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

WDW Radio # 708 - Interview with Disney Legend Alice Davis - From the WDW Radio Archives

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

Lou Mongello - Disney Expert

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

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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WDW Radio # 708 - Interview with Disney Legend Alice Davis - From the WDW Radio Archives

From the WDW Radio Archives... one of my all-time favorite interviews, and one that listeners reference all the time, Disney Legend, Alice Davis.

I had the honor of spending the day with Alice Davis in her home, where we discussed her fairy tale story of how she came to work for and with Walt Disney through her marriage to Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men.

In addition to discussing her relationships with both, we also closely examine her work on classic films such as Sleeping Beauty, and attractions such as it’s a small world and Pirates of the Caribbean. Alice shares her very personal stories and humorous anecdotes about her work and life, from her early beginnings to the World’s Fair, to her ongoing connection to Disney enthusiasts today.

It is the only episode and guest I ever had to bleep.... listen and find out why. Sadly, Alice Davis passed on November 3, 2022, so I consider it a privilege and a gift to have been able to capture her stories in her own words... more importantly, in her own voice, and be able to share it with you.

You can listen to the original episode in it's entirety at WDW Radio # 193

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0:00.0

What we're gonna do right here is go back.

0:03.5

Way back, back into time.

0:09.6

Welcome to the very first episode of WWE Radio from the Archives.

0:15.0

And if this intro music sounds familiar, it's because it's the same intro music I use on the very first and first couple of episodes on the show.

0:23.7

So I only thought as long as we're going back into the archives,

0:26.8

I'll go back into the archives and find that same song.

0:30.4

So each week, I'm gonna select an evergreen episode to share with you that maybe you haven't heard before or one that you haven't heard in a long time.

0:39.8

From interviews to top tens, relevant reviews, guides, way back machines and more, it's a great way to visit or revisit some of our favorite episodes,

0:50.3

including ones that you have suggested I share from the vault. And rather than upload the entire episode, I'm gonna take out the relevant segment and cut out the intro, outro, contests, etc.

1:02.5

And we're applicable, the now out of date news and rumors, etc.

1:07.3

If you want to hear the full episode or maybe sometimes it's fun to revisit the news and rumors and see what was going on and what we predicted that may or may not have come true,

1:16.0

I'm also gonna let you know the original show number so you can always go back into your podcast player or feed or the www.com website and listen to the full episode.

1:26.4

And like I said, I am not taking anything away and I'm not gatekeeping anything new that you have to pay for.

1:33.1

This is just an addition to the current feed. It's a great way to share some of our favorites that maybe you missed or ones that you never heard before.

1:42.0

And we're gonna kick off this week with one of my all time favorites and one that continues to get referenced all the time.

1:49.9

And I'll go back to show number one ninety three and my interview with Disney Legend, Alice Davis.

1:56.8

And to give you a little bit of context, it is October 2010, I am out in California and a friend actually introduced me to Alice Davis and made this interview happen.

2:09.3

And the reason why it's that's important is because this didn't take place over Zoom because there wasn't no Zoom in 2010 or at an event,

2:18.6

but instead it took place at Alice Davis's home. The one that she shared with her husband, Disney Legend, Mark Davis.

2:26.8

Needless to say, I was understandably and ridiculously excited, maybe a little bit nervous to be able to go to her home and spend the day

2:37.6

with this incredibly fascinating woman who also happens to be a Disney Legend.

2:43.2

And she was so incredibly gracious and kind and sweet and invited me into her home as if I was a friend that she had known.

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