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Toon Tuesday: Funky Warehouse Syndrome

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 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments

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Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Deux

Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his series on the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

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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

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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

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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

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Toon Tuesday : A Disney kind of guy

Disney Legend Floyd Norman looks back on the life & career of the late Bruce Gordon. A funny, brilliant and irreverant Imagineer & Disney historian that Floyd believes had a lot in common with the man Bruce so admired, Walt Disney Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 5 Comments

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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