Who saw this at the theater?

I definitely was at the theater. I'm fairly sure my first Disney theater trip would have been around Beauty and the Beast and I have a vivid memory of being in the theater for that despite being 4 1/2 (the Be Our Guest scene sticks out as probably my earliest theater memory). For Aladdin, I was 5 1/2, so it's a sure thing. The only Disney Renaissance film I was too young for was The Little Mermaid, seeing as I was born in 1987. I pretty much saw all the '90s ones (and a great deal of the well-known '90s kid movies) in the theater.

Robin Williams might have been one of the very first actors I knew the name of. One of the common things Gen-Yers all say is that when he died, they realized just how much of a constant presence he was in their '90s childhoods.

My dad had Robin on his USAir flight (as an airline captain for PSA/USAir/US Airways from 1970 to 2000, he and my stewardess mom met many celebrities) in the early '90s right after Aladdin was released. It really became a big deal in my house and I remember my dad telling us who he had on his plane. My dad wanted to approach him to welcome him aboard his magic carpet, but Robin seemed tired and introverted, so he left him alone. A rare glimpse of Robin not performing for the public.

Aladdin, because of Robin (the "Alright, you baaad boy, but no more freebies." line was repeated constantly), was definitely the Disney film my dad seemed to enjoy most. I had the whole collection on VHS and abused them pretty heavily.

I for sure saw 5 of Robin's films in the theater as a child of the '90s (FernGully, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji and Flubber). I saw Mrs. Doubtfire at an old-fashioned drive-in movie theater. I have a vivid memory of watching a behind-the-scenes featurette on television about Jumanji's special effects (how they made the CGI elephant step on the car vividly comes to mind). And I saw Flubber and Anastasia on the same day out to the theater with my mom.

I also have vivid memories of What Dreams May Come being rented from Blockbuster--that was a bit heavy for an 11-12 year old! I'm pretty sure I saw Bicentennial Man when it came out for rental, too. Popeye was a movie I had on VHS all through my childhood and I watched it a lot. It was quite popular in my house, seeing as we have a boat. I also have some memories of watching Mork & Mindy on TVLand (I watched tons of TVLand), but it never seemed to last long in the lineup. I've since seen all of it and have been catching up on his films I hadn't seen and refreshing myself on ones I last saw as a child.