Fun and Games

Some of the most loveable characters developed by Walt Disney are those cuddly bears who sing in the popular attraction “Country Bear Jamboree” at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland.  But the bears did not start out for that attraction in the beginning. At the time in the mid ‘60s Walt Was developing a...
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With Disney’s new movie, “Oz, The Great and Powerful” set to hit the silver screen, I cannot think of a better subject to talk about than the author of these iconic tales of the “Magical land of Oz” For many people who were weaned on the 1939   MGM classic “The Wizard of Oz” starring...
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On January 21st, 1961 the Walt Disney Company released its seventeenth animated feature, “One Hundred and One Dalmatians”. The story was taken from a 1956 book by English playwright and novelist Dodie Smith. As with many of the films taken from stories and fairy tales, the Disney version is slightly changed. Even the title...
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This famous story of a chicken who believes the sky is falling because of being hit on the head by an acorn is re-told by Disney’s 46th animated feature film entitled “Chicken Little” What makes this feature unique is that it is the first CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) film that Disney produced without Pixar....
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All great yarns have three basic ingredients…Storyline, Protagonist and Villain. The melding of these makes for a great read and the better developed, the better the tale. Walt Disney, perhaps one of history’s greatest storytellers knew this better than most. His stable of heroes and villains are legendary and combined with that remarkable Disney...
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Of all the characters, Artisans, and friends that Walt Disney had amassed over his long, successful career, none was more important than his own brother, Roy O. Disney. The bond these two men developed over their lifetimes helped shaped the Disney Empire and even their own personal lives. Roy Oliver Disney was the third...
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Stitch, whose real name is Genetic Experiment 626, is that ferocious, troublemaking alien that evil genius Dr. Jumba Jookiba created out of the genes of the galaxy’s strongest and most fearsome creatures. Dr. Jookiba is known for his evil genetic experiments and he created Experiment 626 to cause chaos and trouble across the galaxy....
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Bambi is the fifth animated cartoon feature Disney produced and was released to theaters on August 13th, 1942. This poignant tale of a young fawn coming of age is universally considered as one of Walt Disney’s most charming films. The feature was taken from the 1923 book “Bambi, A Life in the Woods” by...
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