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Walt Disney and the Ambulance Corps…
Walt Disney, if anything was a man who wore countless hats during his lifetime. Storyteller, animator, visionary, husband, father and the like. He was a hard working Midwesterner who gave 110% all the time and never gave up. But the one thing he was head and heels above all else, a staunch lover of his country and perchance one of the country’s greatest patriots. However, we rarely hear anything about Walt’s service in the armed forces. That is because although Walt witnessed our country’s two greatest conflicts, World War I and World War II, he was too young for the first and too old for the second. And this fact…
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Disney’s 1941 Animators Strike
One of Walt Disney’s most salient quotes of the many he articulated over the years was…” All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you” This imposing quote is relevant to everyone in the world, for no one can go through life without its pitfalls. Most people think that Walt became famous with the creation of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland and all was right with his world. But this is far from the reality, and Diane Disney Miller, Walt’s…
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Alice, Oswald, Mickey All Walt Disney’s Triumphants
Walt Disney did not invent animation. He was not the first to put sound to his cartoons or even give personality to a cartoon character. But Walt did take the idea of moving drawings, barely understood by the artists who drew them and an audience who did not take them seriously, into a sophisticated highly refined art form that today because of Walt’s innovations and creativity are as popular as live films and are a multi-million dollar business today.
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WDW Parkhoppers LIVE – August 15, 2017
In this WDW Parkhoppers Live Show, Parkhoppers John & Sid discuss all the news and rumors from around Walt Disney World Resort.