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Honoring the Legends

Hello and welcome back to my thoughts and musings and pleas to bring back some of the classic Disney programs of old.  I am pleased to announce that Disney is taking a step in that direction.  I’ll explain along the way.

In 1987, the Walt Disney Company created a program to honor those who had made an impact on Disney during their careers, whether through acting, animating, theme park design, or writing.   (more…)

Thank you, Netflix

Not a long posting this time around, but I wanted to take a moment to appreciate Netflix for its steaming of several volumes of the Disney Silly Symphonies along some of the obscure, lesser known/released Disney titles such as Great Mouse Detective and The Reluctant Dragon.

As I have said from the beginning, my goal is a creation of a “Vault Disney Channel”, a la (more…)

News and Notes, This and That

Welcome, and thanks again for taking time my thoughts and ramblings.

Today, I have some housekeeping to address instead of dropping some general Disney knowledge.  As many of you have noticed, my postings have dropped from once a day to once every few days while I was on vacation. (more…)

No Case To Big, No Case To Small

If you need help just call: Chip n Dale’s Rescue Rangers

Created by Walt Disney Television Productions, Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers debuted on The Disney Channel on August 27, 1988.  After the one time airing of “Catteries Not Included” the show was green-lit for a series premiere.

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On March 4, 1989 Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers made its weekday debut, also on the Disney Channel.   (more…)

My Favorite Disneyland Attractions Is…

Hello, and welcome to my Disney thoughts.  I appreciate you taking a few moments of your day to read my thoughts and ramblings.

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I’m stepping out of my traditional subject of Vault Disney, in that I’m not looking at Disney television shows that are no longer available to watch on television. I’m also not going to be pushing Disney to create a separate channel for classic Disney shows like Wonderful World of Disney or Mickey Mouse Club.  Today, I want to focus on one of my pseudo-pet peeves.

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It’s a question I get asked anytime I start talking about Disneyland: What’s your favorite ride at Disneyland?

The answer is:   (more…)

Big Bands at Disneyland

Hello, and welcome back to my thoughts and ramblings.  Growing up, my favorite station on TV was The Disney Channel, if you haven’t figured that out by now.  Even at five, going on six, I loved being able to see anything about Disneyland in particular, especially as we got closer to a family vacation to Anaheim.  Any show would do.  Even, and especially, Big Bands at Disneyland.

The series, hosted by Peter Marshall, was filmed at (more…)

Welcome to Pooh Corner

One of the original shows of The Disney Channel, the first live action Winnie the Pooh show debuted the day the Disney Channel launched on April 18, 1983.  The show debuted at 7 am EST, making it the first program to air on The Disney Channel.

Disney Archivist Dave Smith described the show as performers in costumes and masks in storybook a settings.  The show used a technique described as “advanced puppetronics.”

The half hour time-blocked show would consist of (more…)

I Want My D-TV

Welcome back, and thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts.

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In 1984, a year after the premiere of The Disney Channel, D-TV was introduced as a five minute short between standard evening programming.  Playing off of MTV music videos, D-TV was a classic oldie song mixed with Disney animation. (more…)

Dear Disney Programming

Hello, and thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts again today.  Instead of Disney history today, a quick look at the process that inspired this blog.  Last week I engaged on a Twitter discussion with some friends regarding Disney programming, which spawned this blog entry: http://confessionsofadisnerd.com/2013/06/21/lock-me-in-the-vault/

I posted a comment on that feed, which I also emailed directly to the Disney Company.  Below are the comments I posted on Friday, as well as (more…)