Roller Coaster Rabbit (film)

Roller Coaster Rabbit (film) Roger Rabbit cartoon; released on June 15, 1990. Directed by Rob Minkoff. Roger is drafted into service as Baby Herman’s babysitter during a visit to the county fair. When the infant goes off in search of his airborne balloon, Roger has to follow him on a perilous course that takes them …

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Rogers, Wayne

Rogers, Wayne Actor; appeared on television in The Girl Who Spelled Freedom.

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Rogers, William, and Son

Rogers, William, and Son Company also known as International Silver; produced a number of pieces of Disney silverware, cups, and bowls from 1931 to 1939. A Mickey Mouse spoon, designated Branford Silver Plate on the verso of the handle, is one of the most common items of Disney merchandise from the 1930s. It was sold …

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Joe Rohde

Rohde, Joe

Rohde, Joe Imagineer at Walt Disney Imagineering since 1980, working on such projects as Mexico, Norway, Captain EO, and Pleasure Island. He served as executive designer on Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

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Roger Rabbit & the Secrets of Toon Town (television)

Roger Rabbit & the Secrets of Toon Town (television) Television special on CBS on September 13, 1988. 60 min. Directed by Les Mayfield. Behind the scenes of the filming of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, hosted by Joanna Cassidy. Actors and crew members are interviewed.

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Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin

Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin Attraction opened in Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland on January 26, 1994. The first new dark ride built at Disneyland in a decade, Car Toon Spin takes guests in Lenny (not Benny) the Cab on a joyride through Roger’s milieu, with all sorts of intriguing effects. For the first time in …

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Rogers, Roy

Rogers, Roy (1911-1998) Cowboy actor, appeared in Melody Time with the Sons of the Pioneers singing the hauntingly beautiful “Blue Shadows on the Trail” to introduce the story of Pecos Bill.

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Rogers, Tristan

Rogers, Tristan He voiced Jake in The Rescuers Down Under.

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Disney Artist/sculptor Wathel Rogers

Rogers, Wathel

Rogers, Wathel (1919-2000) Artist/sculptor; started at Disney in 1939 in animation, and sculpted on his own time. He animated on the animated feature films between Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty, and created props and miniatures for such films as Darby O’Gill and the Little People and The Absent-Minded Professor, and television shows such as the Mickey …

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RocketMan (film)

RocketMan (film)  When a member of the first manned mission searching for life on Mars is injured during training, NASA turns to a very unlikely replacement, the designer of the ship’s operating system, Fred Z. Randall, who, for a rocket scientist . . . is no rocket scientist.  Comic chaos ensues en route to the …

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