2006:
A celebrity-attended premiere for Disney's newest attraction Monster's, Inc.: Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! takes place at Disney's California Adventure. A dark ride that replaced Superstar Limo, it follows the story of the 2001 animated feature. In soft-openings since December 2005, Monster's, Inc. will officially open the following day.
 | ||||||
1934:
Actor/director Bill Bixby is born Wilfred Bailey Bixby in San Francisco, California. He will go on to appear in Disney's 1975 film The Apple Dumpling Gang and direct the short-lived TV series Herbie, the Love Bug. (TV fans will know him best for his roles on The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Incredible Hulk.)
1940:
Actor John Hurt, the narrator of Disney's 2000 release
The Tigger Movie, is born in England.
1949:
A radio show out of Nashville called Wormwood Forest - featuring
puppeteer Tom Tichenor - airs. This episode features Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, voiced by Walt Disney and Clarence Nash!
1958:
The Disneyland TV series airs part 1 of "The Littlest Outlaw."
1960:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs the episode"Swamp Fox: A Case of Treason." The series, starring actor Leslie Nielsen, is based on a real-life Commander named Franics Marion. A leader in South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, he was nicknamed "The Swamp Fox" by the British for disrupting their plans with his outstanding guerilla warfare tactics.
1961:
Walt Disney Presents airs "A Salute to Father."
2001:
The Walt Disney Company re-launches its lucrative Winnie the Pooh franchise with a new television series, The Book of Pooh. Using a mix of ancient Japanese puppeteering techniques as well as state-of-the-art computer technology, Pooh and friends come to life as never before.
It is reported that five World War II Royal Navy bombs were detonated at Penny's Bay, the site of the future Disney theme park in Hong Kong.
| ||||||
JANUARY 22
Get your Disney tickets at Maple Leaf Tickets!
1989:
At Super Bowl XXIII, quarterback Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers declares, "I'm going to Disney World!" upon his team's 20-16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
2000:
Mickey Mouse Works airs on ABC-TV with the shorts "How to be a
Baseball Fan" (featuring Goody), "Locksmiths" (featuring Mickey
Mouse), and "Minnie Takes Care of Pluto".
The Disney Channel Original Movie Up, Up, and Away, the story of Scott Marshall, whose parents are superheroes - Bronze Eagle & Warrior
Woman, debuts.
The original 10-elephant
Dumbo ride at Disney World
was replaced with an improved
16-elephant version in 1993.
JANUARY 22
JAN
2005:
Disney Channel airs "Dragon Breath," the second episode of the
new animate series American Dragon: Jake Long, for the first time.
Visit the BLOG
2008:
Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards® are announced. Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille receives five nominations (the most ever for a Disney/Pixar film). In addition to being a nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, the film also earns director Brad Bird a nomination in the Original Screenplay category (along with Jan Pinkava & Jim Capobianco). Ratatouille also receives nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) for composer Michael Giacchino; Achievement in Sound Editing (Randy Thom and Michael Silvers); and Achievement in Sound
Mixing (Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane).
Hong Kong Disneyland kicks off the Chinese New Year
with the "Year of the Mouse" Celebration (through
February 24.)
1984:
Super Bowl XVIII is played at Tampa Stadium in Florida. The halftime show is a Disney production called "Salute to Superstars of Silver Screen," featuring the University of Florida and Florida State University bands. The Los Angeles Raiders beat the Washington Redskins 38-9.
1954:
Disney's The Living Desert is given a Special
Golden Globe Award "for artistic merit."
advertisement
