WDW Radio # 757 - The Voice of Mickey Mouse, Bret Iwan, and History of The Partners Statue - from the WDW Radio Archives
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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WDW Radio # 757 - The Voice of Mickey Mouse, Bret Iwan, and History of The Partners Statue - from the WDW Radio Archives
To celebrate Mickey Mouse's birthday on November 18, I will take what Walt Disney said to heart and not lose sight of one thing... "that it was all started by a mouse." This week, we'll remember just that, as I have two segments from the WDW Radio that both involve Mickey Mouse.
First, we'll venture into Magic Kingdom, and explore not an attraction, land, shop or show, but a single location. In fact, a single statute. In our DSI: Disney Scene Investigation, Jim Korkis and I look at the history and story behind the iconic Partners statue of Walt and Mickey.
The legacy of and bond between Walt and Mickey goes far beyond one of simply artist and creation. In fact, Walt actually lent his voice to his most famous work. Over the years, Walt passed that torch to other men who became the voice of Mickey, and this week, I want to share my conversation with Bret Iwan, the man who eighty years after Mickey spoke his first words on screen, took over that role of a lifetime. We talk about his personal story of becoming the voice of Mickey, the legacy, and the future.
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| 0:00.0 | What we're going to do right here is go back, way back, back into time. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello my friend and welcome to another episode from the W. W. Radio Archives. I am Lou Munjello and this is show number 757. |
| 0:17.0 | And each week I'm going to select an evergreen episode of the show to share that maybe you haven't heard before or one that you haven't heard in a long time, |
| 0:24.6 | whether it's an interview, a top 10, a relevant review or a guide or way back machine, |
| 0:30.1 | it's a great way to visit and revisit some of our favorite episodes, including ones that you have |
| 0:36.1 | suggested that I share from the archives. |
| 0:39.2 | And this week, to celebrate Mickey Mouse's and my daughters, |
| 0:42.6 | we didn't plan it, just happen that way. |
| 0:44.3 | On November 18th, I'm gonna take what Walt Disney said to heart |
| 0:48.8 | and not lose sight of one thing, |
| 0:51.2 | that it really was all started by a mouse. |
| 0:54.0 | And so this week we're going to remember just that, |
| 0:56.0 | as I have not one but two segments from the archives |
| 1:00.0 | that both involve Mickey Mouse. |
| 1:02.0 | First, we're going to venture into Magic Kingdom |
| 1:05.2 | and explore not an attraction, a land, a shop, or a show, but a single location. |
| 1:10.4 | In fact, a single statue, because in our DSI Disney scene investigation, Jim |
| 1:16.8 | Corcus and I look at the history and the story behind the iconic partner |
| 1:21.6 | statue of Walt and Mickey. |
| 1:23.6 | And that legacy of and bond between Walt and Mickey |
| 1:28.0 | goes far beyond one of simply artist and creation. |
| 1:31.8 | In fact, Walt actually lent his voice to his most famous work. |
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