OCT 06 Disney History

1955:

Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Circus Day. The Ted

DeWayne Troupe performs with assistance from the Mouseketeers.

(DeWayne will act as the coordinator for the Disneyland Circus that will run from November thru December

of 1955.) Also debuting is the animated short I'm No Fool With a Bicycle hosted by Jiminy Cricket. It is the

first of a series of educational cartoons produced especially for the Mickey Mouse Club.

2004:

Studio executive Richard Berger, who is credited with starting Disney's Touchstone Films subsidiary, passes away at age 64.

1925:

Walt Disney's 24th Alice comedy film Alice Rattled by Rats is completed.

Featuring Margie Gay as Alice, the short will be released November 15.

1927:

Walt Disney watches the Warner Brothers preview of The Jazz Singer (one of the first films to feature sound) at the Warner Theatre in New York City. Walt realizes that he needs to add audio to his cartoons.

1963:

Actress Elisabeth Shue, Dr. Cynthia Lair of Epcot's Body Wars attraction, is born in Wilmington, Delaware. She is also the narrator of Walt Disney Pictures' Tuck Everlasting. (Movie fans will recognize Shue from such feature films as Cocktail, The Karate Kid, and Leaving Las Vegas.)

The TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs part 2 of "The Horse Without a Head."

1969:

Good Time Jazz Records releases Firehouse Five Plus Two - Twenty Years

Later. The group, led by trombonist and Disney animator Ward Kimball,

specializes in Dixieland-style music.

1998:

Disney's 101 Dalmatians Christmas is released direct-to-video.

2003:

The Wayne Brady Show tapes at Epcot.

The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) awards Hilary Duff with

her first platinum certification for album shipments of 1 million units. Her debut

album Metamorphosis was released in August 2003 on Buena Vista Records/Hollywood Records.

1992:

Walt Disney World announces plans to build three resorts - with sports, music, and wilderness themes - that will offer over 4,500 rooms.

The Florida resort also plans to build a new water theme park.

Disney World built the Fairy Tale Wedding Pavilion so that Cinderella Castle is perfectly framed in two views: through the window behind the altar where the couple is married, and through a hedge archway outside the chapel.