Dickens' Christmas Carol (1965)
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How will you adapt Puss in Boots into the DisneyVerse?
So I haven't figured out a full story yet, but I know it takes place in Renaissance Italy, that the ogre is masquerading as a wealthy human man (due to shape shifting abilities) and is angling to secure the hand of the lovely Princess Elisetta, and that Puss and the Miller's son Constantino will need to help stop him.
I based their designs somewhat after the drawings in a book that went with a Disneyland Record:
If it was a real movie I would love for the animation to invoke all the beautiful artworks that were being created at the time and there would definitely be lots of cameos of famous artists in it
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Various - America Sings: The Original Soundtrack of the Disneyland Attraction (Disneyland, 1974) - Designer unknown
America Sings was an audio-animatronic rotating theatre show that operated at Disneyland from 1974 to 1988. It was housed at Tomorrowland's Carousel Theatre, which was previously the home to the Carousel of Progress before that show moved to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida (the Carousel Theatre is now the home of Star Wars Launch Bay). The show was a humorous walk-through of the history of American music, including traditional folk songs and songs from modern musicals (though why "Auld Lang Syne", a song that predates America, is on the setlist is beyond me). Burl Ives voiced Sam the Eagle, who narrated and also sung through the show.
The show kinda reminds me of the 1981 Ralph Bakshi film American Pop, which has a very similar concept, but is primarily focused on popular music as opposed to traditional, has a narrative of sorts (generations of a musical family living through different periods), and also shines a light on the darker aspects of American music. It's also loaded with profanity, sexual themes and drug references. For kids, it is not.
You can't talk about America Sings without mentioning that a cast member was killed in a freak accident when she was crushed by two walls when the rooms were rotating. No wonder the attraction wasn't that much beloved....
This particular version came with a read-along book, which was common with kid records at the time. A version without the book, with a different cover, was also released.
Both releases are rare, and, aside from videos from those lucky to have taped the show back in the day, this album's the only evidence of the show's existence circulating (and yes, the album does present the show in its entirety).
Images courtesy of Discogs.
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In the 1970s, Disneyland Records put out a Thumbelina vinyl, based on an existing Little Golden Book adaptation.
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“Opening Narration (Western Theme),” narrated by Thurl Ravenscroft, from the 1958 Disneyland Records album Songs of the National Parks
Full album:
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disneyland reords -- winnie the pooh and the honey tree [7″, 1979]
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Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree
1979 Read-Along Book & Record
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Walt Disney Christmas Carols (1973)
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universal announced that they’re closing poseidon’s fury permanently next month, and i’ve seen a ridiculous number of people heartbroken over it as if it’s not literally the first time they’ve ever publicly acknowledged that attraction’s existence lol.
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I don't know if someone else already asked you this, but if you made an animated Goldilocks and the Three Bears film, how would you interpret it?
Sorry to make you wait with not much to show for it :( I tried to come up with an interesting interpretation but I honestly couldn’t figure out a way to stretch out the story in a way I thought would make a compelling film 😞 But I have been really low energy these last couple weeks so maybe in the future I’ll be able to think of something?
But I did want to do something for this ask so here’s my design for a Disney Goldielocks, based on the three cartoon versions they’ve done so far, one from a DisneyLand Records album, one from the 7D cartoon on Disney XD and one from the Disney JR show Goldie and the Bear
I hope you like it!
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