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Rod Davidek wrote:

> Arie, Stefan and Luca wrote:
>
> Then Clarence Nash was
> chosen in 1933 to do the voice (it's not clear whether he approached Disney
> first or if Disney contacted him after hearing him on the radio). Then the
> artists came up with their visual concepts. It was a team effort, but it
> all had to be in line with what the boss wanted.
>
>

I believe it was Clarence Nash himself (years ago on a Disney Channel special) I
once heard say that he came to Disney with the voice and the animators created a
character to match the voice. So Nash himself had a hand in the creation.

One month ago I said I had some comics with the History of Computers in one
of them, but Arthur Faria Jr. replied that he only knew the magazine Video
Disney (that was the one I was thinking about) and that the History of
computers wasn't there. I did remember reading the History of computer so I
found that strange.

After checking my collection, I found that Arthur was right. The Video
Disney only lasted four issues and the History of Computers wasn't in either
of them. But I also found an older magazine (one year before Video Disney
started) whose title was... guess what... "The History of the Computer".

Just like Harry Fluks said, it's a 45 pages story (with an introductory
page), story code B 840098. In it Ludwig Von Drake, with the help of several
robots and computers, tells the history (and some stories) of computers
since the stone age.

I've been scanning and uploading the story to this address:
http://www.terravista.pt/MeiaPraia/1371/disney/disney.htm
For now there are only 13 pages, but I'll try to scan and upload the rest of
them as soon as I can. I'm sorry to say that this is the original portuguese
version. I don't have time to translate everything. Maybe I can do it some
day, but that will take some (a lot of) time. Anyway, you can enjoy it even
if you don't understand it...

Pedro Cravo

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The most recent pocket books in Scandinavia, Germany (and elsewhere) open
with a story about Donald renting his garage to some strange people (D
98168). In Holland, these people are named Andy, Barry, Frans, Petra, Victor
and Rob (most of the names appear on page 16 of the story).

I know two of the German names: Harius and Perius.

I'm curious to know the other names in German, and the names of these people
in other languages.

--Harry.

Hi,

About the Duckburg exhibit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands:

Henri Kunne wrote:
> That's wrong! I've been there too - twice - and especially
> the Duck family can be seen everywhere

Harry Fluks wrote:
> I have seen no official Disney ducks there. Just all kinds of
> paintings, statues, et cetera, with duck bills.

Is it possible there are two different kinds of exhibits? The flyer I
initially wrote about does show images of ducks as we know them. Maybe the
previous one Harry has been to, here in the Netherlands, was different from
the one that is being held now?

Last weekend I was in downtown Rotterdam. There was a lot of construction
going on, so there were detour signs set out for the exhibit. They were big
official yellow road signs with the text "Duckstad" (="Duckburg") and an
arrow. Pretty cool. ;o)

- arthur

Arthur:

> About the Duckburg exhibit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands:
> Is it possible there are two different kinds of exhibits?

Naah, I don't think so. Here's a quote from an article in my newspaper
(http://www.haagschecourant.nl/presentatie/page/0,1416,3_15_-2____72154,00.h
tml):

<<
Hoewel de schepping van Walt Disney overduidelijk inspiratiebron is geweest
voor 'Overal is Duckstad' vermijden de samenstellers zorgvuldig elke
verwijzing naar Donald, Dagobert, de neefjes en Katrien.
Een tentoonstelling maken over de ?chte inwoners van Duckstad zou handen vol
geld kosten.
>>

In English:

<<
Though Walt Disney's creation was clearly the source of inspiration for
"Duckburg is Everywhere", the creators carefully avoid any reference to
Donald, Scrooge, the nephews and Daisy. Making an exhibit about the *real*
inhabitants of Duckburg would cost loads of money.
>>

This matches what I remember having seen in Hoorn.

> They were big
> official yellow road signs with the text "Duckstad"
> (="Duckburg") and an arrow. Pretty cool. ;o)

Indeed!

--Harry.

Certainly these weekly digests are a bit unusual, and certainly most questions are allready answered after a week (gee - the internet makes a week seem long).
I notice someone saying that there are no Disney comics in english. I know there are no USA comics (outside of Disney Adventures - with a story or so per digest); but does this mean that there is no British Disney comics either? or Austrialian?
Steven Rowe

John Chadwick:
>You might want start by telling your computer what year it is.

This is the year 2000.... this is the year 2000....

Harry:
>Actually, the URL is even longer:
>
>http://members.home.com/vsvendsen/comics/disney/religion/intro.htm

Does anybody know where I can get a cheap brain transplant?
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