Walt Disney - the grandfather of infomercials?

[doconeill]

While watching some of the Disney Treasure DVDs on Disneyland, I had a bit of a revelation - Walt Disney managed to get ABC and later NBC to air lots of hour long commercials in evening and prime time for Disneyland.

Wouldn't this essentially make him the true grandfather of infomercials?

 

[GSLand]

Yep! Those Wonderful World of Color shows (on COLOR TV!!) sure put the yen for all things Disney in my soul. That and the Cinderella movie