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WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!

WDW Radio # 418 - Walt Disney: An American Experience - September 6, 2015

WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!

Lou Mongello - Disney Expert

Kids & Family, Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2015

⏱️ 75 minutes

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WDW Radio # 418 - Walt Disney: An American Experience - September 6, 2015 On September 14-15, PBS will air Walt Disney: An American Experience, a 2-part, 4-hour biography that will offer an unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America’s most enduring and influential storytellers and business leaders. Featuring rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, and interviews with biographers and historians, animators and artists, it will tell stories about his triumphs and challenges in a very new way. This week, I had a chance to sit down with the Director and Executive Producers for a short interview, and then I’ll share the audio from a panel featuring the two that I moderated during a special live screening and preview. Join WDW Radio NATION and help support the show! http://WDWRadio.com/support New Walt Disney World Trivia Contest Watch and chat during our LIVE WDW NewsCast Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET at http://WDWRadioLIVE.com. Upcoming WDW Radio Disney meets, On the Road events and more! Get dates and locations on our Events page http://WDWRadio.com/Events Save Money on your next Disney vacation with my new book 102 Ways to Save Money For And At Walt Disney World, and get 40 FREE things to do, eat, collect and enjoy as well. Get your copy now at http://Disney102.com Sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio show. Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week! - Lou Mongello http://LouMongello.com ------------------------------------- Show Notes, Links and Comments: http://WDWRadio.com/podcasts Get the NEW Tomorrowland Walt Disney World Audio Tour at http://WDWRadio.com/Tomorrowland Call the Voicemail with a question, comment or "Hello!" from the parks - 407-900-9391 THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/WDWRadio YouTube: http://YouTube.com/WDWRadio Instagram: http://Instagram.com/LouMongello.com Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello

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And now the Magic Kingdom probably presents in a million points of musical light. Hello and welcome to the WW radio show, your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lume Manjello and this is show number 418 for the week of September 6th, 2015.

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I'm here to help you have the best possible Disney vacation experience and bring you a little bit of Disney magic where every war with this podcast, videos, blogs, live broadcasts every Wednesday, special events, my books, audio tours and more. You can subscribe to the show and iTunes and find everything else at www.radio.com.

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On September 14th and 15th, PBS is gonna air Walt Disney an American experience. A two-part, four-hour biography that's gonna offer an unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers and business leaders.

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Featuring rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of the greatest films, interviews with biographers, historians, animators and artists, it's really gonna tell stories about not just his triumphs but challenges along the way.

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And this week I had a chance to sit down with a director and executive producer for a short interview and then I'm gonna share audio from a panel featuring the two that I moderated during a special live screening and preview.

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Then on the answer to our last Walt Disney World trivia question of the week and pose a new challenge for your chance to win a Disney prize package, then stay tuned to the end of the show.

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I'll have information about our upcoming meets of the month including September's as well as other events in Walt Disney World and on the road. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week's episode of The WWW Radio Show.

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Before we get into the interview and segment this week we wanna quickly apologize for the quality of the audio especially the from the panel discussion at the theater that did come directly from the theater not as clean and as crisp as I would have liked it to have been.

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I tried to clean it up best that I can would ask for your patience and understanding as you listen to it but hope you enjoy the interview and the panel. Let's go.

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The world premiere of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Rarely as Hollywood been so a god over the opening of a motion picture.

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The town's been talking about it for a month. Practically the entire movie colony will be at the opening tonight and you're going along too.

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We take you to the Carthage Circle Theatre for the premiere of Walt Disney's full length Technicolor production Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We take you now to the Carthage Circle Theatre.

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On September 14th and the 15th PBS will be airing an unprecedented documentary covering the life of Walt Disney, the man not the brand.

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I'm fortunate to be sitting with the executive producer Mark Sammels and managing director of the American experience Jim Dunford.

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It's a pleasure meeting you today. We're here at the Lunch at the Citrus Club getting ready for a sort of pre-screening and panel discussion tonight in Winter Garden.

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Thank you guys for joining me today.

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Thanks. Thank you. Great to be here.

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I'm smiling because we're talking about a four-hour documentary that probably could have been eight hours and still not cover everything and having a limited time to be able to talk to you is a challenge in and of itself.

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That's the thing. When you cover a topic like Walt Disney, there is so much about just the person.

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You know, you said the documentary ends at the time of his passing in 1966, but there is so much for tell me first how does a project like this even get started?

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Well, we're a history series where the longest running history series on public television. This is our 27th season.

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