Shirley Temple Does Disney
This week we pay tribute to the greatest child actress of all time, Shirley Temple, who passed away last week, February 10th 2014, at age 85. During her vast and…
Tag Archives: Disney
Animation Anecdotes #148
Origin of Christopher Crumpet. Thornton Hee (“T. Hee”) was responsible for “Christopher Crumpet” (1953) a UPA short about a little boy who turns into a chicken whenever he doesn’t get…
Recommended Anthropomorphics (2013)
Back on July 21 last year, I described here the Ursa Major Awards for the best in anthropomorphic literature and art of the year, in eleven categories. The two categories…
Animation Anecdotes #142
Animated Ziggy. Ziggy is the loveable loser lead character in a newspaper comic panel of the same name. “Ziggy” first appeared in small books from the American Greetings Company in…
In His Own Words: Bill Plympton on Disney
Bill Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon on April 30, 1946. Plympton is considered the first animator to draw every frame for an animated feature film by himself. All his…
Animation Anecdotes #141
Ann Margrock. Artist Doug Wildey once was assigned in 1963 to draw a cartoon version of actress Ann-Margret to appear in an episode of “The Flintstones” television series. He easily…
Commercials Animated by George Nicholas and Don Williams
We have another twofer for you. Two of my favorite animators, George Nicholas and Don Williams are our topic for today. George Nicholas had been one of the top animators…
“Mickey’s Christmas Carol”
Eight years before Mickey’s Christmas Carol was an Oscar-nominated short cartoon, it was a Disneyland LP and book set called Dickens’ Christmas Carol Presented By The Popular Repertory Company, The…
The 2013 Animation Show of Shows
Every year Ron Diamond, the founder of Hollywood’s Acme Filmworks animation studio (specializing in animated television commercials), puts together an Animation Show of Shows, consisting of his pick of about…
From Ukulele Ike to Jiminy Cricket: Cliff Edwards
I love the voice of Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket but unfortunately, the life of the talented performer was not a Disney fairy tale. For a brief time around 1922,…
