Kimballana
First, a research request, because if Cartoon Brew’s readers can’t help out with this one, I don’t know who can. I’m looking for two …
Ward Kimball
Happy Fourth of July!
Here’s an Independence Day fashion suggestion from this patriotic animator.
Ward Kimball on a 1970s Game Show
The don’t-miss clip of the week: a 1970 appearance by “casting director” Ward Kimball on the NBC daytime game show Lohman and Barkley’s …
Ward Kimball Treasures
I was thinking recently how wonderful it would be if the Disney Company compiled a Blu-ray Treasures collection of projects directed by …
Mobil Ads by Ward Kimball
For nearly thirty years, animation legend Ward Kimball contributed a cartoon page called “Asinine Alley” to the bi-monthly magazine …
Happy Halloween!
Even animation legends, like this guy, dress up for Halloween!
Disney Remixes Old Cartoons into Blam!
Brew reader Topher writes, “I saw these on the Disney channel. They are called BLAM! and they are horrendous. Disney cartoons with …
Betty Kimball, R.I.P.
Betty Lawyer Kimball passed away last Thursday evening at the age of 97. She died from natural causes. Betty (birth name: Mary …
Grizzly Flats Rides Again!
Animator Ward Kimball’s famed Chloe locomotive was on the move recently to Yorba Linda, CA for the annual Holiday Festival of Trains at …
Michael Jackson, RIP
I didn’t expect to be using this picture in such a sad context, but here is a photo of Michael Jackson visiting with Ward and Betty …
Comic Starring Jones, Avery and Kimball
The late Ward Kimball, Chuck Jones and Tex Avery have a showdown with the notoriously mean-spirited Alan Smithee in this week’s edition …
Disney Artists Write Home During WWII
During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …
Christmas at the Kimballs
From 1959, Christmas morning at the home of Disney legend Ward Kimball along with his family–wife Betty and children Kelly, John and …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #9.5
I can’t help it, I’m in the holiday spirit, so here’s another one for today: the Firehouse Five Plus Two, led by Disney director and …
Ward Kimball Headstand
Among the discoveries in the newly available Life Magazine photo archives is this headstand by Ward Kimball during one of his steamups in …
Happy Halloween: Kimball Style
Need some last-minute costume suggestions? Here are some ideas from Ward and Betty Kimball: Or why not just decorate a pumpkin?
It’s Tough to Be a Bird
Somebody finally posted Ward Kimball’s It’s Tough to Be a Bird online. The short won the Oscar for best animated short in 1969. I’ve …
Ward Kimball on CinemaScope
Several years ago I curated a program of CinemaScope cartoon shorts from the 1950s, which I screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, …
Firehouse Five Does “Jingle Bells”
A rollicking version of “Jingle Bells” courtesy of the Firehouse Five Plus Two, which includes two of Disney’s Nine Old Men. The lineup: …
The Character Design of Ward Kimball
It is well known that, for a variety of reasons, legendary Disney director and animator Ward Kimball was demoted by Walt Disney from …
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