CD cover art for Pardners 14 Great Cowboy Songs featuring MIckey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck

Adam, Providence, Rhode Island

The album you are thinking of is “Pardners: 14 Great Cowboy Songs,” released in 1980. It featured Larry Groce and the Disneyland Children’s Sing Along Chorus. The same album was released on both the Disneyland and Buena Vista labels.

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Kobe, Delaware, Ohio

The birthday we use for Donald Duck is June 9, 1934, the release date of The Wise Little Hen, his first film appearance. His birthday was sometimes celebrated on Friday the 13th in comics and storybooks.

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Kobe, Delaware, Ohio

John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar, is also chief creative officer at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Ed Catmull, president of Pixar, is also president of Walt Disney Animation Studios. So, yes, the two groups consult with each other.

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Mary Ellen, Waukegan, Illinois

Thank you for your kind comments.

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Remembering Milt Albright

Milt Albright, who was born and raised some 70 miles from Walt’s own Marceline Missouri and whose dream was to work for Disney, passed away on April 7, 2014.

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