Thursday, March 26, 2009

I'm Going To Miss Remembering "The Lion King"

My wife and I went to the World Premiere of "The Lion King" at the Uptown theater in Washington back in 1994. I was a reporter at WMAL at the time, and a friend of mine at Disney got us the invitation. It was quite the affair... Vice President Al Gore was there, and so was Disney Chairman Michael Eisner and Walt Disney Pictures President Jeffrey Katzenberg, among others. After the movie, there was a gala reception at the National Zoo. Disney rented out the place, and served up a feast right next to the Lion's Den at the Zoo.

It's too bad I'm going to forget it all in short order. It seems Disney is putting the film - and all memories of it - back in the vault!

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