#179 - The History of Donald Duck 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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4.7 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From West to East and Kingdom to Kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged Connecting with Walt Podcast. |
| 0:27.5 | Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams Unlimited Travel, |
| 0:31.6 | experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:35.5 | Visit them on the web at DreamsUnlimited Travel.com. |
| 0:42.7 | Hey, they're hi, they're ho there, and welcome to episode 179 of the Diz Unplugged, connecting with Walt Podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, executive |
| 0:48.5 | producer and good friend Craig Williams. |
| 0:51.8 | Craig, how are you today? |
| 0:53.5 | I'm doing okay. How are you, Michael? |
| 0:55.6 | I'm doing well, thank you. And I just have a question. Who's the leader of the club that's |
| 1:01.5 | made for you and me? M-I-C-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck. And as Donald reminded us on the Mickey Mouse Club, he always plays second fiddle to the mouse. |
| 1:15.8 | But he has been one of the most popular members of the Fab Five since 1934. |
| 1:21.8 | He is the most published non-superhero comic book character of all time. |
| 1:27.7 | He also appears in more films and shorts than any other Disney character. |
| 1:33.4 | Over the decades, this duck has remained consistent, |
| 1:37.0 | always wearing a blue sailor suit, but never pants, |
| 1:40.9 | and has taken on many roles from teacher to army officer to most every other occupation in between. |
| 1:51.7 | Donald Duck has been officially honored as the third most popular cartoon character of all time, |
| 1:59.0 | with Bugs Bunny of Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes, Merry Melodies at number two, |
| 2:04.8 | and another Walt Disney creation, Mickey Mouse, who is number one. |
| 2:10.5 | Why did Walt Disney decide to create a duck character to join his mouse? And in this episode, |
| 2:16.1 | we are continuing our series on Walt Disney |
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