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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: The End of Endless Development

  In this month's column, Disney Legend Floyd Norman weighs in on an issue that has dogged many an animated feature Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, 101 Dalmatians, Hollywood, Bill Peet, young artists , animators, development , Walt Disney Productions , television , young animators, television animation , storyman, story, story team, storyboard, storyboard assignment, executives, animated feature film, studio, The Black Cauldron, animated feature

• Lots of entertaining tails ... er ... tales were told at "The Little Mermaid" 20th anniversary event

  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 Read More... Posted Monday, May 25, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Glendale, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, California, effects shots, music , Disney animator , assignment , animated film, feature films, effects animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Academy Award winner , Alan Menken, Jeffrey Katzenberg, film, animated feature film, hand-drawn animation, WDAS, John Musker, Ron Clements, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog, Mark Henn, Glen Keane, Tina Price, Andreas Deja, Ruben Aquino, Duncan Majoribanks, 20th anniversary, Woodbury University, Tom Sito, Brad Bird, Part of Your World, Kiss the Girl, Geoffrey Holder, Seven Up, Uncola Man, television commercials, Best Song, Ariel, Sebastian, Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium

• Toon Tuesday : Nobody wins in the Hollywood blame game

  Marketing may be Tinsel Town's new religion. But Disney Legend Floyd Norman is not a believer Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: movies, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, failure, 1961, motion picture, animated film, executives, success, cover your butt, market, marketing, experts, Stanley Kubrick, marketing campaign, box office, film, marketing budget, film marketing, animated feature film, motion pictures, studio, stinker, marketing blitz, marketing dollars, marketing strategy, religion, new religion, opening weekend, easy answers, better marketing, 1959, 2008, 2009