Asner, Edward

Asner, Edward Actor; appeared in Gus (Hank Cooper) and Perfect Game (Billy Hicks), and on television in The Christmas Star and the series Thunder Alley. He appeared on The Disney Channel in A Friendship in Vienna. He provided a voice on Gargoyles, and that of Carl Fredricksen in Up.

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Ask Max (television)

Ask Max (television) Television show, aired on November 2, 1986. Directed by Vincent McEveety. Young scientific genius, Max, tries to impress a girl but she ignores the overweight boy. By designing a special bicycle, which comes to the attention of a toy company, Max comes into great amounts of money, but he learns that money …

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Artesanías Mexicanas

Artesanías Mexicanas Shop in Mexico in World Showcase at Epcot, opened on October 1, 1982, and closed in 2009.  Sold glass-blown items, crafts, and art objects from Mexico. Presented by Arribas Brothers.

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Arvida Corporation

Arvida Corporation One of the biggest real estate and development companies in Florida, specializing in planned communities. It was purchased by Disney in May 1984, for $200 million in Disney stock, with the Bass Brothers ending up with 5.9 percent of the Disney stock as a result of the transaction. Part of the reason for …

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Arthur

Arthur Young servant who becomes the king in The Sword in the Stone; voiced by Ricky Sorenson and Robert Reitherman. Also known as Wart.

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Artist Point

Artist Point Restaurant in the Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World, opened in May 1994. A specialty is salmon, served sizzling on a cedar plank.

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Arthur, Bea

Arthur, Bea (1922-2009)  Actress; appeared on television in The Golden Girls (for which she won the Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1988). She was named a Disney Legend posthumously in 2009.

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Art of Disney, The

Art of Disney, The Shop in the Downtown Disney Marketplace at Walt Disney World, selling Disney prints, cels, and other collectibles. Opened on August 28, 1994.  Another shop opened at Epcot on October 1, 2000.

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Poster for Art of Self Defense Goofy cartoon

Art of Self Defense, The (film)

Art of Self Defense, The (film) Goofy cartoon; released on December 26, 1941. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy demonstrates, in his inimitable fashion, the arts of defense from the Stone Age to modern times, with the assistance of a narrator.

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Art of Animation, The

Art of Animation, The Tomorrowland display at Disneyland, from May 28, 1960 to September 5, 1966. Walt Disney created this display after making Sleeping Beauty, showing the history and development of animation and utilizing elements from Sleeping Beauty to explain the actual animation process. Two travelling versions of this exhibit went on tour throughout the …

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