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The Wonderful World of Disney

Season 2 1955 - 1956

  • 1955-09-14T23:00:00Z on ABC
  • 45m
  • 19h 30m (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Family
Walt Disney, one of Hollywood's most ambitious producers, was first approached to do television in 1950, when The Coca-Cola Company offered him a one-hour special. The one hour special, "One Hour in Wonderland," aired December 25, 1950 on NBC and garnered 90% of the television viewing audience. A second special, "The Walt Disney Christmas Special," aired December 25, 1951 on CBS. When Walt had drawn up plans for a theme park, known as Disneyland, he found a hard time obtaining funding; critics, including Walt's brother Roy, thought that it was unfeasible and that it would be a fiasco. At the same time, the ABC television network offered him a deal for a television anthology series. Walt wouldn't agree to it unless they put up partial financing for Disneyland (a term that had kept CBS and NBC from signing with him). ABC agreed, and also paid him $50,000 per program, an exorbitant sum for the time. The show, titled Disneyland, premiered on October 27, 1954 and was an immediate success. The program showcased original works from the Disney Studios. Cartoons, documentaries, educational shorts, all were shown to a captive worldwide audience. Variety was the key to its success, as it kept most of what it did fresh, multi-cultural and constantly changing its entertainment.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

1955-09-14T23:00:00Z

2x01 MOVIE: Dumbo

Season Premiere

2x01 MOVIE: Dumbo

  • 1955-09-14T23:00:00Z45m

This is an airing of the beloved 1941 animated feature, edited to run in the allotted time slot.
Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant receives a baby with large ears. The other elephants ostracize him, and his mother is locked up for attacking a heckling human. As Dumbo, the mocking nickname for the baby elephant given to him, finds himself without any friends, an ambitious mouse named Timothy befriends him and helps him overcome his problem.

James Algar takes us behind the scenes of a True-Life adventure in The Everglades and in a desert with Bob Crandall.

A little circus bear runs away and finds more of his own kind. Rejected at first, he soon becomes a hero after standing up to a bully named Lumpjaw. This is actually the first half of the animated film, Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

This episode is from the People and Places theatrical series filmed by William N. Smith about his adventures in these exotic places.

Walt looks at the career of Mickey Mouse through a collection of his short cartoons.

This compilation of several of Disney's ""Silly Symphonies,"" a series of short cartoons from the 1930s has Walt telling viewers about the respective origins of many of the stories.

2x07 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  • 1955-10-26T23:00:00Z45m

The enchanting animated film comes to tv.Disneys greatest animated classic about a princess cursed at birth by the evil sorceress Malificent. 3 Good Fairies hide her away in the forrest for 16 years only to return her to a afte of permanent sleep! its up to a prince to wake her with a single kiss. A Treasure For All.

Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season. Forte, a pipe organ, fears that Belle's plans may eventually bring about an end to the curse... the curse that brought him more importance in the Master's life. Forte uses Fife, a flute who desperately wants a solo, to destroy Belle's plans and get rid of her.

Christmas time comes to Pooh Corner and the loveable characters all join in to make the holdays merry.based on the A.A.Milne stories.

It seems the only way Mr. Disney could bring his dead hero, Davy Crockett, back to life was to pass this story off as a ""tall tale"". It involves Davy and his pal Georgie Russel in a keelboat race to New Orleans against swaggering Mike Fink, the ""king of the river"". This episode is avalible on DVD as part of a 2-disc set.

The first of three shows based on Disney's ""Art of Animation"" book. Walt Disney explores the history of Animation from primitive cave drawings, to Windsor McKay's ""Gertie the Dinosaur"" and Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, up to Fantasia. Two cartoons are featured: The Skeleton Dance (1929) and the Nutcraker Suite segmest from Fantasia. This episode is avalible on the ""Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios"" 2-disc DVD.

1955-12-08T00:00:00Z

2x12 The Goofy Success Story

2x12 The Goofy Success Story

  • 1955-12-08T00:00:00Z45m

A Wonderful modern adaption of the Joanna Swiss Novel. As the Robinsons boat is attacked by pirates the entire family must survive on an island until help arrives!

The final Davy Crockett story (the second ""Legend"" tale) has Davy and ex-foe Mike Fink on the same side, fighting some nasty pirates who are passing themselves off as Indians in order to start a war. This episode is avalible as part of a 2-disc DVD set.

1955-12-29T00:00:00Z

2x14 Man and the Moon

2x14 Man and the Moon

  • 1955-12-29T00:00:00Z45m

This installment tells of many age-old legends and fantasies about the moon, upon which, at the time of this episode, man was still trying to land.

The muppets are back into action in another movie based on a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Kermit the Frog and his colleagues go on a warfare against ruthless pirates. They also share their problem-solving journey on sea to rescue a treasure.

Glenn Holland (Dreyfuss) is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the ""First Dog of the USA"", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the young Nataniel takes him for a walk, he's mixed up with the stray dog Moocher who looks like his identical twin. Henceforth Moocher takes Liberty's place in the White House. From now on a different spirit reigns in the White House...

Baloons bring hope to a draught laden community in the early 1900s. As a strange farmer moves in and starts a crop despite a water curfew, few farmers think he is all there. What can you grow without water? Balloons apparently.As many farmers were going to pack up and quit - this person single handedly brings hope back to the community. based on the book of the same title.

1956-02-09T00:00:00Z

2x19 Survival in Nature

2x19 Survival in Nature

  • 1956-02-09T00:00:00Z45m

Its Up to proffesser Brainard to save Medfield Colledge.His new invention Flubber ( a totally living organism on its own) can make it happen. The School is threatened closure and the good Professer puts his invention to use. Along with the proffesser is his helper weebo and his loyal fiancee.Can they savbe the school in time?

1956-02-16T00:00:00Z

2x20 Our Unsung Villains

2x20 Our Unsung Villains

  • 1956-02-16T00:00:00Z45m

Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. The movie is a sequel to Father of the Bride and a loose remake of the 1951 film Father's Little Dividend, the sequel to the original Father of the Bride movie released in 1950.

"A Trip Thru Adventureland/Water Birds" is actually an episode of Disneyland.
Another of the "progress reports" presented on the TV anthology Disneyland to promote the new theme park of the same name, this episode was designed to bring viewers up to date on the section of the park known as "Adventureland." While there is a great deal of emphasis on "Davy Crockett" tie-ins, the centerpiece of the segment is a filmed trip along the new Jungle Cruise ride. Afterwards, the rest of the episode features the True-Life Adventure film, Water Birds.

1956-03-08T00:00:00Z

2x22 On Vacation

2x22 On Vacation

  • 1956-03-08T00:00:00Z45m

In a freak accident, a man and his dog switch bodies.

1956-03-15T00:00:00Z

2x23 Stormy the Thoroughbred

2x23 Stormy the Thoroughbred

  • 1956-03-15T00:00:00Z45m

1956-03-22T00:00:00Z

2x24 The Goofy Sports Show

2x24 The Goofy Sports Show

  • 1956-03-22T00:00:00Z45m
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