Jiminy Crickets Podcast

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.    Download (right click / save as) Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Website Merch!!!! https://jcpodcast.threadless.com/ If you would like to help supp...

 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 a...

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 Mus...

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.  Download (right click / save as) Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Website Merch!!!! https://jcpodcast.threadless.com/ If you would like to help support the Jiminy Crickets podcasts and DisneyChris.com - Please c...

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...

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, Dis...

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 t...

In honor of Disneyland's 70th anniversary, DisneyChris presents his version of what would be the ultimate area music loop for the Disneyland main entrance. His idea of a perfect area loop would consist of instrumentals representing the park's currant roster of attractions, as well as many nods to the past legacy of the Happiest Place on Earth. Download (right click / Save as) 1. D isneyland Theme...

For this installment of the Best of Jiminy Crickets we welcome back out former co-host, Brain Crawford, to revisit part 2 of our extensive look at Tokyo DisneySea during it's 20th anniversary year in 2001.  December 2021 - In this episode, Brian and Chris return to continue their celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Tokyo Disneyland Resort's second gated park, Tokyo DisneySea, regarded...

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 four of our 2025 Mu...

This episode, Chris and Ruthie discuss three favorite musically themed classic Walt Disney animated shorts, "Melody (1953), "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom" (1953) and "A Symposium on Popular Songs" (1962) and as per usual bring you tons of fun facts and archival audio.  Download (right click / save as) Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Website Merch!!!! htt...

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 career highlights.  This special BONUS of our 2025 Music Se...

This episode of Dateline, we welcome back our former co-host, Brian Crawford, for a special guest appearance. Brain shares with us all the details of his recent trip to Tokyo Disneyland, including the all-new Disney Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea. We also share out top 10 Tokyo favorites, and discuss attractions coming soon to Tokyo!      Download (right click / save as)  &...

For this installment of the Best of Jiminy Crickets we welcome back out former co-host, Brain Crawford, to revisit part 1 of our extensive look at Tokyo DisneySea during it's 20th anniversary year in 2001.  November 200 1 - In this episode, Brian and Chris celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Tokyo Disneyland Resort's second gated park, Tokyo DisneySea, regarded by many as the best theme par...

  Welcome to the "Best of Jiminy Crickets," where every month we bring to the forefront a past episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast from our back catalog of shows. For our March 2025 episode. we will revisit an episode from Janaury of 2020, where we raid tribute to the classic Disney attraction, Space Mountain, during its 45th anniversary. January 2020 - On January 15th, 1975, the world fam...

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 three of our 2025 M...

This special episode of Dateline Jiminy Cricket's is all about our host, DisneyChris! Chris explains his own personal Disney fandom, sharing his passion for Disney including his favorite   his favorite films, animated features, art, music and more.   Download (right click / save as)   THE OPTIMAL WAY TO EXPERIENCE THIS PODCAST EPISODE IS VIA YOUTUBE Dateline Jiminy Crickets is...

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 two of our 2025 Mus...

This episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast  marks the beginning of an ongoing series where we will revisit Walt Disney's classic Silly Symphony animated shorts of the 1930's. Each episode will cover the best and most fondly remembered cartoons of a particular year.  Our first episode of this series will cover the milestone year of 1935. regarded by Disney historians as the apex year of...

Welcome to the "Best of Jiminy Crickets," where every month we bring to the forefront a past episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast from our back catalog of shows. For our February 2025 episode, we will revisit episode 123 from May of 2020, where we continued our extensive look at the classic Disney attraction, "The Country Bear Jamboree" May 2020 - Howdy Y'all! Jiminy Crickets is proud to present...

Welcome to the "Best of Jiminy Crickets," where every month we bring to the forefront a past episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast from our back catalog of shows. For our Janaury 2025 episode, we will revisit episode 122 from April of 2020, where we took an extensive look at the classic Disney attraction, "The Country Bear Jamboree" April 2020 - Howdy Y'all! Jiminy Crickets is proud to prese...

Our 2025 Music Series will pay 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.  We kick off our 2025 Mu...

For their first show of 2025, Ruthie and DisneyChris review all the major Disney events of 2024, including movies, streaming, Disney parks, and more. Then they do a top 10 list of the best events of the past year, a memoriam to those we lost in 2024, and some predictions for the year ahead. Download (right click / save as) Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Websi...

Welcome to the "Best of Jiminy Crickets," where every month we bring to the forefront a past episode of the Jiminy Crickets Podcast from our back catalog of shows. For our December 2024 episode, we will revisit episode 101 from September of 2018, where we took an extinsive look at the Walt Disney animated classic, "101 Dalmatians" September 2018 - For their 101st episode, what else would the Jimin...

Welcome to the eleventh episode of our music series for 2024. Throughout the year, we took you on an audio tour of Disneyland spanning 11 episodes. Each episode featured one of the many themed areas found within the happiest place on earth. Our eleventh and final episode of this series will represent Christmas in Disneyland. Your audio tour will include performances by live Disneyland musical grou...