by Todd James Pierce | Aug 18, 2015 |
NEW DHI PODCAST – The Pinto Colvig Story So who was Pinto Colvig? The voice of Goofy, the voice of multiple dwarfs in Snow White, the voice of practical pig, a sound effects man, and an animator. One of my projects for this past year was to edit and introduce...
by Todd James Pierce | Jul 31, 2015 |
DHI Podcast 010 – Blaine Gibson by Todd James Pierce Earlier this month, Blaine Gibson, Disney animator and sculptor, passed away at the age of 97. I was lucky enough to interview Blaine multiple times. I’ve assembled this podcast as a tribute to him. I’ve...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 27, 2015
Satellite – View of America by Todd James Pierce By now, there are very few areas in Disneyland, back in the 1950s, of which I haven’t seen clear pictures. There’re still things on my list: such as the interior of the Hollywood Maxwell shop on Main Street and...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 15, 2015
Confucius animatronic head beside early Abe Lincoln figure Before Lincoln – The First Disney Human Animatronic by Todd James Pierce So what was the first Disney Audio-Animatronic in human form—a figure whose speech and movement were synchronized with sound? ...
by Paul F Anderson | Dec 13, 2014 |
JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIANMerry Christmas and Happy Birthday Waltby Paul F. AndersonA GRANDFATHER’S LOVEThose of us with children (or grandchildren) have sometime in our lives received a crayon-colored tribute to a special day or beloved holiday. Often these...
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