The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, which aired in three parts beginning on this day in 1964 on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, had the bare necessities for great popularity. As the theme song conveyed, “On the southern coast of England, there’s a legend people tell of days long ago when the great Scarecrow would …
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Do you know what I’m thinking? If you were Merlin Jones, you would! That’s because the scientific genius from Medvale College invented a device that can read minds in The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, which was released on this day in 1964. Starring Disney Legends Tommy Kirk as Merlin and Annette Funicello as his girlfriend …
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It was on this Christmas day in 1963 that the animated feature The Sword in the Stone finally materialized in theaters, although Walt had obtained the screen rights to T. H. White’s book in 1939 and story drawings were prepared as early as 1949. When it was officially decided to move forward with the story, …
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On this day in 1963, Bodger, Luath, and Tao began an incredible journey in movie theaters. Dogs Bodget and Luath and Siamese cat Tao were the animal stars of Disney’s The Incredible Journey, whose owners left them behind with a friend when they had to travel to Europe. The three animal pals set off on …
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The Horse Without a Head first headed to television on this day in 1963, originally airing in two parts on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. When a kindly junk dealer gives a group of poor French children a headless toy horse, the kids dub themselves “The Knights of the Headless Horse.” The broken toy …
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What’s summer without a little Disney magic? On this day in 1963, audiences got some magic in the form of the film Summer Magic, complete with Disney’s teen heartthrob Hayley Mills and original songs by the Sherman Brothers. The great folksinger Burl Ives played Osh Popham and introduced the world to the creepy-crawly tune “The …
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Wally Boag and Fulton Burley were birds of a feather when they collaborated on Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. Their friendship was hatched while appearing in bit parts in MGM’s Thrill of a Romance and both went on to star for decades in Disneyland’s hilarious live show, The Golden Horseshoe Revue. Wally recalls, “Walt called …
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The live-action short film Yellowstone Cubs was publicized as “Tuffy and Tubby… the pranksters that turn a 2 million acre playground into pandemonium.” The playground is Yellowstone National Park, and the pranksters are a couple of mischievous little bears whose mother finds that trouble starts “bruin” when her offspring have turned up missing. The film …
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On this day in 1963, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences greatest honor, when it won an Emmy® award. Richard Sherman recalled his contribution to the premiere episode of the series, saying, “Walt said, ‘We want to have an opening show where we’re going to introduce …
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On this day in 1963, when Inside Outer Space took to the air on Walt Disney’s Wonderful of Color, viewers got an inside look at outer space. And the best host to lecture on the subject, make no mistake, was Ludwig Von Drake. The far-from-featherbrained professor is an expert on, well, most subjects, which makes …
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