Welcome to Why Want That, which is an ongoing series here at the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, a show that focuses on the dynamic world of Disney merch.

I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and with me is Disney Expert. Tim this one tonight on Sunday October 11th 2020 that's right right yeah okay

cool I know a lot of people who are concerned and but you're feeling better now

right I am.

I had a tummy tuck.

And something went awry and I had to stay in bed and do all these things and it was, I'm better now.

Well, good, good, okay.

And the upside is it gave you a lot of time to pay attention,

you know, while you were healing up to what was going on in the collectibles

field and was going on for merch and all that.

That said, it's still a pretty tough time to be talking about a collectibles and merch with so many stores

now still trying to work around COVID-19 and the need for their customers to do social distancing whether they shop or at the very least always wear a mask.

Always wear a mask. Now, um, Disney and Resort, you know, for those who haven't

been following the news for the past a week or so, kind of finds itself in a frustrating position right now wouldn't you say or I would I would there they're locking horns with Governor Gavin Newsom who would rather be on the side of caution and

Disney wants to be on the side of open.

Yeah.

Well, just sort of recap here, folks.

Disneyland Resort closed back on March 14th, again, due to the coronavirus.

Walt Disney was closed a day later on March 15th.

And back then, we all thought this was just going to be a couple of weeks.

We'll wear a mask. We'll shelter in place. We'll beat this back.

But that's... It'll magically disappear. Okay not how it happened. On the

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