1964 Opening to "Walt Disney's The Wonderful World of Color"

The 1964 opening theme to "Walt Disney Presents The Wonderful World of Color"

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• Walt
• Disney
• Wonderful
• World
• Color
• Theme
• 1964

[fromthesidelines]

Thanks, Lorene. When Disney moved his weekly series from ABC to NBC in the fall of '61, he felt "liberated"; that is, unlike ABC, NBC didn't tell him WHAT to program, so long as it reflected the network's ongoing challenge to get more people to watch the program in color (their parent company, RCA {the leading manufacturer of color sets} was also his co-sponsor [with Eastman Kodak], so there were plenty of opportunites for each to "help" the other, in terms of advertising and promotion)....

[LoreneFaith]

@fromthesidelines Very interesting information. Thanks again.

[fromthesidelines]

Disney and NBC were made for each other in those days, as NBC was virtually the ONLY network to regularly schedule color shows in the early '60s [ABC only carried two or three weekly prime-time color series- including "THE FLINTSTONES"- from 1962 through '65; CBS- NONE, until the fall of '65]. Walt liked the idea that his studio's product was promoting color TV for the masses- which he couldn't do at ABC, which insisted he mostly feature Westerns and "early American" adventures by the late '50s.

[LoreneFaith]

@fromthesidelines Thank you for posting this very interesting piece of television history.

[jsrosa1282]

@LoreneFaith Do you remember NBC's Sunday night schedule from the late '60s/early '70s? The Walt Disney program was on first at 7:30, followed by whatever sitcom they had at 8:30, and then the top-rated Bonanza at 9:00. Did you ever watch the Cartwrights and the Ponderosa?

[LoreneFaith]

@jsrosa1282 Yes I do remember. It was all so exciting because you had to be there to see it. No watching later. I did watch Bonanza and I really liked Gunsmoke too.

[jonfromncl]

They should have a whole network. "Disney Classics" or something. Only pre-90s stuff allowed.

[Childist2]

Believe it or not, I'm 13 and watching this. I envy those of you that got to watch this stuff back in the day and really wish that Disney would go back to these kinds of programs. I am very depressed in this mad world I am forced to live in. If it weren't for this magic that thankfully my parents showed me as a kid being on YouTube, my life would be much less. I am very thankful for people like LoreneFaith for uploading these wonderful programs.

[libertador14]

no estara en español???



[fromthesidelines]

Eventually, Walt focused more on "outdoor" adventures (featuring animals "on their own", or interacting with human lives), with occasional "Ludwig Von Drake" animated 'lectures', mixing new footage with "classic" Disney animation, and an attempt to create another "series within a series" (Roger Mobley's "Gallagher", in the mid-'60s)....and, of course, the ongoing "promotional" documentaries concerning Disneyland and upcoming feature films.

[IaoGawd]

Walt Disney Presents Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.

Hehehe. I love it when Stephen Colbert does it, too.

[mattjnor98]

@jonfromncl There already is a whole network with Disney classics, it's called Disney Cinemagic. All they need to do is bring that channel to the US and I'll be happy.