Restarted With A Mouse: A Pop Culture Timeline

[TheFaultsofAlts]

Well, at least you were honest on the title this time.

I love that Mary Poppins is still a Disney movie ITTL. But to be honest, I'd gladly prefer WB making a Jungle Book movie over Fox. Granted, if Disney joins in this bidding war, I'd happily change my nomination for their studio instead.

That actually sounds great for Paramount and Famous's futures.

 

[THE KINGFISH]

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Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures on January 25, 1961

After the disappointing box office numbers of Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians put the studio back on track with some critics calling the best film by the studio since Snow White.

Cool! I like that Disney movie!

NEWS REPORTS

"Disney acquires 'Mary Poppins' film rights" - Time

I think we all know where this is going…..

"Warner Brothers and Fox are interested in making a 'Jungle Book' movie" - Variety

Hopefully this means Warner Bros. never shuts down their animation studio.

 

[JCC the Alt Historian]

This timeline is pretty interesting so far. Watched!

 

[redben12]

Premiered on September 1, 1962

Originally starting development as a film adaptation, Fleischer Studios eventually made the decision to turn Tintin into their first TV show. The series would become a hit for NBC, being the introduction of the character to many western fans.

NEWS REPORTS

"MCA acquires Universal Pictures" - The New York Times

"Disney sets 'Sword in the Stone' for Christmas 1963" - Variety

 

[TheBeanieBaron]

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Premiered on September 1, 1962

Originally starting development as a film adaptation, Fleischer Studios eventually made the decision to turn Tintin into their first TV show. The series would become a hit for NBC, being the introduction of the character to many western fans.

NEWS REPORTS

"MCA acquires Universal Pictures" - The New York Times

"Disney sets 'Sword in the Stone' for Christmas 1963" - Variety

Maybe sometime down the road Fleischer can make a Tintin film like they originally planned to do.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

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Premiered on September 1, 1962

Originally starting development as a film adaptation, Fleischer Studios eventually made the decision to turn Tintin into their first TV show. The series would become a hit for NBC, being the introduction of the character to many western fans.

NEWS REPORTS

"MCA acquires Universal Pictures" - The New York Times

"Disney sets 'Sword in the Stone' for Christmas 1963" - Variety

I wonder if the success of this Tintin cartoon would make studios like Disney and Warner Bros. perk up at new animation for TV being feasible enough for the older studios.

 

[TrevorFromStarWars]

I'd like to ask what is it with Disney/movie/network what if timelines popping up by the thousands and tagging users at random

 

[redben12]

I'd like to ask what is it with Disney/movie/network what if timelines popping up by the thousands and tagging users at random

I don't know, because it's fun?

Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures on December 25, 1963

Cast: Rickie Sorensen*, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot

While the film today is known as a classic, critics at the time were mixed on the movie. Despite this, it would become one of the most successful films of 1963

*Sorensen entered puberty during the film's production, with the remaining lines being recorded by Walt Disney Junior. While he will not focus on acting, this would be an important moment for later ITTL. Basically "It's a surprise tool that will help us later"

NEWS REPORTS

"Walt Disney is planning several major attractions for the World's Fair" - The New York Times

"The World Wide Wrestling Federation is founded" - Sports Illustrated

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

Glad to see Walt Jr. has something of a career. Better than how Wart sounded IOTL.

 

[redben12]

In 1964, Walt Disney and WED Enterprises designed 4 attractions for The New York World's Fair.

The Illinois pavilion featured an Abraham Lincoln animatronic reciting his famous speeches.

General Electric sponsored "Progressland", which rotated guests through the history of technological advances.

Ford's Magic Skyway took audiences to days of cavemen and dinosaurs in convertible cars.

And the Pepsi-Cola pavilion featured "It's a Small World", a boat ride with animated dolls frolicking in the spirt of international unity.

While some people at the time discussed the possibility of Disney converting Flushing Meadows Park with the new exhibits, Walt had already began buying land in Florida for his next big project.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

I'm pretty darn sure this is a momentous occasion for Disney Parks in general.

 

[Sonny912]

As a wrestling fan I'd really liked to see how the WWWF goes through the years this time around.

 

[redben12]

Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures on August 27, 1964

After over 20 years of trying to get the rights to the book, Walt Disney would make what is widely considered to be his crowning achievement in 1964's Mary Poppins. The film would become the company's most successful live-action movie up to that point and being Disney's first feature to be nominated for best picture.

Another update to this thread is coming later today.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

If the legacy of Mary Poppins is considered a minor update for today, then I'm interested to see what the big one is.

 

[Ninja2006]

Cool!

I also heard that Walt Disney and Mr. Tezuka was talking about a sci-fi film.

And other than a few things to mean, this looks like the same as OTL.

Well, maybe it's just a coinicide and all the big changes will start coming later........

 

[Unknown]

Wonder if this version of Mary Poppins will be one that PL Travers approves of (or, at least, isn't as unhappy with). Fun fact: one of her friends was none other than Harlan Ellison (1), who hated the movie Saving Mr. Banks (about the making of Mary Poppins) for implying that Travers approved of it and for how she was portrayed as an Ice Queen...

On a side note, I wonder if his seminal work, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" still is done--I hope so, because it's one of his best works, IMO...

(1) Though it should be pointed out that Ellison has his own history with Disney, being hired to consult on the movie The Black Hole--and managing to be fired in one day (after the lunch break, IIRC) after he decided to act out a porn movie with Disney animated characters involved. Within earshot of Walt's brother Roy and other studio execs, no less!

 

[redben12]

On November 15, 1965, Walt and Roy Disney announced what we know today as Walt Disney World.

NEWS REPORTS

"Disney's 'Florida Project' to begin construction in 1967" - The Washington Post

"Paramount and Fleischer sets 'Fantastic Voyage' for next summer" - Time

"Warner Brothers announces Chuck Jones as the director for long-awaited 'Jungle Book' movie" - Variety


I might have overhyped this update a bit.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

No, it's fine. Project Florida, now known as Walt Disney World, is absolutely bigger than Mary Poppins.

Also, is Fantastic Voyage animated or live-action? And what would you have in mind for Disney in 1967?

 

[Sonny912]

Hey do we have to suggest things for just disney or can we give out ideas for any company? Cause I read somewhere that Warner bros actually owned atari for a while during the golden age of arcade gaming and that later after the crash their was gonna be a deal between atari and Nintendo that the former could help bring the Famicom to the west. What if Warner bros and later Ted turner essentially owned the American gaming industry by acquiring both atari and Nintendo?

 

[Ninja2006]

Hey do we have to suggest things for just disney or can we give out ideas for any company? Cause I read somewhere that Warner bros actually owned atari for a while during the golden age of arcade gaming and that later after the crash their was gonna be a deal between atari and Nintendo that the former could help bring the Famicom to the west. What if Warner bros and later Ted turner essentially owned the American gaming industry by acquiring both atari and Nintendo?

I actually heard Atari's founder say it was a huge mistake to sell out.