1955:
Disneyland airs the episode "Behind the True-Life Cameras: Olympic Elk,"
the making of the films Secrets of Life and The African Lion, on ABC-TV.
1959:
Stand-up comedian, impressionist, and television/voice actor Dave Coulier is born in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Most famous for the role of Joey Gladstone on the sitcom Full House, his Disney Channel credits include The Thirteenth Year and The Even Stevens Movie.
2004:
AOL Music First View hosts the online premiere of Clay Aiken's "Proud Of Your Boy" music video. The song was originally composed for Aladdin and was recovered from the Disney vault for the film's 2-disc special edition DVD (to be released October 5).
Hollywood Records releases This Is My Time, the third album by singer/actress Raven-Symoné (of Disney Channel's That's So Raven).
The hot days of summer are behind us and each day
is shorter than the last.
1945:
Disney's Goofy short Hockey Homicide, directed by Jack Kinney, premieres.
Fans clobber each other while rooting for their favorite hockey teams.
Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer, a film and television producer, is born in Detroit,
Michigan. Regarded in the industry as one of the most successful movie producers of all time, his Touchstone
and Disney credits include Remember the Titans, Coyote Ugly, Armageddon, the Pirates of the Caribbean series,
the National Treasure franchise, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
1947:
Walt Disney appears on a live radio broadcast of
The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show. Walt
promotes his newest picture, Fun and Fancy Free
(which features Bergen as himself).
1951:
Disney's Pluto cartoon Cold Turkey is released. Directed by Charles Nichols, Pluto and
Milton the cat feud over a roast turkey they plan on cooking.
1996:
IllumiNations 25, a new show to celebrate Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary, debuts at Epcot (although it will have an official premiere in October).
1998:
Infoseek and Walt Disney announce that their Internet portal site will be called
GO NETWORK. The companies expect to launch it before December. (A portal site
is an all-purpose Web page from which users can get onto the Internet as well as take advantage of functions such as e-mail and chat groups.)
2001:
Marceline, Missouri, the small mid-western town that Walt Disney used as his model for Main Street USA hosts his 100th birthday celebration starting today.
A spokesman confirms that the Bass family of Texas has sold a sizeable chunk, 135
million shares, of their stake in the Walt Disney Company. The sale generates about
$2 billion at about $15 a share.
650 Walt Disney World volunteer Cast Members do their part in
support of a multi-network two-hour TV broadcast to benefit victims
of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Disney World reservations phone system is used as part of the network to take calls of people wanting to donate money. More than 40,000 calls are received by Disney staffers alone, helping contribute to the 150 million dollars collected.
The Proud Family, an animated sitcom, premieres on Disney Channel as does the
Lizzie McGuire episode "The Untitled Stan Jansen Project".
2002:
The city of Marceline, Missouri hosts the fourth annual
Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest.
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1909:
Ruth Patricia Shellhorn is born in Los Angeles, California. By 1955 she was a landscape architect working in South Pasadena. Some three months before the opening of Disneyland, Walt asked her to contribute her talents to his new theme park. She served as liaison between the Disney Studios and the hired designers and was responsible for Town Square, Main Street, the Plaza, and eventually other areas of the park including Frontierland.
1904:
Science fiction writer Alexander H. Key is born in La Plata, Maryland. His 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain was adapted into a film of the same name by Walt Disney Productions in 1975. The film was followed by two sequels, the theatrically released Return from Witch Mountain (1978) and the 60-minute TV movie Beyond Witch Mountain (1982).
1994:
Apple Computer begins sponsorship of EPCOT's Innoventions East.
1997:
Actress Heather Locklear guest stars on a Disney Channel episode of Muppets Tonight.
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1912:
Animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films
Chuck Jones is born in Spokane, Washington. Best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Brothers, Jones actually worked at Disney Studios in 1953. He was teamed up with Ward Kimball for a four month period of uncredited work on Sleeping Beauty.
"Disney’s was to animation what Griffith was to live action. Almost all the tools were discovered at Disney’s. They were the only ones who had the money, and who could and did take the time to experiment." -Chuck Jones
1986:
The Golden Girls (a sitcom produced by Disney's Touchstone Television and distributed by Buena Vista Television) wins 3 Emmy Awards. The show itself wins for Outstanding Comedy Series, the Outstanding Lead Actress award goes to Betty White, and Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan are awarded for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
The Golden Girls win Emmys
Chuck Jones born
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2010:
Tinker Bell receives the 2,418th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the same day as the DVD release of Disney's Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Tinker Bell first became a Disney character in the 1953 animated film Peter Pan and was later featured in the opening of the long-running Disney anthology television series. Tinker Bell joins Kermit the Frog, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White and Winnie the Pooh with stars on the Walk of Fame.
Private cabanas open at Castaway Cay, Disney's island in the Bahamas. Each cabana is furnished with cushioned chairs, lounge chairs, a dining table, a refrigerator, a locked storage unit, outside fresh water shower and shade on the front deck.
Fans relive some of Pleasure Island’s glory days when former members of Disney’s Comedy Warehouse perform together at the Orlando Improv Festival. Brian Bradley, Mark Daniel, Lisa Glaze, Matt Horohoe, Robby Pigott and John Telfer take the stage for "Island Time" - some of the old set-ups used at the late, lamented Comedy Warehouse (once located at Disney's Pleasure Island, Florida).
2009:
Disney launches the Toy Story Mania! Wii game - the first video game to be based on
a Disney theme park ride.
1969:
NBC-TV airs part 1 of the The Wonderful World of Disney episode My Dog, The Thief.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to IllumiNations 25 - a celebration of the magic that
you, our 25th Anniversary Guests of Honor, have brought to Walt Disney World for 25 magical years. Join us now as the countries of World Showcase welcome all of you to our worldwide family."
"Even at the time of my introduction to the project in March (1955), there were no buildings started in
Tomorrowland, just one in Frontierland, and only parts of the Main Street section and the Castle were in evidence." -Ruth Shellhorn
