Melissa & Joey (television)

Melissa & Joey (television) Comedy series debuting August 17, 2010, on ABC Family. Mel Burke, the grown-up former wild child of a political family, is now a politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece, Lennox, and adolescent nephew, …

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Meet the Deedles (film)

Meet the Deedles (film) Two surfer dude brothers from Hawaii, Phil and Stew Deedle, have to prove to their millionaire father that they have matured, or risk being disinherited. The guys wind up training as rookie rangers in Yellowstone National Park and soon find themselves in hot water when they uncover a plot by a …

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Meet Me at Disneyland (television)

Meet Me at Disneyland (television) A summer series of television shows on Los Angeles independent station KTTV airing live from Disneyland weekly from June 9 to September 8, 1962. The Osmond Brothers made one of their early television appearances on the show.

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Meck, Ed

Meck, Ed (1898-1973) Veteran entertainment publicist who became the head of publicity for Disneyland in 1955, and helped make the world aware of the new park.  He retired in 1972, after helping with the opening of Walt Disney World, and passed away a year later.  He was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 1995.

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Meeko’s

Meeko’s Fast-food facility in Fantasyland at Disneyland, formerly called Yumz, opened June 23, 1995, and closed September 5, 1997.

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Mediterranean Cruise (television)

Mediterranean Cruise (television) Television show; aired on January 19, 1964. Directed by Hamilton S. Luske. Ludwig Von Drake looks at countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In Portugal, we see the Corrida festival. Village singers are featured in Italy, then we go to Africa to learn about the tribes of nomads. Finally, Von Drake leads viewers …

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Medicine Man (film)

Medicine Man (film) In the Amazon rain forest a brilliant but eccentric research scientist, Dr. Robert Campbell, is on the verge of a medical breakthrough, a cure for cancer, but he has lost the formula and must now rediscover the elusive serum. The pharmaceutical corporation sponsoring the research has sent another biochemist, Dr. Rae Crane, …

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Meador, Josh

Meador, Josh (1911-1965) Longtime Disney special-effects animator and painter, loaned out to create the animation effects for Forbidden Planet (1956). He worked at Disney from 1936 until his death in 1965.

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