Atlanta Braves Walt Disney World announced in February 1996 that the Atlanta Braves would use Disney’s Wide World of Sports for their spring training home beginning in 1998. However, they inaugurated the stadium at the sports complex with an exhibition game against the Cincinnati Reds on March 28, 1997. They held their 22nd, and final, season …
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Atencio, Francis X. (1919-2017) He joined Disney in 1938 as an in-betweener and became an assistant animator on Fantasia. He worked on the inventive Noah’s Ark, Jack and Old Mac, and A Symposium on Popular Songs, using stop-motion animation in collaboration with Bill Justice. In 1965, he moved to WED Enterprises, where he worked on …
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At Home with Donald Duck (television) Television show, aired on November 21, 1956. Directed by Jack Hannah. A compilation of cartoons for Donald’s birthday. Includes a segment with Cubby O’Brien and the Firehouse Five Plus Two. A rerun in 1976 was titled Happy Birthday Donald Duck, and substituted footage from the new Mickey Mouse Club …
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