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By Michael - June 20th, 2011
If there’s one thing this summer has proved, it’s that I control the universe.
We’ve previously cited the events at The Enchanted Tiki Room as proof of this, but for further evidence we should examine the case of The Rocketeer.
It all began a few months ago when I was whinging on Twitter about […]
By Michael - April 3rd, 2011 Yes.
It seems like everyone is talking about The Rocketeer lately. And by everyone, I guess I mean me.
There’s actually been a frisson of conversation recently about the 1991 Walt Disney Pictures production on Twitter, owing to the recent release of a rather snazzy trailer for this summer’s Captain America. Marvel’s latest […]
By Michael - February 8th, 2011
“Maybe we ought to open up on those things instead of playing down to our medium or our public. That’s the very thing we like to have, a challenge.” – Walt Disney
This single quote speaks volumes to explain the devout admiration and fascination so many hold for the works of Walt Disney. It […]
By Michael - December 24th, 2010 In the ninth volume of the Walt’s People series, edited by Didier Ghez, there’s an interview conducted by John Culhane with Disney artist Art Scott. Scott relates a story from the 1970s, when he approached Disney’s then-CEO Card Walker about Once Upon A Wintertime. Scott had worked on the short, which was part of the […]
By Michael - December 23rd, 2010
It’s a pleasant coincidence that just a week after we mentioned former Disney animator Jerry Rees in an article about the original TRON from 1982, we discover via a post on Cartoon Brew that Rees has unveiled his own website and it is most definitely not to be missed.
Derisively dubbed the “Rats” by […]
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The Progress City Primer
From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.
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