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• Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman pays tribute to all those animation veterans who have hung in there through the tough times Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, traditional animation, CG, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, "101 Dalmatians", "Sleeping Beauty", 1950s, Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Legend, "Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation" , "How the Grinch Stole Disney" , Afrokids.com, "Son of Faster Cheaper", Animation Building, 1956, television show, shorts , young artists , animators, animation artist, director, layoffs , Walt Disney Productions , writer/director , television , television series , Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, Disney artist , Disney animator , artists, young animators, "Survivor" , desert island , craft services , drawing board, shorts unit, Rick Gonzales, cutbacks, layout artist , character designer , Hanna-Barbera , Ruby-Spears, pink slip, industry veterans , MGM Animation , Visual Arts , Bob Clampett, Bob Clampett Studio , 3400 Cahuenga Blvd , Hanna-Barbera Studio , television animation , Filmation, 1980s, Granada Hills , Dave Michener, storyman, "The Great Mouse Detective" , Michael Eisner , Orlando , CGI , digital bandwagon , job security, animation professionals, third world potentates, overpaid gig, old survivor, real survivors

• Toon Thursday : Mermaids, donuts and musical concrete

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman is back with a trio of wild & wacky stories from his days at the Mouse House. And did we mention that Mr. Fun now has his very own blog ? Read More... Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, books, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, 1960s, Mouse House, Glendale, Burbank, The Walt Disney Company, Imagineering, Disneyland, theme park, Disney Legend, Toontown, "Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation" , cataroo.com, "How the Grinch Stole Disney" , Afrokids.com, "Son of Faster Cheaper", Animation Building, animators, Bob's Big Boy , artwork , Disney history , Walt Disney Productions , 1940s , Burbank lot , Jim Hill , Floyd Norman, JHM , Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, JimHillMedia, "Favorites" list , shameless plugging , column, Disney's Animation Building , Disney art , crazy, creative , corporate , rock band, album, "Music Concrete" , electronic music, space epic , F-Wing , old Animation Building, coffee machine, coffee maker , vending machine, donuts, donut, donut machine , ants, ant, Disney artist , Disney staffers , gags, Jack Fergus, sculptor , attraction, sculpture , B-Wing, mermaid , Disney backlot , boxing movie , Dopey Drive, movers, moving crew , book