Post by Dave on May 16, 2014 18:33:16 GMT -5
1928: Walt Disney applied for a trademark for "Mickey Mouse" for use in motion pictures.
1991: Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D opened at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. The attraction is housed in a 500-plus seat multi-media 3-D theater located in an expansion of the backlot annex area.
It is no coincidence that Muppet*Vision 3D opened on May 16, 1991 exactly one year after Jim Henson's untimely passing at the age of 53. Disney opened the attraction on this day to honor the memory of the Muppet creator. Henson in 1989 had agreed to sell his company to Disney, which led to the creation of the Muppet*Vision 3D show at the then-Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. Henson's death ultimately scuttled the deal, but in 2004, Henson's heirs agreed to sell the rights to most of the non-Sesame Street Muppets to Disney.