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Hello Everyone,
I'd like to start a discussion about the new Disney Plus Streaming Service.
As many of you know, Disney Plus is set to launch early next month--November 12, to be exact--and I plan on signing up on Day One; that being said, though the list of Disney Plus launch titles is quite impressive, I'm quite baffled to see a number of Disney titles left out of Disney Plus, hence why this discussion is a personal opinion of Disney Movies and TV shows that, in my opinion, SHOULD be on Disney Plus, but as of this writing ARE NOT as of yet.
1. The Mickey Mouse Club -- WHY The Walt Disney Company Neglected to put "The Mickey Mouse Club" on its Disney Plus Streaming Service is beyond me, because the "Club" launched a number of prolific careers in both the original '50s Incarnation as well as the '80s Revival Series. Annette Funicello (of course) is perhaps the most famous Original Mouseketeer, but a number of other future Stars began their careers as Original Mouseketeers: Don Grady (known for his role as Robbie on the hit '50s sitcom "My Three Sons"), Johnny Crawford (TV's "The Rifleman," starring Chuck Connors) and Paul Petersen (futurely of the '50s sitcom "The Donna Reed Show") were among the other Original Disney Mouseketeers; in the '80s Disney Channel version alone, a plethora of future stars served as Disney Channel Mouseketeers, including Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez (Justin's future NSYNC bandmate), Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling to name just a few examples. It'd be a GREAT Trip Down Memory Lane if Disney Plus were to stream the entire "Mickey Mouse Club."
2. The Wonderful World of Disney -- The original Anthology Series that started it all: The Walt Disney Company's original foray into TV, initially airing on Wednesday nights at 7:30 P.M. ET on the ABC Television Network (now owned by Disney as of August 1995) before spending another 20 years airing at 7 P.M. ET every Sunday night on NBC and another 2 years airing Saturday nights at 8 P.M. ET on CBS; after a 2 1/2-year hiatus, the Anthology show was brought back to its original network home of ABC in February 1986, with Mike Eisner taking over for Walt himself as host; 2 years on ABC, plus 2 more on NBC airing Sunday nights, and the Anthology show found a home on Disney Channel before moving back home to ABC from 1997-2005, airing occasionally ever since.
3. Teen Win, Lose or Draw -- This Disney Channel Original Game Show was telecast on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992; 65 half-hour episodes were taped in 1989 and 1990, respectively, at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida for 2 seasons. Created by Jay Wolpert and hosted by Marc Price, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" had 2 teams (each composed of a Teen Celebrity Guest and 2 Teen Contestants per episode) compete in a Boys vs. Girls game where the Object was to get their teammates to say words, names and phrases by drawing pictures; the team with the most points at the end of each game won a Prize Package e.g. a trip to Palm Springs, California and a trip to U.S. Space Camp in Alabama, while the Runners-Up won a Cheaper Package e.g. a Singalodeon from The Lonestar Karaoke Company and Nintendo NES games from Acclaim Entertainment. Each game began with a Clue Puzzle Round where the teams had 60 seconds to guess a series of Clues leading up to a famous subject e.g. Benjamin Franklin; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the teams had 60 seconds or less to communicate a Phrase from a particular category e.g. "Famous Disney Films," with a Sample Answer being "Pinocchio" for instance. As with regular "Win, Lose or Draw" (which this show spun off from, or as I like to jokingly call it "Grown-Up Win, Lose or Draw"), each main game ended with a 90-Second Speed Round to determine the respective Prize Package winners, with an Audience member drawing in an Audience Round to earn a Prize e.g. $25 Disney Dollars and the home game "Win, Lose or Draw Junior" from the Milton Bradley Company. After Jay Wolpert left the series after the first season of 39 half-hour episodes, the duo of Scott Stone & David Stanley (under the Stone Stanley Productions banner) became showrunners, with taping resuming at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando during the Summer of 1990, sharing a Soundstage with "The Mickey Mouse Club."
4. Dick Tracy -- Warren Beatty's hit 1990 Disney version of Chester Gould's famous Comic Book series "Dick Tracy" was released theatrically on June 15, 1990, earning $107 million in the U.S. Box Office Alone on a $50 million Budget with an all-star cast e.g. Madonna Ciccone, Charlie Korsmo, Mandy Patinkin and James Caan among many others. Like "The Rocketeer" in June 1991, "Dick Tracy" was issued theatrically under both the Touchstone Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures banners (as evidenced via the original theatrical trailers for "Dick Tracy"). Touchstone issued "Dick Tracy" internationally, while "Dick Tracy" was issued in U.S. Theaters under the flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner; the Touchstone banner is more commonly used in home media versions worldwide of "Dick Tracy," such as VHS, DVD and most recently the 2012 Blu-Ray release.
5. Home Improvement -- The most profitable show in the history of The Walt Disney Company, I'm quite surprised "Home Improvement" IS NOT on Disney Plus; Hulu is currently Streaming the series, but I ALSO think Disney Plus should follow suit, just like fellow Disney sitcom "Boy Meets World" is set to do.
6. Father of the Bride -- Steve Martin's Disney remake of "Father of the Bride," as well as its sequel, "Father of the Bride: Part II" should both be on Disney Plus, but I'm surprised neither of them are.
Frankly, though Bob Iger insists at the moment Disney Plus WILL NOT include R-Rated Disney films or anything less than PG-13 rated content, I still think Disney Plus should include EVERY Single Disney Movie and TV Show EVER made, regardless of Disney banners e.g. Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista, Miramax Films, Jim Henson Productions and other Banners.
I also think Disney, as it had earlier done in the '90s after Jim Henson died, should purchase The Jim Henson Company so the Muppets and Fraggles and every other Jim Henson created character can forever be one big happy family once again; true, I know Disney no longer owns either Miramax Films or The Jim Henson Company, but they still could have included both company titles as part of the Disney Menagerie of Past and Present Disney banners/subsidiaries.
Any thoughts or opinions on what else should be on Disney Plus but isn't at the moment? Feel free to respond below, and thanks in advance.
Steve
I'd like to start a discussion about the new Disney Plus Streaming Service.
As many of you know, Disney Plus is set to launch early next month--November 12, to be exact--and I plan on signing up on Day One; that being said, though the list of Disney Plus launch titles is quite impressive, I'm quite baffled to see a number of Disney titles left out of Disney Plus, hence why this discussion is a personal opinion of Disney Movies and TV shows that, in my opinion, SHOULD be on Disney Plus, but as of this writing ARE NOT as of yet.
1. The Mickey Mouse Club -- WHY The Walt Disney Company Neglected to put "The Mickey Mouse Club" on its Disney Plus Streaming Service is beyond me, because the "Club" launched a number of prolific careers in both the original '50s Incarnation as well as the '80s Revival Series. Annette Funicello (of course) is perhaps the most famous Original Mouseketeer, but a number of other future Stars began their careers as Original Mouseketeers: Don Grady (known for his role as Robbie on the hit '50s sitcom "My Three Sons"), Johnny Crawford (TV's "The Rifleman," starring Chuck Connors) and Paul Petersen (futurely of the '50s sitcom "The Donna Reed Show") were among the other Original Disney Mouseketeers; in the '80s Disney Channel version alone, a plethora of future stars served as Disney Channel Mouseketeers, including Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez (Justin's future NSYNC bandmate), Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling to name just a few examples. It'd be a GREAT Trip Down Memory Lane if Disney Plus were to stream the entire "Mickey Mouse Club."
2. The Wonderful World of Disney -- The original Anthology Series that started it all: The Walt Disney Company's original foray into TV, initially airing on Wednesday nights at 7:30 P.M. ET on the ABC Television Network (now owned by Disney as of August 1995) before spending another 20 years airing at 7 P.M. ET every Sunday night on NBC and another 2 years airing Saturday nights at 8 P.M. ET on CBS; after a 2 1/2-year hiatus, the Anthology show was brought back to its original network home of ABC in February 1986, with Mike Eisner taking over for Walt himself as host; 2 years on ABC, plus 2 more on NBC airing Sunday nights, and the Anthology show found a home on Disney Channel before moving back home to ABC from 1997-2005, airing occasionally ever since.
3. Teen Win, Lose or Draw -- This Disney Channel Original Game Show was telecast on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992; 65 half-hour episodes were taped in 1989 and 1990, respectively, at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida for 2 seasons. Created by Jay Wolpert and hosted by Marc Price, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" had 2 teams (each composed of a Teen Celebrity Guest and 2 Teen Contestants per episode) compete in a Boys vs. Girls game where the Object was to get their teammates to say words, names and phrases by drawing pictures; the team with the most points at the end of each game won a Prize Package e.g. a trip to Palm Springs, California and a trip to U.S. Space Camp in Alabama, while the Runners-Up won a Cheaper Package e.g. a Singalodeon from The Lonestar Karaoke Company and Nintendo NES games from Acclaim Entertainment. Each game began with a Clue Puzzle Round where the teams had 60 seconds to guess a series of Clues leading up to a famous subject e.g. Benjamin Franklin; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the teams had 60 seconds or less to communicate a Phrase from a particular category e.g. "Famous Disney Films," with a Sample Answer being "Pinocchio" for instance. As with regular "Win, Lose or Draw" (which this show spun off from, or as I like to jokingly call it "Grown-Up Win, Lose or Draw"), each main game ended with a 90-Second Speed Round to determine the respective Prize Package winners, with an Audience member drawing in an Audience Round to earn a Prize e.g. $25 Disney Dollars and the home game "Win, Lose or Draw Junior" from the Milton Bradley Company. After Jay Wolpert left the series after the first season of 39 half-hour episodes, the duo of Scott Stone & David Stanley (under the Stone Stanley Productions banner) became showrunners, with taping resuming at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando during the Summer of 1990, sharing a Soundstage with "The Mickey Mouse Club."
4. Dick Tracy -- Warren Beatty's hit 1990 Disney version of Chester Gould's famous Comic Book series "Dick Tracy" was released theatrically on June 15, 1990, earning $107 million in the U.S. Box Office Alone on a $50 million Budget with an all-star cast e.g. Madonna Ciccone, Charlie Korsmo, Mandy Patinkin and James Caan among many others. Like "The Rocketeer" in June 1991, "Dick Tracy" was issued theatrically under both the Touchstone Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures banners (as evidenced via the original theatrical trailers for "Dick Tracy"). Touchstone issued "Dick Tracy" internationally, while "Dick Tracy" was issued in U.S. Theaters under the flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner; the Touchstone banner is more commonly used in home media versions worldwide of "Dick Tracy," such as VHS, DVD and most recently the 2012 Blu-Ray release.
5. Home Improvement -- The most profitable show in the history of The Walt Disney Company, I'm quite surprised "Home Improvement" IS NOT on Disney Plus; Hulu is currently Streaming the series, but I ALSO think Disney Plus should follow suit, just like fellow Disney sitcom "Boy Meets World" is set to do.
6. Father of the Bride -- Steve Martin's Disney remake of "Father of the Bride," as well as its sequel, "Father of the Bride: Part II" should both be on Disney Plus, but I'm surprised neither of them are.
Frankly, though Bob Iger insists at the moment Disney Plus WILL NOT include R-Rated Disney films or anything less than PG-13 rated content, I still think Disney Plus should include EVERY Single Disney Movie and TV Show EVER made, regardless of Disney banners e.g. Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista, Miramax Films, Jim Henson Productions and other Banners.
I also think Disney, as it had earlier done in the '90s after Jim Henson died, should purchase The Jim Henson Company so the Muppets and Fraggles and every other Jim Henson created character can forever be one big happy family once again; true, I know Disney no longer owns either Miramax Films or The Jim Henson Company, but they still could have included both company titles as part of the Disney Menagerie of Past and Present Disney banners/subsidiaries.
Any thoughts or opinions on what else should be on Disney Plus but isn't at the moment? Feel free to respond below, and thanks in advance.
Steve
