WEDway Radio #042 - Disney Legend Bob Gurr Interview
WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History
Nate and Matt Parrish
4.9 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2010
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
WEDway Radio is very excited to bring you this interview with Disney Legend and original Imagineer Bob Gurr. Bob is said to have crafted nearly every attraction at Disneyland that has wheels and a motor. He started working in the machine shop at Disney helping to create the Autopia in 1954 and from there worked on nearly every advanced attraction or vehicle at Disneyland and also at Walt Disney World including the Monorail and Submarines just to name a few.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Brava Centauri Studios, this is Wedway Radio. Disneyland, less than a year from opening. |
| 0:34.8 | No one in their wildest imagination could ever build an entire theme |
| 0:38.6 | park here in just one year. As we come out of this first tunnel, we'll be entering Beaver Valley. |
| 0:47.6 | Looks like the beavers are building another dam. Yes, sir, they're really busy as a, well, |
| 0:53.8 | busy as a beaver. |
| 0:56.3 | Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain, and I'd like to welcome you aboard the Disneyland |
| 1:01.2 | Monorail. |
| 1:02.4 | You're riding aboard a Mark III monorail, an advanced design of the first daily operating |
| 1:07.5 | monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, first introduced right here at Disneyland. |
| 1:13.6 | These Autopia cars are very simple to operate. The accelerator and brake are both on the same pedal. |
| 1:21.6 | To stop the car, remove your foot from the pedal. The brake will automatically be applied. |
| 1:28.3 | You're approaching the unloading area. |
| 1:44.7 | Do not strike the car ahead of you. |
| 1:48.3 | Is this the part where I strike the car in front of me? |
| 1:50.9 | This is the part where you would bash into me from behind. |
| 1:55.3 | That's my trademark. |
| 1:57.1 | Thanks, yes. |
| 1:58.4 | It's because I grew up watching the love bug. |
| 2:02.5 | Don't blame Herbie for your lack of driving skill on the Tomorrowland Speedway. |
| 2:09.6 | Groovy Pop, groovy. |
| 2:14.1 | Welcome to episode 42 of Wedway Radio. |
| 2:18.3 | I'm your host, Nate. |
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