Walt Disney Family Museum Events: Mary Blair & Mary Poppins
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
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michael shares with Tom information from two recent talks he attended at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. The first presentation was "Memories of Mary Blair" with historian John Canemaker and Blair's niece Maggie Richardson. Next, Gregg Sherman, son of composer Richard M. Sherman, presented "Walking with Giants: The Untold Story of Mary Poppins."
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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. |
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| 0:49.5 | Hey there, hi, there, and welcome to episode 358 of Connecting with Waltz, celebrating our 10thennial year. |
| 0:58.1 | I am your host and is historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Tom Bell. |
| 1:05.2 | Tom, how are you today? |
| 1:07.4 | I'm doing well, Michael. Good to hear your voice. |
| 1:14.6 | Good to see you since we can see each other. Where did February go? |
| 1:17.6 | I know. I was thinking that too because I have to write an article for a newsletter that comes out every month of church newsletter. |
| 1:29.8 | And suddenly on February 28th, I realized, oh, my gosh, I need to do it today. |
| 1:39.2 | Because usually, you know, I have the 30th, the 31st to work on it. |
| 1:44.2 | So, yeah, I scrambled. |
| 1:46.9 | But I am enjoying. |
| 1:48.1 | We are having just some lovely spring-type weather up here. |
| 1:54.2 | I'm sure it won't last, but. |
| 1:56.3 | No, no, but it's nice. |
| 1:58.2 | Not too warm, not too cold. |
| 1:59.5 | Yeah, no, yeah, actually, it's, their upper 60s, lower 70s, yeah, but it's nice. Not too warm, not too cold. Yeah, no, yeah, actually, it's, |
| 2:02.5 | upper 60s, lower 70s, yeah. |
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