TV series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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The Wonderful World of Disney premiered October 27, 1954. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Season 18 episodes
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Episode 4
Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1)
Episode credits
Guest stars Bob Hastings, Jimmy Lydon, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Zuckert, Kim Richards
Episode 5
Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (2)
Episode credits
Guest stars Agnes Moorehead, Bill Zuckert, Kim Richards
Episode 12
The Family Band (1)
This is the first half of the 1968 musical film ""The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band.""
Where to watch The Wonderful World of DisneyEpisode 14
Justin Morgan had a Horse (1)
Shortly after the Revolutionary War, a young man named Justin Morgan acquires a colt and devotes his time to developing its talents. He even manages to obtain horse feed on credit from Squire Fisk, a man with a reputation for dishonesty.
Where to watch The Wonderful World of DisneyEpisode 15
Justin Morgan had a Horse (2)
Justin Morgan, deeply in debt to Squire Fisk, loses his horse to him. When a pair of professional horse racers from New York challenge the horse to a race, Justin trains it.
Episode credits
Guest stars Don Murray, R.G. Armstrong, Gary Crosby, James Hampton, John Hubbard, John Smith, Lana Wood, Harry Harvey
Episode 18
Michael O'Hara the Fourth (1)
Episode credits
Guest stars Nehemiah Persoff, Mike Henry, Dave Willock, Robert Patten, Jimmy Lydon, Maudie Prickett, Mimi Maynard, Peter Renaday
Episode 19
Michael O'Hara the Fourth (2)
Episode credits
Guest stars Nehemiah Persoff, Mike Henry, Dave Willock, Robert Patten, Jimmy Lydon, Maudie Prickett, Mimi Maynard, Peter Renaday
Episode 20
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?
This 1970 theatrical featurette takes a comical look at the automobile and its effect on the American lifestyle.
Episode credits
Guest stars Peter Renaday, June Foray, Jesse White
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More about The Wonderful World of Disney
Cast
Michael EisnerSelf - Host
Walt DisneySelf - Host
Clarence Nash
Robert LoggiaElfego Baca
Tony BrittonSimon Bates
Alan Hale Jr.Fred Preston
Leslie NielsenColonel Francis Marion
Annette FunicelloDinah WilcoxCredits
- Written by
- David Swift, Otto Englander, Russell Thorndike, Norman Foster, Barney Slater, William Canning, Fred Freiberger
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 773
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States
NBCUnited States
CBSUnited States
Walt Disney TelevisionUnited States