On this day in 1965, Kilroy was here. Disney’s first four-part story, Kilroy, aired on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, telling the story, as Walt Disney explained, “of an ex-Marine named Kilroy, who, on his discharge from the service, decides to visit the hometown of his best friend in the Marines. Well, Kilroy arrived …
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When nature lover Roy E. Disney was granted permission to produce one of the hour-long episodes of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color TV series, he came up with An Otter in the Family, which made a splash on this day in 1965. The story tells of a young boy who finds an orphaned baby …
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Cam Calloway, as shown in Those Calloways, which flew into theaters on this day in 1965, is a man with a dream: to one day establish a sanctuary for the geese that fly overhead during their long migration. Beloved actor Brian Keith starred as Cam in the film and is well-known to baby boomers as …
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Extra! Extra! Read all about Gallegher, an episode of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color about a young paperboy that first aired on this day in 1965. In this first installment of a three-part story, Gallegher, a boy who wants to become a newspaper reporter, thinks he sees his chance when he realizes a fellow …
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1965 marked the 10th anniversary of Disneyland, and to celebrate the occasion, Walt gave TV viewers a sneak peek into the upcoming Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean attractions and other upcoming plans for his park on the “Disneyland’s 10th Anniversary” show on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. For the tour, he brought …
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It was on this day in 1964 that television viewers got a lesson on how to create stop-motion animation by that brilliant, legendary professor of everything, Ludwig Von Drake, who presided over the festivities with the help of the cartoon short Noah’s Ark, the main titles of The Parent Trap, and the featurette A Symposium …
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On this day in 1964, Walt Disney was in Washington, D.C., for a special honor, to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At a noon ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Lyndon B. Johnson said, “What America is to be, America will be, because of our trust in and of the …
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Every now and then, Donald Duck has a tremendous lapse of judgment, and that is the case in 1964’s Dumb Bell of the Yukon, the 65th Donald Duck cartoon. Donald is indeed quite the dumb bell, when he decides the best way to get a fur for his sweetheart, Daisy, is to kidnap a bear …
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On this day in 1964, Mary Poppins flew down on her trusty umbrella onto movie screens for the first time, and what better person to play the title role than… Bette Davis?! The film’s songwriter, Disney Legend Robert B. Sherman, who co-wrote the songs for the film told us, “Originally Walt wanted to cast Bette Davis …
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On this day in 1964 the New York World’s Fair opened, and four Disney exhibits were part of the festivities. it’s a small world, presented by Pepsi-Cola/UNICEF, featured the debut of the beloved ride-through attraction that would later be relocated to Disneyland. President Abraham Lincoln made his Audio-Animatronics® debut in Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln in the State of …
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