Just like former commercial pilot Gene Roddenberry (the writer and creator of Star Trek), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was also a writer and creator, creating my all time favorite children's book,... read more →
This Disney story document contains both the latest Snow White synopsis and solicits gag suggestions. Interestingly, the document not just solicits general gags, which was quite common by this time,... read more →
Most people, including most pilots I've ever flown with, don't know that the FINAL FRONTIER was created by an Airline Pilot. Gene Roddenberry (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), creator of the iconic... read more →
It seems unusual that this meeting took place both in the evening and on a sound stage, which is a rather large room. All earlier meetings took place during the... read more →
To keep my nose in aeronautics, one of my two passions (the other being story), I still fly part time and this is my Christmas Morning crew getting ready to... read more →
This is the second part of the October 22, 1934 Snow White Tentative Outline, the part that solicits gags for various scenes. At this early date, my guess is this... read more →
The Grand Canyon National Park turned 100 years old this year, and this past week, I finally fulfilled a lifetime ambition to hike all the way down to the Colorado... read more →
I am absolutely amazed at how far the story has progressed by this outline. It was later tightened up by removing a lot of the action (e.g. it went from... read more →
Moose'r McDan, Hunter Bear, Cocodrie, Jo-Jo Slithers, Ponch, Lil'-Al, Grizzly Grimhart, Skidder, Brat Cat, Joshua Speed, Zanika Nay, Dak Johnson, Eliot Carr, the Rising, the Apparatus, the fictional freshman of... read more →
A very early Walt Disney Snow White dialogue script in which the Dwarfs meet Snow White for the first time. You can see that. even at this very early stage... read more →
