WEDway Radio #033 - Disney Artist Tom Gilleon interview (repost with improved audio)

WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History

Nate and Matt Parrish

History, Florida, Society & Culture, California, Disney, Arts, Imagineering, Disneyland, Radio, Park, Theme, Wdw, Places & Travel

5 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2010

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Matt and Nate are very pleased to be joined by Disney artist Tom Gilleon whose Disney career as a Disney artist began during the construction of Walt Disney World. Throughout his career he has contributed some amazing pieces of concept for World Showcase pavilions, Future World pavilions, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Sea and a wealth of other areas including some that never came to be such as Disneys America. Mr. Gilleon spends an hour on the air discussing his career filled with memorable stories of both projects and famous Disney artists such as Herb Ryman just to name one. In the news this week Walt Disney World has begun construction on the Best Friends Pet Resort across from Port Orleans. Also, Matt and Nate discuss a report that Disney is seeking to add more technology to the guest experience within theme park. Enjoy!!

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0:00.0	From the Brava Centauri Studios, this is Wedway Radio. Here in Florida, we have something special, a blessing of sign.
0:33.4	There's enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we could possibly imagine.
0:42.3	Automobiles approaching snowflake specimen.
0:44.3	All phases stand by to verify resolving power.
0:47.3	Phase blue, phase blue, light wave length approximately...
0:51.3	Attention all observation team members.
0:55.0	Before entering a body probe vehicle,
0:57.1	you must pass through a level one
0:59.2	and level two,
1:01.0	dermatopic purification screen.
1:05.3	Okay.
1:10.2	I'm going to do. Hey, Nate, what's up? No attraction intro this time?
1:19.6	I know. We're two for two or O for two. One more and we'll have a streak. Yeah, that's not a good streak to have.
1:27.8	But there is always a reason why.
1:31.4	Matt Parrish here, Wedway Radio, episode 30, what is it, Nate?
1:35.1	33.
1:36.0	Yeah, 33.
1:37.4	And 3-3.
1:39.5	Pretty excited this week.
1:40.7	This is going to be a really fun show here.
1:43.7	Yeah, we are going to have a really special guest today and hopefully you enjoy it. It's someone who you may not have heard of, but you've definitely seen his work in one way or another. It's had a great impact on the art and architecture of Walt Disney World? Yeah, that's the thing.
2:02.2	It's sort of strange about artists.
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