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.

Top of the World

Top of the World Nightclub/restaurant on the 15th floor in the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World, from October 1, 1971, until September 30, 1993. The view over Seven Seas Lagoon toward the Magic Kingdom is spectacular. The longtime dinner show presented twice nightly was “Broadway at the Top,” with talented performers singing hit numbers …

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 …

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).

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.

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.

Toon Disney

Toon Disney A 24-hour cable network that launched on April 18, 1998, offering cartoons and animated television shows from the vast Disney library. It became Disney XD in 2009.