Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
NR
8.4
1954
Animation
, Documentary
, Family
, Action & Adventure
, Kids
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
-
- Cast:
Episode 26 : Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
May. 30,1956
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 25 : Where Do the Stories Come From?
April. 04,1956
Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 24 : The Goofy Sports Show
March. 21,1956
Walt introduces the narrator, Spyrus Olympopolus, to demonstrate how the ancient sports practiced in foreign countries have evolved into the games of today. Spyros illustrates this using Goofy.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 23 : Stormy, the Thoroughbred [1954]
March. 14,1956
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 21 : A Trip Thru Adventureland/Water Birds
February. 29,1956
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 19 : Survival in Nature
February. 08,1956
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 18 : A Day in the Life of Donald Duck
February. 01,1956
This episode follows the events of Donald Duck as he struggles through a typical day at the Disney Studio. Along the way, he meets Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers and the actor that does his voice, Clarence Nash.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 17 : A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris
January. 18,1956
Walt looks at the history of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 16 : When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2
January. 11,1956
Sword and the Rose, The (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 15 : When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1
January. 04,1956
Sword and the Rose, The (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 14 : Man and the Moon
December. 28,1955
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.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 13 : Davy Crockett: The River Pirates
December. 14,1955
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.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 12 : The Goofy Success Story
December. 07,1955
Goofy's rise to stardom is featured here, starting with a look at Hollywood, where talent scouts seek out the next superstar. They find Goofy in a movie theater watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon and laughing at it, and he is "discovered". And so begins the career of an actor with a unique laugh.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 11 : The Story of the Animated Drawing
November. 30,1955
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.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 10 : Davy Crockett: The Keelboat Race
November. 16,1955
The fourth of five programs about Davy Crockett involves Davy and Georgie ending a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the self-proclaimed "King of the River", Mike Fink, and a band of renegade Indians that have been notorious for attacking passing boats.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 9 : The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2
November. 09,1955
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 8 : The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1
November. 02,1955
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 7 : The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1948]
October. 26,1955
Features The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), originally from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 6 : The Story of the Silly Symphony
October. 19,1955
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.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 5 : The Adventures of Mickey Mouse
October. 12,1955
Walt looks at the career of Mickey Mouse through a collection of his short cartoons.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 4 : People and Places: Tiburon, Sardinia, Morocco/Icebreakers
October. 05,1955
This episode is from the People and Places theatrical series filmed by William N. Smith about his adventures in these exotic places.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 3 : Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo
September. 28,1955
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)
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 2 : Behind the True-Life Cameras, Olympic Elk
September. 21,1955
James Algar takes us behind the scenes of a True-Life adventure in The Everglades and in a desert with Bob Crandall.
Watch Now
Stream in HD