Paul, Evanston, Illinois

I have never heard that Walt Disney himself ever wanted to get back the Oswald rights. Naturally, he was a bit ashamed of his early work, after he had progressed on to cartoons that were so much better in quality. He even tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent the showing of some of his Alice and Oswald …

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Brian, Brooklyn, New York

Ferris Parsons was not an artist at the Disney Studio, but rather a cameraman. He only worked in the Disney Camera Department for a little over three months, from September 21, 1942, to January 4, 1943.

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Mitchell, Roseville, California

No one has compiled a list of all deleted songs. Perhaps you are aware that bonus material on the 2005 Platinum Edition of Cinderella included some deleted songs, one being the alternate “Cinderella Work Song.” I checked with Russell Schroeder, the author of the two-volume book set Disney’s Lost Chords (available on Amazon). While Volume …

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Joe, St Pete Beach, Florida

If these are Disneyland photos, we have a very comprehensive photo library, but thank you anyway for the offer. If they are construction photos of Walt Disney World, they may be of interest to the Walt Disney Archives. You can contact them at Disney.archives@disney.com.

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Daniel, Bergenfield, New Jersey

You can reach him through his website: http://www.scribnerart.com

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Kristen, Pleasant Grove, Utah

There is animation of the baby Donald coming out of an egg in the TV show This Is Your Life, Donald Duck from 1960.

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Daniel, Bergenfield, New Jersey

According to the show’s creator, Alex Hirsch, yes it is, produced for Disney by Rough Draft and Emation Digital in Korea.

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Andrea, Centerport, New York

I know of no plans to do anything with the former River Country. It closed permanently in 2001, after the much larger and more elaborate, and more popular, water parks Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach had been built.

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Carl, Broughton, Ohio

That was The Saga of Andy Burnett, which aired in six parts in 1957–58. It has not been released on DVD. By the way, Andy (played by Jerome Courtland) was not killed in the final episode; it was one of his fellow mountain men, Jack Kelly (portrayed by Andrew Duggan).

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