#109 - Disney Legend Floyd Norman

WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History

Nate and Matt Parrish

History, Florida, Society & Culture, California, Disney, Arts, Imagineering, Disneyland, Radio, Park, Theme, Wdw, Places & Travel

5 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2012

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of WEDWay Radio we are joined by Disney Legend Floyd Norman. Floyd joined the Disney Studio in 1956, working there until 1968 as an artist and story-man. His biggest contribution came when he was promoted from animator to story-man on The Jungle Book. He would return to Disney many times in the 70's, 80's and 90's working on features like Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Hunchback while also contributing to areas like the Mickey Mouse comic strip. In 1997 he moved north to join the team at Pixar during development of Toy Story 2 and later Monsters Inc.

Floyd was the first African American animator to be hired by Disney, and also holds the distinction as the only person to work directly for both Walt Disney and Steve Jobs.

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0:00.0	From the Brava Centauri Studios, this is Wedway Radio. We're your friends
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0:40.3	The bitter end.
0:48.3	Now there's new fun and excitement waiting for you at Disneyland.
0:55.0	The opening of the Magic Kingdom's most exciting new attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean.
1:02.4	Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me.
1:06.2	Enjoy a rollicking adventure.
1:19.1	Welcome to Wedway Radio 109, a show about Disney history, Disney parks, and touring.
1:26.5	Yep, your pals Matt and Nate, back with you again, and so excited to be back with another good, solid episode of Wedway Radio here.
1:32.1	Yeah, that's right. This is one we've been looking forward to for quite a while here, I'd say. Yeah, we don't always have the chance to do interviews. And, you know, when we do
1:37.2	them, we want to make sure they're really, really good. And I think this one is maybe one of the
1:42.5	best we've ever done. I think so.
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1:51.1	Not because of our vast interviewing skills.
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