"Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program" Topic

"…But what interested me most about this early chapter was the emphasis the authors placed on the speculations and artistic renderings in the popular press in the 1950s (notably Collier's Magazine) and particularly the three programs produced by Walt Disney, aired in the first years of his now-classic anthology program, known by many names over the years, but which started out as simply Disneyland.

The significance the authors place on these programs was of particular interest to me because I remember them so vividly, especially the first one, "Man in Space." Disneyland the program (like Disneyland the theme park in California that had not yet opened when the TV series started) was divided into four categories: Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland and Tomorrowland. Almost all the programs however were in the first three of those categories. I remember tuning in every week, waiting, waiting for Tomorrowland. I mean I loved Davy Crockett like everybody else, but I craved the future. And then one night, it appeared.

I'm guessing I saw it more than once that first year--Disney was never shy about rerunning programs. I soaked up every second of it. And I pined for more…"

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