"Oh Boy!” as Mickey would say

“Oh Boy!” as Mickey would say, I am so stoked. This news could not be any better if Walt himself had planned this collaboration. You know that I had been extremely upset with the Disney Channel when they ended “Vault Disney” that aired on the Disney Channel in the evenings and late-night several years ago for all of us that love the Disney Classics. I kept my feelings as controlled as I possibly could but I am not going to control the jubilation and the joy that I feel over an announcement that I read the past couple of days. For those of us that love classics like “Davy Crockett”, “Pollyanna”, the “Swiss Family Robinson” and the original Disney cartoon shorts that made Disney a household word, this announcement is magical. I don't know if any of you can feel the warmth growing in my heart to know that Disney's vaults have opened up once again and the public will see things that most of them have never seen or heard of that will put Disney back where it belongs entertaining everyone, not just children. Walt Disney said that it is for the young and the young at heart and that encompasses all of us, from children to grandparents.

We have all grown up with Disney and, for a while, Disney was denying the adults like me the programs that they so desperately loved and wanted to see.

Starting on December 21, 2014, the Walt Disney Studios is opening the vault and allowing Turner Classic Movies to showcase the best that Disney has ever offered. Turner Classic Movies has always been that classic and classy network lead by the wonderful Robert Osborne, just what Disney needs to showcase their classic collections. Turner Classic Movies has held their Film Festival cruises on the Disney Cruise Lines and that was an excellent match for both Turner and Disney. I know I speak for many of you out there excited about the combination of Turner Classic Movies and the Disney Classics collections of movies. It is not only an excellent fit, it was their destinies. I am overjoyed in the fact that we are going to see the Disney classic movies on TCM. I hope they keep in mind that we also want to see the Disney made for television specials that have had no place where they could be enjoyed properly, other than on a channel or network like Turner Classic Movies Network.

Support Disney and Turner Classic Movies as they celebrate the premiere presentation of the Disney Vault on TCM, Sunday December 21, 2014 at 8 PM. I believe they will start off with a “Chip’n Dale” cartoon, the “Reluctant Dragon” and then the “Third Man on the Mountain”. All of us that love Disney Classics need to support both Turner Classic Movies and the Walt Disney Company in this collaboration so that we can continue to get these wonderful movies and special television programs that the Walt Disney Company has put out for years.

I am so happy that this is going to happen and that this is not the only collaboration of TCM and the Walt Disney Company. They have also decided to join forces and refresh the “Great Movie Ride” at the “Disney Studios” at WDW. The changes are going to be subtle such as having Robert Osborne narrate a completely revamped introduction to the movies that is seen before boarding the “Great Movie Ride” as not to disturb but enhance this icon that the Disney Parks have to offer and I for one am sure that it will be one of the best joint ventures that Disney has ever entered into. It can only help to enhance one of the greatest TV networks, Turner Classic Movies. So all of you Disney nerds out there, all of you Disney historians, all of you lovers of Disney Parks and people like me that love everything Disney, let us all come together and support this venture that will give us back our “Vault Disney”. Thank you to the Walt Disney Company and the Turner Classic Movies network for this unprecedented collaboration. We love to watch you and support you in this endeavor.