Show 018 – Burny Mattinson, Part Three

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In part three, Burny Mattinson continues the conversation on his amazing career, from Mickey’s Christmas Carol, to the arrival of the Eisner era, through storyboarding on Beauty and The Beast. Burny has worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios for close to 55 years as an animator, story artist, director, and producer.

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Continue for Show Notes…

0:00:00: The Intro Voice
0:00:05: Welcome & Intro
0:00:52: Mark Henn on Mickey’s Christmas Carol (MCC) [Amazon LINK]
0:02:27: Directing MCC
0:03:18: Producing MCC & lessons from Woolie [Disney Legends Bio LINK]
0:05:11: Strike mid-production
0:06:04: Starting on Great Mouse Detective [Amazon LINK]
0:08:02: Ron & John’s initial sensibilities
0:08:46: Becoming producer, Ron becomes director
0:09:41: New regime in the 80s [Eisner at Wikipedia] [Katzenberg at Wikipedia]
0:13:43: Great Mouse and Black Cauldron [Amazon LINK]
0:08:02: Ron & John’s initial sensibilities
0:14:57: First use of computers
0:16:26: Stabbing Great Mouse in the back
0:19:35: Oliver & Company [Amazon LINK]
0:08:02: Ron & John’s initial sensibilities
0:24:34: Heading up shorts in Florida, The Bee Concert
0:28:55: Mickey at the Academy Awards [Oscars.org LINK]
0:32:55: Project marrying 2d to 3-D environment
0:34:49: Beauty and The Beast [Amazon LINK]
0:08:02: Ron & John’s initial sensibilities
0:39:29: Joe Grant on Beauty and The Beast [Disney Legends Bio LINK]
0:41:50: Boarding “Kill the Beast”
0:42:39: Conclusion of Part 3
0:42:49: Feedback info
0:43:32: Voice messages [LINK]
0:50:43: Closing

Comments

28 responses to “Show 018 – Burny Mattinson, Part Three”

May 16, 2007

mads jakobsen

sweet, once again a nice show! keep up the good work Clay:)

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May 16, 2007

Ben Rosaschi

Thanks, Clay. I can’t wait to listen to this. I’ve been checking the site just about every day or so since the last release. Lovely, quality stuff. I truly appreciate your efforts.

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May 16, 2007

Chris B.

Great show Clay! Too bad you had to tease us at the end by saying the next show is the best one yet 😉

Hope to see those progress bars refreshed and filling up again soon.

Keep it up, we greatly appreciate all you’re doing.

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May 16, 2007

Matt Z

Woohoo!!!

Alright Clay! I can’t wait to listen!

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May 16, 2007

Chris Cavs

Clay’s back! Wooo!

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May 16, 2007

ken

hey clay,
great podcast! i don’t know if you or the listener who mentioned richard williams have ever used his name as a youtube seach but there is a ton of great videos there. lots of the old commercials he did, a fan reconstruction of his unfinished masterpiece “the thief and the cobbler”, and my personal favourite (which includes lengthy interviews) “the thief who never gave up” special, with the first part located here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fQN0YQOwcg0

enjoy!

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May 16, 2007

Dagan

HOORAYYYYY!!! 🙂

Thanks Clay, I’m sure it’s worth the wait!… Gonna go
jump RIGHT in!… so psyched!…

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May 16, 2007

K.Borcz

Thank you Clay!!! Can’t wait to listen to this
🙂

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May 16, 2007

=shane white=

Great stuff Clay, glad to have you back in my Itunes rotation.

Go man go!

=s=

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May 16, 2007

Rob from Jersey

HALLELUJAH!!! Words cannot express how excited I was this morning to see the return of our might Clay and his podcast. And he came armed with Part 3 of Burny Mattinson! Thank you Clay, this show is wonderful. I literally listened to it a half dozen times already today. (Do you have any idea how much I’ve been looking forward to a new podcast?? I have all the others practically memorized now!)

You’e awesome Clay, thank you so much again, and I can’t for Part 4 with Burny!

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May 17, 2007

Andy Seredy

Hooray for pod cast.
Clay, could you find some way to make your pod cast into a human girl so I could aske her out on a date?

I

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May 17, 2007

AnimationPodcaster

Mads, Ben, Matt, Chris C., Dagan, K.Borcz, Sahne – I humbly thank thee.

Chris B. – I wasn’t teasing, I was just – well, I guess it was kind of teasing. We’ll see how you feel. I just like it because we talk about storyboarding some more. On the day of release they will be full, but you’ve reminded me to keep those progress bars up to date.

Ken – That’s some awesome info. I had been wondering for a while where I could find some of Williams’ commercials. Now I slap my forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

Rob – That’s great to hear. It clocks in at 51 minutes! Six times already?! I’m glad people are getting multiple listens out of them. I have a hard time going back to listen once I’m done. By the time it’s released, I’ve probably heard them at least seven or eight times.

Andy – Ha Ha, that’s pretty funny. ***someone call the police***

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May 17, 2007

John

Hi Clay. Thanks for another great podcast. You’re doing a fantastic job here and I’m always inspired by listening to these interviews.

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May 17, 2007

Patrick Burke

Outstanding job as usual Clay! Burny is fascinating. Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to do this for everyone. Time isn’t free but what you have given us is invaluable. So, thank you again. It can’t be said enough.

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May 18, 2007

Floyd Norman

Hey Clay,

So good to have your podcast back!

Great memories stirred up by Burny. I remember chatting with him at the premiere of “Basil of Baker Street.” (hate that other title) I knew then that Disney animation was on it’s way back. And, all those kids who worked with Burny back then. Boy, they sure went on to accomplish a few things in the animation business, didn’t they?

Once again, I know this is hard work. Especially when you have a day job. Thanks so much from all of us out here for the great job you’re doing. We sure appreciate it.

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May 19, 2007

David

THANK YOU SO MUCH! would of been nice to have during the school year though.

Thanks.

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May 19, 2007

Abraham

Hey Clay,

THANK YOU for your wonderful podcasts!!

Greets from Holland

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May 20, 2007

Adrian Hogan

Just wanted to chime in and say thank you for all the effort you’re putting into making these!

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May 22, 2007

Chris Sobieniak

We outta do a petition to let Disney know “Basil of Baker Street” needs to be reinstated. And who knows, there’s always hope for “Plight of the Bumble Bee.” ^_-

Great to have you back. I almost removed you out of my iTunes directory and lost interest before yesterday.

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May 22, 2007

Mary

Oh how wonderful! I cannot wait to hear this!! Thank you so much.

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May 29, 2007

andrew

awesome job as always Clay. but please don’t let us wait another 5 months for the next show. stay up all night if you have to but produce them faster!

thanks!

p.s. just kidding of course, we’re greatful to you no matter how long you take.

p.p.s. but of course, we’ll be even MORE greatful if you could work faster.

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June 1, 2007

Emma

Great to have you back on my ipod clay! 🙂

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June 3, 2007

Peggy Kaytis

Even your Mom is happy that you released a new installment with Mr. Mattinson. I know how hard you work and how little you sleep, so this one is really appreciated!

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June 5, 2007

Emma

🙂 oh my gosh, that is so cute!
lol… hi Clay’s mum!

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June 11, 2007

M. Azhari

Hi Clay,
Thanks for this good podcast

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June 20, 2007

Ally

I discover today this beautiful website!

Very very interesting!!!

Thank you very much, Clay!

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June 21, 2007

John S.

Hey Clay!!! I loved this latest interview! Great questions! Great quality!!!!
Who’s next? I can’t wait!

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June 30, 2007

Benjamin De Schrijver

Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t comment here yet! Ungrateful me 😉

Once again, wonderful podcast. Burny’s a name you don’t hear that often, but really has some amazing experiences to share. And you can sense his excitement in his voice still. Can’t wait for the next, and apparently best part!

Oh, and I’ve been loving “Manwatching”! What a great book… Apparently my dad already had the Dutch version too, along with some other Desmond Morris books, from back in his college years. To think I looked for it in libraries a couple of years back. But thanks anyway!

Take care
– Benjamin

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