Gift-Giver Extraordinaire Machine

Gift-Giver Extraordinaire Machine Promotion at Disneyland for its 30th anniversary in 1985. During that year, every 30th guest coming to the park received a prize on entering the front gate; for the more elaborate prizes, up to and including a new car, selected winners would get to spin the Gift-Giver Machine located in the Hub.

Gideon’s Crossing (television)

Gideon’s Crossing (television) One-hour television drama; airing on ABC from October 18, 2000, to April 9, 2001. As chief of experimental medicine at a prestigious Boston teaching hospital, Benjamin Gideon, an unorthodox doctor who explores the brave new world of cutting-edge medicine, ventures into the even-trickier terrain of his patients’ lives. Stars Andre Braugher (Ben …

Gibson, Charles

Gibson, Charles Anchor of ABC World News from May 2006 to December 31, 2009. He served 34 years with ABC News, including co-anchoring Good Morning, America from 1987 to 1998 and co-anchoring Primetime Thursday from 1998 to 2004.

Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour, The

Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour, The Located on Main Street in Disneyland Paris; opened on April 12, 1992. Also opened on Main Street at Disneyland in 1997 (using the American spelling of Parlor), taking the place of the former Carnation Ice Cream Parlor, but one door down the street in space formerly occupied by Blue …

Gibson

Gibson See Card Corner.

Gibson, Mel

Gibson, Mel Actor; voiced Capt. John Smith in Pocahontas, and appeared in Ransom (Tom Mullen) and Signs (Graham Hess).

Giantland (film)

Giantland (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on November 25, 1933. Directed by Burt Gillett. Mickey tells his nephews a loose version of “Jack and the Beanstalk” in which he climbs the beanstalk and meets a formidable giant. Mickey only manages to escape with the aid of pepper and burning the beanstalk, which sends the giant …

Ghost Whisperer (television)

Ghost Whisperer (television) One-hour television series; airing on CBS beginning September 23, 2005, and ending May 21, 2010. Melinda Gordon has a gift of being able to see, and talk to, spirits. These are earthbound ghosts who have yet to cross over to the other side, who seek Melinda’s help in communicating with the living. …

Ghosts of the Abyss (film)

Ghosts of the Abyss (film) Cameras make an expedition below the surface of the ocean to the final resting place of the Titanic. Using state-of-the-art technology developed expressly for this expedition, the filmmakers are able to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before. Directed by James Cameron. Produced in association …

Gibson, Blaine

Gibson, Blaine (1918-2015) Artist and sculptor, joined Disney in 1939 as an inbetweener and assistant animator, working on the features through One Hundred and One Dalmatians. In 1954 he began working on projects at WED Enterprises in his spare time, and went over there permanently in 1961. He headed the sculpture department, responsible for most …