Disney Turns 100 Years Old Transcript

Welcome back as one of the biggest brands in the world, Disney, turns 100 years old today. And to celebrate, we wanted to take a look back at the movies and characters that cemented the company in history.

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It was 1928 when Walt Disney and his brother Roy introduced the world to an animated mouse named Mickey. The siblings went on to create the longest running animation studio in the world, now known as Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Roy Disney was always working with him at the Disney Company, and that partnership was so crucial to everything that Walt was doing.

Creating some of the most well-known characters.

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In 1938, the company’s first full-length animated feature film was released about a young girl named Snow White. The movie was a huge success, and so began the rise of Disney films.

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Up next was Pinocchio in 1940.

Oh look, my nose. What’s happened?

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Perhaps you haven’t been telling the truth, Pinocchio.

That year we also saw a darker side of Disney with Fantasia, which was later re-released in the year 2000.

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Dumbo and Bambi followed until World War II saw a pause in new releases. In 1950, we met Cinderella and went down a rabbit hole. In 1955, the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland, was opened up in Anaheim, California.

Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children.

In the years that followed, we met a boy who never grew up, and we met a little mermaid.

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Many of the films are now fitted with a disclaimer apologizing for insensitive stereotypes.

… warning that the program includes, “Negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” it goes on to say.

The nineties brought us a whole new era of classic films.

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With all three movies later remade as live action, the songs almost becoming more popular than the movies, with big names lending their lyrics and voices to films.

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In 1995, Disney teamed up with Pixar, releasing more family favorites. And after the millennium came even more magic.

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Thanks to merchandising, hotels, concerts, musicals, and multiple theme parks, the Disney brand is now worth almost 50 billion US dollars. Here’s to another 100 years of happiness.

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Do you know, I love that place so much.

That’s your happy place, isn’t it?

That’s my family’s happy place.

Yeah. Take him back.

Hey there, today fans. Sarah and…

What’s my name again?

Karl.

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And Karl misbehaving, of course.

That never happens.

Always happens.

What’s she talking about?

Always happens.