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Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World

#157 - Ward Kimball Pt. 1

Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World

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Walt Disney, Roy Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Society & Culture, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney World, Disneyland

4.7820 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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0:00.0

From west to east and Kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged Connecting with the Walt is brought to you by Dreams and Limited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation.

0:33.6

Visit them on the web at Dreams Unlimited Travel.com.

0:37.2

Hello and welcome to episode 157 of the Diz Unplugged, connecting with Walt Podcast.

0:44.5

I am your host and dis historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Craig Williams.

0:52.8

Craig, how are you today?

0:54.3

I'm doing well. How are you, Michael?

0:57.2

I'm doing great. Thank you.

0:59.9

Since we just had the 51st anniversary of the moon landing, which I remember when I was 12 years

1:05.5

old, I started watching on HBO Max, the Tom Hanks series from Earth to the Moon.

1:13.6

Yeah, one of my favorites.

1:15.6

Yeah, I've never seen it before.

1:18.6

So I'm really excited.

1:20.6

It seems like they go more for the facts and not, they don't, so far, they've not gotten as much into like the character

1:30.5

development but you know that's fine with me but I just got through the Apollo

1:35.6

one episode and so and that's always tough when you get through you know an

1:42.7

episode you know an event where there was a tragedy.

1:46.5

And, but, you know, it's hard, because of the era when this was made, it's hard for me to wrap my head around like the father of the wonder years, you know, who's on the wonder years.

1:59.0

That actor is, you know, like the head of NASA or something.

2:04.1

And then the guy, and you've seen the film, Office Space. The guy with the little red stapler

2:10.7

is like the voice of, you know, of the Kennedy Space Center with, with, yeah.

2:19.3

And, okay, that's a really tough one for me.

2:22.3

Because he's a serious actor in that film.

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