Jack Benny and Walt Disney
Jack Benny parodied Disney achievements throughout his radio career. Walt also appeared on his television show.
Tag Archives: Walt Disney
Animation of “Note”: The Anniversary of Disney’s “Make Mine Music”
Noting the anniversary of one of two Disney features from 1946 NOT on Disney+.
Unpredictable As Weather – Part 11
1937 provided another eventful year for cartoon extremes of weather and climate conditions, though not necessarily tracking any similar events in the real world.
More than a Disney Background Painter: The Ephemera Art of Bill Layne
Layne was a background artist for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1940s before embarking on a robust commercial art career.
Big Bad Blockbuster: The 90th Anniversary of Disney’s “Three Little Pigs.”
The Three Little Pigs arrived in theaters with the same force as the Big Bad Wolf blowing a house in. It was a blockbuster.
The Disney WWII U.S. Navy Aerology Series Film Pamphlets
It seems like an appropriate time to write about the Disney WWII weather films and associated pamphlets.
Music with Character: The 75th Anniversary of “Melody Time”
Managing to avoid most of the pitfalls of its predecessors, Melody Time was the last of Disney’s musical mélanges, and certainly the best.
Cartoon Characters on the Radio!
The frequent appearances of animated characters, particularly Bugs Bunny, on vintage radio shows, prove how popular they really were.
Disney Goes To War
An interesting piece from the August 31st 1942 issue of LIFE magazine that I thought it would be worth posting here.
Hank Ketcham and Animation
Most people do not recall that cartoonist Ketcham got his start working at Walter Lantz and later at Disney before he entered the Navy in 1942.
