Above The Firehouse Podcast

Above The Firehouse Podcast Above The Firehouse is a podcast & vidcast that looks into all things Disney and other parks. Hi, my name is Tony. That's when I discovered Window to The Magic.

I found out about podcasts while on a website back in late `06 that is a tribute to the old attraction I used to ride as a kid. I listened to it & I loved it. I was taken back by how great it sounded. I could not stop listening. I then listened to Paul talk to another guy on his podcast from his computer and the other guy was on his computer on the east coast. I emailed Paul and asked him did you

record your voices on your own computers and edit the mp3 files together? He replied back no and told me about a new software called SKYPE. I found the link and got my own line. I had my own site on the side for web design and hosting called Apartment A Productions. When I was on my computer, Out of the blue I get an incoming call. To my surprise, it was Paul Barrie. I answered it and at the time I never used Skype and only had a webcam and used that for a mic. I answered and it sounded like I was talking to him while he was on his podcast. We talked for a long time and a friendship was made from it. I told Paul I made a DVD of the Disneyland 50th ceremony. I sent him a copy and he liked how it was made. He asked me if he could sell it at his store. I was ok with that because I had his 50th fireworks DVD that I got from eBay. He then talked about it on his podcast and we sold it in his DVD store. I had source audio from the original Submarine ride that was closed at the time. After some research, I found some software to record a small segment. I wanted to give it a try. I loved it, so I asked him if I made something for his podcast and if he play it if he liked it. He said yes. I sent it to Paul to get it played on his show. Well, it never got played for 3 months. After bugging him he did eventually play it. I made a few more and well, they never made it on his show. I then said I am going to do my own show. I told Paul this and asked him what he thought. He was all for it but he said there are a bunch of other Disney podcasts out there so don't do what they do. Do something different to stand out. Great well I had one problem. I couldn't come up with a name. I asked him if I could do a contest on his show and have his listeners name the podcast. I had loads of names sent to me. I got to meet Paul in early May `06 with the wttm crew, and there we would pick the name of the podcast. We liked Above The Firehouse the best and it was announced on his show. The rest it history. YOU CAN WAKE UP NOW! hehe

I also added someone to the roster named Jason in San Diego who was a listener who is now part of the team. I will be adding his info shortly. He has added some cool vidcast so more info on Jason coming soon. Jason Joined ATF Podcast in 2009 and his Vidcast are fresh and original He is a great addition to ATF podcast.

12/01/2025

Good night everyone and don't forget I'll be going live on tiktok December 4th at 8:00 p.m. from Universal Studios during the pass holder holiday takeover and I might come over here on Facebook so if you're interested let me know in the comments.

12/01/2025

Secret life of pets. A portion of it.

12/01/2025

I got to meet Lucy for the final time as she will no longer be at the Universal Studios Hollywood anymore as they have retired the character. Did not get a pick but I got video.

11/27/2025

Time to get ready for the day I may go to Universal a little later after this afternoon

11/27/2025

Happy gobble gobble shizzle nizzle day

11/27/2025

With the holidays begin that means crowded it amusement parks LOL

11/24/2025

Hello everybody. I hope you all have a great week and don't eat too much on Thanksgiving. LOL

11/20/2025
11/20/2025

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11/20/2025

Hey everyone I was going to go to Knott's Berry Farm today but they close at 6:00 and plus it was raining so I'm sure the freeway is going to be a pain in the you know what and there was nothing available for Disneyland so I'm going to Universal Studios today and go live on my tiktok channel and maybe live on Facebook but not under this profile until there's a little bit more followers to reach so go to my other profile and wait till I announce what time I'm going to go live LOL

11/17/2025

Getting ready for the day. Have a great one.

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Hi my name is Tony. I found out about podcasts while on a website back in late `06 that is a tribute to the old attraction I used to ride as a kid. That's when I discovered Window to The Magic . I listened to it & I loved it. I was taken back on how great it sounded. I could not stop listening. I then listened to Paul talk to another guy on his podcast from his computer and the other guy was on his computer on the east coast. I emailed Paul and asked him did you record your voices on your own computers and edit the mp3 files together? He replied back no and told me about a new software called SKYPE. I found the link and got my own line. I had my own site on the side for web design and hosting called Apartment A Productions. When I was on my computer, Out of the blue I get an incoming call. To my surprise it was Paul Barrie . I answered it and at the time I never used Skype and only had a web cam and used that for a mic. I answered and it sounded like I was talking to him while he was on his podcast. We talked for a long time and a friendship was made from it. I told Paul I made a DVD of the Disneyland 50th ceremony. I sent him a copy and he liked how it was made. He asked me if he could sell it his store. I was ok with that because I had his 50th fireworks dvd that I got from ebay. He then talked about it on his podcast and we sold it in his DVD store. I had source audio from the original Submarine ride that was closed at the time. After some research I found some software to record a small segment. I wanted to give it a try. I loved it, so I asked him if I made something for his podcast would he play it if he liked it. He said yes. I sent it in to Paul to get it played on his show. Well it never got played for 3 months. After bugging him he did eventually played it. I made a few more and well, they never made it on his show. I then said, I am going to do my own show. I told Paul this and asked him what did he thought. He was all for it but he said there are a bunch of other Disney podcast out there so don't do what they do. Do something different to stand out. Great well I had one problem. I couldn't come up with a name. I asked him if I could do a contest on his show and have his listeners name the podcast. I had loads of names sent to me. I got to meet Paul in early May `06 with the wttm crew, and there we would pick the name of the podcast. We liked Above The Firehouse the best and it was announced on his show. The rest it history. YOU CAN WAKE UP NOW! hehe I also added some one to the roster named Jason in San Diego who was a listener who is now part of the team. I will be adding his info shortly. He has added some cool vidcast so more info on Jason coming soon. Jason Joined ATF Podcast in 2009 and his Vidcast are fresh and original He is a great addition to ATF podcast.