“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight.” So begin the lyrics of the ice-set ballad we have all come to know by heart – and for some critics, despise – since the debut of Frozen. This film is a phenomenon, defying even the studio’s highest hopes. This week ABC aired a special (The Story of Frozen) to push the fantasy forward on becoming more of a franchise.

This edition of Disney In Depth explores the Frozen special’s highlights and shares some new details regarding the future of the behemoth brand.

Frozen producer Peter Del Vecho confirmed to TV Guide in anticipation of the ABC special The Story of ‘Frozen’: Making a Disney Animated Classic airing Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 8pm ET, that the Broadway production heavily hinted (and blatantly stated at some points) earlier this year is now in development. Still in the very early stages, Del Vecho will include directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee on the project.

Disney’s Frozen tells the story of Anna (Kristen Bell), who sets off to find her sister Elsa (Idina Menzel), with trusty sidekicks snowman Olaf (Josh Gad), iceman Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), and reindeer Sven. Elsa had unknowingly set off an unending winter in Arendelle, their hometown, when a fight with Anna caused her powers to flare and scared her into running away to live in isolation. Anna wants her sister back and the kingdom thawed and saved.

How can you qualify and quantify audiences’ love for Frozen? Watch the supply of videos stocked on YouTube, showcasing creative parodies and renditions of Frozen songs, and then look at the number of individuals who have watched those spoofs. There you have it. Frozen is a hit, in terms of variety and viewership.

Here is the first of a two-part edition of Disney In Depth that features 15 amazing Frozen cover videos and spoofs – and I assure you that not all of them feature the Oscar-winning “Let It Go.”

Let’s watch and analyze eight great videos right now!

What an odd and oddly-wonderful Oscars. As the 86th Academy Awards winds down, we reflect on the shocking wins, disappointing losses, and memorably unusual moments. But here we focus on the Disney elements, whether prominent or more subtle, that persisted throughout the show.

Frozen thawed the cooler hearts of some voters, scoring it two wins. And the other Disney nominees? Not so lucky. Yet the influence of the Mouse could be felt throughout the theatre. Let’s analyze Disney at the Oscars 2014.

On last night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, host Jimmy Fallon and the show’s house band The Roots got together for another one of their “Classroom Instruments” performances. This time around, they were joined by Tony Award-winning performer Idina Menzel, or as the whole world knows her now thanks to John Travolta — Adele Dazeem.

For this installment of Classroom Instruments, the gang did a special rendition of “Let It Go,” from Disney’s Frozen, which Menzel sings in the film.

Check out the performance from The Tonight Show here below.