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A Hollywood Dream Job Made Real
From a very young age, Floyd Norman knew he wanted to go to Hollywood to work for Walt Disney. After spending 10 years at Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney himself asked Norman to join the story team. Norman would later go on to work at Hanna-Barbera, first on Josie and the Pussycats and later on a reboot of The Flintstones, featuring Fred and Barney.
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