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.
Episodes
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Jun 4, 2021 • 58min
The Universal Joint Episode 46: What’s significant about UOR’s new $15-an-hour starting wage
Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about how difficult it’s been to keep up with Universal Orlando’s rapidly changing COVID-related safety policies. They then discuss NBC Sports’ concerns about the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 1, 2021 • 41min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 124:: Remember when DreamWorks Animation made tradigital films
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking up Chronicles Books’ “Art of Pixar’s Luca.” They then look at the 2002 film that inspired “Spirit Riding Free” & “Spirit Untamed” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2021 • 41min
Disney Dish Episode 324: Splash Mountain’s role in the creation of on-ride photography
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about Universal’s decision to raise the starting wage for new Team Members to $15-an-hour says about the tightening Orlando labor market. They then share stories about how miserable service on Disney’s Magic Express has reportedly gotten.Show Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2021 • 51min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 123: Why Disney’s “Gremlins” movie never got off the ground
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s show by sharing his impressions of Disney’s “Cruella.” Then Drew & Jim Hill talk about the “Walt Disney Studios and World War II” exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2021 • 1h 16min
Disney Dish Dish Episode 323: How long before RunDisney begins staging events in Florida & California again
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode about the DVC-related change that’s coming to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in 2022. They then finish their look at Davy Crockett & Zorro in the Disney ParksShow Notes for this episode are here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2021 • 54min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 92: Get ready for “Disney’s Hotel New York -- The Art of Marvel”
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about how well “WandaVision” & “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” did at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. They then discuss why Dave Bautista may be getting ready to stop playing Drax the Destroyer in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
