October, 2010

It's never fun to lose your job. Getting your dismissal papers can be downright traumatic or just plain odd. Let me tell you about the unique way Walt Disney said bye-bye to the artists & writers whose ideas failed to impress him. This was a time when there was no Human Resource Department to act as a buffer, and getting sacked was an art in itself. When we were kids back in the day, it was not unusual to see a number of animation veterans arrive at the Walt Disney Studio charged with a task...