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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Aug 31, 2020 • 49min
Disney Dish Episode 285: How Eisner’s cost containment efforts changed Kali River Rapids
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by sharing some cost savings tipswhen it comes to staying on WDW property. Then they offer up the long-awaited conclusion to a featurepiece about the construction of Kali River Rapids at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 28, 2020 • 24min
Marvel Us Disney Ep 71: Should Sony be learning from Warner Bros. mistakes?
In a special flying-solo edition of this podcast, Jim Hill first talks about the multiple Spider-Man related projects that Sony is readying for production in the coming year. Jim then takes a look at “Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure” and how COVID-19 may wind up impacting this key component of DCA’s Avengers Campus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2020 • 50min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 91: Behind-the-scenes on Disney’s “The Black Cauldron”
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill first talk about how DC’s recent round of layoffs may throw a damper on this weekend’s FanDome event. They then talk about the enormous impact that Don Bluth’s September 1979 exit from Walt Disney Feature Animation had on that studio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 24, 2020 • 41min
Disney Dish Episode 284: WDW Cast Members assemble a DIY “Great Movie Ride”
Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about changes The WaltDisney World has recently made to accommodate more annual passholders at its theme parks. Then Jimwraps up his tale of why “Rivers of Light” went up the creek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 21, 2020 • 41min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 70: Is seeing “The New Mutants” in theaters worth the risk?
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the seriesfinale of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” They then look back at when Walt Disney Productions hiredJack Kirby to create a Sunday Funnies version of their December 1979 release, “The Black Hole” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 20, 2020 • 51min
Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 49: Celebrating Star Wars Celebrations of the past
Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about operational changesthat have recently been made to WDW’s version of Black Spire Outpost. Then Dan shares memories ofthe four Star Wars Celebrations that he’d attended / participated in since 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 17, 2020 • 51min
Disney Dish Episode 283: Are Disney World & Universal Orlando heading for not-such-a-great Fall?
Len Testa & Jim Hill share what they’ve learned from a round of surveys that Central Florida’s biggest resorts recently sent out. Then Jim talks about how Disney’s Animal Kingdom tried to solve its everyone-leaves-this-theme-park-by-1-p.m. problem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 14, 2020 • 32min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 90: When Disney went to pot to help “Fantasia” turn a profit
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by discussing the Crumpet / Kermit cameo in Disney’s “Amphibia.” They also discuss that recent spate of spinoffs & revivals that are going forward without any input from the creators of those series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 10, 2020 • 49min
Disney Dish Episode 282: Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective
Using his keen deductive skills, Len Testa reveals what year the first scene of “Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress” is actually set in. Then Jim Hill looks back at the circumstances that forced Walt Disney Productions to go from being a privately owned to a publicly held company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 7, 2020 • 44min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 69: Get ready for COVID Corn (patent pending)
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off this week’s podcast by talking about how UK-based retailer Base accidentally revealed that Spidey will be a playable character on “Marvel’s Avengers” for the PS4 starting in early 2021. They also look back at when a leak of “Deadpool” test footage led to 20th Century Fox finally greenlighting production of that Ryan Reynolds film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
