Michael Lyons

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Michael Lyons is a freelance writer, specializing in film, television, and pop culture. He is the author of the book, Drawn to Greatness: Disney’s Animation Renaissance, which chronicles the amazing growth at the Disney animation studio in the 1990s. In addition to Animation Scoop and Cartoon Research, he has contributed to Remind Magazine, Cinefantastique, Animation World Network and Disney Magazine. He also writes a blog, Screen Saver: A Retro Review of TV Shows and Movies of Yesteryear and his interviews with a number of animation legends have been featured in several volumes of the books, Walt’s People. You can visit Michael’s web site Words From Lyons at: Words From Lyons at: www.wordsfromlyons.com

Articles By Michael Lyons

Cereal Killers, Part III: Fifty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

As a kid, Saturday mornings were our time. The rest of the week seemed to belong to adults – teachers and parents -who filled our lives with homework and chores. But, Saturday mornings? Oh, they were beautiful! The house was quiet. Clad in our pajamas for much longer than we should be, we would sit […]

Cereal Killers, Part II: Forty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

Saturday mornings were a hallowed place for kids. For four to five hours, we had a respite from the weekly “grind” that the school week seemed to be. And, while our parents would dare to sleep in and we would avoid having to mow the lawn, we could pour ourselves a bowl of sugar that […]

Cereal Killers, Part I: Thirty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

Ah, back-to-school time. That time of year when, for many kids, the dreamy summer gives way to the dreaded return of days filled with spiral notebooks and nights filled with hair-pulling homework. For several generations, there was relief for this experience that upended so many kids’ lives. That was because the new school year also […]

Kidding Around: The 80th Anniversary of 1941’s Orphans’ Benefit

At one time, re-makes at Disney were rare. Today, we are used to seeing and expecting a new live-action version of the studio’s classic animated films. In the studio’s early days, Walt and his artists were more focused on original output. This makes the 1941 Mickey Mouse short subject, Orphans’ Benefit, even more of a […]

Barnyard Bluster: 75 Years of Foghorn Leghorn

In his most famous quote, actor Konstantin Stanislavski once said: “There are no small parts, only small actors.” As hard as it is to imagine, this is true of none other than Foghorn Leghorn. The loud, overbearing, blustery rooster made his first appearance seventy-five years ago this month in the 1946 Warner Bros. Cartoon short, […]

Michael Lyons

Editor

Articles By Michael Lyons

Cereal Killers, Part III: Fifty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

Cereal Killers, Part II: Forty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

Cereal Killers, Part I: Thirty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning

Kidding Around: The 80th Anniversary of 1941’s Orphans’ Benefit

Barnyard Bluster: 75 Years of Foghorn Leghorn

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