History Trivia / WaltDisneyPresents

* 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 Edition), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition. 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 Edition), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition. 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", 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.

* 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).

* 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 Edition), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition. Mitigated after Disney started putting episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The producers and director of the 1997 ''Wonderful World of Disney'' remake of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' 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).

* 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 ''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 [[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 two full episodes have become available to own on Blu-Ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' [[WaltDisneyHomeVideo/WaltDisneyPlatinumEditions Platinum Edition]] (but not the more recent [[WaltDisneyHomeVideo/WaltDisneyDiamondEditions Diamond Edition]]), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition. Mitigated after Disney started putting episodes on [=iTunes=], at least in the US.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has. Worse, 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'' [[WaltDisneyHomeVideo/WaltDisneyPlatinumEditions Platinum Edition]] (but not the more recent [[WaltDisneyHomeVideo/WaltDisneyDiamondEditions Diamond Edition]]), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition.

** 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 DisneyChannel.

* ExecutiveMeddling: 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.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes available on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has. Worse, 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'' Platinum Edition (but not the more recent Diamond Edition), and "The Best Doggone Dog in the World", as a bonus feature on the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' Diamond Edition.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Ludwig von Drake is voiced by Paul Frees, best known as [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Boris Badenov]].
** The narrator of "50 Happy Years" is Danny Dark, best known as Franchise/{{Superman}} in ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''.
** The Magic Mirror is played by Hans Conried, best known as the voice of [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]] and [[WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Snidely Whiplash]].
** "The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show" is narrated by Disney regular Dean Jones, of ''Film/TheLoveBug'' fame.

* 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 ''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.

* StarMakingRole: 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.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The total number of episodes available on DVD seems pretty small when considering how many seasons this show has.
** Various Disney Blu-Ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, but as of April 2013, only one full episode has become available to own on Blu-Ray: "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story". ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' included two versions of it as bonus features.

* CashCowFranchise: The "DavyCrockett" specials spawned a slew of popular merchandise, most notably a hit record of the ThemeTuneExtended, and child-size [[TheRedStapler coonskin hats]].

** Also on ''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.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The subject of "Where Do the Stories Come From?".

* ExecutiveMeddling: 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.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the 70s, NBC placed the show opposite CBS' ''Series/SixtyMinutes'', which took its toll on the ratings.

** Various Disney Blu-Ray Discs contain excerpts of varying lengths, but as of April 2013, only one full episode has become available to own on Blu-Ray: "The Peter Tchaicovsky Story". ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' included two versions of it as bonus features.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Ludwig von Drake is voiced by Paul Frees, best known as [[RockyAndBullwinkle Boris Badenov]].
** The narrator of "50 Happy Years" is Danny Dark, best known as {{Superman}} in ''SuperFriends''.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the 70s, NBC placed the show opposite CBS' ''SixtyMinutes'', which took its toll on the ratings.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the 70s, NBC placed the show opposite CBS' ''SixtyMinutes'', which took its toll on the ratings.
** 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 DisneyChannel.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the 70s, NBC placed the show opposite CBS' ''SixtyMinutes'', which took its toll on the ratings.