Barnyard Broadcast, The (film)
Barnyard Broadcast, The (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on October 10, 1931. Directed by Burt Gillett. In this satire of radio broadcasting, Mickey runs the control room attempting to monitor the show and the audience. All goes well until howling cats spoil the broadcast and a chase ensues. In the pandemonium, the makeshift studio is …
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Barnyard Olympics (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on April 15, 1932 to coincide with the Olympics in Los Angeles. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Despite Pete’s continual cheating in a cross-country race, especially during the bicycle portion, Mickey ends up winning. A fun take-off on Olympic events.
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Barrie, Barbara Actress; appeared on television in Child of Glass and provided the voice of Alcmene in Hercules.
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Barnes, Christopher Daniel Actor; appeared on television in Exile, Just Perfect, and Disney’s All-Star Comedy Circus, and voiced Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid and Prince Charming in Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
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Barn Dance, The (film) The fourth Mickey Mouse cartoon. Released in 1929. Directed by Walt Disney. When Mickey continually stomps on Minnie’s feet during a dance, she spurns him for the better dancer, Pete. Mickey is left sitting on the floor, crying.
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Barnstormer, The
Barnstormer, The Roller coaster attraction at Goofy’s Wiseacres Farm in Mickey’s Toontown Fair at Walt Disney World, opened on October 1, 1996. It became The Barnstormer Featuring the Great Goofini as part of Storybook Circus on February 12, 2012.
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Barks, Carl (1901-2000) Barks went to work at the Disney Studio in 1935 as an inbetweener and later worked on the story crew for several cartoons. In 1942, he began doing comic books, starting with “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold,” and continuing with the duck comics until his retirement in 1966. His most famous creation, …
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Barfi! (film) In this romantic comedy, three young people learn lessons about love and societal pressures. Barfi, speech and hearing impaired, falls in love with Shruti, but her parents pressure her to marry a “normal” man. Years later, Shruti runs into Barfi again; Barfi is now in love with Jhilmil, who is autistic. Shruti is …
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Barefoot Executive, The (television) Two-hour television movie, aired on ABC on November 11, 1995. A remake of the 1971 feature about the show business career of a young man who rises from mail boy to network vice president when he discovers a television-loving chimpanzee with an unfailing knack for picking hit series. Directed by Susan …
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Barefoot Executive, The (film)
Barefoot Executive, The (film) In the wacky world of television, an ambitious mailroom boy at the United Broadcasting Company, Steven Post, discovers that a chimpanzee being taken care of by his girlfriend, Jennifer, has an amazing talent–the chimp can pick programs that will become hits. Steven secretly uses the chimp to catapult himself into a …
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