Disney Trivia Guy

It saddens me to announce that Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump has passed away at the age of 93 yesterday. He was such a talented artist and Imaginer and was a kind person. He was nice enough to be a guest on my podcast and also wrote the foreword for my last book. I mentioned him about two dozen times throughout my last book because of all the work he did on the Haunted Mansion , Enchanted Tiki Room , and It’s a Small World . I also had the pleasure of appearing in a documentary with him called The Land Series: New Orleans Square , which was released in 2022. Order Here IMDb Info Rolly Crump became a Disney Legend in 2004. He has a window on Main Street U.S.A. that reads; Fargo’s Palm Parlor - Predictions That Will Haunt You – Bazaar, Whimsical & Weird – “Designs to Die For” – Roland F. Crump – Assistant to the Palm Reader In the Tencennial edition of 1965 on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969), season 11 episode 14, they visited the Imagineers working on their ...

November 18, 2018, marks the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse. Always remember that all of Disneyland was made possible because of a little cartoon mouse. Here are some pieces of trivia about the world-famous rodent called Mickey Mouse. FUN FACTS A brief history of The Mouse . The first known appearance of Mickey Mouse as portrayed by an actor was in the Fanchon and Marco traveling stage show " Mickey Mouse Idea ," which premiered on March 12, 1931, in Los Angeles. Popular vaudeville performer "Toots" Novelle was the man inside The Mouse. Mickey’s second appearance was at the premiere of the first full-length color animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) on December 21, 1937. The permanent appearance of Mickey Mouse, among other Disney characters, was at the grand opening of Disneyland on July 17, 1955. Disney didn’t have official character costumes yet, so he borrowed them from the Ice Capades. Since they were originally intended for ice skater...