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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Ray Harryhausen

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I owe quite a bit of my childhood, which is still going on according to my wife Patty, to a great man named Ray Harryhausen. If you don...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Walter (Woody Woodpecker) Lantz

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Walter Lance with his animated alter-ego Woody April 27, is the birthday of another famous animation giant by the name of Walt . If yo...
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Monday, April 8, 2013

"... now it's time to say goodbye...Annette"

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Annette Joanne Funicello passed away today, April 8, 2013 at the age of 70 due to complications from Multiple Sclerosis . Although she ...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

HYPERION STUDIOS

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The Disney Animation staff 1934 Animating Snow White This post is my first public announcement concerning a documentary film I h...
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"YABBA-DABBA-DOO!"

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"Meet the Flintstones!" I was asked recently if I have ever done work at studios besides the Walt Disney Studios and the an...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Little Mermaid Mural

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Larry Nikolai's beautiful mural for the California version I was fortunate to be able to see elements of the Little Mermaid attr...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

A Rememberance of 2012

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We can't end this year without noting some of the wonderful people that have unfortunately left us. I know Ronald Searle passed away las...
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mike peraza
Burbank, CA, United States
Born and raised in New Orleans, on Jefferson Parish just off Canal Street. Grew up enjoying gumbo and Disney animation. Attended California Institute of the Arts in 1973 when the paint was two years old. Left when I ran out of funds but not before I met some wonderful people at Disney Studio. William Lund was the acting President of Cal Arts and set up trips for me to visit the Feature Department at Disney. There I met Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and Don Bluth among others. All were gracious with their time and encouragement. After returning home, was contacted by Jack Hannah, Dean of the new Character Animation School at Cal Arts. I didn't know anything about financial aid so I worked 2 years to save up tuition. I attended during the second year of the program until I again ran out of money at the end of the first semester. Jack found out and contacted Eric Larson at Disney and the Disney family offered me a full scholarship, TA job and expense account. At the end of the year I was seeking a summer job and returned after a long day to find a note on my locker to report to Disney Animation the following Monday. That was the beginning of a wonderful ride.
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