Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

For years I have been watching the Star Wars movies, never thinking I would actually see one for the first time in theaters. The last Star Wars movie to hit theaters in my life time was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and it was stinker. If you ask anyone who considers themselves a fan of the Star Wars movies, they will tell you the first trilogy was some of the best cinema ever created, and the second trilogy was in comparison just completely awful. In fact a lot of people wish the…

Mo Willems began his career as a writer and animator for the show Sesame Street on PBS. During this time, he earned 6 Emmy Awards for his writing. Willems worked on Sesame Street for nine seasons and created two animated series The Off-Beats for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City. Codename: Kids Next Door was another show where Willems served as head writer at Cartoon Network, it was during this time that Willems began writing and illustrating books for children (Willems, Mo…

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5th, 1901 In chicago, Illinois. Walt was an entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. Founder of the famous Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He was well known for being the pioneer for cartoon films and the creator of Disney Land. Walt Disney was the fourth son of Elias and Flora Disney. He was one of the 5 children, four boys and a girl. Walt experimented with cameras and later decided to open his own business which was Laugh-O-Grams. The…

The Walt Disney Animators’ Strike of 1941 During the early 1930s, unions began to organize in almost every industry across the United States, including the Hollywood entertainment industry. Unions for actors, directors, stagehands, and writers sprung up to unify laborers and collectively bargain for better working conditions. The Screen Cartoonist’s Guild was formed in 1938 to organize the previously unrepresented cartoonists and animators in Hollywood. The Guild enjoyed success during its…

The Walt Disney Company has built a diverse business organization since its conception in the 1920s, developing a huge range of profitable products in a number of marketplaces. The Walt Disney Company is the largest mass media conglomerate in the world and is best known for film and TV production as well as their theme parks. Its television arm controls the ABC Television network with 10 broadcasting stations, as well as a number of cable networks, including ABC Family, Disney Channel and ESPN.…

Upon his retirement Tyrus Wong rediscovered a childhood love…flying kites. He designed and handmade all of his kites with bamboo, rattan, rip-stop nylon and string. He would joyously fill the sky at Santa Monica Beach with his designs: a fantastical menagerie consisting of flocks of Butterflies, Owls, Cranes, Swallows, schools of fish, perhaps a running panda, and on a day with good wind, a hundred foot long centipede. Tyrus was a painter, muralist, lithographer, greeting card designer, film…

Disney is one of the major companies in the world that has one of the most recognized brands. Disney’s corporation has a full entertainment portfolio that includes TV channels, movies studios, and theme parks. It generated 48.81 billion USD in revenues in 2014 (“Global Revenue,” 2015). Disney is always striving to expand and grow. One area it is currently focusing on is the theme parks. Disney in 2012 acquired the rights to Stars Wars movies for four billions USD (Block, 2012).With this…

To retreat from any of the principles handed down by our forefathers, who shed their blood for the ideals we still embrace, would be a complete victory for those who would destroy liberty and justice for the individual.” (Failure Made Disney Great, 2016.) Evidently a person with strong patriotism but still with similar passion, Walt Disney, sought to share and expand his vision and dreams with the rest of the world. His acknowledgement and embracement of diversity led him to not only grow a…

Diagon Alley Descriptive Essay Do you believe in magic? When you visit Diagon Alley in Universal Studios Orlando, you are transported to a different world. This is a place where your senses can take over. You don’t have to see to believe, believing is seeing. Visiting Diagon Alley in Universal Studios made me see a new perspective into what J.K. Rowling envisioned, my senses were awakened and alive that day, and made new memories. Walking into the entrance was enchanting. I could sense the…

Walt Disney: The Man Behind Mickey Mouse. Have you ever been told, you would not be able to succeed at what you have dreamed of doing? Well my friend, you are not alone. Walt Disney was told by so many people that he would not succeed, or he was told he would have a career, but it would not last very long at all. However, he proved them all wrong. Walt Disney may have ended his life on a high note of success, but he struggled all throughout his childhood, early, and adult life. Walt Disney…