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Floyd Norman
Paper Trail
Posted
05-10-2006
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Floyd Norman shares a great in-joke from "Cars" as well as talking up the new optimistic atmosphere that he's been encountering while wandering the corridors of Disney Feature Animation
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Toon Tuesday: Rocky gets KO'ed while Shere Khan finally finds his voice
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09-18-2006
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Animation legend Floyd Norman is back with another installment of his "Jungle Book" series. This time around, Floyd talks about how master animator Milton Kahl lost one choice assignment on this film ... only to quickly gain another
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Caught in "The Parent Trap" -- Part I
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03-18-2008
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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
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Toon Tuesday: The Beatles were going to be " ... a flash in the pan"?! Or said Walt Disney
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09-25-2006
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Animation legend Floyd Norman now concludes his four-part series on "The Jungle Book." This time around, Floyd talks about working with Sterling Holloway on the character of Kaa. Plus Walt's interesting asessment of the boys from Liverpool
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"And now your host ..." : Visiting the Walt Disney set on Stage Two
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12-04-2006
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As a special holiday treat, Floyd Norman takes us back to the Disney lot in the early 1960s. Where we then get to listen in as Walt Disney films his intros for "Walt Disney Presents"
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Toon Tuesday: Bill Peet beats feet while Louis Prima & his band goes ape at the Mouse Factory
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09-11-2006
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Animation legend Floyd Norman is back with another installment of his new series about the production of "The Jungle Book." This time around, Floyd talks about how Walt Disney almost cut "The Bare Necessities" out of the movie
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Playing with Toys -- Part I : Funky Filmmaking in Frogtown
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01-07-2007
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Animation legend Floyd Norman kicks off a brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In his first installment, Floyd talks about this project's very humble origins. Back when "The Sequel" was just supposed to be a direct-to-video release
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Toon Tuesday: First take a look back at Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book" ...
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09-04-2006
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Animation legend Floyd Norman starts a brand-new series for JHM which chronicles the creation of the last feature-length animated film that Walt would work on. In today's installment, Floyd talks about his initial promotion to the Story department
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Toon Tuesday: A tribute to Hurricane Eva
Posted
09-17-2007
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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
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Toon Tuesday : Getting a head with Blaine Gibson
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06-23-2008
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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
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What can Walt Disney Animation Studios do to save itself? Ditch digital
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02-02-2009
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Floyd Norman is back with a column that's sure to cause some controversy. Since this Disney Legend is now suggesting that WDAS should abandon production of CG animated features and instead concentrate on reviving its hand-drawn animation unit
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Playing with Toys -- Part IV : Coming in for a soft landing on a pile of ... shaving cream ?!
Posted
01-29-2007
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Animation legend Floyd Norman completes his four-part series about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about the last year of production on this Ash Brannon / John Lasseter film. As the crew struggled to solve several story problems while they also tried to avoid burn-out
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Playing with Toys -- Part II : How Howdy Doody showed us the way
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01-15-2007
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Animation legend Floyd Norman continues his brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about a popular children's television show from the 1950s held the key to cracking a lot of the story problems for this then-direct-to-video sequel
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Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"
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01-22-2007
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Animation legend Floyd Norman continues his brand-new series for JHM about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about how a cheesy direct-to-video sequel went through some ruff ...er ... rough patches and eventually became an animated masterpiece
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Toon Tuesday : My favorite Geekathon -- Comic-Con International
Posted
07-23-2007
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As he gets ready to make his annual trip down to San Diego, animation legend Floyd Norman recalls the early days of the Con. Back when this strictly-comic-book convention was held at the El Cortez Hotel
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Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Un
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11-11-2008
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman begins a new series about the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature
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Babes in Waltland : Part I
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03-09-2009
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman begins a two part series that looks back at "Babes at Toyland." To be specific, the crucial role that this motion picture played in the creation of that Disney classic, "Mary Poppins"
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Toon Tuesday: Disney's "B" Movie
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02-11-2008
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Long before Jerry Seinfeld and DreamWorks began talking about making "Bee Movie," this subject was alive & well at Walt Disney Studios
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Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Deux
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11-18-2008
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Floyd Norman
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his series on the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature
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The Real Fat Albert
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12-12-2004
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Animation industry vet (and JHM fan favorite) Floyd Norman returns with a fun new column that takes a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Cosby's first animated cartoon studio. ...
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Steve Jobs: A Tough Act to Follow
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01-19-2009
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As stories continue to circulate about the Head of Apple's health problems, Disney Legend Floyd Norman looks back to the 1960s. When another company you may know suddenly had to deal with leadership & succession-related issues
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Toon Tuesday : In Defense of Mavericks
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08-13-2007
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Animation industry legend Floyd Norman returns with a cautionary tale. Where he points out that while animation studios do need employees who know how to follow the rules, there's an even greater need for artists who know when to break the rules
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Now in full color: A cartoonish take on Black History
Posted
02-19-2007
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In honor of Black History Month, animation legend Floyd Norman returns with a thoughtful essay that reflects on his own experiences dealing with race-related issues
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The Mouse Factory gets back to basics
Posted
07-30-2006
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The Walt Disney Company now plans to focus on its core business of family entertainment. Which is a great idea. But -- as animation industry legend Floyd Norman points out in today's column -- it's not exactly a new one
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Taking My Best Shot: Working on Disney's "The Saga of Windwagon Smith"
Posted
08-14-2006
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There's a first time for everything. And -- for animation industry vet Floyd Norman -- the chance to first work as an animator for Walt Disney Studios came with "Windwagon Smith." Floyd now looks fondly back on that time in his career and the talented folks that he worked with
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