An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland

"An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" is the first episode of Disney's long-running anthology series to air in color. It premiered on September 24, 1961, as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color following the series' move from ABC to NBC.^[1] This show introduced a new character, Ludwig Von Drake, who provides an interesting lowdown on color (at one point performing "The Spectrum Song", all about different colors). By the end of the song, the NBC Peacock makes a brief cameo as a "color show-off". The kaleidoscopic intro to the show featured music composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The second part of the show is the 1959 featurette Donald in Mathmagic Land.

"An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland"
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 1
Directed by	Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman (sequence director) Les Clark (sequence director) Joshua Meador (sequence director)
Written by	Bill Berg Joe Rinaldi Milt Banta Larry Clemmons Otto Englander Dr. Heinz Haber
Featured music	Buddy Baker Songs by the Sherman Brothers
Original air date	September 24, 1961 (1961-09-24)
Episode chronology
List of episodes

The episode was partially created to help promote color televisions.

Cast

• Walt Disney - Himself
• Paul Frees/Corey Burton (voice) - Ludwig Von Drake; the True Spirit of Adventure (also archive footage)
• Clarence Nash (voice) - Donald Duck (archive footage)

Credits

Disney's Sing Along Songs Fun With Music Clips courtesy of Walt Disney Home Video.