by Jim Smith | Dec 22, 2022 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Media, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on December 22, 2022.) Ho Ho Ho! It’s Christmastime again. That time of year when Santa invades almost every television and radio station – not to mention billions of homes worldwide. Santa – also...
by Jim Smith | Mar 29, 2021 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
A true Walt Disney original, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was created by Walt for Charles Mintz and Universal Studios in the old black and white days of animation. Oswald saw immediate success, with the short Trolley Troubles being Universal’s biggest animated success to...
by Jim Smith | Mar 29, 2021 | Disney, Disney Spotlight Series, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this post was shared with Laughing Place on March 9, 2023.) When you think of the highest profile Disney animals, what are the first ones you think of? Chances are that mice, ducks, dogs, cats, and horses will be high on your list, and with good reason...
by Jim Smith | Oct 8, 2020 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
Students of Walt Disney history know that Mickey Mouse is not Walt’s first major successful animated character. That distinction belongs to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. In the early days of the Disney Brothers Studio, Walt, Roy, and their small crew of animators...
