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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Aug 6, 2020 • 45min
Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 48: Remembering Wilford Brimley & Tom Pollock
Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by paying tribute to two industry vets with ties to the Star Wars franchise that we’ve recently lost. They then talk about that TikTok video which suggests that the Skywalker Saga should be retitled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4, 2020 • 1h 7min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 89: What will Disney+’s “Beauty & the Beast” prequel series be called
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the impact that Disney’s decision to unscheduled its live-action “Mulan” could potentially have on Pixar’s “Soul.” They then interview animation historian Didier Ghez about the sixth & final volume of his “They Drew As They Pleased” series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 3, 2020 • 41min
Disney Dish Episode 281: Disney World refines its reopening plans
Len Testa recounts his recent walk-throughs of The Magic Kingdom & Disney’s Hollywood Studios as the WDW Resort continues to tweak its coronavirus-related procedures. Then Jim Hill talks about how Paul Comstock found all of the full-sized trees he needed in order to make Anaheim’s Downtown Disney look like a lush garden district***Jim had the wrong input selected while recording, so he sounds a bit strange in this episode.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2020 • 1h 3min
Disney Dish Episode 280: The significance of WDW’s deeply discounted 2-day tickets
Len Testa starts off this week’s episode by talking about how The Walt Disney Company is still struggling when it comes to the proper way to compensate annual passholders & DVC members for coronavirus-related disruptions-in-service. Then Jim Hill looks back at what it took to change the Disneyland Hotel’s Vacationland Recreational Vehicle Park into the Mickey & Friends Parking Structure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2020 • 1h
Looking at Lucasfilm Episode 47: “The Bad Batch” to make good on Disney+
Dan Zehr & Jim Hill start off this episode by discussing the rescheduling of the next three “Star Wars” theatrical releases. Then Jim takes a look at John Williams’ tenure as the conductor of the Boston Pops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 24, 2020 • 39min
Marvel Us Disney Episode 68: What Tony almost said to Thanos
Aaron Adams & Jim Hill start off talking about how much they’ve been enjoying the final season of Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” They then talk about how Joe & Anthony Russo have been relying on Marvel Cinematic Universe vets as they cast their post-“Infinity War” / “Endgame” projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2020 • 49min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 88: Get ready for Don Hahn’s “Howard”
Drew Taylor starts off this week’s episode by sharing what Richard Linklater told him about his “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Adventure” project. Then Jim Hill talks up Drew’s upcoming Zoom conference at Gallery Nucleus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 20, 2020 • 1h 17min
Disney Dish Episode 279: What’s fine at Epcot’s new Food & Wine
Len Testa talks about what’s changed at the recently re-opened Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios & Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Then Jim Hill shares how the Disneyland Resort got ready for DCA’s grand opening in January of 2001 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2020 • 57min
I Want That Episode 10: Brushing up on Disney’s “Mulan"
Shelly Valladolid & Jim Hill return with a look at Silverado Vineyards, the Disney family winery up in Napa Valley. Then Jim Hill talks about an attempted bit of product placement in Disney’s full-length animated feature for the Summer of 1998 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2020 • 46min
Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 87: The “Popeye” feature that Fleischer almost made
Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the “Gravity Falls” tribute episode which will be airing on Disney’s “Amphibia” in August. They then look back at how Walt Disney & Max Fleischer battled for animation supremacy in the 1930s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
