2005:
Kim Possible: So the Drama is released to DVD.
1922:
Emmy Award-winning actress Nancy Walker, who appeared in the 1973 live-action feature The World's Greatest Athlete as Mrs. Petersen, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Best remembered by TV fans as Rosie on the commercials for Bounty paper towels and
as Ida Morgenstern on the sitcom Rhoda, Walker also appeared on a few episodes of Touchstone
Television's The Golden Girls.
1929:
For the first time since moving to Hollywood, Walt Disney delivers a
cartoon without a continuing character. Skeleton Dance is the first of the Silly
Symphonies series and marks young Les Clark's debut as an animator. It will be released in August 1929.
1946:
Disney's Pluto cartoon In Dutch, directed by Charles Nichols, is released. Pluto portrays a "milkdog" living in the Netherlands, who discovers a beautiful dachshund and instantly falls in love with her.
1956:
Actress/singer Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle in Disney's animated feature Beauty
and the Beast, is born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has also voiced Belle for such spin-offs as
Belle's Magical World, Beauty and the World of Music, and Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.
1959:
Walt Disney's daughter Sharon marries Robert B. Brown (a designer with an architectural firm) at the Presbyterian Church in Pacific Palisades, California.
A reception follows at the Hotel Bel Air in Beverly Hills.
1976:
Singer-actress Rhona Bennett, a member of Disney Channel's MMC
(for seasons 4-7) and later the super-group En Vogue, is born in Illinois.
1987:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs the 1979 film "The North Avenue Irregulars".
1989:
Episode 13 of MMC airs on Disney Channel. Today is Anything Can Happen Day!
1996:
The television sitcom Step by Step airs part 2 of "We're Going to Disney World."
The television comedy series Boy Meets World airs the episode "The Happiest Show on Earth" - which takes place at Disney World.
2002:
Paul Revere & The Raiders begin a 3-day engagement at Epcot - as part of the Flower Power Concert Series. They perform at America Gardens Theatre.
2004:
Disney's next live musical On the Record begins a workshop in New York City. The workshop cast will be testing out the new show which features many beloved Disney songs. (The On the Record tour will kick off November 9 in Cleveland.)
2006:
Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. In attendance is Danton
Burroughs - grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the original author of
Tarzan of the Apes!
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On its initial release Snow White
brought in over $8.5 million – an
unbelievable feat when you
consider that the average
admission price at that time was
25 cents, and children, who made
up the bulk of the audience, paid
only a dime!
MMC
2007:
To mark the one year anniversary of Tarzan on Broadway, Michael Lassell, author
of Tarzan: The Broadway Adventure, hosts a starry book signing party at the Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble bookstore. In attendance are the show's stars Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese, Chester Gregory II and its Oscar-winning composer Phil Collins.
Disney's After Show Party for Tarzan takes place at the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis (located next door to the Richard Rodgers Theatre).
"Walt ran the studio like a university. We were learning all the time and a few of us were going to art school at night. Walt would drive us there and pick us up later." -animator Les Clark
2008:
Disney's Hollywood Studios previews Toy Story Midway Mania for annual passholders only. The new attraction will officially open May 31. An interactive 4-D theme park attraction, it has been designed by Walt Disney Imagineering and inspired by Disney·Pixar's Toy Story franchise.
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1936:
Disc jockey and voice actor Gary Owens is born in Mitchell, South Dakota. Known
for his polished baritone speaking voice (generally offering deadpan recitations of total nonsense), fans of
the 1960s TV series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In know Owens as the show's announcer. He was the voice of Walt Disney's Epcot Center ride, World of Motion (which operated between 1982 and 1996) and narrated
the 1954 short Pigs is Pigs - his first Disney credit. Owens has also lent his talents to The Love Bug,
Return from Witch Mountain, Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Wizards of Waverly Place. Ironically Owens received a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in
1980 ... right next to Walt Disney!
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THIS DAY MADE IN THE USA
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1997:
Disney's animated Nightmare Ned airs on ABC-TV with the episodes
"Magic Bus" and "'Til Undeath Do Us Part."
1977:
Film, television and theater actress Joan Crawford passes away in New York City at age 72. Known for her appearances in such features as Grand Hotel and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, in 1955 she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors.
In 1963, it was Crawford who suggested that Pepsi contact Walt Disney to build a "little boat ride" for
the 1964/65 World's Fair in New York!
Paige O'Hara born
Tarzan opens on Broadway
