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Hello and welcome to episode 171 of the Diz Unplugged, connecting with Walt Podcast.

I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling,

and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Craig Williams.

Craig, how are you today?

I'm okay, but I think I see dead people.

Well, I am in very good spirits today.

Good.

Oh, I see what you did there.

Yes.

Well, it's Halloween, and we have a boo to you and you and you because our guest is a friend of the show, Disney historian and author Jim Corkas, to share some stories from one of his newest books, The Vault of Walt Volume 9, Halloween edition.

Jim, welcome back to connecting with Walt.

Ooh, good evening.

Welcome to this spooky podcast.

This is just going to be so much great fun because, you know, when I was growing up in

Glendell, California, Halloween was pretty much a big deal for me and my two younger

brothers, you know, going out trick-or-treating and then, you know, getting into costume.

And we had an elementary school that would have a Halloween festival on a weekend.

And so you went and there was that costume parade, you know, across the basketball court where we were all lined up and we all thought

we looked great and we all should win in the whole bit.

And they were showing spooky cartoons in the auditorium, not just Disney cartoons, but, you know,

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