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Hey there, hi, they're ho there, and welcome to episode 250 of the Dizumplug, connecting with

Walt Podcast.

I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host and good friend

John Sakari.

John, how are you today?

Very good, Michael. Glad to have you back. It was very strange,

not having you on a Tuesday night to record. It was, yeah. I was doing a lot of traveling. I'll talk

about that a little later on. But yeah, it is good to be back, starting to get back into the groove.

My cats are very happy to have me back.

So, and I see, are you all decked out in green for St. Patrick's Day?

You have all your shamrocks and making corned beef and cabbage and all that.

I do like corned beef and cabbage.

I like sourcrow, too.

I don't have a lot of green stuff.

I have to figure out something to do that's green.

Yeah. Or you'll get pinched. Yeah. Maybe I won't do the green. Yeah. That's right. Some people may enjoy that.

Well, all of us in the Disney community and fans of the Disney theme parks were saddened to hear of the passing of Roli Crump on March 12, 2023.

And it's amazing because we just talked so much about him a few weeks ago, and we spoke about, it's a small world and the history of that attraction and

his significant contributions to it. But he was, you know, all theme park attendees, all

know, he was one of the most important designers in Imagineering. He contributed to attractions like the haunted mansion. It's a

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