Amid on Cartoon Brew has a wonderful tribute to Betty Lawyer Kimball who died on Thursday at the age of 97. Betty joined the Walt Disney Studios in the Ink & Paint Department. Later she met and married Ward Kimball. Betty was married to Ward,… Read More »Betty Kimball, R.I.P.
Once upon a time, I had the pleasure and the honor of riding on Ward Kimball’s backyard railroad, the Grizzly Flats. Mr. Kimball was there (it was also an honor to be in his presence), as were lots of other Disney veterans and fans, such as a the late great David Mumford. Bob Pool of… Read More »Ward Kimball’s Backyard Railroad – The End
Correction: I knew this was Ward Kimball… don’t know why I posted it as Tom Oreb… oy… my bad. Via BoingBoing we find this delicious collection of stills from Tom Oreb’s work on Mars & Beyond. To that I add this interesting tidbit for those who are venturing to Walt Disney World in the near… Read More »Tom Oreb and Vintage Disney
The classic Ward Kimball short TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM (1953) is put under the blogoscope at Ward-O-Matic (no relation!), the blog of Atlanta-based animation expert Ward Jenkins. Lots of wonderful images from the film and concept sketches too. While your clothes are on spin cycle at the Ward-O-Matic, be sure to pop on over… Read More »Ward Kimball, behind the glasses
CNN picks up the story of Jim Hill’s booting from Disneyland as a result of his rogue tours. More bad publicity for Disney. (Update: btw, just thought I’d point out that Jim Hill is technically not a blogger but is in fact online magazine. CNN calling Jim a blogger has erked some people.) Meanwhile Jim… Read More »Roundup
A story on SaveDisney.com, Roy E Disney’s chronicle of all things wrong the the Disney Company as run by Michael Eisner, looks at one of Walt Disney’s prime motivations in life — The Inner Child. Disney Legend Ward Kimball observed, “If you want to know… Read More »Walt’s Inner Child
In 1955 Walt Disney broadcast the famous ‘Disneyland’ TV show on ABC. In large part it was an effort to publicize his upcoming creation of the Disneyland Themepark. One of the lands in Disneyland is Tomorrowland and the ideas and philosophy behind that led to… Read More »Mickey Mouse in Space