower of the Four Winds. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. This week, from Disneylands Fantasy