The letter Isaac receives from the publishing company (really the Sorcerer's Apprentice) is dated December 15, 1966, the same day that Walt Disney died.
A 1966 suburban couple asks, "Do we really need a color TV?" Before 1965 most TV programming was black and white, as were most TV sets. "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," which premiered in 1961, was the main reason most people bought color TV sets in the early 1960s.