Absent-Minded Professor, The: Trading Places (television)

Absent-Minded Professor, The: Trading Places (television) Henry Crawford is persuaded by ex-roommate Jack Brooker to switch places. Henry will go to work at the top secret Rhinebloom Labs, and Jack will teach Henry’s classes. What Henry doesn’t know is that Jack is worried that the lab may be involved in something illegal. When Henry tries …

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (film)

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (film) Compilation of five Oscar®-winning cartoons, Flowers and Trees, Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, Three Orphan Kittens, and The Country Cousin, released on May 19, 1937, partly to herald the forthcoming release of Walt’s first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Absent-Minded Professor, The (television)

Absent-Minded Professor, The (television) Henry Crawford, an absent-minded professor, programs his computer, named Albert in honor of Albert Einstein, to remind him of his girlfriend’s poetry reading. But the computer was also programmed to analyze some old papers Henry found in his attic, and just before leaving for the poetry reading, he tests one formula. …

ABC1

ABC1 The first ABC-branded international television channel debuted in the United Kingdom in September 2004 and airs acquired programming as well as ABC shows from the United States.

Absent-Minded Professor, The (film)

Absent-Minded Professor, The (film) For the third time, Professor Ned Brainard of Medfield College is so engrossed in a scientific experiment he fails to show up for his wedding with pretty Betsy Carlisle. But although he loses his girl to rival Professor Shelby Ashton, his absent-mindedness pays off with the creation of Flubber, a rubbery …

Abner

Abner Country mouse in The Country Cousin (1936).

Absent-Minded Inventors and the Search for Flubber (television)

Absent-Minded Inventors and the Search for Flubber (television) Half-hour television special, airing on ABC on November 21, 1997. A humorous look at strange inventions of the past and a promo for the release of Flubber. Hosted by Bill Nye.

ABC Studios

ABC Studios The in-house production company which develops and produces programming to network, cable, web, VOD, mobile, and broadband platforms. Before February 2007 known as Touchstone Television.

ABC of Hand Tools, The (film)

ABC of Hand Tools, The (film) Training film showing the proper use and care of common hand tools, as well as the type of work performed by each tool; made for General Motors Corporation and delivered to them on February 5, 1946. Directed by Bill Roberts. General Motors continued to use the film and several …

ABC Sound Studio: Sounds Dangerous

ABC Sound Studio: Sounds Dangerous Sound effects attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; opened April 22, 1999. See also Monster Sound Show and ABC Sound Studio.