History Trivia / WaltDisneyPresents

* MilestoneCelebration: "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (technically the third), which had a special show by [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] in the second half. Also, "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965), [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about the first ten years of Disneyland]]. Some later episodes like "50 Happy Years" (1973), "Mickey's 50" (1978), "A Merry Mickey Celebration" (2003), "The Little Mermaid Live!" (2019), and "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (2022) also fit.

* MilestoneCelebration: "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (technically the third), which had a special show by [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] in the second half. Also, "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965), [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about the first ten years of Disneyland]]. Some later episodes like "50 Happy Years" (1973), "Mickey's 50" (1978), "A Merry Mickey Celebration" (2003), and "The Little Mermaid Live!" (2019) also fit.

* OldShame: Drew Carey really regrets playing the title role in ''Film/{{Geppetto}}'', to the point where mocking him for it became a RunningGag on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. Also on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', he once brought Seth Adkins, who played Pinocchio, on the set in full costume and he said he didn't want to be around him anymore.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US, and on Creator/DisneyPlus.[[note]]One of the episodes added to [=iTunes=], "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", lacks an option to download, since they only carry it as an extra feature for ''101 Dalmatians''.[[/note]] Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: A lot of Ludwig von Drake straying off-topic was ad libbed by Creator/PaulFrees.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US, and on Creator/DisneyPlus.[[note]]One of the episodes added to [=iTunes=], "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", lacks an option to download, since they only carry it as an extra feature for ''101 Dalmatians''.[[/note]] Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

** While the show was doing good on CBS, Disney didn't let the show go on after the 1982-83 season so there wouldn't be any competition with the new Creator/DisneyChannel. (They also stopped licensing content that had previously aired on the show to Creator/{{HBO}} {those airings kept the original, kalidoscopic opening titles/bumpers}. However, there was a period in the 1980s when Disney syndicated reruns to local stations.)

** The producers and director of ''Film/Cinderella1997'' planned to follow it up with an adaptation of ''Theatre/TheWiz''. They signed on Music/PaulaAbdul to choreograph, and the then-unknown Anika Noni Rose (who'd later star in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'') to portray Dorothy Gale. However, rights issues with Creator/{{Universal}}, the studio that distributed the 1978 movie version of ''Film/TheWiz'', prevented ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' from progressing much further with their take. In 2015, the producers finally did release a TV version of ''The Wiz'', but for Creator/{{NBC}} instead of ABC, and with a different director (Kenny Leon), choreographer (Fatima Robinson), and Dorothy (Shanice Williams). At one point, an adaptation of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' was also announced.

* MilestoneCelebration: "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (technically the third), which had a
special show by [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] in the second half. Also, "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965), [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about the first ten years of Disneyland]]. Some later episodes like "50 Happy Years" (1973), "Mickey's 50" (1978), "A Merry Mickey Celebration" (2003), and "The Little Mermaid Live!" (2019) also fit.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US, and on Creator/DisneyPlus.[[note]]One of the episodes added to [=iTunes=], "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", lacks an option to download, as do all of the ''101 Dalmatians'' bonus features.[[/note]] Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.
* MilestoneCelebration: "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (technically the third), which had a special show by [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] in the second half. Also, "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965), [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about the first ten years of Disneyland]]. Some later episodes like "50 Happy Years" (1973), "Mickey's 50" (1978), "A Merry Mickey Celebration" (2003), and "The Little Mermaid Live!" (2019) also fit.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US, and on Creator/DisneyPlus. Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, the only Walt-hosted episodes released include "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade", "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland", "Disneyland Around the Seasons", and "The Best Doggone Dog In the World", with the last one -- sold as an extra for ''101 Dalmatians'' -- lacking an option to download.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

** While the show was doing good on CBS, Disney didn't let the show go on after the 1982-83 season so there wouldn't be any competition with the new Creator/DisneyChannel.

* OldShame: Drew Carey really regrets playing the title role in ''Film/{{Gepetto}}'', to the point where mocking him for it became a RunningGag on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. Also on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', he once brought Seth Adkins, who played Pinocchio, on the set in full costume and he said he didn't want to be around him anymore.

* OldShame: Drew Carey really regrets playing the title role in ''Gepetto'', a 2000 musical adaptation of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'', to the point where mocking him for it became a RunningGag on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. Also on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', he once brought Seth Adkins, who played Pinocchio, on the set in full costume and he said he didn't want to be around him anymore.

* MilestoneCelebration: "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (technically the third), which had a special show by [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] in the second half. Also, "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965), [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about the first ten years of Disneyland]]. Some later episodes like "50 Happy Years" (1973), "Mickey's 50" (1978) and "A Merry Mickey Celebration" (2003) also fit.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only eight full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD, and the ''Dinotopia'' "Mega Series", through Creator/MillCreekEntertainment rather than WDHV. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, the only Walt-hosted episodes released include "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade", "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland", "Disneyland Around the Seasons", and "The Best Doggone Dog In the World", with the last one -- sold as an extra for ''101 Dalmatians'' -- lacking an option to download.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Disney originally announced ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid Live!'' in 2016, but ended up shelving it until 2019, the year that marked [[MilestoneCelebration the original movie's 30th anniversary]].

** The producers and director of ''Film/Cinderella1997'' planned to follow it up with an adaptation of ''Theatre/TheWiz''. They signed on Music/PaulaAbdul to choreograph, and the then-unknown Anika Noni Rose (who'd later star in Disney's ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'') to portray Dorothy Gale. However, rights issues with Creator/{{Universal}}, the studio that distributed the 1978 movie version of ''Film/TheWiz'', prevented ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' from progressing much further with their take. In 2015, the producers finally did release a TV version of ''The Wiz'', but for Creator/{{NBC}} instead of ABC, and with a different director (Kenny Leon), choreographer (Fatima Robinson), and Dorothy (Shanice Williams). At one point, an adaptation of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' was also announced.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only five full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, and the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, only "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade", "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland", "Disneyland Around the Seasons", and "The Best Doggone Dog In the World" have been released, with the last one -- sold as an extra for ''101 Dalmatians'' -- lacking an option to download.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only five full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, and the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, only "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade", "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland", "Disneyland Around the Seasons", and "The Best Doggone Dog In the World" have been released, the last one as a streaming-only extra for ''101 Dalmatians''.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only five full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs, and the ''Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'' three-parter, on a Disney Movie Club exclusive BD. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, only "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade" and "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" have been released.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only two full episodes have become available to own on Blu-ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, only "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade" and "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" have been released.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.

** An insert inside select copies of the ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' Razzle Dazzle Edition DVD promoted ''Cinderella'' and ''Film/Annie1999'' "Musical Magic Edition" re-releases, scheduled for Spring 2006. Disney inexplicably cancelled selling these discs, without ever explaining what exactly would've made them different from the normal [=DVDs=].

** An insert inside select copies of the ''Film/{{Chicago}} Razzle Dazzle Edition DVD promoted ''Cinderella'' and ''Film/Annie1999'' "Musical Magic Edition" re-releases, scheduled for Spring 2006. Disney inexplicably cancelled selling these discs, without ever explaining what exactly would've made them different from the normal [=DVDs=].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The producers and director of ''Film/Cinderella1997'' planned to follow it up with an adaptation of ''Theatre/TheWiz''. They signed on Music/PaulaAbdul to choreograph, and the then-unknown Anika Noni Rose (who'd later star in Disney's ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'') to portray Dorothy Gale. However, rights issues with Creator/{{Universal}}, the studio that distributed the 1978 movie version of ''Film/TheWiz'', prevented ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' from progressing much further with their take. In 2015, the producers finally did release a TV version of ''The Wiz'', but for Creator/{{NBC}} instead of ABC, and with a different director (Kenny Leon), choreographer (Fatima Robinson), and Dorothy (Shanice Williams). At one point, an adaptation of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' was also announced.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those [=DVDs=] have gone out of print. Additionally, while Disney Blu-ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, only two full episodes have become available to own on Blu-Ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond or [60th] Anniversary Editions), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition and Signature Collection discs. Mitigated after Disney started putting select episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US. (So far, only "The Story of the Animated Drawing", "The Plausible Impossible", "Tricks of Our Trade" and "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" have been released.) Also, on occasion, certain episodes have aired as part of TCM's ''Treasures from the Disney Vault'' block.