Disney Trivia Guy

As it has been told, The Lion King was the first original story created by Disney. All the other theatrically released animated movies were based on books or pre-existing stories. Disney wouldn’t release another original story until Dinosaur (2000).  Some believe that The Lion King story was copied from the Japanese manga series Kimba the White Lion . It was also called King of the Jungle and Jungle Emperor . A manga is like a comic book. Kimba was in a Japanese Manga Shōnen magazine from 1950-1954. Kimba’s creator, Osamu Tezuka, was also known for Astro Boy . Kimba later became an animated series from 1965-1967.                                              It was the first color animated series in Japan. It began airing in the US in 1966. The production company Tezuka Production began working on the film Jungle Emperor Leo in 1989, the same year Disne...

I have seen lots of blogs written titled “Things You Didn’t Know About Disneyland” or something similar. People would post them on my wall or tag me in the posts so I could read through them. The problem is I knew them all already, or they were very common Fun Facts like “Walt’s apartment above the firehouse,” “the basketball court in the Matterhorn,” or “the only real skull on Pirates of the Caribbean.” There are thousands of Fun Facts out there that are about Disneyland, or just Disney in general. I got tired of reading the same ones over and over again. That prompted me to write this blog with 20 Fun Facts that I can almost guarantee you don’t know, or if you did know them, at least give you more information about them with accompanying photos. I scoured through my book, Discovering The Magic Kingdom, to find 20 of the most unique Fun Facts I could post. Enjoy! 1. A Cast Member is under no circumstances allowed to take off the characters head. Even if they are feeling nauseo...

Ben Burtt was the voice of WALL•E and was the breathing for Darth Vader. Ben Burtt was the sound engineer for WALL • E (2008). He was the one who worked on the Star Wars films and created sounds like Darth Vader’s breathing, the lightsaber, and the blasters. Ben also provided the voices for WALL•E and M-O. If you liked this fun fact, then you should check out my book that has over 3,700 Disneyland and Disney Movie fun facts. www.DisneyGuy.org