When Bugs Bunny Snuck Into a Disneyland Board Game (Ep. 57)

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this packed episode of I Want That Too, Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey tackle everything from the ZOMBIES 4 merch drought to the 52-item Haunted Mansion collection and the bittersweet farewell line for Animal Kingdom’s Dinosaur ride. But the real surprise? A 1950s Disneyland board game that may have smuggled in Bugs Bunny. Plus, Jim dives into the earliest examples of Disney’s merchandise strategy—souvenir trays, ashtrays, temporary tattoos, and the guidebook Walt insisted on selling at a loss just to get it on coffee tables across America. Disney’s ZOMBIES 4 and why merch is mysteriously missing (for now) A look at the Haunted Mansion’s biggest collection drop yet The final merch line for Dinosaur before it goes extinct in 2025 Why Muppet Vision 3D fans got left out of the goodbye merch party A secret cameo by Bugs Bunny in a 1955 Disneyland board game How Walt used guidebooks and charm bracelets to spread Disney magic From ashtrays to action figures and park maps to plushies, this episode is a merch history mashup with heart, humor, and a haunted baseball jersey. Unlocked Magic Unlocked Magic, powered by DVC Rental Store and DVC Resale Market, offers exclusive Disney & Universal ticket savings with TRUSTED service and authenticity. With over $10 MILLION in ticket sales, use Unlocked Magic to get the BIGGEST SAVINGS. ⁠Learn More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Welcome back to I Want That Too, the podcast where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:21.3	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and as always, I'm joined by the lovely Lauren Hersey.
0:28.0	Hey, Jim.
0:28.6	How's it going?
0:29.3	It's going well.
0:30.6	I have to tell you, though, looking ahead on the script here, we're moving into an area that makes me somewhat queasy.
0:41.5	And I'm not going to lie, folks, it's zombies.
0:44.6	It's zombies, ghosts, and dinosaurs.
0:48.7	Okay.
0:49.3	All right.
0:49.8	Well, and talking about me wrong, I love me some dinosaurs.
0:53.7	I'm okay with ghosts. Zombies, my problem is I grew up in the George Romero world, where on the other hand, Disney zombies, they sing, they dance. I still haven't been able to be won over and we're now, what, we're four zombie movies in, right?
1:13.2	We are four.
1:14.3	Well, this is the fourth that just came out a couple of days ago, yes.
1:18.8	All right.
1:19.3	Well, okay.
1:20.3	And it's Disney.
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