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Monday, October 26, 2026

Tales of a Tabletop Gamer -- Sketchy Tales: Disney Edition

Sketchy Tales is a variation on the old party game Telephone. Each player picks a card with a secret Disney character on each side. He chooses a character and must draw that character performing the action found on a separate card in only thirty seconds. The drawings are all passed around the table so the next player can write his guess as to what he thinks the drawing represents. The guesses are also passed around the table for the next player to draw from. When a series of drawings and guesses gets back to the original artist, everyone can see how far the end result deviates from the first drawing.

I chose Maleficent for my character and drew her running from a swarm of bees. As the drawing passed around the table, Maleficent's horns started looking like a pair of rabbit ears, so my sister thought it must be Judy Hopps (never mind that she thought the bees were Doris from Meet the Robinsons). All very amusing, until I revealed my Maleficent card, flipped it over, and showed that the character on the back, the one I could've picked, was Judy Hopps.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Walt Disney World's New Animation Studio Tour Preview

My favorite Disney parks attraction of all time is...was the Animation Studio Tour. In its original form, it took my breath away. I well remember my sister and I walking through it, staying behind in each section to watch the film again and again, soaking in every detail.

When hand-drawn animation was killed off, the attraction died, too. It was replaced with a pale imitation, a weak sister that even Mushu couldn't save, at least for anyone who knew what once had been.

Now Disney is attempting to bring back the glory. Oh, it won't be an actual studio any more; there's nothing to draw where Disney movies are concerned. But as an attraction, it could be something wonderful again. These preview pictures certainly show it getting off on the right foot.

Monday, October 12, 2026

Disney Do-Re-Mi

Everybody knows the words to the song "Do-Re-Mi" from the film classic The Sound of Music. So think of that famous tune with these Disney-inspired lyrics:

Do, a deer, just like Faline,

Re, a firefly who's gone,

Mi, Gaston's most favorite word,

Fa, the family of Mulan,

So, what Killer likes to do,

La, la-lu is sung real slow,

Ti, Mad Hatter's favorite brew,

And McDuck has lots of Do!

Presented by Whatsits Galore, with thanks to Joe C.!