Celebrating Walt Disney
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Walter Elias Disney
Born: 5-Dec-1901 Chicago, IL.
Died: 15-Dec-1966 Burbank, CA.
"I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle."
— Walt Disney
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Back in the 60's my mom took me to Disneyland for my 8th birthday and it was wonderful. But all I could think of was meeting Mickey mouse. When I finally found him I ran to where he was and just as I got to him he turned, tripped and ended up stepping on my foot, brusing my foot and my shin. It left some lasting impressions on me.
A few years later around Christmas, my younger sister Cathy and I went to see Disney On Ice and at the end of the show everyone gathered at the edge of the ring to shake hands with all the characters. And wouldn't you know, just as Mickey got close to where I was, he tripped and stepped on me again. Brusing my foot and shin.
I'm much older now, I still love Disney and Mickey and that time remains as my favorite Christmas Memory.
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"I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want them to feel they're in another world."
— Walt Disney
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As a teenager, Walt Disney was a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth organization affiliated with Free Masons.
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"There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out! Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests."
— Walt Disney
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Mickey Mouse's birthday is November 18, 1928, the date when Steamboat Willie (1928) was released.
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
— Walt Disney
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Donald Duck's birthday is June 9, 1934, the date when The Wise Little Hen (1934) was released.
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"I happen to be a kind of inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?"
— Walt Disney
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Walt's father, Elias Disney, was a professional carpenter by trade who, among other things, worked on the construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the prototype for all world's fairs to follow. When Walt and his brother Roy Edward Disney were boys, their father would tell them of the many wonders of the fair, such as the first ferris wheel, thus inspiring the dreams that would make them both successful as adults.
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"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."
- Walt Disney
In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.
Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.
When Walt Disney Productions released Return to Oz in (1985), it represented the longest time span that had ever occurred between the original and the remake of a film.
According to the folks at Disney - there are 6,469,952 spots painted on dogs in the original 101 Dalmatians.
Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected thirty-five Oscars.
Walt Disney provided the voice of Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Walt Disney's first cartoon character was called Oswald the Rabbit.
Walt Disney's youngest daughter is named Sharon.
"There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish."
- Walt Disney
Did you know that at Disneyland they have hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park? They never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason they're there is to catch the mice.
What did the Disney studios do during the war?
When Pearl Harbor was bombed and the United States was drawn
into the Second World War, some 700 U.S. soldiers seized the Disney Studio. Their purpose was to help protect the nearby Lockheed
aircraft plant -- an installation that was vital to the nation's security.
The next day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war. And
for the next eight months, until other provisions could be made,
soldiers ate, trained, and lived in Walt Disney's Burbank, California
studio. During the World War II, the Disney Studio created hundreds of
insignia for various military units. During fiscal year 1942-43 alone,
Disney turned out more than 204,000 feet of film, 95% of it for government contracts. Notable was "The New Spirit," a cartoon aimed
at convincing Americans that it was their responsibility to pay income
taxes. Sixty million people saw the film; a Gallup poll indicated that
37% of them were more willing to pay taxes afterward.
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