Mousetalgia Episode 253: Bird's 'Tomorrowland' and 'The Optimist'
Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast
Jeff Baham
4.4 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2013
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
"The Optimist" takes center stage in this third episode in Mousetalgia's coverage of the D23 Expo. As part of the promotional machine behind Brad Bird's upcoming film "Tomorrowland," "The Optimist," an alternate reality game, has captured the imaginations of many forward-looking futurists. Participating in the finale of its initial phase at the D23 Expo, Jeff and Kristen report on meeting many of the characters inhabiting this alternate reality as they solve puzzles and chase clues, working together with like-minded souls in their pursuit of a proposed fictional utopian society with which WED was intricately involved. Disney also unveiled its "Tomorrowland" pavilion at D23, burying fans in piles of clues and historical documents, all of which add pieces to the "Tomorrowland" puzzle. We also take a look back at WED's real history during the '64-'65 World's Fair, and try to find some context for Walt Disney's intriguing concept of a glittering "City of Tomorrow." Also, Dick Van Dyke has a car-tastrophe! Plus, some clarification about Marc Davis and Tinker Bell from Mindy Johnson, filming at DCA, Planes - and more!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Nostalgia, Monday, August 26, 2013. |
| 0:12.0 | Hold on to your hats and glasses. |
| 0:14.0 | This here's the wildest podcast in the Willis. Wilfries. |
| 0:33.0 | Everybody meeting pretty? |
| 0:34.8 | I'm on with the show. |
| 0:45.2 | Welcome to Mousalgia, your podcast about Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and everything else, Disney. |
| 0:47.1 | I am your host Dave and with us today. |
| 0:47.6 | We have Jeff. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:49.3 | Kristen. |
| 0:50.9 | Expo Part 3. |
| 0:52.4 | And Becky. |
| 0:53.2 | Still here. |
| 0:54.4 | Wee. |
| 0:55.5 | All right. |
| 0:58.7 | So today we're going to start off with the Moustalgia Bits and Bites. |
| 1:04.8 | Mousalgia bits and bites. |
| 1:09.6 | Jeff, what is a Mousalgia bits and bites? |
| 1:11.8 | Oh, Mousalgia bits and bites. We all love Moussalture Bits and Bites. We've been having? Oh, Mousalgia Bits and Bites. |
| 1:13.3 | We all love Moussalture Bits and Bites. |
| 1:15.2 | We've been having a lot of Mousalger Bits and Bites lately. |
| 1:18.9 | It's when we have different Disney things that we can share with each other, |
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