Walt Disney’s Encyclopedia of Animated Characters

The weekend has finally arrived!  That means it’s time to kick back with a cup of coffee and stroll through the fun and fantastic articles over at Disney Musings.  For this week’s Saturdays With Nick, I’m sharing another book from the amazing and seemingly endless collection (no, it’s not your imagination, you do detect a hint of jealousy) Nick and Barbie have amassed through the years.  This book is wonderful and would be an excellent addition to anyone’s Disney library.  I’m heading over to ebay now to see if I can pick up one for myself.  Enjoy!

Walt Disney’s Encyclopedia of 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!

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