Disney Wonderful World of Knowledge

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Sadly, books/reading are almost a thing of the past as everything is available on the Internet so even home-schooling has very little use for books like this. On July 17, 1955, the opening of Disneyland was covered on a live television special, Dateline: Disneyland, which may be seen as an extension of the anthology series but is not technically considered to be part of it. It was hosted by Walt along with Bob Cummings, Art Linkletter, Ronald Reagan, and featured various other guests. From 1979 to 1981, " Disney's Wonderful World", a disco-styled theme was written to emphasize the new visual changes, even though the format remained the same. This song was written by John Debney and John Klawitter. From 1981 to 1983, " Walt Disney", a short disco arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari, served as theme against some elaborate, then-state-of-the-art computer graphics. CBC Television in Canada also used this title sequence and theme music for their own versions of the show. The sequence was also used as the opening sequence on international Walt Disney Home Video releases until 1987.

From 2007 to 2008, another orchestral arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (in actuality, the theme from the current Walt Disney Pictures logo composed by Mark Mancina) and a brand-new opening title sequence (depicting a montage of the company's work) are used for ABC airings in the United States. urn:lcp:disneyswonderful20walt:epub:0feae263-5f66-4f71-96f0-19b308e5a02b Foldoutcount 0 Identifier disneyswonderful20walt Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t48p6q65b Isbn 0717281027 In early 2017, it was announced that the series would premiere The Little Mermaid Live!, a live-action/animation hybrid adaptation of the 1989 musical classic. [2] It aired on November 5, 2019. From 1983 to 1986, an orchestral medley of "When You Wish Upon a Star" and songs from several Disney movies was used as the theme song.In 1995, an light, orchestral arrangement of "A Whole New World" (used in the movie Aladdin) was used. All of the episodes from are listed in the 1997 book The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History by Bill Cotter.

From June to August 2007, a dreamy, remix of "When You Wish Upon a Star" and a brand-new opening title sequence (to promote the new Disney.com) are used for ABC airings in the United States. This theme is short-lived until the new intro came. From 2015 to 2023, "Heaven's Triumph", written by Robert Etoll Productions/Q-Factory, was used along with a brand-new opening title sequence (updated to include Star Wars and Marvel properties). This format remained basically unchanged through the 1980s, though new material, as discussed earlier, was scarce in later years.When the show was revived in 1986, the format was similar to a movie-of-the-week, with family-oriented TV movies from the studio making up much of the material. Theatrical films were also shown, but with the advent of cable television and home video, they were not as popular. The 1997 revival followed this format as well, with rare exceptions. A miniseries entitled Little House on the Prairie ran for several weeks under the TWWOD banner. Incidentally, one offering in this ABC revival, the 1965 theatrical film version of The Sound of Music (aired generally during Christmas time), was actually released by 20th Century Fox, not Walt Disney Pictures, although it was allowed to air under the "Wonderful World of Disney" banner. Films from the Harry Potter series also occasionally aired under the banner even though they were released by Warner Bros.