https://slinkeranimation.com/stories-in-animation/ Stories from the history of animation by Joseph Slinker. https://slinkeranimation.com/stories-in-animation/the-room-of-a-million-jokes/ https://slinkeranimation.com/stories-in-animation/the-room-of-a-million-jokes/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:28:15 +0000 Did you know Walt Disney’s comedy secret was a wall of filing cabinets? The year was 1932 and Three Little Pigs had just grossed $125,000 at the box office. To guaranteed good jokes, Walt built a team of “gagmen”. Not only did they write jokes, but they stored, categorized, and purchased jokes to save for later. https://slinkeranimation.com/stories-in-animation/blog-post-title-one-rrjgt/ https://slinkeranimation.com/stories-in-animation/blog-post-title-one-rrjgt/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:15:07 +0000 Did you know that Walt Disney believed that he was responsible for his mother’s death? Even though it’s easy to prove he wasn’t, that didn’t stop one of the most widely believed myths from entering Disney legend.