D23 Fanniversary: A Toon Lover’s Impressions

March 27, 2013 by Jake Friedman No Comments

As I sat in my seat at the Newark Museum auditorium, I realized that I was spending an afternoon ogling lost Ferdinand Horvath sketches from the ’30s and also singing along with a TV show theme song from the ’80s. This, in essence, is what the D23 Fanniversary is all [...]

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Ollie Johnston: Even ‘Old Men’ Need a Lift!

October 27, 2011 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments

Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s became familiar with the smiling, warm fellow who chatted with us over the airwaves every Sunday evening on The Wonderful World of Disney. But as I’m sure everyone knows by now, that avuncular quality was only one facet of [...]

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