2004:
Disney World workers spend the morning cleaning seven miles
of Florida's Canaveral National Seashore. The beach cleanup, sponsored by the Ocean Conservatory and Keep Brevard Beautiful, involves more than 350 Disney employees wearing "volunt-EARS" T-shirts.
1914:
Actor Jonathan Harris, the voice of Manny in A Bug's Life, and Geri the Cleaner in Toy Story 2, is born Jonathan Charasuchin in The Bronx, New York. His Disney voice credits also include episodes of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and Darkwing Duck. (TV fans know him best
as Dr. Zachary Smith on the classic 60s sci-fi series Lost in Space.)
1946:
Walt Disney writes his annual birthday letter to his younger sister Ruth (who will turn
43 on December 6). The letter and its enclosed check is being sent earlier than usual because he is
leaving this day for the premiere of Song of the South in Atlanta, Georgia. Walt explains how after the premiere
he'll be flying up to New York to board the Queen Elizabeth for a trip to England and Ireland. He'll be gathering
background material in Ireland for a new picture about leprechauns.
1956:
Disney's musical short A Cowboy Needs a Horse is released as is the True-Life Adventure film Secrets of Life. Directed by Bill Justice, A Cowboy Needs a Horse tells the story of a young boy who dreams of being a cowboy. Secrets of Life chronicles the lives of plants and animals using special photography techniques.
1957:
The Disneyland TV series airs the episode "Adventures in Fantasy."
Voice actor Cam Clarke is born in Burbank, California. His Disney credits
include The Lion King 1 1/2, House of Mouse, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, The Lion King II:
Simba's Pride, and Underdog. (You may recognize his voice as the narrator of TV's Flip That House.)
1959:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs the episode "Perilous Assignment."
1960:
Walt Disney Presents airs the episode "Zorro: Adios El Cuchillo."
1999:
The Annie Awards are presented at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. Winners include Eric Daniels for his work on Disney's Tarzan and Walt Disney Television Animation for The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Among the 3 winners for the Winsor McCay Award is Ernie Con Pederson, a pioneer who worked on many projects including Disney's Man in Space 1955 television episode. Beating out Disney in many categories is the winning animated feature The Iron Giant by Brad Bird (who in a few years will have great success as creator of Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles).
2001:
Disney releases the animated Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House
of Mouse, the live-action comedy Santa Who? (starring Leslie Nielsen) and the
animated Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street all on video and DVD.
Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Robert A. Iger announces that The
Walt Disney Company has acquired The Baby Einstein Company, the award-winning creator of highly innovative media products, toys and books for babies and
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1921:
Tired of the Kansas City winters, Walt's parents Elias and Flora, and his younger sister Ruth leave for Portland, Oregon. (His brother Herbert, a post office employee, has already transferred there.) Walt, upset over the idea of losing his family, sees them off at the train station.
A Christmas Carol is Disney's
third retelling of Charles Dickens'
classic tale in 26 years. Disney
released Mickey's Christmas Carol in 1983 and later distributed The
Muppet Christmas
Carol for Jim
Henson Productions
in 1992
(which Disney
later acquired the
rights to).
2007:
Bruce Gordon, Disney Imagineer (who spent 25 years working in a variety of top
creative capacities for the Disney theme parks) and author, passes away
suddenly at his home in Glendale, California. The 56-year-old's career included the production of
Disneyland's Splash Mountain, the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tarzan's Treehouse and most recently,
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. Gordon also wrote and created such books as Disneyland: The Nickel Tour,
The Art of Disneyland, Disneyland: Then, Now and Forever, Walt Disney World: Then, Now and Forever, and
The Art of Walt Disney World.
2006:
Actress Lisa O'Hare returns to the London production of Mary Poppins assuming the role of Mary. She replaces Scarlett Strallen, making her the third actress to hold the West End title role.
Disney files plans for a project on the site of the Contemporary Resort's North Garden Wing at Walt Disney World. (The project will be unveiled in September 2008 as Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort.)
2008:
Disney's stage production of High School Musical 2 premieres in Atlanta's Theater of the Stars. Running through November 16, High School Musical 2 features Anderson Davis as Troy Bolton opposite Arielle Jacobs, who reprises her role as Gabriella Montez, a part she originated in the 2007 Atlanta stage premiere of High School Musical.
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1987:
Disney's Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy film Hello Again staring Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, and Corbin Bernsen.
1978:
Actress-turned-television writer Nicole Dubuc is born. Known in her early teen years as Robin
on the sitcom Major Dad, Dubuc later became a writer for television. Her Disney writing credits include Tigger &
Pooh and a Musical Too, My Friends Tigger and Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Haunt, Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse, and Kim Possible.
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"It's difficult to believe that only two weeks ago I was sitting across from Bruce (Gordon) as he pitched his concept of
the Walt Disney Family Museum. This bold idea is coming to life at the Presidio in San Francisco, and will celebrate
the life and work of the Old Maestro, Walt Disney. It was fitting that Bruce Gordon should be a part of this
ambitious project. Diane Disney Miller, the eldest daughter of the Old Maestro, wanted Bruce on board once she
heard him comment on her dad during the filming of the Disney biography. Bruce really understood why Walt
Disney created Disneyland. Like Walt, Bruce was dedicated to doing things just a little bit better. A philosophy
long since forgotten in today's corporate climate." -Disney Legend Floyd Norman
In memory of Imagineer Bruce Gordon
Disney's A Christmas Carol released
1937:
An illustration of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Goofy around an automobile appears on the cover of the publication Collier's. It is part of a featured article titled
"Why Your Car Is Safe" by Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker.
2009:
Disney's A Christmas Carol opens in U.S. theaters. Written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film stars Jim Carrey (his first part in a Disney film) in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge. Adapted from Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name, A Christmas Carol is a 3-D film produced through the process of performance capture - a technique Zemeckis had previously used in his films The Polar Express and Beowulf.
1998:
Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy feature The Waterboy staring Adam
Sandler, Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk
