Monk (television)

Monk (television) One-hour television series about a brilliant but obsessive-compulsive private detective premiering as a two-hour movie on USA Network on July 12, 2002. In an unusual move, it was then picked up by ABC for airing on the network after its cable airing (the first 13 episodes), beginning August 13, 2002. Due to the …

Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire (television)

Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, premiering on October 13, 2000. To get their divorced mother out of the house, Adam and Chelsea Hansen hatch a plot, setting her up on a date with Dimitri Dentatos, who just happens to be a vampire. When the kids learn the …

Mondadori, Arnoldo

Mondadori, Arnoldo (1889-1971) He secured the license for the Italian Topolino magazine in 1935 and continued to publish it throughout his career. He was presented a European Disney Legends Award in 1997.

Monday

Monday Fun with Music Day on the 1950s Mickey Mouse Club. Who, What, Why, Where, When, and How Day on the new Mickey Mouse Club.

Modern Inventions (film)

Modern Inventions (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on May 29, 1937. The first cartoon directed by Jack King. While released as a Mickey cartoon, Mickey does not appear; Donald Duck is the star. A robotic butler continually takes Donald’s hat when he doesn’t want the butler to have it; Donald keeps pulling new hats out …

Mom for Christmas, A (television)

Mom for Christmas, A (television) Television movie; a young girl’s Christmas wish magically comes true with the help of a department store mannequin. Aired on NBC on December 17, 1990. Directed by George Miller. 120 min. Stars Olivia Newton-John, Juliet Sorcey, Doug Sheehan, Carmen Argenziano.

Molly Brown

Molly Brown One of two steamboats in Frontierland at Disneyland Paris.

Modine, Matthew

Modine, Matthew Actor; appeared in Gross Anatomy (Joe Slovak).

Model Behavior (television)

Model Behavior (television) Two-hour television movie on The Wonderful World of Disney, airing on March 12, 2000. Directed by Mark Rosman. Two teen girls with strikingly similar looks–one a glasses-wearing self-described geek, and the other a successful fashion model–trade places and turn their mutual lives topsy-turvy. Stars Maggie Lawson (Alex, Janine), Kathie Lee Gifford (Deirdre), …

Moby Duck

Moby Duck Comic book character, one of the many distant relatives of Donald Duck, used only once on film, in the television show, Pacifically Peeking. A seafarer, Moby Duck had his own comic book series starting in October 1967. He was introduced in a Donald Duck comic book, no. 112, in March 1967.