Disneyland
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?
TV Flash files “Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?” as the last listed hour of season 18 — Disneyland (1954–1958) on ABC, season 18, episode 19, aired 1972-04-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S18E19: listed hour 446 of 941 in the Disneyland guide, last listed hour of season 18. It aired 1972-04-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Michael O'Hara the Fourth (2)” (S18E18). Next is “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1)” (S19E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? sit in the Disneyland guide?
S18E19 is listed hour 446 of 941 — last listed hour of season 18, season 18 episode 19.
When did Disneyland S18E19 air?
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? aired 1972-04-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Walt hosting and the park-land blocks — Frontierland/Tomorrowland as TV architecture — then the Davy Crockett stretch if you want the merch explosion.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Disneyland is Walt himself selling a magic kingdom on Tuesday nights: Frontierland blocks, Davy Crockett fever, TV as the world's longest commercial and a gift. Watch it in 2026 as the synergy flex that funded Anaheim — a studio using prime time to build a park empire and a lifelong brand before Silicon Valley learned the word.
The look is an uncle in a tie selling a kingdom on Tuesday night. Walt Disney on ABC, premiering 1954 as *Disneyland* — later retitled in the long Walt Disney anthology lineage — 941 episodes across a 47-season franchise umbrella in this catalog's long count. Cartoons, nature films, adventure serials, relentless park promotion: Frontierland, Tomorrowland, and the rest as programming blocks. Davy Crockett fever minted coonskin-cap mania. The park and the show sold each other in a closed loop of wonder and…
Filed against
- Walt Disney as Host
Walt Disney hosted Disneyland as Tuesday-night synergy — Frontierland blocks, Davy Crockett fever, prime time as the world’s longest commercial and a gift — then sold NBC’s peacock on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, anthology…