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Floyd Norman
The female artists & animators who changed Disney Studio’s “boys will be boys” culture
Posted
07-05-2010
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman take a look at the 1950s & 1960s. When – thanks to a few pioneering women -- the Animation Building stopped being a male-only domain
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: The Wow Factor
Posted
06-01-2010
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with a column where he talks about how he’d overhaul today's animation industry if given the chance
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Exploding on Lift Off
Posted
04-20-2010
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with a column that’s sure to resonate with today’s filmmakers. Which talks about how it’s never fun when your movie bursts into flame while it’s still sitting on the launching pad
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Floyd Norman
When you work in animation, there’s just no avoiding those Pink Slip Blues
Posted
03-01-2010
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with a column that discusses one of the lesser popular aspects of working in Toontown. And that’s the layoff that invariably comes whenever a new animated feature completes production
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday : My Luncheon with Roy
Posted
01-26-2010
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Jim Hill
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Join Disney Legend Floyd Norman in the Coral Room on the Burbank lot in late 1984. And then listen in as Walt’s nephew reassures the troops in regards to all the changes that had recently been made at Walt Disney Productions
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Floyd Norman
Disney’s timeless battle between the young punks and the old guard
Posted
12-07-2009
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Jim Hill
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Everything old is new again at the Mouse Factory. Or so says Disney Legend Floyd Norman, as he talks about the creative struggles that have gone at the Studios for decades now
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Floyd Norman
Toon Thursday: When Dad's a Disney Legend, that's a tough act to follow
Posted
11-05-2009
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Jim Hill
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Floyd Norman looks back on the careers of Peter Kahl, John Kimball and Dale King. Each of them a talented artist in their own right. Who then had to struggle in order to escape the shadows of their far more famous fathers
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: What was it like to work at the Mouse Factory back in the 1950s?
Posted
10-06-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman talks about what it was like to work at Walt Disney Studios in the post-strike era. And to Floyd's way of thinking, "The Bad Old Days" were pretty darned good
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: The End of Endless Development
Posted
09-15-2009
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Jim Hill
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In this month's column, Disney Legend Floyd Norman weighs in on an issue that has dogged many an animated feature
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Floyd Norman
Monday Mouse Watch : No Studio for Old Men
Posted
08-17-2009
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Jim Hill
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It just doesn't pay to age in the animation business. Or so says Disney Legend Floyd Norman in his latest column of JHM
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Remembering 2-C
Posted
07-14-2009
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Jim Hill
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Forget about 3-D. Disney Legend Floyd Norman revisits a location at Walt Disney Studios where lots of classic animation was created
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Floyd Norman
Lots of entertaining tails ... er ... tales were told at "The Little Mermaid" 20th anniversary event
Posted
05-25-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman reports from Woodbury University. Where -- last Thursday night -- dozens of WDAS vets turned out to reminisce about the development & production of this Academy Award-winning animated feature
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Funky Warehouse Syndrome
Posted
05-12-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman points out an interesting paradox of the animation industry. In that artists deserve the finest facilities, but it's sometimes better if they don't actually get them
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Jim Fletcher, Disney Artist and the Ultimate Hollywood Fan
Posted
04-21-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman launches a new series at JHM by talking about a co-worker of his who really did seem to know everyone who was anyone in Tinsel town
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Floyd Norman
Babes in Waltland : Part II
Posted
03-17-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his two part series on "Babes at Toyland." To be specific, the crucial role that this motion picture played in the creation of that Disney classic, "Mary Poppins"
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Floyd Norman
Babes in Waltland : Part I
Posted
03-09-2009
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman begins a two part series that looks back at "Babes at Toyland." To be specific, the crucial role that this motion picture played in the creation of that Disney classic, "Mary Poppins"
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Floyd Norman
What can Walt Disney Animation Studios do to save itself? Ditch digital
Posted
02-02-2009
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Jim Hill
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Floyd Norman is back with a column that's sure to cause some controversy. Since this Disney Legend is now suggesting that WDAS should abandon production of CG animated features and instead concentrate on reviving its hand-drawn animation unit
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Floyd Norman
Steve Jobs: A Tough Act to Follow
Posted
01-19-2009
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Jim Hill
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As stories continue to circulate about the Head of Apple's health problems, Disney Legend Floyd Norman looks back to the 1960s. When another company you may know suddenly had to deal with leadership & succession-related issues
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday : Nobody wins in the Hollywood blame game
Posted
12-09-2008
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Jim Hill
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Marketing may be Tinsel Town's new religion. But Disney Legend Floyd Norman is not a believer
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Deux
Posted
11-18-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his series on the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Un
Posted
11-11-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman begins a new series about the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature
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Floyd Norman
The Elephant in the Room -- Part 2
Posted
10-13-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his look at "Wild Life," the CG project that Walt Disney Animation Studios developed but ultimately abandoned in late 2000
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Floyd Norman
The Elephant in the Room -- Part I
Posted
10-06-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with a detailed look at "Wild Life," an innovative animated feature that WDAS developed as a follow-up project for "Dinosaur" but ultimately abandoned in late 2000
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors
Posted
08-18-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman pays tribute to all those animation veterans who have hung in there through the tough times
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Floyd Norman
Toon Tuesday : Getting a head with Blaine Gibson
Posted
06-23-2008
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Jim Hill
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman pays tribute to a master animator & sculptor. Who -- due to his soft-spoken nature -- often doesn't get the attention that he deserves
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