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1''Disney on Parade'' was an ongoing series of touring arena shows produced by Nawal Productions, a joint venture between {{Creator/NBC}} and Disney ('''National Broadcasting Company''' and '''Walt Disney Productions''').
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3Launched on December 25, 1969, each show features a variety of Disney characters played by costumed actors who mime to a recorded soundtrack. The show also used a mix of light, special effects and film clips of WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts and [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated features]]. The show ran until around 1975, while international tours in Australia and South America ran until at least 1977.
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5There were numerous editions of the show:
6* '''1969-70 (Version 1):''' ''How Do You Do and Shake Hands'', ''Merlin's Magic'', ''The Dog Catcher'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'', ''The {{WesternAnimation/Dumbo}} Circus'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook'', ''Rollerantics'', ''DiWesternAnimationsney/AliceInWonderland'', ''Goofy's Comedy Car'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' and ''The Grand Finale''
7* '''1969-70 (Version 2):''' ''How Do You Do and Shake Hands'', ''Merlin's Magic'', ''The Dogcatcher'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', ''The Jungle Book'', ''Cinderella'', ''Goofy's Comedy Car'', ''[[Film/BabesInToyland Toy Soldiers]]'', ''The Three Little Pigs'', ''The Dumbo Circus'' and ''The Grand Finale''.
8* '''1971:''' ''Welcome to the Laughing Place'', ''Mickey's Band Concert'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'', ''Goofy and Film/{{the Love Bug}}'', ''Villains Comedy Act'', ''Barnyard Bash'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}}'', ''Goofy on the High Wire'', ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''Small World'' and the ''Finale''.
9* '''1972:''' ''How Do You Do/Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'', ''Mickey's Revue'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''There's a Family'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'', ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' and the ''Finale''.
10* '''1973-76:''' ''How Dee Do/It's Whacha Do with Whacha Got'', ''The Further Adventures of Pinocchio'', ''Bear Band Jamboree'', ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''The Used Car Lot'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'' and the ''Finale (It's a Small World)''
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12[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPuv7OGgNz8 Here is a "Wonderful World of Disney" TV show from 1971]] (which contains videotaped footage of the 1969-70 show and filmed highlights of the 1971 show) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yB1LViBRXs a commercial from the 1973-76 show (circa 1974)]].
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14!!These theatrical shows contains examples of:
15* AdaptationDistillation: Some segments do this. For example, the 1970 adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' had the dwarfs first meeting Snow White passed out after her scary experience in the dark forest, unlike the movie, where she finds the dwarfs' cottage and they meet her in there.
16* AudienceParticipation: The 1969 edition had the characters singing [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland "How D'ye Do and Shake Hands"]] and personally greeting the audience.
17* BreatherEpisode: After an extravagant and elaborate segment, there would usually be a small segment with characters like Donald and Goofy while the next big production was getting ready.
18* GoofyPrintUnderwear: In "The Dogcatcher", Pluto lets loose dogs that harass the dogcather, including pulling his pants down to reveal red-spotted underpants.
19* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover
20* NamedByTheAdaptation: The nameless prince from ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}'' is named here as Prince Otto August Ferdinand.
21* SuddenlySpeaking: Gideon is able to speak full sentences in this show (mainly the 1971 version.)

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