Fun Find Friday
March 4, 2011
Location: Walt Disney Studio,
Burbank, California
After Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released,
Walt used the money to build a brand new studio. Shortly after the
Studio was built several people began to request tours of the lot
(much like other Studios did at the time). The idea never felt like
a good one to Walt and he decided to give fans a tour in a very
unique way: through film!
In 1941 Disney released a film entitled The
Reluctant Dragon. While filming this movie people began to discuss
what land marks they would show viewers around the studios. One idea
that came out of this was having the main person in the film, Robert
Benchley, arrive at the corner of Mickey Avenue and Dopey Drive. The
only problem was, this was the first time anyone had ever heard of
these two streets.
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The film makers decided to build the street corner and
show Mr. Benchley standing at the corner as part of a fun
gag in the film. The plan was to then take the street signs
down.
Luckily, people at the studio loved the way the signed look
and decided the last thing they should do is take down this
cute sign.
It was decided that the sign would stay. Amazingly enough,
this is the only street sign in the entire Walt Disney
Studio. True, other streets found throughout the lot do have
names (Donald Avenue, Snow White Boulevard, E Street, and
Minnie Avenue), but none of them are given the honor of
having a sign...at the Walt Disney Studio lot that is!
After Disney-MGM Studios was built, one section of the park
was named Mickey Avenue (after the one at the Walt Disney
Studio lot). After some debate it was decided that this
Mickey Avenue would not intersect with Dopey Drive here, but
with Minnie Avenue instead. |
You can still find Mickey Avenue and Minnie Avenue's
intersection near the entrance to The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian exhibit.
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