ABC had a burgeoning soap opera empire on its hands with General Hospital, One Life to Live and All My Children. One would think that they...

In 1983, the Muppets began a magazine of their very own. Published quarterly, the magazine featured elaborate pictorials lampooning the late...

In 1940, the United States was on the sidelines of World War II. While it was obvious that it would not be able to stay out of the war, the ...

In 1988, Touchstone Pictures released Beaches, a massive hit starring Bette Midler, who also produced a hit soundtrack. Touchstone Pictures ...

In the 1980's, George Lucas sought to expand his empire. The huge profits coming in from films and merchandising gave him unparalleled o...

We've featured the Star Wars Holiday Special here at RetlawYensid.com before. It was the regrettable variety show produced by CBS withou...

Lucasfilm Ltd. was always a tech oriented company. Even though many of the early special effects in the Star Wars films were relatively low-...

Carl Barks was born in Oregon in 1901. His father was a farmer who would move from farm to farm and job to job, a lifestyle that Mr. Barks w...

The first appearance of Spider-Man was in August of 1962 in Marvel's  Amazing Fantasy comic book. Lucky readers only had to plunk down 1...

As a result of Walt Disney's agreement with Jack Wrather, the company was forbidden from using the Disney or DISNEYLAND names on any hot...

When Walt Disney was looking for someone to take over construction and ownership of the DISNEYLAND Hotel, he was rejected by all of the majo...

In 1985, George Lucas decided to take a chance on a little known comic book character from Marvel Comics called "Howard the Duck" ...

When The Walt Disney Company began developing its massive Florida property, it realized that it would need a way to provide telephone servic...

The first X-Men comic was released in 1963 and cost just 12 cents. A mint copy of the comic book sold at auction in 1992 for almost $500,000...

In the late 1980's, Disney decided to branch out into other businesses. Following the success of The Disney Store, the company wanted to...

After decades of relying on other companies to distribute its films and produce its records, Walt Disney Productions began bringing things i...

The very first appearance of  Spider-Man was in the Amazing Fantasy  comic book number 15. Sold in August 1962 for just twelve cents, one of...

ESPN, originally known as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, started life in 1979, funded by the Getty Oil Company. Starting ...

The first Broadway Musical from Disney was Beauty and the Beast. Based on DISNEYLAND's musical version of the animated classic that play...

Jim Henson created Kermit the Frog in 1955. Using one of his mother's old coats, Mr. Henson built a puppet that he originally thought sh...