The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network features weekly shows hosted by Jim Hill and his collaborators. The lineup includes The Disney Dish with Len Testa, Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor, Epic Universal Podcast with Eric Hersey, I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey, Marvel Us Disney with Dan Graney, The Case For with Chris Cox, and more. Each series offers industry reporting, history, analysis, and insider stories spanning Disney, Universal, animation, film, streaming, and themed entertainment. With over 25 years of online storytelling and thousands of hours of content, the network delivers trusted, in-depth coverage for fans, enthusiasts, and industry professionals.
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May 19, 2021 • 7min
Wondery IMAGINED LIFE FAMILY : Take a journey and see the world through someone else’s eyes.
Imagined Life Family immerses you in the surprising moments and challenges that shaped someone’s life before they became successful-- but there’s a catch. You won’t find out who you are until the end of the episode unless you follow the clues along the way! In this episode, you long to go to Africa and have adventures like Tarzan. But everyone tells you girls aren’t supposed to do things like that. You’ll just have to prove them wrong. Take a journey with Imagined Life Family and see the world through someone else’s eyes. Listen at http://wondery.fm/ILF_DisneyDish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 55min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 122: Why the “Roger Rabbit” sequels all stalled out
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about which minor character from “The Muppets Take Manhattan” has now joined the cast of the “Muppet Babies” reboot. They then talk about Steven Spielberg’s complicated relationship with the Walt Disney Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2021 • 39min
Disney Dish Dish Episode 322: Why ABC initially said “No” to “Zorro”
Len Testa and Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the news that came out of the most recent Disney quarterly earnings call. Then Jim Hill reveals why the founder of the American Broadcasting Company didn’t think that Roy & Walt were very good businessmen.Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2021 • 55min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 121:How Rainbow Mickey really came to be
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how Amy Mebberson used her Pocket Princesses strip to pay tribute to Mother’s Day. They then look back at when walk-around versions of the Disney characters were rushed into EPCOT Center’s Future World section back in 1985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 10, 2021 • 1h 12min
Disney Dish Episode 321: Meet the crew of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by comparing WDW’s Boo Bash Disney After Hours event to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. They then continue their look back at Fess Parker’s time at Walt Disney Studios.Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 9, 2021 • 36min
Pink Monorail Episode 2: The return of the Disney College Program
Shelly & Noe Valladolid start off this week’s show with a quick look at the re-opening of Disneyland Park. They also talked about how the pandemic, as well as an earthquake in Puerto Rico, impacted the production of Marvel Studios’ most recent limited series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 7, 2021 • 56min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 91: What that new Sony deal means for Disney+
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing all of the info that Marvel Studios just released about Phase Four of the MCU. They then share the tribute to Jack Kirby that the Imagineers recently added to DCA’s “Guardians of the Galaxy -- Mission: BREAKOUT !” attraction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 4, 2021 • 37min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 120: Do you remember those animated “Far Side” specials
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about Seth McFarlane’s attempt to revive / reinvent “The Flintstones” back in 2011. They then discuss how “Vivo” went from being a DreamWorks Animation project to a Sony Picture Animation release that will soon be showing up on Netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 3, 2021 • 42min
Disney Dish Episode 320: Who’s this other family in my Memory Maker account
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing some of the bars & the restaurants that just got revealed for the Disney Wish. They then discuss the huge part that Davy Crockett played in the first year or so of Disneyland Park’s operationThis episode's show notes are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2021 • 53min
Universal Joint Episode 45 :Which Universal-owned IP will we next see in the Parks
Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the eight-week-long promotional campaign Universal Pictures has put together to hype the June release of “F9.” They then talk about Comcast’s new marching orders when it comes to the Universal Parks & Resorts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
