tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post5441661929366460955..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Roy's MemorialSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-83433386146777619982010-01-11T20:05:55.019-08:002010-01-11T20:05:55.019-08:00And let's not forget, Dick Van Dyke who showed...And let's not forget, Dick Van Dyke who showed up and really added to the festivities of the day. He was SO energetic! It was a joy. I'll never forget it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707887899468447333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-20915277862822695902010-01-11T12:00:05.343-08:002010-01-11T12:00:05.343-08:00It seems fitting since the 'hat' was actua...It seems fitting since the 'hat' was actually Roy's office (though I always thought that making it his office was a putdown of sorts)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-35784150509746130472010-01-11T10:09:44.280-08:002010-01-11T10:09:44.280-08:00That's what I thought. It's the Hat Build...That's what I thought. It's the Hat Building which has been renamed The Roy E. Disney Animation Building.<br /><br />Thanks for clarifying that , Steve.<br /><br />A lot of the Disney fan bloggers are all abuzz about feature animation supposedly moving out of the Hat Building to a "new" Roy E. Disney Animation Building , but that didn't sound plausible to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-18893982528064217202010-01-11T09:17:30.803-08:002010-01-11T09:17:30.803-08:00Iger said nothing about artists moving.
He said t...Iger said nothing about artists moving.<br /><br />He said that the "hat building" would be renamed "the Roy E. Disney Animation Building."<br /><br />A slide went up on the screen to illustrate the change. It was the first announcement made at the memorial service.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-39415958463753477392010-01-11T09:11:31.478-08:002010-01-11T09:11:31.478-08:00Where is the actual quote from Iger where he speci...Where is the actual quote from Iger where he specifically says that the artists will be moving out of the "hat" building and heading across the street?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-11074562204797515302010-01-11T07:04:29.155-08:002010-01-11T07:04:29.155-08:00"Robert Iger ... announced that henceforth th...<i>"Robert Iger ... announced that henceforth the Disney "Animation Building" would be known as "The Roy E. Disney Animation Building."</i><br /><br />---<br /><br />Which animation building ? There's the old animation building on the main lot which still has "Animation" over the door , even though the animation dept. was kicked out of it in 1984. Then there's the Hat Building . <br /><br />One of the <a href="http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/01/10/new-animation-building-roy-e-disney/" rel="nofollow">Disney fan blogs</a> interpreted Iger's remarks thusly: <br /><br /><i>"... big announcement coming from Walt Disney Animation Studios was indeed the confirmation that feature animation would be moving from the Hat building located across the street from the Walt Disney Studios. That was pretty much common knowledge. But the surprise was that they’ll be naming the new building after Roy E. Disney.<br /><br />That’s a great move and to announce it on the anniversary of Roy’s birth was class. The Roy E. Disney Animation Building will be on the actual lot, as is fitting the central role animation plays in the past and future of the Walt Disney Company."</i><br /><br />That makes it sound as if WDAS (feature animation) will be moving out of the Hat building to a building on the main lot. <br /><br />But if that's the case then where do they move to on the main lot if not the old Animation building ? <br /><br />The <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=500+south+buena+vista+street+burbank+ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=500+S+Buena+Vista+St,+Burbank,+Los+Angeles,+California+91521&gl=us&ei=eKBKS922LoKVtgerzIHkDQ&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA&t=h&ll=34.156707,-118.324661&spn=0.004173,0.008106&z=18" rel="nofollow">main lot is packed</a> . To put up a new building would require tearing down an existing structure.<br /><br />So, are they actually renaming the old Animation building on the lot as the "Roy E. Disney Animation Building" or does that appellation go to the Hat Building ? <br /><br />And is feature animation really moving out of the Hat Building ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com