Show 022 – Dale Baer, Part Two

“When things get down and people get scared and they get nervous, are they’re running around, like, saying, ‘What’s happening? The world’s coming to an end,’ it’s just…

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Show 021 – Dale Baer, Part One

“It was like going to Mount Olympus and meeting the Gods. It really was. And I was scared to death.” Dale Baer came to Disney’s as an animation…

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Show 020 – Ray Harryhausen

“I’m proud that we’re leaving a trail of inspiration, instead of desolation.” For over 50 years, Ray Harryhausen single-handedly animated the most captivating stop-motion creatures in movies such…

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Show 019 – Burny Mattinson, Part Four

“And Joe always told me, he said, ‘Burny, keep drawing. Keep drawing. You know, because that’s where your ideas are all gonna come from.’” In the fourth and…

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Show 018 – Burny Mattinson, Part Three

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…

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Show 017 – Burny Mattinson, Part Two

Burny Mattinson has worked at Disney Animation for well over 50 years on such titles as Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, Mickey’s Christmas…

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Show 016 – Burny Mattinson, Part One

Burny Mattinson is the only person I know who started working at Disney Animation when Walt was alive, and has been there since. Here’s a SHORT list of…

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Show 015 – Glen Keane, Part Two

Supervising animator of Ariel, The Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan, John Silver and director of the upcoming film Rapunzel. In part two of the interview Glen talks about being…

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Show 014 – Glen Keane, Part One

Ariel, The Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan, John Silver. The list should say it all. Animation hero to many, Glen Keane has created many of the most memorable characters…

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Show 013 – Vault – Milt Kahl, Side Two

Conclusion of a Milt Kahl lecture at CalArts from 1976, generously donated by John Musker. Milt answers questions from students, including Brad Bird. Side two of two. Get…

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