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Salute their shorts

Recently, Disney announced that their new Goofy-starring short How To Hook Up Your Home Theater would be released to theaters on December 21st in front of the new film National Treasure: Book of Secrets. This was a surprise to fans, as most everyone had assumed it would be released a month earlier attached to […]

CULTURAL DISPLAY OF OFFICAL LICENSED DISNEY ANIMATION 3D FOR MAKE BENEFIT OF GLORIOUS BIRTHDAY OF MICKIE MOUSCZE

Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew has posted a series of soul devouring, mind shattering, and completely inexplicable mocap animations based upon formerly beloved animated characters on his blog. As a friend of mine said upon viewing, “why does my brain feel like I’m crying when I’m not?” I can only assume this video […]

A Pair of Shorts

On this day in 1953, Walt Disney Productions released a pair of animated shorts that remain well-known to this day. Ben and Me told the odd story of a mouse who lived with and inspired Ben Franklin. Based on a book by Robert Lawson and adapted for the screen by the great story artist Bill […]

Home Video News

In addition to Ratatouille, Pixar has another release hitting stores on Tuesday, November 6. Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 collects the 13 shorts released by Pixar since the company’s inception (one short, The Adventures of André & Wally B, predates the creation of Pixar itself). While the disc itself boasts a few interesting features […]

Happy Birthday Ollie

Cartoon Brew points out that today is the 95th birthday of animation legend Ollie Johnston. Ollie is the last surviving member of Walt’s closest circle of animators, the Nine Old Men. He joined the Disney Studios in 1935, and went on to animate for most of the major features of the Golden Age and beyond. […]