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In this volume Don Peri expands his extraordinary work conducting in-depth interviews with Disney employees and animators. These interviews include conversations with actors and performers rather than solely animators. <p> This book offers Peri's extensive interviews with Marc Davis, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston, three of Walt Disney's famed "Nine Old Men of Animation." Peri interviewed two Disney Mouseketeers--Bobby Burgess and Sharon Baird--from the original <i>Mickey Mouse Club Show</i>, providing valuable perspectives on how the Walt Disney Company worked with television. Lou Debney, a Disney television producer, discusses the company's engagement with television and live-action film. Walter Lantz talks about his work in the animation business, especially with <i>Oswald the Lucky Rabbit</i>. And Dave Hand discusses his legendary work on <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</i>. <p> Taken together, the interviews in <i>Working with Disney</i> create an enlightening perspective on the Walt Disney Company as it grew from its animation roots into a media powerhouse.