Pixar´s Ratatouille is Released

June 29, 2007
Ratatouille is Released

After nearly seven years from conception to completion, Pixar released its eighth feature-length animated film, Ratatouille, on June 29, 2007 to immense critical and commercial success. Set in Paris, the film follows an aspiring chef and rat, Remy, who was recently forced to abandon his home in the French countryside. Once in Paris, he sniffs out a restaurant and forms a friendship with Linguini, the kitchen cleaner. When Linguini accidentally knocks over a pot of soup, Remy helps Lou recreate the meal — and then some of the most delicious dishes the diners have ever tasted.

Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, Ratatouille boasts the vocal talents of Patton Oswalt (Remy) Lou Romano (Linguini) and others including Ian Holme, Peter O'Toole and Brad Garrett. The film went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.

Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records' (established by Disney in 1989) very first release was the Arachnophobia motion picture soundtrack in 1990. Today the label releases albums by such artists as Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, and Aly & AJ.

Walt Disney World's telephone system

Walt Disney World's telephone system was the first totally electronic system to use underground cable instead of standard poles with overhead lines.

Vista Florida Telephone System was responsible for installing the nation’s first commercial fiber-optic phone cable!

Sammy Fain

(Samuel E. Feinberg, June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989)

Songwriter Sammy Fain's contribution to Peter Pan include the songs "The Second Star to the Right," "You Can Fly!," "What Makes the Red Man Red?," "Your Mother and Mine," and "The Elegant Captain Hook."

For a Detailed Song List, Click Here!

Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923, Fain appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm  sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself full-time to composing.

Fain worked extensively in collaboration with Irving Kahal. Together they wrote classics such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella". Another lyricist who collaborated with Fain was Lew Brown, with whom he wrote "That Old Feeling". His Broadway credits also include Everybody's Welcome, Right This Way, Hellzapoppin', I'll Be Seeing You, Flahooley, Ankles Aweigh, Christine and Something More.

Fain also composed music for more than 30 films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He was nominated for the best Original Song Oscar nine times, winning twice, with "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane in 1954 and with "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from the movie of the same title in 1955. He co-wrote both songs with Paul Francis Webster, another long-time collaborator. Fain wrote the second theme to the TV series Wagon Train in 1958, which was called "(Roll Along) Wagon Train". He also contributed to the song scores for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Rescuers.

In 1963, he collaborated with Harold Adamson in writing songs for the movie The Incredible Mr. Limpet, which came out in 1964, and such songs as "I Wish I Were a Fish", "Be Careful How You Wish" and "Deep Rapture" enhanced his fame.

Fain died in Los Angeles, California, and is interred at Cedar Park Cemetery, in Emerson, New Jersey.

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The Lion King

The Lion King originally started as a project called "King of the Jungle."

The Lion King was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than being based on an already-existing story.

Richard Nixon and Walt Disney - Matterhorn

Riding in the very first sled down Disneyland's Matterhorn in June 1959, were Walt Disney, his wife Lilly, their daughters ... and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon.

When Vice President Nixon and Walt were waiting for the official first ride on the Disneyland Monorail, an empty train came by.

In his excitement, Walt couldn't wait. He grabbed Nixon and jumped on board, leaving Nixon's Secret Service agents standing, stunned, on the platform!

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The Basil Rathbone's old Sherlock Holmes Radio Show

Actor Basil Rathbone (born on this day in 1892) can be heard in Disney's 1986 animated The Great Mouse Detective.

Though he had passed in 1967, a 25-second dialogue taken from one of Rathbone's old Sherlock Holmes radio shows was used in the animated feature as the voice of ... Sherlock Holmes!

The Living Desert

In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed Disney's 1953 The Living Desert (co-written by James Algar) "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The Living Desert won an Academy Award for Best Documentary and a Special Golden Globe for Artisitc Merit.

Cinderella Castle

Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is larger and more ornate than Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Cinderella Castle (Magic Kingdom - Orlando, Florida)

Cinderella Castle was completed in July 1971, after about 18 months of construction. It is 189 feet tall - more than twice the size of Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Sleeping Beauty Castle (Disneyland - Anaheim, California)

Donald Duck's Voice

After Clarence Nash's passing, Donald Duck's voice was taken up by Disney animator Tony Anselmo, who had been trained under Mr. Nash personally.

The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank

The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, is the only major film/animation studio not to run backlot tours. 

Designed primarily by Kem Weber under the supervision of Walt & Roy Disney, the Burbank Disney Studio buildings are the only studios to survive from the Golden Age of film.

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Special Plaque for Walt Disney at Disneyland

In Disneyland, there is a plaque at the base of the flagpole in Frontierland's stockade that reads:

"To Walt Disney, in recognition of outstanding assistance and cooperation in extending humane ideals to peoples throughout the world."

It was presented by the American Humane Association in 1955.

Public Benefactor No. 1

Walt Disney arrived in England in June 1935,
and was welcomed by this cartoon in Punch:
'Public Benefactor No. 1', by Ernest H. Shepard

Mr. Toad presenting the Toad Hall deed to Owl

Disney World's "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" attraction is built on the former location of "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride." It contains a picture of Mr. Toad presenting the Toad Hall deed to Owl (look to the left behind the car immediately after the ride begins).

Disneyland's Space Mountain

Disneyland's Space Mountain is actually sunk 17 feet into the ground so it won't dwarf the Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Space Mountain was designed by Bill Watkins of Walt Disney Imagineering.

The attractions that originated in Walt Disney World and were duplicated in Disneyland is Space Mountain, Country Bear Jamboree, Mickey's House, and Innoventions (coming in new Tomorrowland in the Carrousel Theatre).

The entire park compressed air system is ran by one huge air compressor backstage. If the air pressure gets too low the rides that it supplies will stop functioning as a safety feature. Space Mountain, the Bobsleds, and Big Thunder all share this compressed air line.

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The Disney Magazine

The Disney Magazine began life as the Disney News in 1965.

The publication changed its name to the Disney Magazine in 1994 and unfortunately ceased to exist by 2005.

The magazine began life as the Disney News on December 1, 1965. The first issue was 30 pages long, and the cover showed Walt Disney surrounded by several costumed characters in front of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. The magazine was initially a free benefit for members of the Magic Kingdom Club but later started charging a cover price (discounted for members).

The publication changed its name to the Disney Magazine on March 1, 1994 to better reflect the increased size and content of the magazine. When Disney ended the Magic Kingdom Club on March 1, 2001, the magazine continued, but circulation numbers began dropping.

Publication ended with the Summer 2005 issue. Subscribers were offered subscriptions to either FamilyFun or Disney Adventures, or refunds. The magazine's website said the end was due to an increase of people choosing to find information on the Internet, and thus lack of readership.

To see all the issues of The Disney Magazine, go to Tim's Disney News Archive

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Eastern Airline and 1970s Walt Disney World

Eastern Airline wings were distributed free of charge during the 1970s to guests of Walt Disney World's If You Had Wings attraction.

Audio

If You Had Wings ride-through
Live recording of full ride, c. 1985, mp3 file, mono, 2.2mb, 4:35

If You Had Wings Main Theme excerpt
IYHW theme as heard when first entering the globe, from ride demo recording c. 1971, mp3 file, mono, 185kb, :23

"You Do Have Wings"
Voice heard at the end of the ride, from live recording, 1987, mp3 file, mono, 100kb, :11

If You Had Wings demo recording
WED recording c. 1971, features voice of Peter Renoudet, mp3 file, mono, 7.8mb, 6:19

The song, If You Had Wings, was written by the prolific Disney composer Norman "Buddy" Baker and lyricist X. Atencio

The Lyrics*

If you had wings, you could do many things
You could widen your world, if you had wings
Chorus: If you had wings, if you had wings, if you had wings, had wings, had wings, had wings, had wings
You could fly to a plaza, where the people play
At the Mexican fiesta, in the land of ole
Chorus
You could fly to Bermuda, like a flying fish
Have a ball on a cruise ship, or catch fish if you wish
Chorus
Wanna buy a sombrero, made of real fine straw?
How about a nice handbag, for pretty mama?
Chorus
You could follow a tradewind, down to Old San Juan
And explore an old fortress, before traveling on
Chorus
You could flitter and flutter, to the isle of springs
To that emerald green garden, and do wonderful things
Chorus
You could fly with flamingos, to that old French town
Go on regale New Orleans, wear the carnival crown
Chorus
You do have wings, you can do all these things,
You can widen your world, for you have wings

Post-show (exit) version:
For you have wings, For you have wings
For you have wings, have wings, have wings, have wings, have wings

* This transcription is based on comparisons of a demo recording of the ride's music and live recordings of the attraction's true audio tracks, during which the stupidity of the lyrics was made fully manifest.  WYW is not responsible for the contents of the above song nor does it assume liability for any damages resulting from the misuse of the same.
 

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Video

Eastern Airlines WDW Commercial with Orson Welles voiceover
 1971, wmv file, low-resolution, 2mb, 1:00
 

If You Had Wings ride-through
 1985, courtesy Jan & Donna Freitag, wmv file, low-resolution, 4.8mb, 4:47

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