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4 unusual facts about Walt Disney anthology television series


Aileen Britton

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – Born to Run: Parts 1 & 2 (1979) ...Susannah

Earl C. Slipher

In 1957, he appeared in the "Mars and Beyond" episode of Disneyland discussing the possibility of life on Mars.

Our Friend the Atom

"Our Friend the Atom" is a 1957 episode of the television series Disneyland describing the benefits of atomic power.

The Mad Scientists' Club

A two-part episode in 1971 of the TV series Wonderful World of Disney was loosely based on "The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake".


I. Stanford Jolley

In 1958, Jolley appeared on ABC's Walt Disney Presents in the role of Sheriff Adams in the episode "Law and Order, Incorporated", with Robert Loggia as Elfego Baca.

Mike Fink

In 1955, Mike Fink (as portrayed by character actor Jeff York) appeared in two episodes of the Davy Crockett miniseries of ABC's Disneyland opposite the popular Davy Crockett (portrayed by Fess Parker).

Mort Mills

In 1955, he appeared as Samuel Mason on ABC's Disneyland miniseries Davy Crockett, starring Fess Parker.

Music Land

The film was edited into Disneyland: Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom in 1959 with reorchestrated music, and was featured in Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory (1985), The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991), Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001), and The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009).

Once Upon a Mattress

The third television version, which aired on December 18, 2005 on ABC in the US as part of The Wonderful World of Disney and was released on DVD two days later, starred Carol Burnett as Queen Aggravain, Denis O'Hare as Prince Dauntless, Tom Smothers as King Sextimus, Tracey Ullman as Princess Winnifred, Zooey Deschanel as Lady Larken, and Matthew Morrison as Sir Harry.

Samuel Mason

Mort Mills portrayed this historical river pirate leader in The Wonderful World of Disney's live-action miniseries Davy Crockett.

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Bringing in $2,250,000 in rentals, it was never reissued to theaters; instead, it aired on The Wonderful World of Disney in two parts on January 23 and January 30, 1972.

Tim Dunigan

He played the role of the titular frontiersman as a young man in The Wonderful World of Disney's 1988 miniseries Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder.

Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven

The Golden Horseshoe Revue: An episode of Wonderful World of Color featuring the 10,000 performance of The Golden Horseshoe Revue.


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