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September 20, 2010 • New Review! September 9, 2010 •NEW! Episode #55 - "A Soaking Awesome Podcast" Disney's new Splash Mountain t-shirt hints at the
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• Are you enjoying Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod? Spread the word! Leave a review on iTunes and tell your friends! • Discuss the show on the ZADDP forum at the Disney Podcast Network • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod has a new Voicemail Phone Number! (224) 366-7631 ... that's (224) DOO-POD1 • Start sending in emails and voicemails now for the upcoming mailbag show! • Check out another great Disney podcast, The Disneyland Mixpot. Episode #3 of that show is dedicated to ZADDP! • Looking for the "Soaking Awesome" Disney Parks blog post that started all the controversy? Just click here!
August 22, 2010 • New YouTube Videos! Have you subscribed to the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod YouTube channel yet? You'll find lots of new videos from Aaron's recent Disney trip there... and there are more to come!
Check them out! Here's a sample:
August 22, 2010 • New Reviews!
Disney Parks: The Secrets, Stories, and Magic Behind the Scenes Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney Parks: The Secrets, Stories, and Magic Behind the Scenes DVD Six-Pack
June 23, 2010 •NEW! Episode #54 - "Top 100 Disney Songs, Part 4 (#25-1)" ZADDP's countdown of the Top 100 Disney Songs
concludes with the fourth and final set of 25! Buckle in for a long
haul -- it's a LONG show, but these songs deserve a little more
time and attention. As always, there's plenty of history and analysis
for each song. Can you guess which one will get the #1 spot?
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• Liking the Top 100 Disney Songs countdown? Spread the word! Leave a review on iTunes and tell your friends! • Discuss the show on the ZADDP forum (Warning: Countdown Spoilers!) at the Disney Podcast Network • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod has a new Voicemail Phone Number! (224) 366-7631 ... that's (224) DOO-POD1 June 16, 2010 • New Review: Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black
• A quick note on Episode #54 - Bar study is keeping your host away from the microphone for most of each day, but steady progress continues on Episode #54. If all goes as planned, the final segment of the Top 100 Disney Songs should within a week. Keep an eye on this website, iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, DisMarks, and/or the Disney Podcast Network. When the new show posts, it'll show up at all of those places! Thanks for your patience. :-) May 15, 2010 •NEW! Episode #53 - "Top 100 Disney Songs, Part 3 (#50-26)" ZADDP's countdown of the Top 100 Disney Songs
continues with the third set of 25! Starting at #50, we move into
the top half and make it all the way down to #26. More than one
Disney property makes its countdown debut here.
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• Liking the Top 100 Disney Songs countdown?
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April 12, 2010 •NEW! Episode #52 - "Top 100 Disney Songs, Part 2 (#75-51)" ZADDP's countdown of the Top 100 Disney Songs
continues with a second set of 25! We start at #75 this time and
move all the way down to #51, covering some really amazing songs
along the way. Each one is, of course, treated to a little analysis.
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• Send in your comments about other Disney songs for the next two installments of the countdown! Emails and voicemails are welcome! • Check out Aaron's commentary on the Liberty Square Riverboart in Imagineering My Way Episode #54 (available for free in the iTunes Music Store)! • The Written by Aaron page has been updated at long last! Check it out for a complete index of all movie & music reviews, interviews, and other articles written by Aaron!
April 8, 2010 New Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
April 4, 2010 •NEW! Episode #51 - "Top 100 Disney Songs (#100-76)" ZADDP gears up for its biggest countdown yet -- so big, it takes four episodes to do it! The doors are open to the whole wide world of Disneydom, with nearly a century of songs in competition for the top spot. There are 25 songs in each episode, plus some discussion about every single one of them. We kick things off this week with #100. Let's get it started! HAPPY EASTER!
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• This episode is dedicated to my friend, Mike, who passed away this month. Check out his blog for enlightening discussion of movies, sports, and even Disney on occasion! Read it here: Sully's World • Send in your comments about other Disney songs for the next three installments of the countdown! Emails and voicemails are welcome! • Check out some awesome pictures of Disneyland Paris during Easter -- contributed by a ZADDP listener a few years ago! • The ZADDP Links page has at last received a much-needed updating! March 26, 2010 •NEW! Episode #50 - "50th Episode Extravaganza" What will you celebrate? 50 episodes of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod,
of course! Join your host and a bunch of listeners in a retrospective
look at nearly five years of ZADDP and discussions dedicated
to all things Disney. Emails & voicemails from all of you add
to the anniversary extravaganza. (Plus: The winners of the Amy Grant
contest).
Download Episode 50: Check out the trailer for Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod's upcoming Top 100 Disney Songs Countdown episodes!
March 24, 2010 Two New Reviews! • Castle in the Sky (2010 Studio Ghibili Collection)
• Toy Story 2: Special Edition Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack
March 3, 2010 •NEW! Episode #49 - "Disney Decade in Review" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod looks back on the 2000-2009
decade in Disney history, comparing it to the 1980s and counting
down the best and worst of the last ten years. 40 things make their
way into the countdown(s) before all is said and done!
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• Aaron
joins the MiceCast crew in episode # 157 to talk about Captain
EO and Michael Jackson. Check
it out!
February 15, 2010 New Review! • "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse": Minnie's Bow-Tique
February 9, 2010 •NEW! Episode #48 - "Disney Legends - Roy E. Disney Tribute Show" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod launches its Disney Legends
profile series with a tribute to the late Roy E. Disney. With a
chronological look at his 80 years of milestones, ZADDP puts
the life and career of this legendary filmmaker, executive, and
figurehead into context. Along the way, we'll pause to take a closer
look at some of his lesser-known Disney movies, Cheetah and
Morning Light among them. Listen and find out just why Walt's
nephew was such an important man.
Download Episode 48: New Interview! • Michael Stuhlbarg, start of Best Picture nominee A Serious Man
February 1, 2010 •NEW! Episode #47 - "News Roundup - Lose Yourself (In the Magic)" Your
host takes a look at recent Disney news from around the world and
applies some analysis to some of the bigger headlines (20 of them,
in fact). Topics include:
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Win Amy Grant's book & Greatest Hits CD! Listen to Episode # 47 for Details!
• Looking for the newest WDW Fantasyland expansion concept art? Click here! • Looking for the music portraits in Disneyland's Lincoln Hall? Click here! • Looking for pictures of Whoopi Goldberg in The Lion King on Broadway? Click here! January 25, 2010 New Articles! • Surrogates (Blu-ray) (co-written with DVDizzy.com's Luke Bonanno) • Virtual
Interview with Jonathan Mostow, director of Surrogates,
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, U-571, Disney's
upcoming Swiss Family Robinson remake, and more!
January 23, 2010 •NEW! Episode #46 - "WDW Trip Report - Exhausted Newbies, Whoopi Goldberg, and the End of the Decade" With record-breaking show length, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod
presents a report from your host's final Walt Disney World vacation
of the 2000s! Download Episode 46:
•Looking for the video of Whoopi Goldberg discussing her time at Epcot on "The View"? Click here!
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is partnering with The HP Alliance for Helping Haiti Heal! Assist in the Haiti relief effort by bidding in the online auction for fans: Saturday, January 23rd at 2 p.m. EST You can also make a donation to Partners in Health.
January 17, 2010 •NEW! Episode #45 - "The (Black) Princess and the Frog" What was supposed to be a trip report turns into a
review of The Princess and the Frog instead. Particular focus
is given to the racial issues connected with the film and Disney's
awkward handling of those.
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January 11, 2010 New Reviews! • Family
Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (Blu-ray)
December 31, 2009 • Happy New Year's Eve! New article: The 30 Best Music Singles of 2009 AND: The 50 Best Films of the Decade: 2000 - 2009 AND: The 25 Best TV Shows of the Decade: 2000- 20009 More articles, including The Best (and Worst) of 2009 in Film, coming soon! A new podcast is on the way too! November 2009 Recent Reviews! • Monster's,
Inc.: 4-Disc Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy Combo Pack
October 29, 2009 •NEW! Episode #44 - "Halloween & Hidden Mickeys" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod celebrates Halloween 2009
by revisiting its 2006 "Top 10 Disney Villains" episode.
That show, episode #24, contained an audio montage of the "Honorable
Mentions" -- Disney Villains who didn't quite make the cut.
Three years later, that montage is updated to include:
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•Steven M. Barrett's Hidden Mickeys books are among the most recognizable Disney Parks books on the market. The park-by-park structure of the books, available for both Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts, makes it a great resource for frequent parkgoers. New editions of each book are now available, featuring updates for new attractions like The American Idol Experience and more. The Intrepid Traveler, publisher for these and other outstanding Disney books, was kind enough to send the show copies of these new editions for review, so check out the next episode of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod to hear more! The new editions are each available for under $10 on Amazon.com. You can also visit Steven M. Barrett's website for more.
October 28, 2009 •NEW! New reviews posted: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and "Little Einsteins": Fire Truck Rocket's Blastoff
October 4, 2009 •The reviews page has been updated! October 3, 2009 •NEW! Two new reviews posted: "JONAS" - Volume 1: Rockin' the House and "30 Rock": Season 3
September 11, 2009 •NEW! Pictures from the D23 Disney Fan Convention in Disneyland - Click here for hi-res pictures from the official, star-studded event!
•Breaking news: Disney Parks announced on their official Twitter feed this evening that Amy Grant will provide the soundtrack for the new state-of-the-art "World of Color" show in Disney's California Adventure theme park! September 7, 2009 •NEW! Episode #43 - "Disney Buys Marvel!" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod takes a close look at last
week's shocking announcement that the Walt Disney Company is acquiring
Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. The show looks at exactly why
the purchase is such a big deal, what it means for Disney's movies
and theme parks, and what it says about Disney's corporate direction
under Bob Iger as CEO.
Download Episode 43: September 2009 •NEW! Check out my new review of "Desperate Housewives": The Complete Fifth Season DVD
September 1, 2009 •NEW! Check out my new review of "Dirty Sexy Money": The Complete (and Final) Second Season DVD
August 8, 2009 •NEW! Episode #42 - "WDW Trip Report from a DVC Bootlegger" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is back from another trip
to Walt Disney World, this time with a report from the Old Key West
resort. Aaron reflects on his first experience with the Disney Vacation
Club (and offers advice on how you too can pretend to be a member)
and meeting up with Earl from Trapped on Vacation.
Download Episode 42: July 20, 2009 •NEW! Episode #41 - "A Look at Walt: The Man Behind the Myth and More" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod reviews a 2001 documentary
entitled Walt: The Man Behind the Myth. That excellent DVD
happens to be on sale for $8.99 at Amazon.com right now, so the
show is offering high praise in recommending an immediate purchase!
Download Episode 41: July 15, 2009 •NEW! Episode #40 - "Ranking Pixar" With the release of Up, Pixar now has ten full-length feature films to its credit. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod takes the occasion to rank those ten films and review them along the way. Also: the winner of the Up soundtrack is announced and Aaron reads a statement from Jesse, former host of The MousePod.
Download Episode 40: Also: Check out the new Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod YouTube account to see the video of Aaron on the red carpet at the world premiere of Cars! Other related articles from Aaron: WALL-E review • Cars review • Monsters, Inc. review • Report from the Red Carpet at the Cars premiere • Best (And Worst) of 2008 in Film
• Also check out the list of opening songs used in past episodes of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod July 8, 2009 •NEW! Episode #39 - "Mailbag Show (Villains and Gangsters and JoBros - Oh My!)" Aaron answers listener emails and announces your chance to win the soundtrack to Disney/Pixar's Up in Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod Contest #5! Topics in this show include: • What makes a good Disney villain? Are "real
life" villains better than "fantasy" villains like
Maleficent? One contest winner will be selected at random from all eligible entries. Details explained in Episode #39.
Download Episode 39: Also: Check out the new Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod YouTube account! First up: The Striped Skunk of Oz (A video explained in Episode 38: "Michael Jackson Tribute Show")
Check out my new review of Disney's new Princess Protection Program!
July 3, 2009 •NEW! Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod Re-Release: "Disney & America" 4th of July Special (Episode #16) In celebration of Independence Day, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod takes a look at the role Disney has played in America's history and the role that America plays in Disney's theme parks. This episode was originally released on July 4, 2006. Nothing has been changed in the re-release, except for new cover art. Please note that the contest information detailed at the beginning of the show is no longer applicable (that contest has ended). Total Runtime: 50:05
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Visit the original list of links mentioned in Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod Episode #16 June 27, 2009 •NEW! Episode #38 - "Michael Jackson Tribute Special" Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod makes a small departure from its
usual Disney-centric theme to pay homage to the King of Pop, Michael
Jackson.
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June 24, 2009 •NEW! Episode #37 - "Hannah Hangs Up - Is the New Miley Cyrus Scandal Disney's Fault?" The latest Miley Cyrus scandal has Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod
doing something its host never thought it would: talking about Ms.
Montana herself for a whole episode. But is it really Miley who's
behind this controversy, or Disney's PR folks? Listen in to find
out why Miley Cyrus keeps hanging up on DJs during live radio telephone
interviews -- and to hear the audio of it actually happening! Aaron
weighs in on Disney's handling of the situation and shares his own
experience in interviewing Disney celebrities and working with the
PR reps who come with them. If you're a Fan-na Montana, you'll like
half of this episode -- if you can't stand her, you'll like the
other half. Either way, you'll want to celebrate the four year anniversary
of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod, coming up this week! Download Episode 37:
June 19, 2009 •NEW! Episode #36 - "25 Minute Father's Day Special: The Disney Dads" In celebration of Father's Day, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod
revisits its 2006 "Top 10 Disney Dads" episode. That show,
episode #13, contained an audio montage of the "Honorable Mentions"
-- Disney Dads who didn't quite make the cut. Three years later,
that montage is updated to include: See how many Disney Dads you can identify as you listen
along! If you'd rather cheat, there's a
handy cheat sheet right here!
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June 16, 2009 • Episode #35 - "Top 20 Best Things About Disney's Hollywood Studios" (Part 2) The Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod celebration of the 20th
Anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios continues with the Top
10 Best Things About Disney's Hollywood Studios. This episode
picks up where the last episode left off: Number Ten. As with the
last show, anything is fair game for inclusion in the countdown
and this time there are some definite surprises -- both in what
makes it and what doesn't.
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June 9, 2009 • Episode #34 - "Top 20 Best Things About Disney's Hollywood Studios" (Part 1) In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is counting down the Top 20 Best Things About Disney's Hollywood Studios. This first part counts down numbers 20 through 11 and anything is fair game -- rides, shows, restaurants, shops, vendor carts, you name it! There are surely a few surprises in store.
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June 2, 2009 • Episode #33 - "Trip Report with D23 and Crappy Park Hours" This episode picks up where the last one left off
-- Aaron's friend and fellow Disney freak Courtney is back to discuss
their most recent trip to Walt Disney World. Listen as they talk
about their efforts to squeeze in park hopping in spite of the parks
closing while the sun's still out. They eventually find the debut
issue of "D23" at a gift shop, prompting an extended rangent
(rant + tangent).
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• Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is now on Facebook. Go become a fan!
• Now on DisFriends too!
May 27, 2009 • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod has officially rejoined the Disney Podcast Network roster!
May 24, 2009 • Episode #32 - "Trip Report with the American Idol Experience and Female Gangsters!" Aaron welcomes his good friend and travel buddy, Courtney, for a discussion of their most recent trip to Walt Disney World. Discussion includes a review of the American Idol Experience, disappointment in Great Movie Ride gangsters, and a Disneyland trip report tangent! Download Episode 32:
•New Blu-ray review! Ghost (1990) Check it out!
•New DVD review! Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films - Volume 6: The Reluctant Dragon Check it out!
April 21, 2009 •New Phone Number -- The old (407) phone line is now defunct... you can now call the show from any landline or cell phone at the new number (919) 827-4932 and leave a voicemail at anytime, 24/7! I'll play your voicemails on the show! April 15, 2009 • Episode #31 - "The 25 Best Things at Epcot (Part 2)" In episode #29 I began a countdown of my Top 25 Favorite
Things About Epcot. I split the show up after #13 and at long last,
the remainder of that countdown is here! Attractions, shows, restaurants,
foods, fireworks -- *anything* is fair game! I also consider the
celebration (or lack thereof) for Epcot's 25th Anniversary. Download Episode 31: April 11, 2009 • New Domain Name You can now access Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod at www.aaronwallaceonline.com -- No worries, though, www.aaronspod.com still works and takes you to the same place, so your bookmarks won't be affected. As you can see, the site is getting a little bit of a facelift too. A few site features may have been temporarily unavailable during the launch of the new domain name but everything should now be fully functioning. • New episode coming soon - Episode 31 is almost done and should be up in the next few days. The long-awaited Part 2 of the Epcot show is on its way! April 10, 2009
• Follow Aaron on Twitter! Username: aaronspod (see the new widget to the right!) February 26, 2009 • Episode #30 is now available! A Hard Look at Jim Hill's Comments on the Hall of Presidents in the new Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2009 -- I'm a fan of these guys, but I have to take issue with one thing in particular, and it has to do with Barack Obama! Download it on iTunes or directly from my blog! Download Episode 31: • Check out my interview with Olesya Rulin, star of all three High School Musical movies! |
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