Recess: School’s Out

Recess: School’s Out! (film) T.J. Detweiler, whose friends are all at summer camp, is bored until he uncovers a plot by the school’s former principal to do away with summer vacation, by using a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. T.J. calls in his friends to help, and eventually the faculty …

Reaper (television)

Reaper (television) Television series debuting on CW on September 25, 2007, and ending May 26, 2009. Sam, having skipped college, works in a dead-end job at the local Work Bench home improvement store and wastes endless hours playing video games. His parents never challenged him as they did his younger brother, Kyle. Now, turning 21, …

Recess (television)

Recess (television) Animated series about a quirky group of fourth graders who make friends, learn how to get along with each other, and discover that cool things happen at recess. It debuted on One Saturday Morning on ABC on Sep. 13, 1997. From the team who helped produce the award-winning Rugrats, Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere. …

Reason and Emotion (film)

Reason and Emotion (film) Special cartoon; released on August 27, 1943. Directed by Bill Roberts. A morale-building wartime film, presenting an explanation and demonstration of how reason combats emotion within our minds. Illustrations show how the two could work together in winning the war against the Axis. Nominated for an Academy Award.

Ready, Lynn

Ready, Lynn Mouseketeer from the 1950s television show.

Reagan, Ronald

Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) Long before he became president of the United States, Reagan, a friend of Walt Disney, served as one of the emcees for the television show on the opening day of Disneyland, July 17, 1955. As president, he attended a second Inaugural Celebration at America Gardens at Epcot on May 27, 1985. This …

Real Steel (film)

Real Steel (film) In the near future, the sport of boxing has gone high-tech. Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter, lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground …

Ready to Run (television)

Ready to Run (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, first airing on July 14, 2000. 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz discovers she has an ability to talk to horses, and Thunderjam, her thoroughbred race horse, becomes her best buddy. With a dream of standing proudly in the winner’s circle, she and Thunderjam team up. Directed by Duwayne …

Read It and Weep (television)

Read It and Weep (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, premiering on July 21, 2006. Teenager Jamie accidentally turns her personal, private journal in as her homework. The teacher loves what she’s written—a story chronicling the adventures of a confident and cool teenager named Isabella (“Is”)—and it ends up getting published as a novel. When …

Read, Write, and Draw (television)

Read, Write, and Draw (television) Beginning in January 1987, Disney Channel asked kids 12 and under to send in endings to short stories that were published in the Disney Channel Magazine. Within a few months, short videos were made of Vincent Price reading the children’s submissions, and these aired at various times during the week …