Orange Bird

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Orange Bird
Disney Orange Bird.png
First appearance Walt Disney Studios' The Orange Bird (1971) [1]
Created by The Walt Disney Company
Bob Moore [1]
Don McLaughlin
Designed byBob Moore [2]
Don McLaughlin [1]
Voiced byTBA
Species Orange canary (with an Orange head)
GenderMale

Orange Bird is a Disney character first created in 1969 and debuted in 1971 as a mascot for the Florida Citrus Commission, in exchange for them sponsoring the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction and Sunshine Tree Terrace at the Magic Kingdom theme park. [3] Orange Bird is an animated orange canary.

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Personality

Unlike other animated birds, Orange Bird is incapable of singing or speaking, and instead communicates with orange-colored smoke clouds.

Appearances

Advertising and animated shorts

Orange Bird appeared on national television, print and radio ads for Florida oranges alongside singer Anita Bryant. [4] In 1971, Bryant narrated a record album telling the character's story. The album included an illustrated 10-page storybook, and included back-up singing by the Mike Sammes Singers. Orange Bird appeared on the cover of Citrus and Vegetable Magazine in 1977. [5] Orange Bird later had a solo career and appeared in a few Disney educational shorts in the 1980s such as "Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure" and "The Orange Bird and the Nutrition Bandwagon". The Sherman Brothers, better known for writing the songs for the Disney films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Jungle Book (1967), also wrote "The Orange Bird Song" for the album, which became the theme song for Orange Bird. Orange Bird became a ubiquitous citrus icon, particularly throughout the State of Florida and United States. Orange Bird is featured in exhibits at the Orange County Regional History Museum in Orlando, Florida and McKay Archives at Florida Southern College. [6]

Disney theme parks

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In the 1970s, Orange Bird appeared at Magic Kingdom as a walk-around character. He would often be found walking throughout Adventureland, outside the Enchanted Tiki Room. A figure of the character was also perched in a spot behind the counters of the Sunshine Tree Terrace, which has since been restored to the location after having spent years in the Disney Archives. Orange Bird merchandise can be found in retail locations at both Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Resort. [7]

In 2004, Orange Bird was featured at Tokyo Disneyland due to the character's high popularity in Japan. The Walt Disney Company created merchandising to coincide with Japan's annual Orange Day  [ ja ] on April 14. The Orange Bird soon returned to appearing regularly on merchandise in the United States Disney Store as well. This includes t-shirts, pins, ear hats, Vinylmation figures, and cups shaped like Orange Bird. [8]

In April 2012, the Orange Bird made a return to a fully restored Sunshine Tree Terrace at Walt Disney World. [9]

Merchandise

In February 2021, Orange Bird got a line of clothing and apparel including a magnetic shoulder plush.

Comics

Orange Bird is a character in the Disney Kingdoms comic book series, appearing in the Enchanted Tiki Room issue. Orange Bird also appeared on a page in the 2015 Inside Out book The Bing Bong Book.

Video games

Orange Bird appears as a Crew Member for Figment in Disney Speedstorm . [10]

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  2. ↑ "The Orange Bird". Walt Dated World. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ↑ "Give it a squeeze! For Orange Bird Fans Only". Disney. 2015-06-04. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Dotz, Warren; Morton, Jim (1996). What a Character! 20th Century American Advertising Icons. Chronicle Books. pp. 26–27. ISBN   0-8118-0936-6.
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