When the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park opened on this day in 1989, the park had hope…Hollywood legend Bob Hope, that is, to assist Disney CEO Michael Eisner in the opening day celebration. “It’s the largest theme park run by actors, or cartoon characters, unless you want to count Washington, D.C.,” the comedian quipped during the …
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Hey, Mouseketeers, the third incarnation of the Mickey Mouse Club first aired on this day in 1989. This time, the Club aimed at a slightly older audience than its predecessors, so gone were the mouse ear hats of Mouseketeers past, and in were newer, hipper, trendier jackets. As the show continued, the audiences grew up …
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“Mickey’s New Magic – Disney World Unveils a $1 Billion Movieland” was the headline on the cover of the Newsweek magazine that hit bookshelves on this day in 1989. Just a month before the opening of the all-new Disney-MGM Studios, the publication took a backstage look at what the public may expect at the new …
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On this day in 1989, former bank robber Daniel Lucas (portrayed by Nick Nolte) was released from prison when the comedy film Three Fugitives opened in theaters. On his first day as a free man, while depositing his prison paycheck in a local bank, Lucas finds himself in the middle of a bank heist and …
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On a hot summer day, a remarkable and unlikely friendship begins on the beach at Atlantic City. Eleven-year-olds C.C. Bloom and Hilary Whitney are from different worlds; brash, streetwise C.C. wants to be a famous singing star, while Hilary is a proper young lady from San Francisco. Although they go their separate ways, they vow …
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The Disney movie Oliver & Company, which was released on this day in 1988, tells the classic Charles Dickens tale of Oliver, the artful dodger, but with a twist. Departing from the typical timelessness of Disney’s animated features, Oliver & Company takes place in modern-day Manhattan, and in this telling, Oliver is a little kitten, …
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On this day in 1988, visitors to Walt Disney World were able to live the life of luxury as never before at a Disney resort, when Disney’s Grand Florida Beach Resort had its grand, quite grand in fact, opening. Although the name has been changed to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Guests can still …
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For the first time ever, the greatest animated characters from major film studios came together as the cartoon cast of 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, one of the wackiest, wildest, zippiest, and zaniest films ever to come from the Disney studio. Warner Bros.’ top hare Bugs Bunny shared a scene with Disney’s top mouse, Mickey, …
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P-p-p-p-p-p-p-please, sit back and read about Charles Fleischer, the voice of the leading man, er, rabbit, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which held its premiere at Radio City Music Hall on this day in 1988. Discovered by Roger Rabbit director Bob Zemeckis while performing in a comedy club, the standup comic/actor took his silly role …
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In 1988, Suzanne Somers took a break from her starring role in TV’s She’s the Sheriff to co-star with Minnie Mouse in the totally hip, totally cool Totally Minnie TV special which aired on this day in 1988. When Maxwell Dweeb, a complete nerd portrayed by Robert Carradine, realizes he needs some help, he sets …
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