Jiminy Crickets Podcast - Episode 202 - 2025 Music Series: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston

 

Our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to many of the legendary Disney animators and Imagineers, who were the creative geniuses behind many now beloved Disney animated classics and theme park attractions. Each episode will chronicle the career of the featured  artist's work for Walt Disney through the use of music to represent their many Disney career highlights. 

Episode 9 of our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to not one, but two Disney Legends in classic Disney animation, Frank Thomas and  Ollie Johnson, two of the most prolific artists behind the countless unforgettable moments and beloved characters from the golden era in Disney animation... and beyond. 

 

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The Best of Jiminy Crickets - Episode 25: A Salute to Hayley Mills Part 2

In this month's "Best of" Chris, Ruthie and our former co-host Brain Crawford revisit part two of a two part episode originally released in October of 2020

October 26 2020: This episode continues our tribute to Disney Legend and child star of six classic live-action Walt Disney films, Hayley Mills. Along with returning special guest Brian Crawford, Ruthie and Chris go through the remainder of Mills' Disney films - "The Moon Spinners," (1964) and "That Darn Cat." (1965) Then they discuss her career after her initial six years at Disney, including her other films, theatrical performances and television appearances including the Parent Trap made for TV sequels and the sitcom "Good Morning Miss Bliss." The episode concludes with Brian, Ruthie and Chris ranking their favorite Haley Mills Disney films, favorite songs and favorite co-stars, mixed in with many personal stories and anecdotes about their personal connections to this amazing star.

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Jiminy Crickets Podcast - Episode 201 - 2025 Music Series: Buddy Baker

 

Our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to many of the legendary Disney animators and Imagineers, who were the creative geniuses behind many now beloved Disney animated classics and theme park attractions. Each episode will chronicle the career of the featured  artist's work for Walt Disney through the use of music to represent their many Disney career highlights. 

Episode 8 of our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to a Disney Legend in music, Buddy Baker,composer of many memorable Disney songs and musical scores.  

 

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Minnie Episode: Special Guest - Brain Crawford: Disneyland 2025 Trip Report

 

On another special "minnie" episode, DisneyChris welcomes back Brain Crawford to share a trip report of his recent trip to Disneyland, California in October of 2025

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The Best of Jiminy Crickets: Episode 24 - A Salute to Hayley Mills Part 1

In this month's "Best of" Chris, Ruthie and our former co-host Brain Crawford revisit part one of a two part episode originally released in October of 2020

October 5th 2020: This episode, we honor Disney Legend and child star of six classic live-action Walt Disney films, Hayley Mills. Our special guest Brian Crawford first shares her backstory, including her childhood and film career prior to her discovery by Disney. Then he, Ruthie and Chris go through each of her Disney films. In this, part one of a special two part tribute, they discuss - "Pollyanna," (1960) "The Parent Trap," (1961) "In Search of the Castaways," (1962) and "Summer Magic" (1963) - Be sure to join them in a few weeks for part two, where they discuss her remaining Disney films and her career, after Disney.

 

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Dateline Jiminy Crickets - October 2025

This episode we welcome back Brain Crawford to share a trip report on his recent visit to Disneyland Paris. We also share a Disneyland Paris related top 10 list, and round of the episode with a report of attractions coming soon to the Parisian resort. 

 

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Jiminy Crickets Podcast EPISODE 200!!! - Our 200 Favorite Disney Things

In celebration of the 200th episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast, DisneyChris and Ruthie share a list (in no particular order) of their shared picks as the 200 top things they most love about Disney. 

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Jiminy Cricket Podcast - Episode 199 - 2025 Music Series: George Bruns

Our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to many of the legendary Disney animators and Imagineers, who were the creative geniuses behind many now beloved Disney animated classics and theme park attractions. Each episode will chronicle the career of the featured  artist's work for Walt Disney through the use of music to represent their many Disney career highlights. 

Episode 7 of our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to a Disney Legend in music, George Bruns,composer of many memorable Disney songs and musical scores. 

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Jiminy Crickets Podcast - Episode 198: The History of Disneyland Anniversaries

This episode, DisneyChris and Ruthie share the fascinating history of Disneyland;s many milestone anniversary celebrations, from its early years up to the 70th Celebration kicked off earlier this year. 

 

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The Best of Jiminy Crickets Episode 23: Ford Magic Skyway

 On this episode of The Best of Jiminy Crickets, we revisit an episode from the summer of 2017...

August 2017 -  This week, Chris and Ruthie bring you the third installment of the Jiminy Crickets 1964 New York World's Fair Summer Series. This time they will take an in depth look at what is perhaps the least remembered Disney pavilion at the Fair, the Ford Magic Skyway.  Chris and Ruth discuss the pavilion's planning design and construction, take an extensive tour of all the exhibits you would have found there, and then discuss the many ways that, in its aftermath, the Magic Skyway would go on to impact Walt Disney Imagineering for many decades to follow. 

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Jiminy Crickets Podcast - Episode 197 - 2025 Music Series: Herb Ryman

Our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to many of the legendary Disney animators and Imagineers, who were the creative geniuses behind many now beloved Disney animated classics and theme park attractions. Each episode will chronicle the career of the featured  artist's work for Walt Disney through the use of music to represent their many Disney career highlights. 

Episode six of our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to Disney Legend: Herbert Ryman. His career at Disney began in the early 40s in the field of animation.  By the mid 50's he became one of the key artistic minds behind the development of Disneyland, including the design of Sleeping Beauty castle itself. In later years he would continue lend his design talent to Disney parks in Florida, Japan and France. 

 

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Jiminy Crickets Minnie Episode: Ruthie's 2025 Disneyland Trip Report

On this bonus "Minnie" episode of the Jiminy Crickets, Ruthie provides us with a trip report on her recent trip to Disneyland, in August of 2025. 

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Jiminy Crickets Episode 196 - 2025 Music Series - A Salute to Disney Artists: Part 5 - Bob Gurr and Tony Baxter

Our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to many of the legendary Disney animators and Imagineers, who were the creative geniuses behind many now beloved Disney animated classics and theme park attractions. Each episode will chronicle the career of the featured  artist's work for Walt Disney through the use of music to represent their many Disney career highlights. 

Episode 5 of our 2025 Music Series pays tribute to not one but two Disney Legends in Imagineering, Bob Gurr and Tony Baxter, following  their careers in theme park design and innovation.

 

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The Best of Jiminy Crickets Episode 122 - Cinderella 70th Anniversary

For this installment of the Best of Jiminy Crickets we revisit an episode from 2020, created in honor of Cinderella's 70th Anniversary. This year being the film's 75th Anniversary, we thought it timely to open up the vault on this 2020 episode

 March 2020 - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!!! In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Walt Disney's 12th full-length animated motion picture classic, DisneyChris and Ruthie bring you a true "Cinderella" story. As they go through all the magical, frighting, funny and uplifting elements of the film's plot, they stop along the way to discuss the many talented artists, actors, tune-smiths, and story developers involved in the amazing behind-the-scenes production of this true Disney masterpiece. They also discuss the film's ever-growing legacy and pop cultural impact, while sharing some of their personal connections to this tale of redemption, enchantment, hope, and faith in your dreams.

 

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Dateline Jiminy Crickets - July 2025

This episode, Chris and Ruthie welcome special guest Shawn Deganhart to discuss his professionally engraved full Cinderella score, in which he painstakingly transcribed from the original, late 1940s, handwritten film score manuscripts. We not only discuss his beautiful 400 plus page complete score to a true Disney classic, sure to fascinate Disney fans and music lovers alike, but we also recount the fascinating history and origins of this beloved music. 

Keeping with the theme of Cinderella, we also do a top 10 list of characters from the 1950 film, and a brief history of how this film classic has impacted the Disney theme parks, worldwide, from 1955 until present.

 

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