Chase, Pickering, Ontario, Canada

We know that there were metal and ceramic Disneyland ashtrays in the 1950s (a 1959 mail order catalog lists a porcelain smoker set with a cigarette box and two ashtrays for $1.25). By the 1960s, Disneyland had stopped selling ashtrays.

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Jim, Cape Canaveral, Florida

In doing more research, I see that the elephants have not always been referred to by the same names. Fidgity and Giddy were also called Catty and Giggles. According to John Grant in his Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters, at the beginning of the film, Matriarch has the pink-violet headdress, Catty has the yellow, …

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Peter, Monrovia, California

The film was released on DVD in 2006, so there would be little interest in a 16mm film print.  Besides, that is a copyrighted film that is technically the property of The Walt Disney Company, so sale of it is not legal.

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Erica, Antioch, California

According to Steve Davison of Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment, the Barenaked Ladies recording was not used in HalloWishes. The male vocalist is Tim Davis, who served as the vocal/session director for Glee.

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Loreto, Honolulu, Hawaii

You must not have the 2006 third edition of Disney A to Z. They are all there, except for Susie Q, which is not a Disney-produced film.

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John, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

I do not know about roving photographers, which did not seem to have been around Disneyland in the early days, but according to the story we have heard, Walt Disney asked Art Linkletter if he would participate in the Disneyland opening-day telecast. Since Walt was short of money, Art supposedly agreed to help; in lieu …

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Jenny, Chaska, Minnesota

I assume you are referring to films that had teenage actors in the lead role, and many Disney films fit that criteria. The two you cited are from the late 1970s and early 1980s. You might include such other titles from that era as Tex, Midnight Madness, Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Return to Oz, The Journey …

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Robert, Kissimmee, Florida

The CALIFORNIA letters were too large and heavy for the Archives’ collection, but according to Kevin Rafferty of Walt Disney Imagineering, they have been donated to the California State Fair in Sacramento. The Archives did get the two Intolerance elephants from the entrance of Hollywood Blvd., some signage from Baker’s Field Baker and Bur-R-R-Bank Ice …

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