Frank Thomas

Oh, okay.

Which included Frank Thomas, who is seen in the film playing the piano.

Aw.

Aw.

... you know, this is a really interesting piece, because it actually, when you look at, like, the directing animators, I mean, the credits of this basically read like a Disney history book, you know? I mean, you've got people, the people that worked on this were six of the nine old men.

I mean, you had Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnson, and Woolie Reitherman, and Milt Kahl, and John Lounsbery, and Ward Kimball, and they're all, like, working on this.

And then you even have people that were working on particular characters, people like, uh, Marc Davis, and Eric Larson.

I mean, these people are legendary names, not even, I mean, most of them are accredit- credited as, uh, Disney legends at this point.

... for, like, decades.

Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, all these great animators from the days of yore.

I think animation, computers rather, have made animation more accessible.

Mm-hmm.

So for the Swiss Family Robinson, there's going to be a presentation by Kevin Kidney, South of the Border with Walt Disney.

Theodore Thomas, who is the son of animator Frank Thomas, who you may have heard, you know, Frank and Ollie were very, very famous Disney animators.

Q&A with Theodore will be during that one, too.

So I just think that's so cool.

Oh, and Lady and the Tramp, there is a presentation by Theodore Gluck as well.

So this sounds like something I mean, personally, if I were local, I would try and be at most all of these, I think, because I'm sure there's a how cool to watch some of these things on the big screen again.

Like when when can you see the Swiss Family Robinson on like a big theater screen with a after you've seen a presentation by kevin kidney who is very very into the swiss family robinson history and actually just did a presentation at d23 about the swiss family robinson like just very very cool or when can you go and hear from the son of disney animator frank thomas into a special q a after watching south of the border with walt disney i mean just so so so cool

So some of our SoCal local weekly tiers, if you check any of these out, please make sure to let us know what they were like.

These are IMDB notes, so they're probably lies, but we'll say them anyway.

The two aliens, Frank and Ollie, are named after veteran Disney animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.

The big hurt, Frank Thomas.

And there's apparently a reference to the Watchmen.

Yeah, I did notice that when watching the show.

So in this interview, I got to... really um i got to really get a grasp for what it was like for andreas deja to be watching the jungle book as a kid and seeing it in english versus german and then clicking for how the uh the lip movements all sudden line up to the original voice actors and that's a big deal and he talks about how the exhibit came together and worked with the exhibit designer marina at the museum to really make this special and work with the Disney family to make sure that it was done correctly.

He also has an incredible collection that has personal art from Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.

And he saved some of these treasures from disappearing and getting split up and ending in all these crazy places that who knows where they might end up.

And then they've also, for this one, and they've continued to do this, they've added a interactive element to the experiences of the Walt Disney Family Museum to really help people connect.

I know some of them are here, but how many do you have?

I haven't counted them, but there are a lot.

I was just very lucky to be able to purchase the estate of Frank Thomas and Ali Johnson.

And those were thousands and thousands of pieces.

But then J.B. Kaufman had written another book previously about Walt Disney in South America for the Walt Disney Family Museum, and he had a lot of material that he wasn't able to use in that publication.

And then Eddie Eguez, who was president of the HHA at the time, he had uncovered quite a bit of archival material, and then Ted Thomas, Frank Thomas' son-

Mm-hmm

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