The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World
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4.7 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michael and Tom celebrate Halloween by discussing Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and how Walt Disney helped the story become more closely associated with Halloween.
Links:
- Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
- Important DIS links and more information!
- Connecting with Walt on Twitter
Sources:
Books:
- A Magical Half-Century: Stories Celebrating Walt Disney World’s First 50 Years by Christopher E. Smith
Websites/Articles:
- What Inspired “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? by Lesley Kennedy
- Irving’s Legend: The Story Behind the Story for the Historic Hudson Valley
- The True History Behind “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Richard Klin
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – The Disney Wiki
- Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Jim Korkis
- Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Remains a Halloween Treat at 75 by Meagan Navarro
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Walt Disney World by Jim Korkis
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| 0:00.0 | From west to east and kingdom to kingdom, you're listening to the Connecting with Walt is brought to you by dreams and limited travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
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| 0:52.1 | Hey there, hi, they're ho there, And welcome to episode 307 of connecting with Walt. |
| 0:57.9 | I am your host and is historian Michael Bowling. |
| 1:00.7 | And I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Tom Bell. |
| 1:06.6 | Tom, how are you today? |
| 1:08.7 | I am doing well, Michael. |
| 1:10.4 | Good to talk to you. |
| 1:12.7 | We are already getting great comments about our show from last week already. |
| 1:18.4 | And so if you haven't listened to that, go back and listen to it, our interview with Ken Bruce. |
| 1:24.1 | I don't know why you would have skipped that show and come to this show, but, you know. |
| 1:28.2 | First time listeners, you never know. |
| 1:30.2 | Maybe that's it. |
| 1:31.1 | Yeah, okay, yeah. |
| 1:31.9 | Yeah, all about the Tiki Room. |
| 1:33.8 | Yeah, I've seen some very nice comments on that. |
| 1:38.6 | So that is, I'm glad to hear that. |
| 1:40.8 | Hopefully he gets a bump in his book sales. |
| 1:43.9 | I've heard of writers talk about the connecting-less Walt Bump. to hear that. Hopefully he gets a bump in his book sales. |
| 1:46.0 | I've heard of writers talk about the connecting this Walt |
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