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The Magic of Disney Animation - Back to Neverland Production Cel (Walt Disney, 1989) (Robin Williams)

Artist: Jerry Rees (All)

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Title:	The Magic of Disney Animation - Back to Neverland Production Cel (Walt Disney, 1989) (Robin Williams)
Artist:	Jerry Rees (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,454
Likes on CAF:	1 2
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Added to Site:	2/8/2020
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I wrote about this on the CGC Boards as this was a piece that made me smile the most for picking up in 2019:

During college I used to work for Disney specifically working with animation sales at the Disney stores. They had recognized that I had a knack for getting people to buy things that they should not be spending money on. It was purely based on a love of the art form and all things comics and sci-fi. Prior to working at Disney my family had taken a vacation down to Florida to go to Disney several times over the years. At the time, MGM Studios, now known as Hollywood Studios, was my favorite. When you went to tour the Florida Animation Department, guests were first treated to a cartoon explaining the animation process. In that video, famed newsman, Walter Cronkite, (the other 'Uncle Walt') picked someone out of the crowd to showcase the Disney animation process. The person he picked out of the crowd was none other then Robin Williams. This was produced years before Aladdin. During the short movie / cartoon, Robin is turned into an animated character as one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys, where he finds himself in a series of misadventures up against Captain Hook. Robin may play a tourist but that tourist is Robin Williams. "Oooooohh Tinkerbell, look at her she is so bright. It's like being in the presence of Barbara Streisand." Robin's riffs are funny even for a theme park cartoon. This is one of the production cels from that Disney Theme Park short.

I loved Robin's work. He always made me smile. Whenever I want to plunge down a YouTube rabbit hole, I like to watch late night talk shows featuring Robin Williams or Don Rickles or Chappelle.

A production cel from this cartoon came up in the June Heritage Event auction. I was one of the underbidders and that cel realized a price of $660 after the buyer's premium. When I saw this listed in a Sunday auction on Labor Day, I figured I would make a play and hope that everyone else who bid in June was asleep at the wheel. I took this home for $140 (168 with the buyer's premium.) I could not be more pleased to bring this piece of Disney history home. It brings back fond memories of family vacations, my time working with Disney collectables, and my love of animation.

Since it is impossible to know who animated what, I credit the director for this short.

From Heritage: The Magic of Disney Animation - Back to Neverland Production Cel (Walt Disney, 1989). The Magic of Disney Animation was a show and tour at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios in Orlando. Originally, when Hollywood Studios opened in 1989, the Feature Animation pavilion included four connected experiences which explored the legacy of Disney animation. The tour began with the live action/animated short film entitled Back to Neverland, in which veteran newscaster, Walter Cronkite and comedian Robin Williams guided guests through the different stages of animation by turning Williams into an animated character in the form of one of the Lost Boys from Peter Pan. In this lot we have a very rare production cel featuring Robin Williams as a Lost Boy. The cel is hand-inked and hand-painted on 12 field 3-peghole acetate and includes a Walt Disney Company seal. This is a very rare opportunity not to be missed by Disney enthusiast and animation collectors. The artwork is in excellent condition.

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