Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Ruby Bridges
TV Flash files “Ruby Bridges” as a desk essential hour — Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969) on NBC, season 42, episode 16, aired 1998-01-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S42E16: listed hour 863 of 941 in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color guide, hour 16 of 28 in season 42. It aired 1998-01-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Houseguest” (S42E15). Next is “Aladdin and the King of Thieves” (S42E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Ruby Bridges”. Ruby Bridges is a later named landmark: the Sunday franchise still able to file a public-history hour inside the park brand.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In 1960, a six-year-old African-American girl named Ruby Bridges helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. When she is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time. But guided by the love of her parents, Ruby's heroic struggle for a better education becomes a lesson for us all.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ruby Bridges sit in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color guide?
S42E16 is listed hour 863 of 941 — hour 16 of 28 in season 42, season 42 episode 16.
When did Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color S42E16 air?
Ruby Bridges aired 1998-01-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
An early-1960s hour with Walt hosting — or a color-forward park-and-vault mix — shows the peacock assignment. It is an anthology, so you sample nights rather than a plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was Sunday night as a sales pitch for NBC's peacock: anthology packaging, park mythology, and Walt himself hosting in the early years. It pushed color-set adoption while recycling Disney vaults as weekly event. Brand television at industrial scale — a studio teaching America to want palettes, princesses, and Tomorrowland from the sofa.
Sunday night as a sales window for NBC's peacock. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ran **1961–1969** under that title, evolving from earlier ABC Disneyland branding, and helped promote color-set adoption in partnership with RCA/NBC while recycling Disney vaults as weekly event. Anthology packaging, park mythology, Walt himself hosting in the early years. Cartoons, nature films, adventure serials, and Tomorrowland promotion share the umbrella. Rex will toast the cardigan cathedral. The metric is color as the…
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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…