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Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast

UUOP #469 - The Third Unit : Tales from the Production Crew of Universal's Revenge of the Mummy with Author Mike Mangione

Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast

Lee Mallaby

Places & Travel, Arts, Performing Arts, Society & Culture

4.6543 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we welcome Michael Mangione, former opening day Team Member for Revenge of the Mummy & Author of The Third Unit : Tales from the Production Crew of Universal's Revenge of the Mummy, to discuss the ride and his book.

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0:00.0

Today we are going to talk to Mike Mangione, a member of the opening team and author of the third unit,

0:06.3

tales from the production crew of Universal Orlando's Revenge of the Mummy.

0:10.1

This is episode 469 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. Hey, everybody out there in Podland, welcome back. We are glad to have you back with us for another awesome episode. I'm actually excited about this one

0:38.1

because it has to deal with one of our favorite rides.

0:41.1

You're saying you're not normally excited about these episodes, Chris?

0:44.2

I'm never excited.

0:45.4

It's only this episode, that's it.

0:47.5

Don't fool yourself, nobody is.

0:50.0

Thanks for listening. That's the end of the show.

0:52.9

Yeah, thank you guys.

0:57.0

Oh, this was fast. Thanks for having me. Pleasure to have you, Michael.

0:58.0

Well, that voice you just heard is Michael Mangione. He is the former opening crew member for the Universal Studios Florida Revenge of the Mummy and the author of the third unit tales from the production crew of

1:10.8

Universal Orlando's Revenge of the Mummy. Welcome to the show. Well, thank you so much for

1:15.1

having me. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm glad you can be here on one of my favorite episodes,

1:19.2

not just the regular one. Episode 469, that's a hell of an achievement. And honestly,

1:24.7

based on the number, I think you should be interviewing the actors that play bill and 10 yeah you know I'll take the number sure because Mike to be fine we've

1:33.8

been talking about this book for quite a while I've had a copy of the book for over a year at

1:37.4

this point and even they came to all meet up at Sapphire Falls and it's like I'm surprised

1:42.4

it's took me this long to get you on the podcast

1:44.4

to be honest.

1:46.1

2020 was a very odd year for all of us.

1:48.9

I do thank you for reading my excerpts on your YouTube broadcast.

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