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• Toon Tuesday: What was it like to work at the Mouse Factory back in the 1950s?

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, 1950s, Hollywood, Burbank, Animation Building, Disney Commissary , California, Los Angeles , instruction, artwork , 1941 , animators strike , Walt Disney Productions , sound stage, Old Hollywood, Burbank lot , motion picture, Disney artist , Dopey Drive, good times , Disney animator , The Great Depression, artists, job, Silver Lake , animated film, young animators, Disney shorts , master animator, industry veterans , job security, animation professionals, Roy Disney, production, production team , film, animated feature film, motion pictures, leader, legacy, Riverside Drive, animated feature, animation training class, animation department

• Toon Tuesday: Jim Fletcher, Disney Artist and the Ultimate Hollywood Fan

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, Sleeping Beauty, 1950s, 1970s, Hollywood, Disney Commissary , Old Hollywood, Floyd Norman, Hyperion Studios, Hanna-Barbera , Hanna-Barbera Studio , 1990s, childrens books, Jim Fletcher, Chicago Institute of Art, Tinsel town, Gregory Peck, Edward G Robinson, Ed Wynn, Edgar Bergen, A-Wing, Freddy Hellmich, Fairy Crew, Des Plains, Illinois, CBS, Jack Benny, The Jack Benny Show, Hollywood Museum, preview, fundraiser, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Toluca Lake, UPA, Hanna Barbera, Format, Encino, Bill Walsh, Ruth Roman, Art Babbit, Margie Belcher, Gower Champion, Linda Darnell, Debbie Reynolds, Margaret O'Brien, Jane Withers, Charlotte Rae

• The Elephant in the Room -- Part 2

  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 Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, CG, Hollywood, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apple , Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation, Afrokids.com, design , artwork , development , television , Disney movie, Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, music , sketches , assignment , animated film, sequence, character designer , storyman, elephant , diva, story, digital , Walt Disney Feature Animation, 2000, story team, Wild Life, storyboard, fashion mavens, fashion maven, glitzy, Howard Baker, satirical, fashion, Kitty Glitter, Ella the Elephant, sketch, production design, green-lit, screening, Roy Disney, production, sequences, production team , Techno Rock, costume designer, H.B. (Buck) Lewis , Craig Kellman, production designer, Hans Bacher , screenwriter, scratch track, talent, character actor , Alan Cumming, Red Pittstain, Academy Award winner , Kathy Bates, Magda, Debra Messing , pop diva, story issues, color storyboards , polish, computer applications, Adobe PhotoShop , Adobe Illustrator, Apple laptop, workstation, Northside, Northside facility, executive decision, stealth project, studio managers, Louie , Casablanca, Studio 54, Pygmalion, Hannah Montana, High School Musical, blockbuster, teen markets , Middle America , club scene, central focus

• 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 | 5 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 Tuesday : Getting a head with Blaine Gibson

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, 1950s, Hollywood, Glendale, WDI, Walt Disney Imagineering, Imagineer, Imagineering, Disneyland, theme park, Disney Legend, Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation, How the Grinch Stole Disney, Afrokids.com, Son of Faster Cheaper, 1957 , Animation Building, Frank Thomas, shorts , young artists , effects animators , 1940s , 1961, special effects , effects shots, Mr. Fun , blog, Mr. Fun's Blog, Blaine Gibson , attraction, limo, media event , Disney Blu-Ray , Blu-Ray , Disney animator , Pirates of the Caribbean, Good Fairies , Flora, Fauna, Merryweather , 1930s, farm boy , Colorado, college, Depression, The Great Depression, artists, sketches , drawings , job, Greyhound, bus, train, Silver Lake , Hyperion Studios, assignment , drawing, apprentices , animated film, phases of production, messenger boys, Traffic Department, young animators, Disney shorts , feature films, effects, effects animation, plum scenes , master animator, top animators, clean-up, clean-up crew , opening scenes , Pongo, Roger, personality, movement , sequence, Walt Disney World, Montecito , Santa Barbara , George W Bush , bust , WDW, The Hall of Presidents, animation treasure

• Caught in "The Parent Trap" -- Part II

  In the final installment of his new two-part series, Disney Legend Floyd Norman recalls what it was like to be on the Burbank lot while this 1961 David Swift movie was being filmed Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, Walt Disney, Hollywood, Burbank, Animation Building, employees , screening rooms , director, The Parent Trap , Annette Funicello, Hayley Mills , Pollyanna, A Walt Disney Production , Walt Disney Productions , writer/director , David Swift, Bud Swift , 1961, Petticoats and Blue Jeans , sound stage, Maureen O'Hara , Brian Keith, Leo G Carroll, Nancy Kulp , Frank DeVol , Stage Two, special effects , special photographic technique , camera optics , sodium matte process , Burbank lot , actor, matte system , special camera lens , Alexander Korda , Eustace Lycett , optical equipment , special effects wizards, Ruth McDevitt , Disney Princess , Belle, John Mills, rough cut, effects shots, Bill Justice , title sequence , Sherman brothers , Tommy Sands, Disney movie, twin girls, twins, identical twins , twin daughters

• Caught in "The Parent Trap" -- Part I

  In the first installment of this new two-part series, Disney Legend Floyd Norman describes what it was like to visit the set of this 1961 David Swift film Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, 101 Dalmatians, 1960s, Hollywood, Burbank, The Walt Disney Company, Disney Legend, D-Wing , Animation Building, Frank Thomas, Disney Commissary , California, television show, director, Disney history , The Parent Trap , 1960, Annette Funicello, Hayley Mills , Pollyanna, A Walt Disney Production , Walt Disney Productions , writer/director , Disney geek, Bud Swift , Minneapolis, Minnesota , 1940s , United States Air Force , radio , comedy writing , 1949, television , scriptwriting, screenplay, Philco Television Playhouse , Playhouse 90, The Rifleman, Wagon Train , television series , Mr. Peepers, Wally Cox, Jamie, 1961, Petticoats and Blue Jeans , sound stage, Maureen O'Hara , Brian Keith, Leo G Carroll, Charlie Ruggles, Nancy Kulp , Frank DeVol , on location, Northern California, Stage Two, Director of Photography , Hollywood veteran , Lucien Ballard , Old Hollywood, special effects , screen double, special photographic technique , camera optics , sodium matte process , compositing , on-camera double, redhead , Burbank lot , studio commissary, Robert Keith , Julie Andrews , actor, press agent , handler, motion picture

• Toon Tuesday: Disney's "B" Movie

  Long before Jerry Seinfeld and DreamWorks began talking about making "Bee Movie," this subject was alive & well at Walt Disney Studios Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, Hollywood, Burbank, The Walt Disney Company, Bill Peet, Animation Building

• Toon Tuesday : The Failure Factor

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with an object lesson for all you creative types out there. How falling on your face every now & then can actually play an important part in your growth as an artist and as a person Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:00 PM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Hollywood, John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios, Glendale, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Kansas City, Toy Story, failure, CFI, The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, Bill Peet, Rudyard Kipling

• Toon Tuesday: A tribute to Hurricane Eva

  Precious little is known about the early women animators at Walt Disney Studios. Floyd Norman returns with a profile of one female artist you should really know about Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, traditional animation, Walt Disney Studios, Louisiana, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Sleeping Beauty, female animators, Eva Schneider, Vanity Fair, Switzerland, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Mouse Factory, Mouse House, Hollywood, Gulf Coast, category 5 storm