Originally Posted By dunnefan This has been bugging me for years. All you Disney buffs, I need your help. About 15 or so years ago, there was TV show where three kids would run around Disneyland and introduce different disney cartoon shorts. I think it was called KCAL kids, but i don't remember for sure. I just want to make sure I'm not crazy and this show did exsist. I'm also trying to remember the names of the three kids on the show. Does anyone recall this show or remember andything about it?
Originally Posted By jmishica If it was KCAL kids- It was on Channel 9, which disney did own until they acquired ABC and were forced to sell off kcal, so no, you are not crazy. I believe this was the shot at Disneyland's Afternoon Avenue, which was a bunch of cheap cut outs of chip and dale's rescue rangers, Duck Tales, etc...
Originally Posted By getnby I'm not personally familiar with that program, but found a reference to it at <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lamdoo/november_02.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~l amdoo/november_02.htm</a> under the November 12, 2002 entry, if that helps.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo dunnefan, I had to laugh a little when I read the title vs the content of this topic. I think your scale of "important" and mine might be a little different, and I wish I could trade!
Originally Posted By dunnefan threeundertwo: well, i figured writing "important" would be the best way to get people to read the post. I'm a bit tricky that way.
Originally Posted By SpoonCM I would come home after school and watch the Disney Afternoon. They were great cartoons... ...and I loved Disney Afternoon Avenue. Cardboard cut-outs or not...I got to meet my favorite characters! And the show I think the OP is referring to is actually not the Disney Afternoon, but aired during the weekday mornings on KCAL. Not sure of the name, but I recall watching it a lot too...
Originally Posted By DlandDug OK... here's the online resume of KCAL Kid Marcus Reed: <a href="http://exploretalent.com/add/f0000000111/profile_0000111711.html" target="_blank">http://exploretalent.com/add/f 0000000111/profile_0000111711.html</a>
Originally Posted By dunnefan DlandDug: Thank you! Now i remember one of their name's was Marcus. I think the other guys' name was Mike, but i'm not sure and I don't remember the girl's name. I'm glad I'm not crazy and not the only one who remembers this!
Originally Posted By DlandDug I spoke to Tim O'Day (Disney author and publicist). He said a friend of his produced "KCAL Kids." He noted it was not actually a "program" per se, but rather interstitials that ran during the days programming. That's one reason it's hard to find details about this. (Personally, I had never heard of it before today.)
Originally Posted By DeadMansChest Hey could you ask your friend if John Hench original sketches ever come up for sell or auction? And where is the famous sketch of the Space Mtn design kept?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i loved the kcal kids show! i watched it all the time. it was fun and you got to see a little bit of disneyland each day!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Hey could you ask your friend if John Hench original sketches ever come up for sell or auction? And where is the famous sketch of the Space Mtn design kept?<< As far as I know, John Hench's original work would be kept in the archives of Walt Disney Imagineering. Certainly the Space Mountain design is there.
