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Upgraded Childhood of the Day: Tangled gets twisted in this charming animated promo for the 2011 whistler film festival.
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In Memoriam of the Day: The inimitable Jim Henson passed away 21 years ago today. The Summer 1990 issue of WD Eye — Walt Disney Imagineering’s employee magazine — contained the touching tribute above by Disney artists Joe Lanzisero and Tim Kirk.
Below: Big Bird sings a sad song at Jim Henson’s Memorial:
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In 1946, Salvador Dalí collaborated with Walt Disney animators on Destino, a surrealist animation that was storyboarded but scrapped due to budgetary concerns. Destino wouldn’t be finished until 2003, when Roy Disney resurrected the project. Melting clocks à la Disney!
And as a bonus, here are the artist’s numerous forays in television commercials. Witness the most jarring French chocolate ad ever filmed.
[Via The Wooster Collective]