Torkelsons, The (television)

Torkelsons, The (television) Television series on NBC from September 21, 1991, to June 20, 1992. Continued in 1993 with story changes as Almost Home (see also that entry). An eccentric but lovable single mother and her brood of five, headed by Millicent Torkelson’s wistful eldest daughter Dorothy Jane, in Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. Like most 14-year-olds, …

Topolino

Topolino Italian name for Mickey Mouse, and the title of an Italian comic book that began publication in December 1932, making it the first of the Disney comic books.

Photo of cave dwellers in Disney Animated Film Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (film)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (film) Special cartoon; released on November 10, 1953. Directed by Charles Nichols and Ward Kimball. Academy Award winner for Best Cartoon. Prof. Owl explains to his students about musical instruments, illustrating with the song, “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.” From the cave dwellers to modern times, we find that all …

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (television)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (television) Television show; aired on March 27, 1959. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. The Academy Award-winning cartoon is shown, along with several others that use music to tell a story.

Toothless (television)

Toothless (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on October 5, 1997. Dr. Katherine Lewis is an attractive, successful dentist who has fulfilled her career dream, but in reality leads a very empty life. While walking down the street one day, she gets hit by a bicycle messenger and is killed. …

Toontown Railroad Station

Toontown Railroad Station Opened on November 25, 1992, at Disneyland; formerly the Fantasyland Railroad Station and Videopolis Railroad Station.

Tootsie

Tootsie Title star of Donald’s Penguin (1939).

Photo of Disney Scultpter Leota Toombs Thomas

Toombs Thomas, Leota

Toombs Thomas, Leota (1925-1991) After starting her Disney career as a member of the Ink and Paint Department in 1940, she left to start a family, but returned to WED Enterprises in 1962 where she worked in figure finishing and maintaining attractions. She is best known for the use of her visage as Madame Leota, …

Too Smart for Strangers, with Winnie the Pooh (film)

Too Smart for Strangers, with Winnie the Pooh (film) Educational home video release, warning children about strangers; released in June 1985.

Toontown Hall of Fame

Toontown Hall of Fame Location in Mickey’s Toontown Fair at Walt Disney World where guests can have their pictures taken with the Disney characters; opened in June 1996, and closed in 2011.