Dream On Silly Dreamer on TV

Did you know there was something called The Documentary Channel? Neither did I! Apparently it's a channel showing nothing but documentaries (and infomercials) and it can be found on Channel 263 on DirecTV or Ch. 197 via Dish Network. Anywho, this Wednesday April 7 they are showing the Disney Animation Studio doc Dream On Silly Dreamer about the end of the hand-drawn unit of Walt Disney Feature Animation. This film was done years ago, and obviously with The Princess and the Frog in theatres last Christmas, we know this story has a happy ending. But still, this movie got very limited release and it's not even available on Netflix, so I'm pretty interested in seeing it! Set your TiVo's for Wednesday April 7 at 1:40pm.

Christmas in Sweden with Donald Duck

My friend Andy pointed me to this very interesting article about Donald Duck and his major role in Sweden's Christmas traditions. The article is called Nordic Quack: Sweden's Bizarre Tradition of Watching Donald Duck Cartoons on Christmas Eve. Apparently, every year on Christmas Eve the country comes to a stand still so that everybody can watch a telecast of a 1959 Christmas themed episode of Wonderful World of Disney. If you ask me, that's the way to celebrate any holiday! Read the article for all the details of this neat custom that is a sacred tradition with families in Sweden.

As a die-hard Disney fan, I was surprised that I had never heard of this ritual. I was so intrigued by it that I actually went searching on line and found a few photos related to the tradition...

Here's an authentic Swedish family sitting down at 3:00pm to watch the annual airing of Sverige, Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul.

Every year a different actor plays the role of Walt Disney and introduces the show. It's nice that even though Sweden has only had television since the late 50's they too have upgraded their broadcast system to HD.

WDW on Fine Living

I stumbled across the listings for two programs of note that are airing on the Fine Living cable network. If you've never heard of Fine Living, look in your local cable lineup in the 100's - it's probably up there around Channel 131 between The Biography Channel and the Fox Reality Channel or other such necessary outlets of broadcasting excellence!

This Saturday night at 11:00pm ET they are airing Great Family Getaways: Orlando. Spotlighted in this show will be not only Walt Disney World but also the ever-growing Sea World resort and Universal Orlando. In addition to a Disney fix, we might also get some previews of Universal's new Simpsons ride and Sea World's new roller coaster and water park.

Then next Thursday, they've got something called What You Get For Your Money: Walt Disney World. This program promises to show you how you can visit all four Disney theme parks for under $1,600. Sounds like it might be more of a promotional piece than informative or entertaining, but as long as it features lots of footage of good ol' WDW...we'll lap it up!