The Friz and the Diz
In January 1927, Friz Freleng boarded a train and headed to California to work for Walt Disney. Here’s why that didn’t last very long.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Jack Kirby at Ruby-Spears
Kirby’s time at Ruby-Spears provided him financial and medical security and allowed him to explore endless concepts including humor.
Josie and the Pussy Cats
Because Filmation owned the rights to the Archie characters, the Hanna-Barbera Pussycats series had to be divorced from that Archie universe and its characters.
Creating Pocahontas
The problematic 1995 Disney feature has, to this day, never been considered for a live action remake, Broadway musical, an animated series or any other possible uses.
Remembering Classic Mr. Magoo
An overview of the career of UPA’s greatest success.
Larry Harmon’s “Laurel and Hardy”
Harmon approached Laurel in 1961 about generating more income by his producing an animated series based on the characters of Stan and Ollie.
Dancing Around “Cats Don’t Dance” (1997)
The Los Angeles Times stated that only fifteen people attended the first matinee screening in a theater in Pasadena. It’s gone on to become a cult classic.
In His Own Words: Floyd Norman on Cleaning Up Ward Kimball
Walt suggested cleaning up the soup scene pencil test and showing it as a special treat on his weekly television program.
In His Own Words: Frank Lloyd Wright on “Fantasia”
Walt brought in H.G. Wells and Alexander Woollcott,” Mel Shaw remembered. “He even had Frank Lloyd Wright to the studio to talk about inspiration and art”.
Walt Disney and Polo
In the 1930s, there were more than 25 polo fields in Los Angeles, and the “Mickey Mouse Team” captained by Walt Disney played at the Uplifters Polo Field.
