Ep270: Disney's True-Life Adventures

In this episode: In this episode we recap the Haunted Mansion event that Gavin attended, we talk about the upcoming Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney's California Adventure, plus Gavin tells us some of the history of Disney's True-Life Adventures (which evolved into the DisneyNature film series).

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50 years of happy haunts

From dancing through New Orleans Square, the Scareolers singing classic Halloween tunes, the Ghost Host making his presence known throughout the park, and even the 13th Hour opening show, the Haunted Mansion 50th Celebration truly was a swinging wake!

Frightening Festivities

Unfortunately we don’t have video of this event but we wanted to share some of the ones that we watched showing off some of the festivities during the Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary event! Here are some videos by Adam the Woo, LIFE Disney and Beyond, Provost Park Pass, Laughing Place and DAPS Magic!

In this episode we also talked about some of the videos we’ve previously posted from Mickey’s Halloween Party. If you missed them or are new to our channel/podcast, here are the videos that we posted of the Frightfully Fun Parade, the Scareolers performing at Downtown Disney and the Cadaver Dans singing on the Rivers of America.

The birth of nature documentaries

The True-life Adventure series was a collection of 14 full-length documentary-style films produced by Walt Disney Productions released between December 1948 and March 1960. Over the course of its run, the series was awarded 8 Academy Awards and even inspired a daily panel comic strip. The films in the series are:

Seal Island [December, 21, 1948]
In Beaver Valley (a.k.a. Beaver Valley) [July 19, 1950]
Nature’s Half Acre [July 28, 151]
The Olympic Elk [February 13, 1952]
Water Birds [June 26, 1952]
Bear Country [February 5, 1953]
Prowlers of the Everglades [July 23, 1953]
The Living Desert [November 10, 1953]
The Vanishing Prairie [August 17, 1954]
The African Lion [September 14, 1955]
Secrets of Life [November 6, 1956]
Perri [August 28, 1957]
White Wilderness [August 12, 1958]
Jungle Cat [August 10, 1960]

For the love of nature

In April 2008, Disney launched a new series of nature documentaries under the film unit Disneynature. Since its inception, Disneynature has produced 16 films with plenty of Hollywood power behind them with narrators like James Earl Jones, Pierce Brosnan, Natalie Portman, Tim Allen, Tina Fey, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, and more. The current catalog consists of the following films: