TODAY IN SF: Meet “Bambi” Art Director Tyrus Wong!
The legendary Tyrus Wong, who art directed Bambi among countless other accomplishments and who is one hundred years young, was hanging …
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The Amazing Animated Life of Fred Kopietz
If you have the slightest interest in classic Hollywood animation, do not miss this colossal 1991 interview with Fred Kopietz conducted …
“Mr. Disney, This is For You”
As far as Disney fanvids go, this is one of the more intriguing. The creator, “The Pixar Princess,” created these images “to show what …
A Collection of Disney Tattoos
Please look at these closely before deciding it’s a good idea to get a Disney image permanently stained onto your body. (via Trexarms)
First Look: “The Muppets” teaser
This year Disney is releasing a sequel to Pixar’s Cars and reviving Winnie The Pooh. They are also rebooting The Muppets (yes, I know its …
Ursula’s Laugh in Foreign Languages
My favorites are the actresses who slip a snort in the middle. Evil tends to work best with a touch of unhinged crazy. Full list …
Boycott Disney’s “Aladdin”
The war against terror didn’t end with Osama. Now it’s time to go after the root of Islamic terrorism — Disney’s 1992 feature Aladdin. …
Former Disney Imagineering Exec Runs for Congress
Dan Adler is a former v-p of creative development at Walt Disney Imagineering. Now he’s running for Congress in California with kooky and …
CB BIZ: Pixar’s new short “La Luna”
Over on our CB BIZ page, Chris Arrant has posted the synopsis for Pixar’s upcoming short film La Luna, which will premiere at the Annecy …
Bambi Motel
In Perry, Florida… long before Disney World, somehow escaping sight of Disney’s lawyers. Hunters not welcome. Here’s a more recent …
Mary Blair, Fred Moore and Some Other Dude
Here’s a rare image of a couple of Disney greats who are rarely seen together: Mary Blair and Fred Moore. It’s at a wrap party for Three …
Obama Releases His Animated Birth Video
Tonight at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, President Barack Obama released his birth video, which turned out to be an …
Disney’s “Understanding Stresses and Strains” (1968)
Disney-nerds like me want to see everything the studio ever made, particularly all the animated films done while the nine old men were …
Steve Jobs should be running Disney
An extraordinarily prescient comment about Steve Jobs by an anonymous Apple manager in the January 3, 1983 issue of Time magazine: “He …
Japanese Government protests Herald Tribune cartoon
Japan Probe is reporting that the Japanese Consulate in New York has officially complained to the International Herald Tribune after the …
Variety reviews “Winnie The Pooh”
I would have noted this earlier, but I just spotted it myself. Hollywood trade paper, Variety, posted the first review of Disney’s new …
Six Rare Pieces of Animated Ephemera
Here are six good and rare animation-related clips I discovered on Critical Past, a stock footage house that specializes in films from US …
Bob Clampett’s Maps of Warner Bros. Cartoons Studios
Don’t miss these never-before-seen hand-drawn maps by director Bob Clampett illustrating the various Warner Bros. animation facilities …
First clip from Disney’s “Winnie The Pooh”
Disney released this 60 second excerpt from the forthcoming Winnie The Pooh feature, set for release on July 15th: (Thanks, …
Milt Kahl is Even Grumpier Than You Thought
If you read just one thing today, make it this newly released 1976 interview with Disney animator Milt Kahl conducted by Michael Barrier …
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