I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey Ep 5: Exploring the Bambi / Smoky Bear connection

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Hersey & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking about the merch locations that are being readied for the WDW version of “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.” They then discuss how Disney helped promote the U.S. Forest Service’s fire prevention program Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about: When did Walt Disney Animation Studios finally shut production of shorts for theatrical release What did Rankin-Bass produce as their follow-up to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” When is Walt Disney World’s redo of “Splash Mountain” rumored to re-open What’s the name of the bear at the bottom of that totem pole that Guests encounter right outside of the Wilderness Lodge Mercantile Which legendary big-screen romance first opened in theaters back in January of 1943 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, finding your best summer shouldn't be so hard.
0:03.8	Scan your next Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and play for a chance to grab your pass to summer's biggest
0:08.4	events, including music festivals, the Away for Euro 2024 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
0:14.0	G.B 18-plus-only promotion ends 19th of May for full season sees
0:17.0	visit coke.co. UK slash app slash summer 2024
0:20.0	Welcome back to I want that to the show that where we do a deep dive in the world of
0:26.0	Disney merch sharing the stories behind some of your favorite collectibles.
0:30.3	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and I'm joined tonight by my fabulous co-host
0:35.3	Lauren Hersy who's just back from a baseball game right? That is true whatever it
0:42.4	takes to get you your merch news and information and we are dropping today's episode on April 19th, which is just a few days shy of Earth Day, which is April 22nd, if you did not know that.
0:57.0	And it's such an important day, don't you think, Jim?
1:00.0	Oh, no, no, absolutely. Earth Day is a great reminder of the importance of taking care of our planet
1:05.0	which Disney leads in heavily too and speaking of which on the second half of today's show we're
1:11.7	going to talk about a character who since 1944
1:15.9	has been reminding us all to be a bit more active when it comes to protecting our planet,
1:20.7	and that character is Smoky the Bear.
1:24.0	Actually Jim, that character's name is Smoky Bear.
1:29.0	You need to drop that The, Mr. Hill.
1:32.0	And you know, when my family and I were just down at Walt Disney Road last month
1:37.3	there was all sorts of Smoky Bear Merge on sale at the settlement trading post at the Disney's Fort Wilderness.
1:45.0	And I meant to ask you about that because Smoky is not a Disney character, right?
1:51.8	Well, that is true, but Smoky does have kind of an interesting
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