Liver-Lips’ Christmas Tree-Shaped Guitar Finds New Home in the Walt Disney Archives
A few baubles of Disneyland and Magic Kingdom’s show The Country Bear Christmas Special are safely guarded in the Walt Disney Archives collection.
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Saving Mr. Banks and Mary Poppins Casts Unite at Walt Disney Studios
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Julie Andrews, and Dick Van Dyke, plus the cast and crew of the new Poppins-inspired film, attend a practically perfect premiere at The Walt Disney Studios.
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See Swingin’ Teddi Barra’s Country Bear Skis in the Walt Disney Archives
From Country Bear Playhouse to Grizzly Hall and everywhere in between, we hope that this brief jaunt back in time helps you have a wonderfully kitschy, “beary” merry holiday season!
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Listen to the Soundtrack to the Country Bear Christmas Special
New music was written for the bears by Disney arranger and composer George Wilkins, who wrote and adapted popular holiday music to align with the classic, twangy “Country Bear sound” established in the first show.
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The Night it Snowed at Disneyland… or did it?
Transforming Main Street into a Winter Wonderland
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When The Country Bear Christmas Special Made the Holidays “Beary” Merry
Making its debut in late 1984 at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort, The Country Bear Christmas Special opened as a seasonal overlay to the immensely popular Country Bear Jamboree attraction.
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Discover the Secret Behind Mickey Mouse’s First Words
These vintage story sketches show Mickey Mouse’s speaking debut in the 1929 short, The Karnival Kid.
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Walt Disney Reminisces About Early Mickey Mouse Artwork
Before the storyboarding process was pioneered by the Disney Studios in the early 1930s, story sketches for an animated short were often drawn comic-book style with several panels to a page.
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Two Projects That Earned Walt a Time Magazine Cover
He may never have been named Time magazine’s Man of the Year, but Walt Disney was spotlighted on the cover of that venerable news journal twice.
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Jungle Cubs Concept Art That Will Claw Your Heart Out
The adorable Jungle Cubs animated television series, which ran on ABC from October 5, 1996 to September 5, 1998, had characters that would claw your heart out with their cuteness.
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