1909:
One of Walt's "Nine Old Men," Kahl will first join the Walt Disney Studios at age 25. Over the next 42
years he will help bring to life such classics as Pinocchio, Bambi, Song of the South, Alice In
Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Robin Hood, and The Rescuers.
2005:
Disney's On The Record - a touring muscial revue -
begins a series of performances in Indianpolis, Indiana.
The Kim Possible Soundtrack, Disney's Karaoke Series: Kim Possible, Radio Disney Jams 7, and Disney's Fairy Tale Wedding Album are all released on Walt Disney Records.
1935:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Golden Touch
(directed by Walt Disney) is released.
1970:
The Wonderful World of Disney presents "Disneyland Showtime," featuring The Osmond Brothers, Kurt Russell, Kids of the Kingdom, The Sound Castle, and The Dapper Dans. The new Haunted Mansion attraction (opened since August 1969) is the setting for this TV overview of the park's musical attractions.
1975:
The Lake Buena Vista Village, an area of shops along the shores of Lake Buena
Vista at Walt Disney World, officially opens. It provides the first non-park
shopping at Disney World and is promoted as a "restful shopping atmosphere
similar to a New England seaside village." (It will be renamed Walt Disney
World Village before being re-christened as the more familiar Disney Village
Marketplace.)
1987:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs the 1971 Disney feature
"Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
1998:
In Anaheim, California, the Grand Hotel, located just east of Harbor Blvd on
Freedman Way, is imploded at 6:45 a.m. by Controlled Demolition, Incorporated in a
blast that lasts just over twenty seconds. A crowd of about 200 spectators watch from the Santa Ana
freeway's Freedman Way off ramp. Other spectators observe the building's destruction from their rooms in the
Disneyland and Disneyland Pacific Hotels, and even atop the Matterhorn. The metal components of the building will be recycled, and the concrete will be pulverized on-site to form the base of the new
Disneyland parking area.
1999:
Elton John appears on TV's The Tonight Show, promoting Disney's Broadway show Aida, for which he has written the music.
"It was a romance from the start.
The minute you know you can
make a drawing move, the static
drawing loses its appeal:
movement is life. Animation
represents the greatest
breakthrough in 20th Century art."
-Disney Legend Wolfgang 'Woolie'
Reitherman (one of Walt's
"Nine Old Men")
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1912:
Actor Wilfrid Brambell, who portrays Willie Bannock in Disney's 1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina and Bill Gaye in Disney's 1962
In Search of the Castaways, is born in Dublin, Ireland.
(Beatle fans know him best as "Paul's grandfather" in A Hard Day's Night.)
MARCH 22
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MARCH 22
THIS DAY MADE IN THE USA
Milt Kahl
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2009:
Typhoon Lagoon, Walt Disney World's 56-acre water park reopens
after being closed for refurbishment.
1985:
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, a film about an American couple who find a
family of surviving Apatosaurs (Brontosaurus) in Central Africa, is released. It is
Disney's Touchstone Pictures third release and features the music of Jerry Goldsmith.
2006:
The "Happiest Balloon On Earth" takes to the air for the very first time in
Pendleton, Oregon at Wildhorse Resort. The test flight lasts an hour and is captured on video
from the ground and a following helicopter. Celebrating Disneyland's 50th anniversary, the Mickey-shaped
balloon (also known as "Ear Force One") will officially begin an 11-week tour in Tucson, Arizona on March 30.
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"Milt was a fantastic animator and perhaps my closest friend at the studio." -Marc Davis
"He (Milt Kahl) would talk about work ethic and if he saw you were trying hard, it didn't even matter if you kind of stunk, if you were really trying your hardest ... he didn't like lazy people." -animator Brad Bird
