Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 484: How were Disneyland’s fireworks impacted by the Clean Air Act

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by talking about the operational issues that “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” continues to have during its preview period. They also share listeners' theories about why WDW sit-down restaurants have seemed so empty lately Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about: What changes have been made to the on-board narration for Disneyland’s Mark Twain When will the revamped version of “Country Bear Jamboree” be opening at the Magic Kingdom in Florida Who personally supervised the fireworks display over Seven Seas Lagoon back on October 23, 1971 What’s happening with WDW’s old “Pirates Leagues” facility Why were the fast food restaurants & motels built around Disneyland back in the Late 1950s / early 1960s all clustered around the corner of Harbor & Katella Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill. It's me, Land Testa,
0:04.6	and this is our show for the week of Schmer's day, June 17, 2024. On the show today, news,
0:10.0	surveys, and listener questions about basking tape.
0:13.4	Then in our main segment, Jim continues the history of Disneyland's fireworks shows.
0:17.8	Let's get started by bringing in the man who asks why we call it Beef Wellington
0:21.8	when Royal Corn Dog is right there.
0:24.0	It's Mr. Jim, how's it going?
0:26.0	It's going well, Len.
0:27.0	But speaking of the Corn Dog, I want to say that this, you know, state fair favorite has a kind of convoluted history.
0:36.2	I mean, Texans insist that it was invented there by a German immigrant who this gentleman was the first person to roll a sausage and
0:46.0	cornmeal and then toss it into a deep fryer.
0:48.7	On the other hand, Len, the folks behind the Minnesota State Fair insist that they're the ones who should
0:54.4	really get credit for the corn dog as we know it today because they're the ones
0:59.0	who back in 1947 thought you know what would make this thing easier to eat if we put it on a stick?
1:06.8	No, yes, 100 percent, yes.
1:08.4	Okay, but now the question is, so for the first 20 years of the existing of the corn dog, is that how you
1:16.4	knew somebody really liked them from the third degree burns on their lips and fingers?
1:21.4	On their lips to fingers. On their lip to fingers, exactly.
1:24.0	Yeah, you're something like,
1:26.0	they've got like band-aids on their lips like,
1:28.0	I see, you're an aficionado of the Frankfurter as well.
1:31.0	There we go.
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