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 …

Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan (film)

Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan (film) Educational film in the EPCOT Educational Media Collection; released in August 1989. 16 min. Figment and Wendy show Peter Pan the value and fun of learning to read.

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 …

Ratigan

Ratigan Evil denizen of the sewers who aspires to rule in The Great Mouse Detective; voiced by Vincent Price.

Ratings

Ratings After the Motion Picture Association of America created its rating system in 1968, Disney, with its long tradition of “family entertainment,” attempted to maintain a G rating for all of its releases. In a few cases when earlier films, such as Treasure Island, were reissued, they had to be slightly edited to qualify for …

Ratzenberger, John

Ratzenberger, John Actor; provided voices in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, and Toy Story 4 (Hamm), a bug’s life (P.T. Flea), Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University (Yeti), Finding Nemo (Moonfish), The Incredibles, and Incredibles 2 (The Underminer), Spirited Away (Assistant Manager), Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3 (Mack), Ratatouille (Mustafa), WALL•E (John), Up (Tom), Brave (Gordon), Planes (Harland), The Good …

Ravenscroft, Thurl

Ravenscroft, Thurl (1914-2005) Bass singer with the Mello Men, whose deep voice was utilized in many Disney films and park projects. His bust in the graveyard scene in The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland is often mistakenly identified as a bust of Walt Disney. He was named a Disney Legend in 1995.

Rapunzel

Rapunzel Princess, with long hair, locked in a tower, in Tangled. Voiced by Mandy Moore.

Rascal (film)

Rascal (film) The voice of 60-year-old Sterling North recalls his youth in the Wisconsin heartland when he found a raccoon kit, named it Rascal, and took it home. During a summer in central Wisconsin, the boy and raccoon have many adventures; and Rascal even helps a friend—a horse—to win a race against a Stanley Steamer. …

Ratatouille (film)

Ratatouille (film) A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the city of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite …