Geek-End Update, May 17, 2008

• Jeff Pepper at 2719 Hyperion talks about collecting, investing and what Disneyana really means to us.


• Hans Perk from A Film L.A. posts the scans from a 1940 article that looks at Walt Disney's home in the Los Feliz/Silverlake district. Very cool!


• Haunted Mansion Collectibles shares some spooky (and awesome) pin sets.


• Ed over at The Blog Wore Tennis Shoes updates us with his post about the East Winds Lounge. Great post!


• Princess Fee at DF'82 is taking us on a tour of the Disneyland Paris Resort. Come on!


• It looks like Disneyland Nomenclature is going to start a series featuring photos taken by a Club 55'er from over the years. He has also posted an amazing look at the Atlantis Expedition that never was!


• Jessica from If We Can Dream It brings us the latest Toy Story Midway Mania shot: the trashcan!


• Kevin Kidney posts an amazing look at the Frito Kid.


• Over at Magical Kingdoms blog, Cara Goldsbury talks about the daily life of a travel writer.


• Michael Sporn has some great stills and storyboards from Dumbo. He also has a look at one of the few female animators (if not the first): Rhetta Scott.


• Matterhorn 1959 at Stuff From the Park shares a shot of the Disney Studios in Burbank from back in the day!


• JedBlau over at Vintage Disneyland Goodies posts a Gold Opening Day Ticket.


• Jack Spence at The World According to Jack shares some perspective on Adventureland. Jack also shares some amazing photos of WDW from 1972. Wow...no trees, huh?


• Rob at Animation Backgrounds posts some beautiful backgrounds from Lilo and Stitch.


• Andy from The Backside of Water captured a great detail of the Sailing Ship Columbia. He also posts a shot of another famous hidden character.


• Bob Cowan at The Cowan Vollection has quite a large collection of amazing Disneyana. He shares some wonderful background cells from Old MacDuck. He posts a great Goofy model sheet.


• Daveland posts some shots of the 20,000 Leagues exhibit--including the rarely seen signage. Dave presents a great historical look at the Disneyland Bandstand.


• Didier Ghez at Disney History announces that Walt's People Volume 6 is ready to go!


• Tom at My Disney Collection blog writes about the first Disneyland Guide book. I gotta get me one of these!


• DOC at the Disney Obsession blog posts about the Animation Courtyard and the ties to four of the Nine Old Men.


• Major Pepperidge at Gorilla's Don't Blog shares some viewfinder images of the 20K exhibit at Disneyland.


• Ray at Grumpy's Hollow announces a new project he has been working on! Check it out!


• Jerry at Cartoon Brew takes a look back at Joe Grant. Jerry also shares some upcoming Chronicle Books (Pixar and Star Wars--but not together!).


• Michael Barrier shares another Where's Walt article looking at Walt's visit to his old elementary school. Does everything add up?


• Chris Jepsen from OC History Roundup posts two videos from 1957 Disneyland.


• David at Vintage Disney Collectibles presents an e-mail from Diane Disney Miller about Kay Kamen.

Geek Education Link:

• Jerry at Cartoon Brew! shares an amazing video by Ryan Petersen that humorously and succinctly sums up the Eisner years. You must watch it!

Book of the Week: The Wonderful World of Disney Television: a Complete History