Originally Aired on the Disney Channel January 1985 (#8 in The Series of 20 Disney Family Albums)
Another of Walt’s Nine Old Men, Eric Larson spent 53 years at the Disney Studios. From Snow White in 1937 to The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, retiring after its release. Eric had his hand in just about every Disney animated creation between those. Eric started a recruitment program in 1973 to bring a new generation of animators into the Disney Studio with many well known animators of today attending Larson’s training program. Including: Brad Bird, Tim Burton, John Lasseter, Jerry Rees and Tad Stones among many others.
