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• Toon Tuesday: How to have a rockin' good time on Mickey Mouse’s birthday

  Looking for different ways to spend November 18th? Jim Hill's suggestions takes you from a museum to Broadway, from rock 'n' roll memorabilia auctions to theme park attractions Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, TV, Walt Disney, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Paris, Miley Cyrus, Chicago, Mickey Mouse, Michael Jackson, Walt Disney Studios, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Paris, animated character, Broadway musical, 1998, 2009, TV show, animated short, Hannah Montana , 1996 , Jonas Brothers, rock 'n' roll , thrill ride, rock legends , rock legend, roller coaster, national tour, theme parks, 1999, Shrek the Musical, Broadway Theatre, Walt Disney Company, 1928, Colony Theater, Steamboat Willie, birthday, 2002, Disney XD, TV series, rock star

• Remembering Virginia Davis (1918 - 2009)

  Jim Hill looks back over the life & career of Disney’s first star, that talented little girl who lit up the “Alice Comedies” Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Productions, Virginia, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood, 1920s, Walt Disney Studios, animated character, Pinocchio, cartoons, Disney Feature Animation, animated short, Virginia Davis, Virginia Davis McGhee, Hollywood history, Disney animation rarities, cartoon series, Snow White, Alice Comedies, Alice's Wonderland, animation historian

• "I can go to Disney and be a director, or I can stay here and make history"

  In honor of "Tin Toy" 's 20th anniversary, Jim Hill shares an excerpt from David A. Price's "The Pixar Touch" which talks about the creation of this Academy Award-winning short Read More... Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney Studios, Academy Award, Disney / Pixar, Disney Feature Animation, SIGGRAPH, animated short, short, Andrew Stanton, Luxo Jr, Red's Dream, Tin Toy, Oscar-winning , Oscar, Academy Award winner, shorts, Apple, Disney Pixar , David A Price, The Pixar Touch : The Making of a Company, Alvy Ray Smith, PDI, Pacific Data Image

• "To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

  Jim Hill reviews Karen Paik's inspired (more importantly, inspiring) new history of Pixar Animation Studios. Which offers a lot of insight about how John Lasseter became the Big Kahuna of the CG world Read More... Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, John Musker, Cars, Ratatouille, Leslie Iwerks, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Ron Miller, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, WDAS, featurette, Monsters Inc., The Pixar Story, To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios, Karen Paik, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney Studios, film, movie, Mouse, Disney / Pixar, 2007, Tis the season, feature film , Chronicle Books, The Art of Animation, Bob Thomas, cartoons, epiphany, coffee table book, hardcover, church, pew, gourd, sermon, pencil, pencil time, award, The Headless Horseman, The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad, station wagon, Casper the Friendly Ghost, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts, character animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, calcified, middle management, The Fox and the Hound, old guard, Tom Wilhite, Maurice Sendak, picture book, Where the Wild Things Are, Thomas M Disch, The Brave Little Toaster, banners, Lucasfilm, The Adventures of Andre & Wally B, SIGGRAPH, animated short, short, character comedy, cutting-edge technology, money pit, Jane Eisner, Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach, human costs, keyboard, repetitive-stress injury, The Art of Ratatouille, aspiring animator, holiday shopping list