The Yogi Bear You Don’t Know
Yogi Bear’s Honey Fried Chicken was a popular fast food restaurant chain that debuted in the early 1960s. Here’s what happened next.
Category Archives: SUSPENDED ANIMATION
The “Rock-A-Doodle” Story
Rock-A-Doodle was a confusing 1991 animated feature produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios and Goldcrest Films. Here’s the story.
Whatever Happened to Walt’s Garage Studio?
Walt asked his uncle if he could set up a small animation studio in the garage. The rest is history.
In His Own Words: Walt Disney on Animation
Over the decades, I have collected many quotes by Walt Disney; here are a few that relate directly to animation that readers may not have heard.
In His Own Words: Jack Hannah on Walter Lantz
Here are some excerpts about the Lantz studio from one of my interviews with Jack Hannah.
Mickey Mouse in “Runaway Brain” (1995)
The short marked the first appearance on Mickey Mouse on the big screen since the 1990 featurette The Prince and the Pauper.
Disney Studios 1938
Back in the late 1930s, many magazines sent writers to Disney Studios to see what Walt Disney was up to after the success of Snow White.
In His Own Words: Ralph Bakshi on Jim Tyer
In 1994, Bakshi wrote the following about his first encounter with Tyer.
Footrot Flats: The Dog’s (Tail) Tale
Regarded as a New Zealand animated feature film, it was entirely animated in Sydney, Australia by director, Robbert Smit.
Don Bluth’s “Xanadu”
The first work of the newly established Don Bluth Studio that public saw was the two minute musical sequence in the feature film “Xanadu” (1980).
