It All Started With a Cat?
Before there was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit there was a little cat named Julius, one of the first and most prominent characters created by Walt Disney for the Alice Comedies.
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Deleted Songs From The Muppet Christmas Carol
Chairman of the Board,” sung by Sam the Eagle as the Headmaster of young Ebenezer Scrooge’s school, and “Room in Your Heart” sung by Bunsen and Beaker were recorded but never filmed.
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How Walt Disney Made Sure Every Child Could Afford a Mickey Mouse Doll
National public demand began when a photograph of Walt with the doll was published in a movie magazine in 1930.
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To See or Not to See?
The animal-loving host of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color introduced “Atta Girl, Kelly,” a three-part episode from March 1967, with the help of a Seeing Eye Dog.
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Christmas Carols From the Disney Vault
D23’s Greg Ehrbar unwraps the stories behind some of Disney’s most interesting and fun holiday recordings.
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Walt Disney Archives Takes One Last Look Back at The Country Bear Christmas Special
From Country Bear Playhouse to Grizzly Hall and everywhere in between, we hope that this brief jaunt back in time helps you have a wonderfully kitschy, “beary” merry holiday season!
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Liver-Lips’ Christmas Tree-Shaped Guitar Finds New Home in the Walt Disney Archives
A few baubles of Disneyland and Magic Kingdom’s show The Country Bear Christmas Special are safely guarded in the Walt Disney Archives collection.
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Saving Mr. Banks and Mary Poppins Casts Unite at Walt Disney Studios
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Julie Andrews, and Dick Van Dyke, plus the cast and crew of the new Poppins-inspired film, attend a practically perfect premiere at The Walt Disney Studios.
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See Swingin’ Teddi Barra’s Country Bear Skis in the Walt Disney Archives
From Country Bear Playhouse to Grizzly Hall and everywhere in between, we hope that this brief jaunt back in time helps you have a wonderfully kitschy, “beary” merry holiday season!
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Listen to the Soundtrack to the Country Bear Christmas Special
New music was written for the bears by Disney arranger and composer George Wilkins, who wrote and adapted popular holiday music to align with the classic, twangy “Country Bear sound” established in the first show.
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