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Lost LA
Animation
Season 7
Episode 4
Uncover Disney’s roots and Walt Disney’s first home as Nathan explores how Los Angeles became the birthplace of modern animation. Animators Jane Baer and Floyd Norman, producer Don Hahn, composer John Debney and voice actor Bill Farmer explain how the city transformed cartoons into the art form of animation.
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- Friday Jul 17, 8:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Friday Jul 17, 11:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Jul 18, 5:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Jul 18, 7:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal
- Sunday Jul 19, 4:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Jul 19, 7:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Jul 19, 8:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Sunday Jul 19, 11:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 2:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 5:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 8:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 11:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 2:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 5:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Jul 21, 10:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
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