An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland

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{{Infobox television episode

| series = Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

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| season = 8

| episode = 1

| director = * Hamilton Luske

| writer = * Bill Berg

| music = * Buddy Baker

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| airdate = {{Start date|1961|09|24}}

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| prev = The Title Makers/Nature's Half Acre

| next = The Horsemasters: Follow Your Heart

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"An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" is the first episode of Disney's long-running anthology series to air in color. It premiered on September 24, 1961, as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color following the series' move from ABC to NBC.{{cite book |last1=Cotter |first1=Bill |title=The Wonderful World of Disney Television |date=1997 |publisher=Hyperion Books |isbn=0-7868-6359-5 |pages=76, 512}} This show introduced a new character, Ludwig Von Drake, who provides an interesting lowdown on color (at one point performing "The Spectrum Song", all about different colors). By the end of the song, the NBC Peacock makes a brief cameo as a "color show-off". The kaleidoscopic intro to the show featured music composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The second part of the show is the 1959 featurette Donald in Mathmagic Land.

The episode was partially created to help promote color televisions.

Cast

Credits

Disney's Sing Along Songs Fun With Music Clips courtesy of Walt Disney Home Video.

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