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The Kansas City Institute for Media, Animation & Graphic Innovation in Education (KC IMAGINE) hosted the following “Sneak Preview” Zoom events to inform stakeholders and interested citizens about the Laugh-O-gram renovation initiative:
The Legacy of Laugh-O-gram, December 3, 2020
A Peek at the New Laugh-O-gram, December 17, 2020
Troost Gets a Boost, January 7, 2021
The videos below are recordings of presentations from those events.
April 2012
Yesterland: Saving Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-gram Studio Building in Kansas City
Summer 2014
Jackson County Historical Society: The Roots of Animation in Kansas City
May 2020
Starland News: First house of mouse: Reanimating Walt Disney’s KC film studio closer to reality than ever before
December 2020
Startland News: Book the office where Walt met Mickey? Plexpod helping make Disney dream a reality
Flatland News: New Strategy Touted to Reanimate Disney Laugh-O-Gram Building
January 2021
Kansas City Star: Walt Disney got his start in this Kansas City spot. Here’s the plan to transform it
February 2021
Kansas City Business Journal: Disney's former KC studio lands $300K in grants for museum transformation
May 2021
Flatland KC: 'The Mystery of KC's Missing Walt Disney Murals
NPR: A People's History of Kansas City
July 2021
Fox 4: Car hits Walt Disney’s historic Laugh-O-Gram Studio damaging it, slowing renovation process
CitySceneKC: No Joke, Car Punches Laugh-O-Gram Building – CitySceneKC
August 2021
Mickey Blog: Walt’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio Damaged By Car Crash
June 2022
KC Star: Walt Disney’s Legacy Deserves Commemoration
December 2022
Fox 4: Kansas City nonprofit planning $7M renovation of Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram studio
February 2023
KMBC-TV (Channel 9): Thank You Walt Disney receives $2 million grant, funding will help development at Laugh-O-Gram studio
WDAF-TV (Fox 4): Kansas City’s Disney IMAGINE Project to get huge funding boost
dapsmagic : Thank You Walt Disney, Inc. Receives $2 Million Grant For Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Flatland KC: Disney Story
Laughing Place: United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver II Presents Two Million Dollar Check to Thank You Walt Disney Inc.
Mickey Blog: Project To Restore Walt’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio Receiving Huge Funding Boost
October 2023
KCTV5: Kansas City nonprofit awarded grant to produce film on Walt Disney’s first animation studio
Fox 4: Nonprofit to make film about Disney’s Laugh-O-gram studio in Kansas City
KSHB 41: Grant to help fund movie, renovation of former Walt Disney studio in Kansas City
KC Today: Laugh-O-Gram Studio and the start of Walt Disney’s animation career in Kansas City
We are proud to announce that the Missouri Development Finance Board voted in February 2023 to extend $500,000 in Missouri tax credits for contributions to Thank You Walt Disney, Inc
Misc. Coverage
VisitKC
Walt Disney Archives: Laugh-o-gram Megaphone
Laugh-o-gram.org
Wikipedia: Laugh-o-gram
Walt Disney: Ub Iwerks: Master of Animation and Technology
NPR: Remembering Ub Iwerks, The Father Of Mickey Mouse
Wikipedia: Ub Iwerks