Apprentice
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Feb 26, 2008, 12:37 PM
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NEW DISNEY TREASURES ANNOUNCED!
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Hi all!
Just thought I'd drop in and share this - this November's Disney Treasures sets including Chronological Donald V.4!!
Never heard of the Dali colaboration - can't wait to see what it includes.
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/treasures.html#5
Enjoy! - Jon
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Key Animator
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Mar 8, 2008, 10:12 AM
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Update me when they will have "Disneyland" on DVD. (The TV Show that is.)
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Intern
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Mar 8, 2008, 9:45 PM
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Was there ever a TV show called "Disneyland?" The one I watched on TV, as a kid in the 50s, was called The Wonderful World of Walt Disney, or something similar.
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Lead Animator / Contributor
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Mar 9, 2008, 3:33 AM
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"Disneyland" was the title of Disney's first TV series, which began on ABC on October 27, 1954.
He had previously made two one-hour specials for NBC, in 1950 and 1951. But only ABC would agree to his terms for a series deal - namely funding for his new theme park: hence the series name.
ABC, anxious to obtain a show that would rival NBC and CBS put up $500,000 and guaranteed further bank loans, in exchange for a 35% share in the park and profits from Disneyland concessions for ten years.
While other film producers tried to belittle TV (in the hopes that it would go away?!) Walt saw it as a way both to recycle old shorts and to promote new features, as well as create interest in the new park - I think the show was structured like the park into segments: "Frontierland", "Tomorrowland", etc..
Moreover, although the show was broadcast in B&W, material for the show was shot in colour, allowing successful items, like the "Davy Crockett" serial, to be re-edited into a feature for subsequent theatrical release.
"Disneyland" ran from '54-'61 on ABC, but moved to NBC to take advantage of their colour transmission, running as “Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color” from '61-'69.
The name then changed to “The Wonderful World of Disney”, but during the '70s a reduction in the amount of original material (the Disney company had financial problems and was cutting back) contributed to a fall in ratings, and despite a revamp in '79 (mainly consisting of shortening the name to “Disney's Wonderful World”) NBC axed the show in '81.
CBS then picked up the show, and ran it as “Walt Disney” on Saturday nights from '81-'83.
Then the Disney Channel opened, and the show moved to cable, resurfacing on ABC in '86-'88 as “The Disney Sunday Movie”, which moved to NBC '88-'90.
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("La-la La-la I can't HEAR you!")
(This post was edited by peterhale on Mar 9, 2008, 3:36 AM)
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Intern
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Mar 9, 2008, 7:56 PM
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Thanks for the history lesson, Peter. I believe I watched Disneyland religiously from '54 or '55, to about '59, when I moved to Venezuela. It was one of my favorite programs when I was 6-9 years old. I remember the When You Wish Upon a Star theme song, ending the show. I mostly just thought of it as "Walt Disney," but I'm surprised I didn't remember the real name of the program.
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Intern
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Mar 9, 2008, 7:58 PM
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I certainly remember Davy Crockett. He was a favorite. I had the whole outfit, including the "coon skin" cap, that my grandma bought for me.
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Lead Animator / Contributor
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Mar 10, 2008, 2:18 AM
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ABC was also the name of one of the regional Independent Television stations set up here in Britain in the 50s.
So when I read in my "Walt Disney Weekly" that the Disney programme was airing on ABC I was furious that the Midlands were getting a show denied to us in London!  
The cinema version of Davy Crockett was a big hit in the UK. My mum made me a hat out of an old fur stole of my Grandmother's!
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(This post was edited by peterhale on Mar 10, 2008, 2:23 AM)
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Key Animator
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Mar 14, 2008, 11:26 AM
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I remember watching "Wonderful World of Disney" when they syndicated the show. I wish they still would...or at least bring "Vault Disney" back.
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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