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** This was also Irwin Kostal's first assignment for Disney as conductor and music arranger, but he later performed similar duties on ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', ''[[Pete's Dragon]]'', and ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'', while his assistant, James MacDonald, was the featured percussionist for ''[[Fantasia]]'' as well as Walt Disney's replacement as the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] and the original voice of [[Humphrey the Bear]].
** The Sherman Brothers wrote music for several Disney films, mostly in the '60s and '70s.
* [[The Red Stapler]]: Inverted in that modern nannies now have an impossibly high standard to live up to with employing families in the Western world. Case in point the [[wikipedia:Norland College|Norland Nannies]], whose [https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/norland-nannies-reveal-new-look Poppins-esque uniforms] and extensive training in the finer points of childcare made them a status symbol amongst the elite. In recent years Norlanders are trained even in aspects such as [https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/169483-british-nannies-norland-college-counter-terror-training/ counter-terrorism and self-defence] especially considering how some of their charges are children of prominent individuals and oligarchs.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: For [[Julie Andrews]]. ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' came out shortly after this, solidifying it (and giving Andrews a lot of [[Typecasting]] she tried to shake off).
* [[Throw It In]]:
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