On Saturday, January 21, I had the great privilege of hosting a conversation about the proposed Mineral King ski resort with Ron Miller, former CEO of Walt Disney Productions and one of the founders of the Walt Disney Family Museum, and David Price, son of the legendary Buzz Price and an outstanding architect in his own right.

Between Disney reviews the new book Walt and the Promise of Progress City by Sam Gennawey and gives it a thumbs up.

Walt Disney’s vision for a city of tomorrow, EPCOT, would be a way for American corporations to show how technology, creative thinking, and hard work could change the world. He saw this project as a way to influence the public’s expectations about city life, in the same way his earlier work had redefined what it meant to watch an animated film or visit an amusement park.

Do you realize that Universal Studios Hollywood has been around since 1964? Amazing. Today's episode of Samland is a timeline of that fascinating theme park and studio tour.

Welcome to a mini-series that tells you more about Toontown at Disneyland then you probably every cared to know.