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Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : My Luncheon with Roy

Floyd Norman

I don’t know who came up with the bright idea, but it was a darn good one. What about spending our noon hour with the Vice Chairman of Walt Disney Feature Animation ? Would Roy Edward Disney accept our invitation, we wondered? The only way to find out was to simply ask. The early 1980s proved to...

on26 Jan 2010
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Funky Warehouse Syndrome

Floyd Norman

Some years ago, I watched helplessly as Walt Disney's animation department was moved out of their old building on the Burbank lot. You see, the new management needed room to expand, and animators took up space. So clearly somebody had to go. The Animation Building on Disney's Burbank Lot. You can wait...

on12 May 2009
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

Floyd Norman

There's a popular television show called " Survivor ." I've never been able to watch this show or even take it seriously. It's difficult to consider the consequences of surviving on a desert island when craft services is located nearby. However, I did see some real survivors a few weeks ago as I walked...

on18 Aug 2008
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Disney's Night School

Floyd Norman

Did you know Walt Disney Studios once provided what could be considered the finest animation course ever offered? That's right, kids. If you've shelled out the big bucks for an animation education at such institutions as California Institute of the Arts or Sheridan College , you might be surprised to...

on14 Jan 2008

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Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : My Luncheon with Roy

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Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Disney's Night School