Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.

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English adjunct faculty, Santa Monica College & El Camino College Composition/Rhetoric/Pedagogy LMU Ed.D. Cohort 16 Disneyland AP/MKey/DVC, student of all things Disney

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Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jul 5

LA and Orange County are unhealthy right now.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jul 4

Main Street, Disneyland USA, during the finale of Disney's Celebrate America fireworks on July 3. Happy 4th of July, everyone.

The buildings of Main Street, Disneyland USA, wrapped in a projection of a waving US flag during the finale of Disney's Celebrate America fireworks, set to "The Star Spangled Banner." The buildings on the left are covered in a blue field with white stars, while the buildings on the right are covered in red and white stripes. In the center distance, Sleeping Beauty Castle is wrapped in US colors and a red firework explodes overhead.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jul 4

Disneyland was filming the 250th fireworks tonight for tomorrow night's America 250 broadcast on ABC.

Cast Members taking down a video camera after the Disneyland fireworks.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jun 28

Disney/ ABC is livestreaming the SF Pride Parade (and the NYC Pride March) on Disney+ and YouTube today. Disney CMs representing. #WeAreTheMagic Our daughter is also marching in SF Pride, and we couldn't be prouder! (Pride-er?)

A crowd of Disney cast members match in the SF Pride Parade. Six balloon sculptures for the Disney signature in rainbow colors with a banner in front that reads "We are the magic" with a Mickey head in LGBTQ+ colors.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jun 20

The Obama Presidential Center's Sky Room features a quote from President Obama's speech at the 50th anniversary of the Selma March, cast in concrete. This feature echoes the 1964 World's Fair Illinois Pavilion honoring Abraham Lincoln, another son of Illinois. Lincoln's words adorned the entrance.

Photo of the Obama Presidential Center from above, showing the text of Obama's "You are America" speech at the Selma March anniversary:
“You are America. Unconstrained by habit and convention. Unencumbered by what is, ready to seize what ought to be…The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.”

https://www.obama.org/visit/museum/sky-room/

Entrance to the Illinois Pavillion at the 1964 World's Fair. A long curving brick wall invites visitors to enter the Pavillion. A giant portrait of Abraham Lincoln is placed at the center of the wall. To the right are the words from Lincoln: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this to the extent of the difference is no democracy."
Photo is labeled "Collection of davelandweb.com."
https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/mr-lincoln-goes-to-new-york.html?m=1

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jun 18

SFC x D23 events are legit. We just saw Muppet Treasure Island 30th Anniversary.

A couple in their 50s sitting in lawn chairs in a park.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jun 3

All that's missing is the sash and a red cap!

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Jun 2

Repping the deleted "reverence for the law" paragraph...

"Let reverence for the [law] be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, [in] spelling-books, and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly [at] its altars."

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· May 30

Disneyland is definitely producing activities for kids again. The "Mickey's Park Rangers" workbook from Rivers of America is really well done. Lots of activities that are Cub Scout- level. Reminds me of the Wilderness Explorer badge from Animal Kingdom.

Color map of Tom Sawyers Island at Disneyland on the cover of the Mickey's Park Rangers booklet.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· May 29

BREAKING: HALYX will not be appearing at the Great American State Fair.

Black and white publicity photo of Disneyland's sci-fi summer band HALYX.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· May 29

He should read this one next.

Cover of the Dr. Seuss book, YERTLE THE TURTLE AND OTHER STORIES. The cover features a green background with a white cloud and the text of the title. In the foreground is a stack of Dr. Seuss-drawn turtles with white bodies and blue shells, with one turtle, sitting proudly on top.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· May 18

What about duck pics?

A mama duck with a large brood of ducklings under the chairs at Jolly Holiday at Disneyland.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· May 16

Thirty years after seeing Disneyland attraction posters for sale at the Disneyana Convention, Mindy spotted these at an estate auction in the South Bay.

A smiling woman wearing a shirt decorated with Disney princesses standing next to a Disneyland attraction poster of the sailing ship Columbia. The poster depicts a sailing ship on a blue field with a canoe piloted by a Native American in the foreground. A chief wearing a headdress stands in the canoe raising his hand towards the ship.

A smiling woman in a Disney princess shirt stands next to two Disneyland attraction posters: Space Station X-1 and Golden Horseshoe Revue.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 25

Gravestone of a Titan.

The marble entrance to the old Los Angeles Times building, closed, with a chain-link fence stretching across it.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 25

Tourists in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, gather to take photos of the Shohei Ohtani mural on the side of the Miyako Hotel.

View of Little Tokyo Mall and Miyako Hotel, Los Angeles CA in the distance, with a ten-story mural of Los Angeles Dodgers #17, Shohei Ohtani. In the foreground, a group of tourists are gathered taking pictures of the mural.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 20

Honestly, THIS is the only thing we come to Food & Wine for anymore...

Jason posing with Disney pop artist Miss Mindy at Off The Page in Disney California Adventure.

Jason with Disney artist Martin Hsu at Off The Page in Disney California Adventure.

Jason posing with Disney artist Steve Thompson at Off The Page in Disney California Adventure.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 13

Meat, Boysenberry style.

A picnic table with a purple and white gingham pattern. In the foreground is a thick cut bacon slice roasted and sugared on a stick.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 10

Jefferson Davis' legacy: paintbombed and torn down.

Picture of a statue of Jefferson Davis covered in pink paint and grafitti, tilted over on its side. From the MONUMENTS exhibition at MOCA Los Angeles.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Apr 9

Here's what's left of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville: slag, rubble, and bronze ingots stamped with "swords into plowshares." (Pix mine, from the Monuments exhibition in Los Angeles. )

A stack of bronze ingots made from the smelted Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville. Each bar is stamped with the words "swords into plowshares."

A fragment of the base of the former Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville. The engraved name "Robert Edward Lee" is superimposed with spray painted graffiti: "as white supremacy crumbles."

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 27

Live entertainment. All Boysenberry, no Bluey. #BirdCageTheater #Knotts

View of the stage and proscenium in the newly renovated Bird Cage Theater at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA. The playbill reads, "The Great Bank Robbery." The stage is highlighted in purple light with a rich red velvet curtain running across it. A model birdcage is at the center of the arch with a drawing of two bluebirds inside facing each other. One has a beard, the other arobber's mask. A bag of money lies between them.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 23

"Hold my boysenberry beer!" - Knott's Berry Farm Eight (8) live performances scheduled across the park...

Screenshot of the online Knotts Berry Farm map showing eight different scheduled live performances today.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 21

From the artist signings at Disney California Adventure Food and Wine 2026: Signings only in DCA, no more mornings at Wonderground; CMs telling folks the artists can only sign the new pieces (the artists don't agree); 3-5 artists crammed into Off The Page for 3 hours only. Result is huge lines.

A line of fans at DCA waiting to get their art signed stretches from Off The Page, through the exit of the Animation Building, back on to the sidewalk all the way to the entrance of Off The Page on the opposite side of the shop.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 9

Nothing like finding a treasure online for a good deal. My best book find so far is the hardcover book of the Indianapolis Museum Snow White exhibition, signed by a few animators...

Title page of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: An Art in its Making, signed by: Maurice Noble, Bill Justice, Ken O'Connor,Joe Grant, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Marc Davis, and Ward Kimball.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 8

#AfterDark 70th Nite

A big band orchestra plays in the former Carnation Gardens stage.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 8

We were happy to catch up with Ashley Taylor & Ann Shen, 2 of our favorite Wonderground artists, at Off The Page today. Turns out Ashley started at Disneyland as a Jungle Cruise skipper. I asked for her best skipper joke: "Up ahead we have the Britney tribe. And now they're throwing Britney spears!"

Mindy & I posing with Disney artists Ashley Taylor and Ann Shen and a giclee of Princess Aurora with Sleeping Beauty Castle which they collaborated on.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 7

Benny was smiling down from heaven this week.

A big band orchestra in tuxedos performs at the former Carnation Gardens stage in Disneyland on Thursday March 5.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 6

Whoever at Disneyland thought they could make an After Dark photo op simply by borrowing some DLRR lanterns and posting a photographer outside the Haunted Mansion...was right!

Three people with serious faces gather around a vintage railroad lantern in the foreground while Disneyland's Haunted Mansion rises in the background.

A lone figure with a scared face holds up a railroad lantern in the foreground while Disneyland's Haunted Mansion rises in the background.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 6

Got a better picture when they dimmed the lights for Wondrous Journeys!

The Snail and Turtle from Main Street Electrical Parade, glowing in the dark, shining against the pavement at Disneyland.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 6

My favorite parade! #DisneylandAfterDark 70th Nite.

The Snail and the Turtle from the Maon Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland 70th Nite.

Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D.@profjasonbostick· Mar 5

In the spirit of "Stop Hate": the climax of Fantasmic. Love & imagination triumph over hate, signified by Tinkerbell calling forth the Mark Twain piloted by Steamboat Mickey, full of our favorite characters in celebration. Maybe Tink AND Figment could both lead in a bit of bicoastal collaboration