Line #10 Trivia/WaltDisneyPresents


1	* AdoredByTheNetwork: When the ''Wonderful World of Color'' came to NBC, the show had been promoted ''five months'' before its premiere.
2	* CashCowFranchise: The "UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett" specials spawned a slew of popular merchandise, most notably a hit record of the ThemeTuneExtended, and child-size [[TheRedStapler coonskin hats]].
3	* ChannelHop: Has aired on ''all three major networks''.
4	* CreatorBacklash: 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.
5	* ExecutiveMeddling:
6	** ABC wanted more westerns from Disney during the later 50s, which brought out a lot of "Frontierland" mini-series like ''Elfego Baca'' and ''The Swamp Fox''. This was one of the reasons Walt fled to NBC, the other being that NBC had the technology to broadcast in color, while ABC could only broadcast in black and white.
7	** 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.)
8	* FirstAppearance: The first episode of ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland", is also the first appearance of Ludwig Von Drake.
9	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: A lot of Ludwig Von Drake straying off-topic was ad libbed by Creator/PaulFrees.
10	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes released on DVD or Blu-ray seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has, and gets even smaller after one learns how many of those discs have gone out of print. 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.
11	* 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), "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (2022), and "Disney's 100th Anniversary Celebration!" (2023) also fit.
12	* NetworkToTheRescue: After the show was dropped by NBC due to low ratings, CBS was quick to pick it up in 1981.
13	* RoleReprise: For the new scenes (such as his interaction with Creator/WaltDisney) in the episode "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom", Bill Thompson reprised his voice role as Professor Owl from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology''. This would be the final time he would voice the character as well due to his death in 1971 twelve years later.
14	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Disney originally announced ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}} Live!'' in 2016, but ended up shelving it until 2019, the year that marked [[MilestoneCelebration the original movie's 30th anniversary]].
15	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the 70s, NBC placed the show opposite CBS' ''Series/SixtyMinutes'', which took its toll on the ratings.
16	* StarMakingRole:
17	** Or, at least, personal recognition. This series was most people's introduction to Walt as a person rather than just a name above the film title.
18	** Fess Parker became forever associated with the role of Davy Crockett.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
20	** 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 Creator/AnikaNoniRose (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.
21	** 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 these plans, without ever explaining what exactly would've made these discs different from the normal ones.
22	* WriteWhatYouKnow: The subject of "Where Do the Stories Come From?".

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