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Disney Filmmaking People Television

The 30th anniversary of Jim Henson and Muppet*Vision 3D

Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. I was working on Muppetvision 3D at Imagineering when he died. I was so excited that Disney was buying the Muppets. I think that Jim Henson was another Walt Disney

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Animation Television

Animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston on The Tonight Show

Here are Frank and Ollie promoting their book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation on the Tonight Show.

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Film Editing Television

Dann Cahn on editing I Love Lucy with the Three Headed Monster

Dann Cahn on editing I Love Lucy with the Three Headed Monster, a Moviola which played the film from all three camera angles simultaneously and (hopefully) in sync with an optical track for sound.

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Broadcasting People Technology Television

Akio Morita and the end of Sony Betamax

Akio Morita was a founder, and for many years, the CEO of Sony. He was the Steve Jobs of Japan. During his tenure Sony came up with many consumer electronic advances. Sony first launched its Betamax products in 1975 as a household, magnetic video format for consumers to record analog television shows.

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Broadcasting Interview Television

Stan Chambers (1923-2015)

Stan Chambers on KTLA’s breaking the news story of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police officers. From the Archive of American Television. We’re sad to hear that KTLA local news correspondent Stan Chambers passed away today at the age of 91. Chambers was part of the local Los Angeles news scene for over […]

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Animation Broadcasting Disney Interview People Television

Gary Owens Interview

Gary Owens performs in a skit at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards with Lilly Tomlin as Ernestine. Here is a very good interview from the Laugh-In DVD collection with Gary Owens. He talks about how he got his start in radio and then television. Gary also goes into depth about his animation voice work, meeting Walt Disney, […]

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Animation Broadcasting Music People Television

Shebang! with Casey Kasem on KTLA

Casey Kasem is best remembered as a radio personality and animation voice artist. But he also did television, including a KTLA show called Shebang! Produced by Dick Clark of American Bandstand, it was a music show like Shindig!, Hullabaloo, and Ready Steady Go!. Casey Kasem was inducted into to the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall […]