WDW Radio # 636 - The Voice of the PeopleMover, Mike Brassell
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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WDW Radio # 636 - The Voice of the PeopleMover, Mike Brassell
I sit down with Mike Brassell, the voice of the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover and Living with the Land attractions in Walt Disney World to discuss the process (and pressure) of being the voice of beloved attractions in the parks. We also discuss his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation, working with Roy Disney, his cameo appearance in the Disney animated short film “John Henry,” and working at The Magic of Animation building at Disney-MGM Studios. Mike also talks about composing the musical score for Space Mountain in Tomorrowland, alongside Michael Giacchino's score for Disneyland's version.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay crack hot, let's get cooking! |
| 0:07.0 | Many strange legends are told that these jungles in India, but none as strange as the story of a young boy named Mogling. |
| 0:31.0 | Now see yours and see your eight thus please place your eyes into the center of the room that is. |
| 0:38.0 | We present W.W. Radio. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello my friend and welcome to the WDW Radio Show, your Walt Disney World Information Station. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm your host Lume Angelo and this is shown number 636 and together each week we're going to celebrate the magic of the Disney Parks, movies and more. |
| 1:00.0 | As I take you from the parks to the screens and everything in between, here on the podcast my weekly live video on Facebook every Wednesday night, community books, audio to his blog and more. |
| 1:11.0 | Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast and Apple Podcasts or Spotify and find everything else at www.w.ro.com. |
| 1:19.0 | So this week I sit down with Mike Bracell, the voice of the Tomorrowland Transn Authority, people mover and living with the land attractions in Walt Disney World, |
| 1:28.0 | to discuss the process and I think the pressure of being the voice of beloved attractions in the parks. |
| 1:35.0 | We'll also discuss his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation, working with Roy Disney, his cameo appearance in the Disney animated short film John Henry, |
| 1:44.0 | and working at the Magic of Disney Animation Building at the Disney MGM Studios. |
| 1:49.0 | Mike also talks about composing the musical score for Space Mountain in Tomorrowland alongside Michael Jitkinos score for the Disney Land version. |
| 1:58.0 | Now then out of the answer to our last Walt Disney World trivia question of the week and I'll pose a new challenge for your chance to win an all new Disney, maybe Marvel, prize package, then stay tuned to the end of the show for the question of the week, updates, your voice mails and more. |
| 2:15.0 | So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of The WWW Radio Show. |
| 2:23.0 | Welcome to a voyage of discovery and awareness of the richness, the diversity and the often surprising nature of living with the land. |
| 2:44.0 | Our journey begins as dramatic and sudden changes are sweeping over the land. The approaching storm may seem violent and destructive to us, but to nature it's a new beginning in the cycle of life. |
| 2:58.0 | Oftentimes those who help make the magic we know, love and enjoy in the Disney parks and on screen are people whose names we might not instantly know or recognize. But in my continuing effort to highlight those individuals off screen backstage in the studio at their desk and often behind the scenes, I want to introduce you to one, a person of many talents to say the least and one who wears a few things. |
| 3:27.0 | And one who wears many hats, he is a composer animated voice over artist and much more he is Mike Bracell and Mike I want to welcome you to the show. |
| 3:37.0 | Hey, thank you so much, though, I appreciate it honestly. |
| 3:40.0 | So thank you. |
| 3:41.0 | Like I said, you have worn many, many hats and are a man of many talents, you have such an incredibly gifted and talented career through so many different parts of the Disney company and the parks and the movies. I almost don't know where to start, but I think like any good story we need to start at the beginning. |
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