Ep. 738: Don Hahn and Chris Merritt on Disneyland at 70, authors and historians on Snow White '25 vs. '37

Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast

Jeff Baham

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.4 • 776 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Ep. 738: Don Hahn and Chris Merritt on Disneyland at 70, authors and historians on Snow White '25

This week, Imagineer Chris Merritt and Disney producer and director Don Hahn join Mousetalgia to talk about "The Happiest Place on Earth: The Incredible Story of Walt Disney's Disneyland," their upcoming book scheduled to be released to celebrate Disneyland's 70th birthday (8:55). They discuss Disneyland's origins, its place in popular culture, some of the people you might not know who were important to the park's beginnings, and the things that will set this book apart from your other shelf of other Disneyland books. Then, Jeff will share some public social media postings about Snow White (2025) which outline some of the historical controversies which have been brought into the spotlight about the creation of the animated classic (1937) (53:50).

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0:00.0	You're listening to Mousetalgia for the week of April 6, 2025.
0:07.0	Hang on to them hats and glasses
0:22.8	because this here's the wildest podcast in the wilderness.
0:28.7	This is Mousalgia.
0:31.1	Carpe Kingdom, seize the magic.
0:44.7	Welcome to Mousalgia, your podcast about Disneyland, Disney history, and living the Disney life.
0:45.4	My name is Jeff.
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1:32.9	an amazing show for you this week um you know i am still even as i put this show together and probably
1:40.0	as i hit launch um i'm a little torn about when to release this show. We're going to talk to
1:46.9	Imagineer Chris Merritt and legendary Disney producer Don Hahn about their new book about
1:54.4	Disneyland's 70th birthday anniversary, however you want to term it. That comes out, I think it comes out in May
2:03.4	to D23 members who have ordered it as part of their book. I'm not exactly sure. I think the
2:08.9	official publication date is July, but I'm not sure when they're going to hit the ground. So I've
2:14.3	been trying to decide, when do I put this this out because May, is it May 17?
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