Zemeckis, Robert
Zemeckis, Robert Director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Enlisted by Steven Spielberg and Disney, he insisted the illusion of animated characters interacting in a live-action setting be realistic, and the resulting film represented a tremendous leap forward in animation art. He also directed Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
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Zazu Bird in The Lion King, the Pride Land’s chief of protocol, voiced by Rowan Atkinson.
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Zegers, Kevin Actor; appeared in Life with Mikey (Little Mikey), and Air Bud, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, and Air Bud: World Pup (Josh Framm). He appeared on TV in Notorious (Oscar Keaton).
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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie; airing first on January 23, 1999. Zenon, a mischievous 13-year-old girl, has lived most of her life in a space station with her family. Her curiosity gets her in trouble once too often and she’s grounded, which in her world means she’s sent …
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You’re Nothin’ but a Nothin’ Popular song hit from The Flying Mouse (1934), composed by Larry Morey and Frank Churchill.
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Your Host, Donald Duck (television) Television show; aired on January 16, 1957. Directed by Jack Hannah. Walt Disney allows Donald to host the show, and he shows several cartoon clips tied in with the Disneyland theme of Fantasyland, Frontierland, Tomorrowland, and Adventureland.
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Youth Education Series (Y.E.S.) The Y.E.S. programs for youth groups began in 1990 with one program at Disney-MGM Studios—Lights, Camera, Education. From there it grew into almost two dozen programs in all four Walt Disney World parks. Children from kindergarten to 12th grade participate in two to three-and-a-half hour programs taught by professional Disney facillitators …
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Yumz Fast-food facility at Videopolis at Disneyland; opened on June 19, 1985. On June 23, 1995, the name was changed to Meeko’s, with the opening of “The Spirit of Pocahontas.”
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Yzma Evil, plotting adviser in The Emperor’s New Groove; voiced by Eartha Kitt.
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Your Career: Your Decision? (film) Educational film, using sequences from Ballerina. In the Questions!/Answers? series released in 1976. A girl wants to be a ballerina despite opposition from her mother.
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