Walt Disney Educational Media Company

Background

Walt Disney Educational Media Company was established in 1969 as a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company to produce educational media. In 1987, it was rebranded as Disney Educational Productions.

1st Logo (Late 70s-Mid 80s)

Nicknames: "Mickey the Graduate", "Radar Globe Mickey", "Graduate Mickey Head"

Logo: Basically just the WDEMC logo of the time, either presented over a randomized background or superimposed over the opening credits. The logo featured a yellow Mickey head on the top, but styled like a radar globe and is wearing a graduation cap. Below that is the company name in yellow, styled like this:

WALT DiSNEY

EDUCATIONAL

MEDIA COMPANY

Presents

Trivia: The radar Mickey was based on the 1971-1996 Walt Disney World logo.

Variants: The logo may be featured in different colors, or in-credit.

FX/SFX: None. It's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme.

Availability: It can range from uncommon to very rare. Most WDEMC releases are in film reels, which can be only played through projectors. Some of the films are still shown in schools.

2nd Logo (Mid 80s-1987)

Nicknames: "Mickey the Graduate II", "Radar Globe Mickey II", "Graduate Mickey Head II"

Logo: An animated version of the previous logo. Starts with the Mickey head from the previous logo, tilted upwards, zooming to the top of the screen. It tilts downwards, and "WALT DiSNEY" in black with a bluish glow and in its usual corporate font writes itself onscreen. While this, the Mickey head glows and turning metallic. After the writing, "EDUCATIONAL MEDIA COMPANY Presents" (written exactly like the previous logo but in a different font) wipes onto the screen via 'sparkle' effect. The remainder of the logo has the entire logo shining.

FX/SFX: The zooming, writing and shining of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A twinkling theme when the logo forms. When the company name writes itself, an 8-note horn fanfare plays throughout. This ends with twinkling sounds and a majestic sounder.

Music/Sounds Variant(s): Sometimes, it's the opening theme of the film.

Availability: Near extinction. It was used during WDEMC's last period before its rebranding as Disney Educational Productions. Its last known appearance was in Goofy's Hygiene Game.