In this episode, Michael and Craig answer your questions about the Disney theme parks and Imagineering!

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

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In this episode, Michael and Craig are joined once again by Dave Bossert to discuss his new book outside of the Disney realm titled "Find Your Happy Place: The 8-Step Guide to Expanding Your Creativity through a Personal Retreat."

Buy your copy of Find Your Happy Place on The Old Mill Press

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

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In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss the history of Splash Mountain from its origins to the end of the attraction at the domestic Disney parks.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

• Who’s Afraid of the Song of the South and other Forbidden Disney Stories by Jim Korkis

Websites/Articles:

• The Complete History of Splash Mountain at Disney Parks by Tom Corless
• A Brief History of Disney: Splash Mountain by Zoe Wood
• The Iconic Legacy of Splash Mountain by Dom
• The Disney Wiki: Splash Mountain
• From Bear Country to Critter Country, Disney’s Opening of Splash Mountain for The Disney Classics
• The Complicated History of Disneyland’s Splash Mountain and Song of the South by Dirk Libbey
• A Brief and Incomplete History of Splash Mountain for WDW Magic.com
• The Story of the Br’er Critters by Sasha Coles
• Joel Chandler Harris for the New Georgia Encyclopedia
• The Wild History of Splash Mountain by C.Z. Anderson

Video: 

• The Theme Park History of Splash Mountain

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In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss the final two segments in Fantasia - Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria - as well as the film's legacy.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by John Culhane
• The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, Edited by Daniel Kothenschulte
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by Deems Taylor
• The original Fantasia film program

Websites/Articles:

• The Making of Fantasia: Disney’s Masterpiece, Houston Symphony
• The Disney Wiki: Fantasia
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia: JustDisney.com
• “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: The Genesis of “Fantasia” by Jay Gabler for Your Classical
• Fifteen Fascinating Facts about Fantasia, D23.com
• “Fantasia”: Walt Disney’s Pioneering Classic by Jamie Atkins
• The Untold Truth of Disney’s Fantasia by Sarah Buddery

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In this episode, Michael and Craig continue their discussion of Fantasia moving on to the "Pastoral Symphony" and "Dance of the Hours" sequences.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by John Culhane
• The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, Edited by Daniel Kothenschulte
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by Deems Taylor
• The original Fantasia film program

Websites/Articles:

• The Making of Fantasia: Disney’s Masterpiece, Houston Symphony
• The Disney Wiki: Fantasia
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia: JustDisney.com
• “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: The Genesis of “Fantasia” by Jay Gabler for Your Classical
• Fifteen Fascinating Facts about Fantasia, D23.com
• “Fantasia”: Walt Disney’s Pioneering Classic by Jamie Atkins
• The Untold Truth of Disney’s Fantasia by Sarah Buddery
• Lost “Fantasia”: The Disappearance of Sunflower by Jim Korkis
• Artists Recall the Making of a Classic : ‘Fantasia’: Walt Disney’s ground-breaking combination of animation and classical music has been restored for re-release on its 50th birthday by Michael Szymanski for the Los Angeles Times

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In this episode, Michael and Craig continue their conversation on the classic film Fantasia picking up with The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Rite of Spring!

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by John Culhane
• The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, Edited by Daniel Kothenschulte
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by Deems Taylor
• The original Fantasia film program

Websites/Articles:

• The Making of Fantasia: Disney’s Masterpiece, Houston Symphony
• The Disney Wiki: Fantasia
• Fantasia | Disney Wiki | Fandom
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia: JustDisney.com
• “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: The Genesis of “Fantasia” by Jay Gabler for Your Classical
• Fifteen Fascinating Facts about Fantasia, D23.com
• “Fantasia”: Walt Disney’s Pioneering Classic by Jamie Atkins
• Bringing Evolution to the Masses: Disney’s Fantasia as History of Biology by Charles Pence

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In this episode, Michael and Craig look at the history of Walt Disney's Fantasia and start to analyze the film in order starting with Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor and The Nutcracker Suite.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by John Culhane
• The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, Edited by Daniel Kothenschulte
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia by Deems Taylor
• The original Fantasia film program

Websites/Articles:

• The Making of Fantasia: Disney’s Masterpiece, Houston Symphony
• The Disney Wiki: Fantasia
• Walt Disney’s Fantasia: JustDisney.com

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In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss Disney Legend Bill Evans and appreciate how he worked so hard to make sure Disneyland and Walt Disney World look as beautiful as they do.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti

Disneyland World of Flowers by Morgan Evans

Secrets of Disney’s Glorious Gardens by Kevin Markey

Walt’s People, Volume 5, Edited by Didier Ghez (Interview of Bill Evans by Jim Korkis)

Websites/Articles:

Morgan Bill Evans for The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Bill Evans, D23.com

Bill Evans – Walt’s Green Thumb for Walt’s Folly

Bills Evans – The Jungle Cruise Wiki

Morgan “Bill” Evans Obituary – Variety.com

Disney Park Landscape – Society of Architectural Historians

Horticultural Heritage by Wade Sampson for MousePlanet

The Trees of Disneyland by Jim Denney author of Walt’s Disneyland

Disney Family Album: Disneyland Designers (John Hench/Herb Ryman/Bill Evans/Tony Baxter)

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In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss Disney Legend Marvin Davis who worked alongside Walt planning out the layout of Disneyland and later Walt Disney World.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Books/Magazines:

Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti

The “E” Ticket Magazine Number 28: Disneyland – The First 12 Months

Websites/Articles:

D23.com – Marvin Davis

Marvin Davis - Walt’s Folly.com

Marvin Davis – The Disney Wiki

Marvin Davis – IMBD

Marvin A. Davis Obituary – Variety

Tribute to Imagineer Marvin Davis by Wade Sampson for Mouseplanet

Jim’s Attic: Imagineer Marvin Davis, Master Planner of Walt Disney World by Jim Korkis for All Ears.Net

Disney Legends: Marvin Davis – Disney Nerds Podcast

Marvin Aubrey Davis – Emmys.com

The Men Who Dreamed Up Disneyland – Inventing Disneyland

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In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss the importance of Walt's Model Shop and the impact Fred Joerger, Harriet Burns, and Wathel Rogers had on it.

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Sources:

Books/Magazines:

Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti

The “E” Ticket Magazine Number 44: Walt’s Model Shop

Websites/Articles:

We Wouldn’t Have Disneyland Without These 5 Imagineers by Molly McCormack for AllEars

The Early Days of Audio-Animatronics by Keith Gluck for The Walt Disney Family Museum

A Feathered Family: Creating the Birds of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room by Sophie Jo for the Walt Disney Family Museum

Walt Disney Legend Fred Joerger: D23.com

Fred Joerger Obituary – Los Angeles Times Archives

Fred Joerger Obituary – Washington Post (May be behind a paywall)

Former Lakeview Terrace Home of Early Imagineer Fred Joerger asks $2.7 million, Los Angeles Daily News

Disney’s Master of Illusion Fred Joerger, University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering

Harriet Burns Official Website

The Finishing Touch of Harriet Burns, Walt’s Folly: The History, Ideas, and People Who Built Disneyland

Disney Legend Wathel Rogers, D23.com

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In this episode, Michael and Craig finish their discussion of Milt Kahl's life and the characters he brought to life!

Links:

• Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
• Important DIS links and more information!
• Connecting with Walt on Twitter

Sources:

Books:

• Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men & The Art of Animation by John Canemaker
• The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney’s Great Animators by Andreas Deja
• Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation by Don Hahn and Charles Solomon

Websites/Articles:

• Milt Kahl: D23
• Milt Kahl: Master Puppeteer by Tracie Timmer for the Walt Disney Family Museum
• Milt Kahl by Jordan Beeks
• Career Highlights: Milt Kahl by Eli Sanza for Entertainment Junkie Blog
• The Famous Kahl of Disney by Matt Kahl (no relation)
• The Milt Kahl Head Swaggle by Michael Ruocco for Cartoon Brew

Videos:

• Disney Family Album: Milt Kahl (Sam’s Disney Diary)
• Richard Willams Remembers Milt Kahl and the “The Jungle Book”
• Getting to Know Milt Kahl
• Milt in Dallas
• Richard Williams discusses Milt Kahl

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