Ramblin’ Rod Anders  (November 26, 1933 – May 11, 2002)

Born Rodney Carl Andersen, Rod was the host of The Ramblin’ Rod Show, a 
children’s television program on Portland, Oregon’s KPTV Ch. 12, from 1964
until his retirement on August 8, 1997. He was well known for his message 
button-covered sweater (above). At the time of his death, Anders had
collected over 25,000 buttons which were given to him by adoring fans
and many guests of his TV show. He is missed by many.

Aired on KPTV, January 30, 1981

The traditional mascot of the Republican party is the elephant. A political cartoon (above) by Thomas Nast, published in Harpers Weekly on November 7, 1874, is considered the first notable appearance  of the symbol.

Thomas Nast is Considered the father of American
political cartooning.

 
Harpers Weekly, 11-7-1874

Walt Disney

The first of the Walt Disney anthology television series premiered on ABC,
Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show was originally hosted by
Walt Disney himself presenting a series of cartoons and other material from
the studio library. One-hour edits of recent Disney films were also aired and
occasionally, educational segments would be featured. The television series
continued to be produced by the Walt Disney Company under several titles
until 2008.

Filming a segment of Disneyland with Walt

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The Disney brothers from left: Roy and Walt 

After Walt Disney produced his short film "Alice’s Wonderland" in Kansas City, he 
entered into an agreement with New York Distributor, M.J. Winkler to release a 
series of "Alice Comedies" based on the films title character. That agreement on 
October 16, 1923 became the official founding date of the Walt Disney Company, 
known then as the “Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio”, with brothers Walt and Roy  
Disney, as equal partners. Today, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group is one of 
the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. 

The original Walt Disney Studio was located in the rear of
a small office occupied by a reality company in Los Angeles

Joan Mary Cusack is a film, stage and television actress. She has been
nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her roles in the movies Working Girl (1988) and In & Out (1997) and is
a three-time winner of the American Comedy Award as “Funniest
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.” Cusack is a former cast
member of TV show Saturday Night Live in 1985 to 1986. She also
did the voice of Jessie in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. Joan is the
sister of fellow actor, John Cusack.                      

 
Joan Cusack (left) with Melanie Griffith in Working Girl

Joan Cusack in a scene from Arlington Road (1999)

 
Joan voicing Jessie for Toy Story 3