Original Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr. . . and a Special Giveaway!
In a Minute with Evan Lovett
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🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 98 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're actually the first person to ride the Matterhorn. |
| 0:02.7 | I do not like roller coasters, and I've never ridden one. |
| 0:06.5 | And then Walt calls me over and says, well, we've decided on the shape of the mountain |
| 0:10.7 | and all these little holes in it and things and waterfalls. |
| 0:13.8 | And he says, we're going to put a roller coaster in here. |
| 0:17.8 | Oh, by the way, put two tracks in there, and then he walks away. |
| 0:20.6 | I taught myself |
| 0:21.8 | Trigg in 15 minutes. Come on. So I designed this whole thing and then they build it and install it. |
| 0:29.4 | And then my boss, he says, Robert, you design it, you ride it. Well, we survived it. |
| 0:40.3 | Yo, welcome to another episode of In A Minute with Evan Lovett, coming to you live from |
| 0:44.9 | the IM Studios in the heart of L.A. |
| 0:47.4 | And if your heart has been full in Los Angeles, it is possibly due to this very special guest that I have in studio. |
| 0:56.4 | We are talking about Bob Gur, one of the original Imagineers. |
| 1:02.2 | And this is not just a man who had a hand in Disney or Disneyland. |
| 1:08.2 | But the quote was, if it's at Disneyland and it moves, |
| 1:12.3 | Bob probably had a hand in its design. |
| 1:14.6 | We are talking some of the most legendary and favorite rides of all time |
| 1:18.8 | from the haunted mansion, the submarine voyage, |
| 1:22.9 | which when I was a kid was one of my favorite, |
| 1:24.8 | underrated, underappreciated, in my opinion. |
| 1:30.2 | Autopia, Matterhorn horn the monorail uh the little red fire engine on main street the list goes on and on bob is probably |
| 1:40.5 | the reason i don't say the reason but one of the main reasons that theme parks today operate the way that they do |
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