Watching. Waiting. Wondering about the world. Sometimes I make stuff. ✨ https://xitter.cf/t.co/Z79wrmmsKb https://xitter.cf/t.co/UpK0vHe4wE

Everywhere. Nowhere.
Joined March 2009
"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter." - Walt Disney – at Burbank, CA
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✨Another beautiful day out at @WaltDisneysBarn! #Disney #history
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On this date 59 years ago, Walt Disney's classic animated feature film "The Jungle Book" (1967) was released. "The Jungle Book" was a hit with audiences, critics, and at the box office—so much for "monkey business." 🐒
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✨Although in very early years cels were washed & reused, what you are actually seeing here are “animation cycles” (the underlying movement) being reused, not cels. Scenes like this reused the movements, redrawn on brand-new cels with new characters. #Disney #animation #history
Hand-drawn animation is pain-staking work, so DISNEY would often re-use animation cells, as shown below. Credit: @cInemat0graphys
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✨ A classic Carnation Cafe lunch! 🌸 Still miss seeing Chef Oscar making his rounds and bringing that extra bit of heart (and delicious food) to Main Street. Hope the legend is doing great! Who else still always looks for Chef Oscar? #Disney #Disneyland #history
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✨On a morning walk - got to see it try out out new wings and take a first flight! What a gift.
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✨News: Paramount Studios is taking over the Bay Theater in Palisades Village and will show first run movies from all studios. On Aug 3 I mused if WB would be next. But Paramount & WB have merged under Skydance. So was I correct or nah? 🎬📽️🎞️ #Hollywood #film #movies
✨Huge win for LA film culture. Also a look at modern studio mechanics: exhibition isn't owning chains anymore, it's about cultural landmarks as flagship brand anchors. Disney: El Capitan Netflix: Egyptian Sony: Cinerama Dome Universal: CityWalk WB up next? #film #history
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What do you think?
67%Nailed it.
33%On a technicality.
0%Nah.
3 votes • Final results
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Breaking: Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, has acquired the lease for the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades. The theater will reopen as a first-run, dine-in cinema.
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✨Pics from my visit to the @TWDCArchives exhibit at @Muzeo in Anaheim! Incredible look at live-action reference in animation, featuring models, props & Margaret Kerry's Tinker Bell slippers! Muzeo: Thru 11/1 • Fort Worth Museum: 11/14 –2/14, 27 #Disney #animation #history
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Throwback Thursday: Going thru my reference library and came across this artifact- a Disney licensing guide from the early 80’s that includes character models, guidelines, and product suggestions for licensees. From my collection. #Disney #history – at Burbank, CA
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✨At the David Geffen Theatre at the Academy Museum tonight to honor and celebrate the life of Lion King director Roger Allers. 🐾 #Disney #animation #history
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Mahna Mahna
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✨Wonderful time at the Disneyana Fan Club Expo this weekend! A family stopped by—a repeat visit from last year, when I signed Mickey cards for their daughters, adding my usual 3-dot Mickey head (which can look like a heart) to my signature. (1/2) #Disney #animation #history
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This time, one of the girls came right up to me and proudly announced: "I'm 8 years old now!" The mom pulled me aside to say her daughter has signed her own name with that same heart/Mickey flourish ever since! Never underestimate the power of three little dots. ✨❤️🐭 (2/2)
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While our next special exhibition will have its fair share of trees, we're "going out on a limb" to appreciate this background artwork from "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"—released 77 years ago today. 🌳
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✨77 years ago today - October 5, 1949 - Walt Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad was released in theaters. I had the honor of creating 3 different cover art pieces for this classic. 🎨 Which is your favorite? 👇 🐸🎃 #Disney #animation #history #Art
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✨Cool find! A collector found these vintage pins at the Disneyana Fan Club Expo that they brought to me to sign! #Disney #animation #history
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✨Insane visibility of 38 miles across LA today. Driving up the 5 fwy from Anaheim, I could spot the Hollywood sign al the way from the Orange County line! #LALife
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In all my decades of living in LA, never even knew that was possible.
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