#255 - From the Archives: Living History with Ben Harris 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
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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05/19/23 - In this episode from the archives, Michael has a conversation with Ben Harris who was a Cast Member starting in 1958 and had plenty of stories and experiences with Walt Disney.
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| 0:00.0 | From West to East and Kingdom the Kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged Connecting with Walt |
| 0:06.9 | podcast. Connecting us, Walt, is brought to you by Dreams Unlimited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:32.4 | Visit them on the web at Dreams Unlimited Travel.com. |
| 0:36.2 | Hey there, hi, they're how there, and welcome to episode 255 of the Dizumpug connecting |
| 0:42.3 | this while podcast. |
| 0:43.5 | I am your host, Diz Historian, Michael Bowling. |
| 0:47.3 | And hey, kids, you won't believe who's here today. |
| 0:51.3 | It is my co-host, executive producer, good friend, and new daddy, Craig Williams. |
| 0:58.6 | Craig, how are you today? I'm doing great. How are you, Michael? I am doing well. Thank you. |
| 1:05.3 | So, don't get too excited, gang, because Craig's only here for a couple of episodes. You might remember |
| 1:12.1 | an announcement last week that we made. John is no longer with the dis. He left on good terms. |
| 1:18.2 | He moved on to, I don't know, climb a higher mountain. Hey, the thing I was thinking with it is, |
| 1:25.7 | even if he didn't leave on good terms, would we tell you anyways? |
| 1:29.8 | Yes, no. But, you know, people always think, oh, my gosh, you know, something dreadful happened and there was a fallout or something. And no, nothing like that happened. |
| 1:39.6 | And you might remember when John made the announcement at the end of the show, if you stayed long enough through our witty banter. |
| 1:46.6 | And actually it was really good because we talked about our 20 favorite Disney films, a list we critiqued. |
| 1:52.3 | So that was fun. |
| 1:54.0 | But we said that for two episodes, we would bring a couple of episodes out of the Disney Vault, Disney |
| 2:04.0 | Dis Vault, and bring them over from the Disneyland, old Disneyland show that I started on. |
| 2:11.9 | And then we will get back to brand new episodes with rotating co-hosts. |
| 2:18.5 | So, and one of the other reasons, Craig, is here is he is teaching me how to be a producer in a sense. |
| 2:25.8 | Yeah, just so. |
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