Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters


By Nick

Back when I was a kid, I had to walk to school, uphill, both ways. Television? We had 3 networks and PBS. That's it. And we had to get information out of things called books. For instance, if I wanted to know something about a favorite animated Disney character, such as Humphrey, instead of Googling, I'd open up this wonderful tome.


The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters by John Grant was purchased at the Disney Store I was a Cast Member at back in 1993. There is a forward by Disney Archivist Dave Smith, as well as a special forward from Roy E. Disney for this Second Edition.

With the dust jacket off.


This book is a wealth of knowledge, starting way back with the Laugh-O-Grams, The Alice Comedies, and Oswald, and going through to Aladdin, with a description of every character from every short, animated feature, and television series in between.





Oh, and another thing about television, to change the channel, we had to get up, walk way over to the 13 inch TV screen and do it ourselves!

2 comments:

  1. Do you remember your parents yelling at the closest kid to be the one to change the channel . . . I do!
    What a cool book! The cover under the dust jacket is lovely.

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    1. Lol, I'm an only child, so, no, it was always me!

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