tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post115292162318706705..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Floyd Norman On the Joys of a Disney Story MeetingSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1153296616414298602006-07-19T01:10:00.000-07:002006-07-19T01:10:00.000-07:00Remind us not to give you a copy of "Faster! Cheap...Remind us not to give you a copy of "Faster! Cheaper!" or "Son of Faster! Cheaper!" Wouldn't want you to burst a blood vessel.Kevin Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678528568112279975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1153278923750375842006-07-18T20:15:00.000-07:002006-07-18T20:15:00.000-07:00Another entry to bad mouth Disney- probably becaus...Another entry to bad mouth Disney- probably because they laid you off- get over your sour grapes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1153116959030498842006-07-16T23:15:00.000-07:002006-07-16T23:15:00.000-07:00Woolfgang would sometimes pull the drawings off; h...Woolfgang would sometimes pull the drawings off; he'd also fold the drawings over and anchor the corner with a pushpin (at least he did on "Fox and the Hound"). Then he'd scribble these indecipherable hen tracks onto small bits of paper that he'd stick up on the board. ("There! Like THAT!")<BR/><BR/>The cigar? By the time I arrived, Woolie had stopped smoking them. He just gnoshed on the things, and would then cut off the gooey, chewed end with a pair of gummy scissors and gnosh some more.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1153101259475626542006-07-16T18:54:00.000-07:002006-07-16T18:54:00.000-07:00Great stories.Fred Lucky told me that Woolie Reith...Great stories.Fred Lucky told me that Woolie Reitherman would review a storyboard by chewing on the dry end of a cigar and yanking panels off their pins and letting them drop to the floor- "Ya don't need that, we don't need that...." <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately , I was too young to savor the delights of pitching to Walt or Woolie. In the back of my mind I do still hear Charlie Fink sucking a long drag on his cigarette and saying:" SO SITO, IS THIS WHERE I'm SUPPOSED TA LAUGH?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1153092935268812942006-07-16T16:35:00.000-07:002006-07-16T16:35:00.000-07:00Yep, there were some who didn't think Walt paid at...Yep, there were some who didn't think Walt paid attention to details. He paid attention to everything -- and God help the story man who thought he could pull one over on the Old Maestro.<BR/><BR/>Truth be told, I was actually too afraid to pitch to Walt. Thankfully, I had Vance Gerry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com