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Roger Broggie Jr. Made Magic for Disney

Posted on 01/17/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyThink of Disney technical virtuoso Roger Broggie Jr. as a real-life version of Geppetto, the fictional woodcarver who carved a puppet that came to life. But instead of Pinocchio, Broggie helped create such magical figures as the robotic buccaneers in Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, a talking replica of Abe Lincoln, and Herbie, the living Volkswagen Beetle who made Disney’s 1968 comedy The Love Bug such an enduring hit. Broggie, who died on Dec. 11 at age 72 in …

Mel Shaw: The Disney Artist Who Remade Howdy Doody

Posted on 12/1/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyIn a remarkable career that spanned more than a half-century, Disney design artist Mel Shaw earned a spot in animation’s pantheon for his work on a slew of classic films, ranging from Fantasia and Bambi in the early 1940s to The Lion King in the 1990s. The Brooklyn-born artist, who earned his first accolades at age 12 when a mule and rider that he carved from a bar of soap won second prize in a Procter & Gamble contest, had …

Don Grady: The Big Brother Who Returned to His First Love

Posted on 06/28/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyMost of us who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s remember Don Grady as Robbie Douglas, originally the frustrated middle sibling and later the wise big brother in the all-male Douglas clan in the long-running TV sitcom My Three Sons, which aired from 1960 to 1972 on ABC and later on CBS. But Grady, who died June 27 in Los Angeles at the age of 68, also had a successful second career after the show as a musician and composer, …

Go Green! 10 St. Patrick’s Day Movies

Posted on 03/14/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentSome 45 million Americans identify themselves as Irish—weird, when you consider only six million people live on the whole of Erin’s Isle—but perhaps that explains why so many classic movies have an Irish focus. These days, an awful lot of those movies seem obsessed with the dark side of Ireland, it’s history of famine and religious strife. But faith and begorrah, it’s St. Patty’s Day, time to celebrate the beauty of the land and the resilient, sometimes quirky nature of …

Would You Volunteer For a Klondike Bar?

Posted on 03/1/2011 by | Volunteering | Comments

VolunteeringThis is a guest post by Stephen Anfield. Stephen is currently working as the Benefits Outreach Project Coordinator at the AARP Foundation. He organizes the Benefits Access QuickLink volunteers and National Call Center. It’s no secret that people love incentives. If you’ve ever watched a television game show like Wipe Out, you’ve seen that people will put themselves through the wringer just for the chance to win BIG. While some people do it for the money, others are content with simply having …