That Was Then (television)

That Was Then (television) Hour-long series on ABC premiering on September 27, 2002, and ending on October 18. Travis Glass, about to turn 30, and unhappy with his life, makes a wish during a lightning storm and is jolted back in time to when he was 16. He has a chance to try again to …

That’s So Raven (television)

That’s So Raven (television) Comedy series airing in the United States on Disney Channel beginning on Jan. 17, 2003, after a Sep. 2, 2002, debut in Britain. It ended on Nov. 10, 2007. Raven Baxter is a teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water, as she tries …

Theater in the Wild

Theater in the Wild Theater in DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom; opened in 1998 with “Journey into Jungle Book” and changing in 1999 to “Tarzan Rocks.” The theater closed in January 2006 so it could be enclosed. It reopened with “Finding Nemo—The Musical” with previews in November 2006. At Hong Kong Disneyland, the theater …

Thanksgiving Promise, The (television)

Thanksgiving Promise, The (television) Television show; aired on November 23, 1986. A boy must care for an injured Canada goose until it is ready to grace the table at Thanksgiving. However, he becomes attached to his new companion and must decide whether to break his promise or lose his new friend. Stars Lloyd, Beau, and …

That Darn Cat! (film)

That Darn Cat! (film) A siamese cat named D.C. stumbles upon the hideout where two bank robbers are keeping a woman bank teller prisoner. When the woman manages to slip her wrist watch around his neck, D.C. saunters from the hideout to the Randall family with whom he lives. When 19-year-old Patti Randall recognizes the …

That Darn Cat (film)

That Darn Cat (film) Updated remake of the 1965 feature. Sixteen-year-old Patti Randall is totally bored with her sleepy hometown, but she awakens to feverish excitement when her tomcat, D.C. (Darn Cat), delivers an important clue in a mysterious kidnapping of a wealthy family’s maid With inept novice FBI agent Zeke Kelso at her side, …

Texas John Slaughter (Episode 14): A Holster Full of Law (television)

Texas John Slaughter (Episode 14): A Holster Full of Law (television) Television show; aired on February 5, 1961. Directed by James Neilson. Slaughter’s cattle are rustled, and when the sheriff is powerless to do anything about it, Slaughter is elected sheriff himself. With a band of skilled deputies, he brings law and order to Tombstone, …

Texas John Slaughter (Episode 16): Frank Clell’s in Town (television)

Texas John Slaughter (Episode 16): Frank Clell’s in Town (television) Television show; aired on April 23, 1961. Directed by James Neilson. Some of the businessmen in Tombstone long for the return of the desperadoes Slaughter has run out of town, for they had helped the town’s economy. A saloon keeper hires a notorious killer to …

Thanks (television)

Thanks (television) A satirical comedy skewering contemporary life as it looks as the venerable Pilgrims whose landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 literally got this country going. A half-hour television series debuting on August 2, 1999, on CBS, and ending September 6. Stars Tim Dutton (James Winthrop), Kirsten Nelson (Polly Winthrop), Jim Rash (Cotton), Erika …

Thanksgiving Day Mirthquakes (film)

Thanksgiving Day Mirthquakes (film) Shorts program; released by RKO in 1953.