Best show to watch. Dancing and singing. Talent days. Circus days. Mickey dressed as a cowboy, twirling a lasso. Spin and Marty. Annette Serial. Jimmie Dodd. Roy ____. Special guest star day. Such good memories. So what if the talent were shills for Disneyland? We did not know. We did not care. We were totally mesmerized by their entertainment skills. The boys and girls were household names. They worked hard. Tap dancing is my favorite, and they did it a lot. They would be dressed up for different themes. I think I remember a Hawaiian theme. Perhaps there was a hula. This show did not last long enough. There was/were other later incarnations of this show, but the original was spectacular. It will always last in my memories. Annette's passing has been heartbreaking, as was her illness.
Disney was a genius, IMO. He had to do many things to create and sustain his growing empire. He had early failures, as well as later successes. He took longstanding fairy tales and made them into famous animated films, such as Snow White and Cinderella. He won 26 Academy Award Oscars. He was a star on TV. He changed the concept of theme park entertainment. His parks today are well respected and widely attempted to be copied. He grew a Florida entertainment empire in an area formerly forlorn and forgotten -- I was there when Walt Disney World began. Today, there are a lot of other entertainment areas there, plus endless tourist attractions and hotels, etc.
It all started with a mouse. The mouse had friends named Minnie and Donald, plus the mouse had a pet dog named Pluto. Now, how could a mouse have a pet dog? This sounds ridiculous, but in Walt's mind and heart it all made sense. We are all the better for it ...... :)
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Disney was a genius, IMO. He had to do many things to create and sustain his growing empire. He had early failures, as well as later successes. He took longstanding fairy tales and made them into famous animated films, such as Snow White and Cinderella. He won 26 Academy Award Oscars. He was a star on TV. He changed the concept of theme park entertainment. His parks today are well respected and widely attempted to be copied. He grew a Florida entertainment empire in an area formerly forlorn and forgotten -- I was there when Walt Disney World began. Today, there are a lot of other entertainment areas there, plus endless tourist attractions and hotels, etc.
It all started with a mouse. The mouse had friends named Minnie and Donald, plus the mouse had a pet dog named Pluto. Now, how could a mouse have a pet dog? This sounds ridiculous, but in Walt's mind and heart it all made sense. We are all the better for it ...... :)
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