​​ERIK GOLDBERG ON THE ALADDIN CARTOON Eric Goldberg, an anim | KNNdustrii

​​ERIK GOLDBERG ON THE ALADDIN CARTOON

Eric Goldberg, an animator at Disney Studios, said that Gilbert Gottfried was confident that the Disney musical would fail. Recall that the musical fantasy of 1992, realized by a duet of Ron Clements and John Musker, is a free adaptation of the Arab fairy tale of the same name, which puts a homeless child in the very center,
accidentally stumbles upon a magic lamp with a genie who can grant wishes.

In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, studio animator Eric Goldberg recalled how he collaborated with Gilbert Gottfried on Aladdin. Goldberg spoke about one of his favorite memories with the now deceased comedian,
when they were present at the first viewing of the cartoon. Then Gottfried turned to the animator, stating his concerns about the failure of the project. Read Goldberg's words below:

“I have a lot of memories of him. I really liked him. We often appeared together in public and all that. I think,
that one of my favorite memories is when we sat with him at the first screening of Aladdin. It was at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles. He then said, “Oh no. It will be terrible. There's going to be another bad news release."