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1990 Walt Disney's "Fantasia" & Comedian Sam Kinison...
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1990 Walt Disney's "Fantasia" & Comedian Sam Kinison...

Item # 728705 ·
Sunday edition CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 7, 1990 

* Walt Disney's "Fantasia" 50th anniversary
* Animated musical with Mickey Mouse 
* Sam Kinison - Stand-up Comedian
* Los Angeles performance advertisement

Often revered as the undisputed "bible" of Hollywood, the Sunday Calendar section occupied a rare space in journalism where a single publication could simultaneously dictate global entertainment trends and govern the inner workings of show business. Today, physical copies are an absolute rarity, largely because they were printed on standard, ephemeral newsprint designed to be devoured and promptly discarded at the end of the week.
Starting on page 3 is a piece by Charles Solomon on the 50th anniversary f Walt Disney's "Fantasia" featuring Mickey Mouse with heading: "It Wasn't Always Magic" with color illustration and photo. (see images) 
Page 69 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by stand-up comedian Sam Kinison with special guest Pauly Shore.
Complete Calendar section only with all 104 pages, tabloid size, great condition.

Background: The October 7, 1990 edition of the Los Angeles Times "Calendar" section serves as a fascinating cultural capsule of late-20th-century entertainment, capturing the sharp juxtaposition between classic Hollywood tradition and the era's raw, boundary-pushing comedy. At its center is animation historian Charles Solomon’s feature article, "It Wasn't Always Magic," written to mark the massive 50th-anniversary theatrical re-release of Walt Disney’s 1940 masterpiece Fantasia; the piece detailed the film's rocky origins, initial box-office struggles, and Walt’s ambitious, costly gamble on "Fantasound" multi-track audio long before it became an undeniable landmark in cinema. Sharing space alongside this celebration of wholesome, high-art Disney legacy is a full-page promotional ad for the late Sam Kinison, who was then at the zenith of his visceral, rock-star stand-up career, filling major venues like the Universal Amphitheatre just eighteen months before his untimely death in 1992. Together, these pieces frame a dynamic moment in pop culture history where legacy studios were painstakingly restoring golden-age classics for a new generation while the comedy landscape was being aggressively redefined by loud, unapologetic arena acts.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$57
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.