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Rick Law

6 years

"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

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Rick Law

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7 years

RIP dear, sweet, June Foray - voice of Lucifer the cat in Cinderella, Grandmother Fa in Mulan, Magica De Spell, & so many more. #Disney 😢

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2 years

For the cover art of Lion King 2, I was put into a conference room and told "draw". Draw what? I was given no reference - no screenshots, no brief, no anything. I was then told "it's Lion King but Simba has a daughter". That's why it is what it is. #Disney #animation #history

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1 year

✨Lots of pixie dust here! Walt Disney's original Tinker Bell model, Miss Margaret Kerry @tinkerbelltalks celebrating her 94th birthday at @Disneyland today! #Disney #animation #history #Disney100 #PeterPan70

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Yabba -Dabba-Doo! Steven Spielrock’s “The Flintstones” opened today in 1994! On set in Bedrock with Fred himself, John Goodman, and Rock Law! #yabbadabbadoo #hollywood #history #animation

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3 years

June 5, 1998 - 23 years ago today, Disney's animated Mulan was released into theaters. She still brings honor to us all. #Disney #animation #history #OTD

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7 years

Rest In Peace Bud Luckey, known for his animation work at PIXAR, Disney, & Sesame Street and as a voice actor (Eeyore, Agent Rick Dicker, Chuckles the Clown and more). You'll be missed Bud. #Pixar #Disney #animation

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2 years

So I tried to recall what I found iconic about Lion King - Mufasa's head in the sky - and added young Simba (the daughter). It all came together when I added the silhouettes of the characters below, which gives it scale.

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5 years

I once made a proposal for added magic that could’ve been rolled out across properties, but ultimately it got shut down because we knew that the cones would be stolen and that would create safety issues. Prototypes from my collection. #Disney #history

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5 years

Dear #GalaxysEdge travelers today @WaltDisneyWorld , Please do not steal the sporks from Docking Bay 7. Thank you. Love, every future guest ———— @WDWToday @starwars

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5 years

Here's a fun moment from the @waltsbarn BBQ a few years back now. Here’s what happened when I introduced @DrakeBell to @GoofyBill : Spider-Man meets Goofy! #Disney #Marvel #fun @twdcarchives @DisneyD23 @DisneyAnimation @marvel @JoeQuesada

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2 years

@Artjenesis Thanks and good question! Hard to say, but I may have found a way to highlight Kovu & Kiara’s relationship.

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8 years

Just introduced the voice of Spider-Man @DrakeBell & the voice of Goofy @GoofyBill @WaltDisneysBarn #Disney #marvel

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1 year

I was an undernourished "starving artist" of 23 - only weeks away from getting more steady work for the mouse. Had been bouncing around Hollywood from production to production til this point. Mr. Spielberg was quite encouraging to this curious kid.

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3 years

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

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8 years

Listened to @stampylongnose & Patrick Muhlberger talk about Wonderquest today at #Disney #Storylab

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1 year

✨June 9, 1993 - 30 years ago - Jurassic Park premiered. Was privileged to visit the WB stage 16 set. The T-Rex animatronic remains the most incredible prop I've ever seen created. Still recall the chill thru my body standing under it's open jaws. #Hollywood #magic #Memories

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7 years

Hanging with Green Arrow @StephenAmell before he does his run on Celebrity Ninja Warrior @ninjawarrior

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2 years

Digging thru the closets and discovered this @OriginalFunko Mystery Pop! Box of Fun with three rare & sought after Funko Pops inside - limited to 96 pieces each. Unsure if eBay is the best venue for these? Suggestions? #Funko #Funkopops

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3 years

Reminded of Ratatouille’s anniversary today brought to mind a couple of unique items from my collection: 1. The rare Ratatouille wine - bottle signed by @pattonoswalt , 2. Promotional chef’s jacket. #Disney #Pixar

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1 year

Um, what are we looking at? Only 100 Days til’ WISH and Once Upon a Studio! ✨ #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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1 year

Besides getting to visit a few Spielberg sets, Steven introduced me to Stan Winston & his art director Rick Carter. At one point Steven had my portfolio for a whole 6 months! Years later I was invited into the Amblin offices to pitch my own project.

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2 years

Happy birthday Steven! Cake! 🎂✨ (Pic from my collection)

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6 months

✨I wanna be a Toys R’ Us kid! Burbank has a Toys R’ Us again (at least temporarily as this recreated vintage store film set). 🎬

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1 year

@JeffDePaoli That was the second Spielberg Set I visited (the first being Jurassic Park). I even got to sit in the car and play with Dino!

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11 months

✨Some more pics from last night's WISH cast & crew screening and wrap party. So much fun to see so many friends and colleagues... and no, I'm not wishing for more hair. #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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7 years

Today would've marked Roy E. Disney's 88th birthday. As Floyd Norman says: "the nicest billionaire I've ever known". I agree. Believe it or not, I would often run into Roy waiting in line at @tacobell . #Disney #History

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2 years

✨October 16, 1923 - The Walt Disney Company was founded as The Disney Brothers Studio. A colorized photo of Lillian, Walt, Ruth, Roy, and Edna Disney pictured outside the Disney Bros. Studio in Los Angeles, CA. #Disney #animation #history

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Rick Law

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3 months

He was ever so kind and every single encounter or chat we had I never stopped being in awe of him. A personification of true magic. Goodbye Richard. Rest well.

Rick Law

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8 years

When #Disney #Legend Richard Sherman stops by the office and sings a few songs.

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2 years

Herb Ryman’s painting palette. #Disney #Legends #D23Expo

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8 years

Knew I forgot something at IKEA! @myBurbankNEWS @ABC7 @IKEAUSA #Megastorm #LARain

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5 years

Hmm... seems familiar. #Disney #Mulan

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11 months

Celebrating 100 years of @DisneyAnimation tonight at the WISH cast & crew wrap party with Jennifer Lee & Clark Spencer. ✨ #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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2 years

Hello #PortfolioDay You may know a couple of these. I work traditional and digitally (prefer traditional). #Disney #animation #art #history

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3 years

A display of some artifacts in my collection. ✨ #Disney #history

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3 years

My moral compass (a partial list): 1. Not every animated film needs to be turned into live-action. 2. Not every animated film needs to be CG. 3. Not every villain needs a back story. 4. Not every theme park attraction needs to be based on movies or IP.

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Rick Law

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8 years

Great night! Funniest thing was how nervous/excited @DrakeBell was to meet @GoofyBill @WaltDisneysBarn @Waltsbarn #Disney #magic

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5 years

We have a happy bride and groom! #Disney #wedding #tinkerbell

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8 years

All the birds sing words & flowers croon Happy 87th Birthday to Rolly Crump! #Disney #Legend #imagineering #WDI #WED

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7 years

February 6. 1956 - @floydnorman was issued his first Walt Disney Productions employee ID. Happy Anniversary Floyd! #Disney #Legend #history @DisneyAnimation @WDFMuseum @TWDCArchives

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Rick Law

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7 years

@ARROWTV_ he hasn't run yet, but here's a pic.

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Rick Law

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6 years

I pity the fool who doesn't wish a happy 66th birthday to the legendary @MrT ! 🎂 Pic of us from the early 90’s. Love ya T!

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1 year

✨June 12, 1999 - 24 years ago - Disney's TARZAN premiered at the El Capitan Theater. Cast and crew prototype maquette from collection. #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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7 years

All the birds sing words and the flowers croon: Happy 88th Birthday to Disney Legend and The Architect of Delight Rolly Crump! #Disney #Legend #history #WDI #WED #imagineering

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6 years

Walt Disney was always cordial and respectful of others, so it is confusing when I come across professed Disney fans that don't practice the same. It is disturbing when our investment in fantasy becomes more important than our interactions with the real world. Seek kindness first

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3 years

It’s #Thanksgiving and I am grateful for each of you. To celebrate the magic of family and the release of #Encanto , let’s giveaway this 10x17 collectible concept art lithograph! To enter: follow me & retweet this tweet. 1 random winner chosen on 11/27! ✨ #Disney #animation

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1 year

The secret’s out! Was privileged to be allowed to view this while still a work in progress.✨Magic! #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

Disney Animation Promos

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1 year

The special short from Walt Disney Animation is titled ‘ONCE UPON A TIME A STUDIO.’ ✨️ Per DEADLINE, the short “sees Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.”

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5 years

That used to be Papoo’s Hot Dog Show, a favorite of Walt Disney’s. In fact, Walt enjoyed Papoo’s so much that he asked for it to be snuck into him when he was in the hospital. Sadly, it was his last meal. #Disney #history

🎭 Jeff DePaoli 😊

@JeffDePaoli

5 years

Gotta love the irony of a VeggieGrill taking over an old burger joint 😂

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2 years

@X01King1 @DisneyAnimation @disneyplus @DisneyAnimJobs @TWDCArchives @DisneyD23 @DisneyStudios @DisneyComics @DisneyBooks @disneylionking Thanks. Because of lead times - many jobs will often provide little reference. Comic covers are often like that. This was unusual in that I had none.

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5 years

Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas released in 1999, is 20 yrs old, & the first time I was officially asked to draw Mickey. To celebrate I'm giving away a cover art print that I'll sign for the winner! To enter follow & retweet. 1 winner chosen on 11/12! #Disney #animation #history

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2 years

@slaneDausy @DisneyAnimation @disneyplus @DisneyAnimJobs @TWDCArchives @DisneyD23 @DisneyStudios @DisneyComics @DisneyBooks @disneylionking Happy birthday! Nice tattoo too!

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1 year

Throwback Thursday: It was 1990, I was 19 years old. Horizon management in NY had reached out to me about creating a portrait for a new young singer whose album was just being released. That young lady was @MariahCarey . 1/

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7 years

Angelina Jolie was so excited to meet Miss Margaret! @TinkerBellTalks @AnnieAwards @ASIFAHollywood #annieawards #disney #animation

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5 years

Organizing the office and found a whole box of stuff to giveaway that I forgot about. So if you want a magic grab bag of some of this stuff, follow & retweet to enter to win. Winner(s) will be chosen on 9/19! #Giveaway #Disney ✨ #fun

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2 years

Hey, this looks familiar! First time I was ever allowed to draw Mickey for the company. ✨ #Disney #animation #history

🎄Home Video History ❄

@VhsHistory

2 years

The original VHS release of Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas (1999)

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October 5, 1949 - Today marks the 73rd anniversary of "Walt Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"! 🎃🪦💀 ✨ A few of the many cover art designs I illustrated for the title. #Disney #animation #history

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3 years

Call me crazy but what if... and just go with me here for a second... what if theme park attractions weren't necessarily based on a pre-existing movie property? What could that be like?

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7 years

Original 'It's A Small World' Mary Blair sketch on display at the Rolly Crump exhibit @oceansidemuseum . #Disney #Disneyland #Maryblair #art

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1 year

Opened a box and just discovered a trove of original vintage 90’s fast food collectible character cups: Jurassic Park, Batman & Batman Returns, Aladdin, Hook, Terminator 2, MTV Awards and more! ✨

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7 years

July 6, 1925: Walt & Roy O. Disney make a $400 deposit on a lot at 2719 Hyperion Ave to build a new animation studio #Disney #History

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6 years

Hey, it’s the 20th anniversary of MULAN, so let’s bring honor to us all and celebrate by giving away this art print that I’ll personalize & sign for the winner! To enter: Follow & Retweet. One winner chosen at random on 6/23! #Disney #animation #giveaway #history

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3 years

A true Burbank historical landmark. cc: @BurbankCA @myBurbankNEWS

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@ItsKieranTime

3 years

RIP to the world’s greatest themed electronics store. May you live on in miniature form forever.

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7 years

From my collection: I had wanted @Michael_Eisner & Cynthia Harris (Pres. of Disneyland) to sign this. They declined. Legal informs me only Mickey Mouse signature is on there. Duh. So I asked Roy. He said "Happy to!" and did. Corporate vs. Family. #Disney #History

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3 years

So very sorry to hear about Disney Store closures including one of the last remaining original styled stores at @NorthridgeMall in my hometown of @cityofSalinas . Such decisions are never easy. I took these pics during my last visit in 2016. #Disney #history #flashback

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6 years

Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men. I was fortunate to be acquainted with four of them: Frank, Ollie, Marc, & Ward. Miss those guys. #Disney #animation #history #nineoldmen

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6 years

Fun night celebrating the 20th anniversary of MULAN at @gallerynucleus with the real-life Mulan herself, @MingNa ! As she said: it only took 20 years for us to meet! Thanks to everyone that said hello and got an autograph or sketch. I was truly surprised by that! #Disney #Mulan20

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2 years

✨Here's another colorization experiment. Walt and Roy outside the Disney Bros. Studio on Kingswell Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. The color really brings the lack & white images to life. Dig on Roy's popped collar. #Disney #animation #history

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3 years

Gawrsh! A big congratulations going out to my pal, @GoofyBill Bill Farmer on 35 years of voicing Goofy & Pluto! You're top dawg Bill! #Disney #animation #legend

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6 years

Throwback Thursday: Some early CG models of Mickey for a game. Was recently discussing with a colleague about challenges of (and cheats required for) translating the mouse into 3D, as certain poses/angles are not optimal. #Disney #animation #history #TBT

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5 years

Sending out a very happy 89th birthday wish to the one and only Sleeping Beauty, the Briar Rose, lovely Princess Aurora herself: Miss Mary Costa! 🎂 🎈✨ #Disney #animation #Legend #SleepingBeauty60

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1 year

One of the most inspirational business cards of all time. ✨ #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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8 years

Eyvind's plaque has recently been installed in the studio's #legends plaza. #Disney #animation

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7 years

February 15, 1950 - Walt Disney's Cinderella was released. To celebrate let's have a #giveaway with a sketch lithograph by two Disney Legends: Andreas Deja & Ollie Johnston! To enter: Retweet & Follow. One winner chosen at random on 2/22! #Disney #animation #history

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2 years

“Discover The Land That Toons Built!” Vintage 1993 @CocaCola can advertising the opening of Mickey’s Toontown at @Disneyland - from my collection. (the revised Toontown reopens in 2023!)✨ #Disney #Disneyland #animation #history

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7 years

Last weekend of #AwakingBeauty at @WDFMuseum and to celebrate the coolest #giveaway I've ever done. A rare set of 4 #SleepingBeauty lithos of the Eyvind Earle art in the film's storybook! To enter you must Follow & Retweet. 1 random winner chosen on 1/10! #Disney #Legend #art

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7 years

Haven't done a #Giveaway in a while! Who wants a PIXAR mini sketchbook, pencil & COCO button? To enter Follow & Retweet! One winner will be chosen at random on 12/3! #Disney #Pixar #animation

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Special Coco screening & panel discussion with @leeunkrich @DarlaKAnderson @m_giacchino & @rrr_yaga . #pixar #disney #coco

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6 years

Memorial wreath to remember Dave beside his Disney Legends plaque at the studio. #Disney #Legend #history

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7 years

Love this great pic of Walt. #WaltDisney #Disney #History #animation

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7 years

Happy 86th birthday to the incredible @THEBobGurr , Disney's "Director of Special Vehicle Development"! #Disney #imagineering #WED #legend

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4 years

With the world sorely needing a bit of pixie dust right now, here's Miss Margaret Kerry @TinkerBellTalks with her slippers she wore in 1953 when she modeled for Tinker Bell in Walt Disney's Peter Pan. (She had 2 pair: black & pink, only pink endured)✨ #Disney #animation #history

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6 years

Hakuna Matata! It’s the 20 year anniversary of Lion King II: Simba’s Pride! To celebrate I’m giving away this cover art print that I’ll sign for the winner. To enter follow & retweet. 1 random winner chosen on 10/30. #Disney #animation #history

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5 years

Galaxy's Edge is cool and all, but when I was a kid in the mid 70's you could go to Marine World Africa U.S.A in Redwood City, CA and see a real bantha! #Disney #starwars #history @strowbridge @HamillHimself

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6 years

Better resolution for this series of photos.

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1970's Fisher-Price View-Master with "Walt Disney's Lonesome Ghosts" & "Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" cartridges. Some of my earliest animation fascination included watching "Lonesome Ghosts" forward & backwards, over & over again.✨ #Disney #animation #history

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3 years

My world became less this weekend as my 99 year old grandmother passed very early Sunday morning with my uncle and myself at her bedside. Wanted to write something but I hope you’ll understand if I just don’t have words now.

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7 years

Not every Disney cartoon needs a live-action remake. #Disney

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6 years

June 13,1997: Disney’s Hercules first released. From Zero to Hero! To celebrate let’s give away this vintage 90’s original sketch that I’ll sign & personalize for the winner. To enter: follow & retweet. One random winner chosen on 6/18. #Disney #animation #giveaway #history

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Puh-puh-please Eddie! Got a bit toony on a recent visit this week to the former Maroon Cartoons studio from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in Hollywood. (Pic by Kevin MacLean) #Disney #animation #history

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3 years

Not many people realize, before they were introduced to the park, Walt Disney spent time hand-training each of the many animals for the Jungle Cruise. #Disney #History

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5 years

At the mouse this afternoon, now at @warnerbros to watch some new Looney Tunes Cartoons. #animation #cartoons #asifa

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Going thru some boxes and rediscovered a few vintage German Rescuers Down Under posters (or as it is known in Germany: Bernard & Bianca Im Kanguruhland) ✨ #Disney #animation #history #Disney100

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7 years

He'll park wherever he wants. Walt Disney with 1958 Ford Thunderbird. #Disney #animation

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7 years

Selection of some of my name tags thru the years. The bottom right was my first one. The pin back came loose while crossing the street one day and a car ran over it. Now most come with a stronger magnetic clasp. #Disney #history

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Darth Duck at @WonderCon ! @starwars @disney #starwars #disney

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A 25 year old artifact from the past! @Disneylandtoday #Disney #Disneyland #Fantasmic ! #imagination

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The Bare Necessities: Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book released October 18, 1967. To celebrate how bout we giveaway these vintage limited edition 1993 Frank & Ollie lithographs! To enter just follow me & retweet. 1 random winner chosen on 10/22! #Disney #animation #fun #history

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6 years

At the bookstore looking at rare and signed books and oh man, I’m greatly tempted by this. #Disney

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6 years

Found an old folder of character sketches I did back in the 90’s and thinking about giving one away.

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7 years

41 years ago today @starwars started filming. Celebrating with a hot cocoa at the LucasFilm Starbucks.

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2 years

Just had an incredible encounter at Pasadena Comic Con with a rediscovered gentleman who stopped by my table, Stan Alexander, the original voice of Flower from Walt Disney’s Bambi! ✨ #Disney #animation #history

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