1963:
Disney's live-action feature film The Incredible Journey (the story of 3 pets - a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation) is generally released.
Narrated by Rex Allen (known for his many Disney nature and Western films), it is based on the novel, "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford. (In 1993 Disney will make a new version of the film, entitled Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - in which the animals speak.)
Actress Ming-Na, the speaking voice of Mulan in both Mulan and Mulan II, is born in Coloane Island, Macau, China.
1946:
A press screening for Disney's Song of the South takes place in New York.
Although Walt Disney had attended the film's premier in Atlanta on November 12, he is presently in Europe.
2005:
Disney's Broadway hit The Lion King performs show number 3,347!
1948:
Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian the crab for Disney's 1989
animated classic The Little Mermaid, is born in Camden, South
Carolina. Providing the main vocals for "Under the Sea," Wright also voiced Sebastian
for The Little Mermaid TV series as well as other direct-to-video Little Mermaid productions.
The original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's
classic animated feature, Wright also provided the voice of Kron for Disney's 2000 Dinosaur.
1957:
The Disneyland TV series airs the episode "The Best Doggoned Dog in the World," featuring Walt and actress Dorothy McGuire (one of the stars of Old Yeller).
1959:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs "Elfago Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid." It is the 8th of a 10-part mini-series starring Robert Loggia.
1960:
Walt Disney Presents airs part 1 of "Moochie of Pop Warner Football."
1977:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs the episode
"The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World" on NBC-TV.
1989:
Disney adds a $10 bill featuring Minnie Mouse to their Disney Dollars (originally issued two years earlier).
Actor Cody Linley is born in Texas. He appeared on Disney Channel's Hannah Montana as Jake Ryan, and on That's So Raven. Linley was also one of the hosts for the 2008 Disney Channel Games.
1993:
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza (an outdoor
exhibit featuring busts of notable celebrities) opens at Disney-MGM.
1996:
Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is released in France.
2003:
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in California, hosts a presentation of Walt Disney's Alice Comedies.
2004:
ASIFA Hollywood (a worldwide organization dedicated to the art of animation) saves several walls in a home once owned by the late Disney Legend Dick Huemer. Huemer's son Richard alerts ASIFA who is able to negotiate with the demolition company to save two bedroom walls which feature original artwork by Huemer of classic Disney characters.
While Disney World's Haunted Mansion boasts '999 Happy Haunts,' it also has one 'mouse' - a Hidden Mickey formed by an arrangement of dishes on
the table in the
attraction's
banquet scene.
1999:
The Disney Channel Original Movie Horse Sense, starring brothers Joey Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence, debuts.
2007:
Walt Disney Records releases the soundtrack to the new animated/live-action movie musical, Enchanted. The recording features songs by Academy Award Winners Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz with an original score by Menken. Included among the 15 tracks is the song "Ever Ever After" sung by Carrie Underwood. It is the only original song in the film not sung onscreen. (Enchanted will open in theaters the next day.)
Also released is the 6-disc set High School Musical Hits Collection featuring
5 CDS & 1 DVD.
Scribner (a division of Simon & Schuster) releases the book Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin. A memoir of his life, the comic-turned-actor/director describes his young years selling guidebooks at the newly-opened Disneyland. In the decade that followed, Martin worked in Disney's magic shop, print shop, and theater!
1940:
Singer Tony Butala is born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Known as the lead singer for the vocal group The Lettermen since 1958, as a youngster he supplied the voice of Slightley - one of the Lost Boys in Disney's 1953 Peter Pan.
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"I gave my cat a bath the other day. . .they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, if was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that ... " -Steve Martin
Enchanted soundtrack released
1942:
Disney's Pluto short Pluto at the Zoo, directed by Clyde Geronimi, is released.
Jealous of the larger bones in the lion's cage, Pluto decides to take one for himself!
"The first books I ever read were the Uncle Remus stories. Ever since then, these stories have been my special favorites. I've just been waiting until I could develop the proper medium to bring them to the screen." -Walt Disney
1998:
Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life is generally released. The second full-length computer-animated feature produced by the partnership of Disney and Pixar Studios, it features an all-star voice cast
including Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Denis Leary, David Hyde Pierce, Brad Garrett, Kevin Spacey, Phyllis Diller, John Ratzenberger, and Roddy McDowall. Directed by John Lasseter, the plot of the film is loosely based on Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper."
An epic of miniature proportions.
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