Christmas in Disneyland 1976 TV Special - Part 1 of 2

For the 1976 holiday season, a high production Christmas TV special was filmed on location in Disneyland, with stars Art Carney, Sandy Duncan and Glen Campbell, each playing a duel role. Art Carney played both a miserly grandfather and a jolly magician named Dr. Wunderbar. Sandy Duncan played a Disneyland tour guide and Snow White. Glen Campbell played a Disneyland cast member and Santa Claus. The show began as the Disney characters and the Kids of the Kingdom prepared the park for the holiday season as an unimpressed Gramps, with his two grand kids in tow, were preparing to leave. His plan was quickly thwarted by tour guide Sandy Duncan, who devised a plan to prevent him from leaving. She took the three guests to the underground laboratory of Dr. Wunderbar who offered Gramps a cash reward if he could resist being transformed from an unbeliever into a believer by midnight. Sandy then made the first attempt to warm his heart by showing him her miniature world, using green screen technology placing a miniaturized Sandy within the backdrop of It's a Small World. Then Glen Campbell invited Gramps to a down home hoedown in Bear Country with Big Al and the stars of the Country Bear Jamboree. The three visitors then encountered a depressed Santa, concerned with the lack of production in his toy making elves. The children recommended that Snow White offer the assistance of her Seven Dwarfs to add their numbers and speed up the assembly line. As night falls, Gramps and the kids pause for a moment in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle to reflect on what it would like to be older and younger, followed by a story by Gramps about Christmas Eve in the castle, shown as a dream sequence featuring the Disney characters and the Big Bad Wolf disguised as Santa Claus. Gramps was then challenged to "hear" the unbelievable as Glen Campbell showed him the singing geese and other animals of America Sings in a comical Christmas medley. As a final test, Gramps was then asked to make a wish, and if it could be made into a reality, then he must admit to being a believer. He wished for a snowfall on Main Street, and magically, Disneyland was turned into a frosted winter wonderland with real live snow! This iconic moment in Disneyland history was topped off with a romantic ice skating routine between Mickey and Minnie, a scene that is well remembered by many all these years later. The show concluded with highlights from the Candlelight Processional, and finally Gramps was transformed into a true believer.