Animation Facts

The original South Park prototype was made with construction paper cutouts. The 1995 'Spirit of Christmas' short took creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone about 3 months to animate by hand.

Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.

Robin Williams voiced the Genie in Aladdin for just $75,000 - on one condition: no ads. Disney violated it immediately, using his voice in Burger King campaigns. To apologize, Katzenberg sent a $1M Picasso. Williams rejected it. Then Disney just said sorry with words. He came back for $1 million.