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Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week, the Geeks have quite a few things to choose from to discuss. The show starts with an in-depth chat about Figment and his new short. Things then pivot to the painting of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom. Next, the Geeks talk about their preview of Knott's Boysenberry Festival. The show wraps up with a discussion about Disneyland After Dark: 70 Years of Favorites and pitches for the Geeks' own versions of Sounds of Magic! We hope you enjoy this week's episode of Geeks Corner! Please join the conversation in the comments or on Daps Magic HQ! We'll see you 'round the corner!
THE WEEK IN GEEK
Figment Cartoon Comes to Life in New ‘How NOT to Draw’ Short https://dapsmagic.com/2026/03/figment-cartoon-comes-to-life-in-new-how-not-to-draw-short/ Make it Gray! - Work Rapidly Continues on Cinderella Castle Painting Project https://dapsmagic.com/2026/03/make-it-gray-work-rapidly-continues-on-cinderella-castle-painting-project/ Knott’s Boysenberry Festival - Three Things You Won’t Want to Miss https://dapsmagic.com/2026/02/geek-eats-three-things-you-wont-want-to-miss-at-the-2026-knotts-boysenberry-festival/ Disneyland After Dark: 70 Years of Favorites Guide https://dapsmagic.com/2026/02/guide-disneyland-after-dark-70-years-of-favorites Sounds of Magic Debuts at Disneyland After Dark: 70 Years of Favorites https://dapsmagic.com/2026/03/sounds-of-magic-debuts-at-disneyland-after-dark-70-years-of-favorites/
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Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps.
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>> I'm Katie.
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>> And did you know that my button is not
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working again?
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>> We can do it the oldfashioned way. We'll
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do it this way. Did you know that the
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Golden Horseshoe Review was the first
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stage show at Disneyland and it opened
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on July 17th, 1955?
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>> I I actually did know that
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>> and that seemed appropriate.
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>> Yeah,
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>> because Disneyland is not only
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celebrating its 70th anniversary, but we
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went to 70 years of favorites this week.
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So, you know, I was just going with the
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theme. Yeah, the theme that thing. Uh,
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what else should people go with as we're
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getting this show started?
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>> No sleep. Just telling you this.
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>> Yeah,
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>> because these events go till 1 in the
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morning. You don't get home till 2:00
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and then uh then you have to start
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working on coverage. Anyway, what should
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people do, Katie?
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>> And then you just have a whole day.
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>> It's great. You just keep going and
1:15
going and going and as Walt Disney once
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said, you keep moving forward.
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>> That is true.
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>> And as we say that, you should keep
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moving forward to subscribe wherever you
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are watching us. Uh, preferably YouTube.
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I don't know where else you would
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subscribe. Or wherever you're listening.
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>> You can do it on Spotify. You could do
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it on Apple Podcast.
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>> I feel like we have this conversation
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like once a week, probably roughly every
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Tuesday night. That's what I'm here for.
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8:32 p.m. Uh,
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also, uh, go to dapsmagic.comdapshq.
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We have a post show to this show called
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Daps After Dark, which is a whole lot of
1:47
fun. Um, and then while you're watching
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the show with us, uh, go on ahead and
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jump into the comment section. and uh we
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like to have a fun little party going
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on. So,
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>> join us.
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>> There has been a lot going on. In fact,
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this week was very hard to narrow down
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like what are we going to talk about
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this week because I feel like there's
2:06
still tons of stuff from the meeting
2:08
with Thomas Maslin.
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>> Yeah. Oh my gosh, that was only last
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week.
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>> There's We could have gone probably the
2:14
entire episode on Disney Adventure.
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>> Yeah,
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>> cuz that's
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>> They have escalators.
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>> They have escalators.
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Honestly, I don't know that I ever
2:23
thought the conversation would come up
2:25
about a Disney cruise line ship about
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escalators.
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>> I've never even considered escalators on
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a cruise ship.
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>> Me neither.
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>> Is that like is that a weird thing to
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then I saw it and I was like, "Oh,
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cool."
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>> And is this a common thing? Like I don't
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know. I mean,
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>> who's to say?
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>> Yeah. Anyway,
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>> I also feel like if you've ever waited
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for a elevator on a cruise ship, an
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escalator makes a lot of sense.
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>> Yeah, because sometimes you wait for
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>> um if they're not directional elevators,
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which we'll see how those work, but
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sometimes you just watch elevators just
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>> but even then the directional ones you
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still have to like they only fit so many
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people in there. So, it is what it is.
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Um and we do have a friend that's going
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on it so we'll probably have a little
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bit of information after the maiden
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voyage. I don't know if it'll make it on
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the show or not. It'll definitely uh
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show up at some point in Dap's Magic HQ
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at the very least beyond our normal
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coverage. So, we'll see. We'll see what
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we uh we can finagle for that, I guess
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you could say. All right, let's get into
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this week's show. One of the highlights,
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I think, of the week was we got more
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Figment content, and it wasn't even f
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for Festival of the Arts, which is
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shocking. Um because generally it's it's
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>> it's Figmakers a lot of love. Festival
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of the Arts.
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>> Yes. Or Epcot or well Disney World. Who
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would have ever thought it would be
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YouTube?
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>> But that's where it came from. Also I
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believe Disney Plus now. But uh
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>> we got a how not to draw
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>> where Figment comes off the page in this
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this cute little short. If you've seen
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them, there's about eight of them now, I
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think, where u it's taking the conceit
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of the how to draw characters of Disney
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and flipping them on their heads and and
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they end up being very cute and a little
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bit imaginative. Well, quite
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imaginative, but it's it's not what you
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would normally expect. Um, this one
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easily is my favorite. Actually, I'm not
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even like it's not might. This one is my
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favorite. Yeah.
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>> By far. It brings fig Figment to life in
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a way that
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you just expect. Like this is what I
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expect from Figment. Like it gave me
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exactly what I would expect. It gave me
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what I hoped for. It had nods to the
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attractions and um
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>> yes, I said attractions. So,
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>> no, it's it's accurate.
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>> But there's different parts of it that
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reminded me of different versions um
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other than the middle one. But uh
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um anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I
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loved that they used the music. I think
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his voice was fantastic. What did you
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think of Figment? How not to draw.
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>> I love Figment so much. Um therefore,
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like I mean honestly like look Figment.
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Uh we have more Figment stuff just like
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around here.
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>> There's some up out of sight over there.
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>> Some out of sight over there.
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>> I see three from where I'm sitting right
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now. I literally sleep with Figment as a
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little plushie every single night. Okay,
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I love Figment. This was so beautiful to
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me because if you've ever heard me talk
5:29
about um the current iteration of
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Figment's attraction, um it's that I
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don't like that he is like treated like
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a nuisance. And I don't like that he is
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a nuisance.
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>> No, cuz he's supposed to be he is the
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inspiration.
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>> He's whimsical.
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>> Yeah. And I I don't love this like
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whole, oh, I'm gonna uh spray skunk at
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you. Not my favorite version of Figment.
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I'm so sorry. But uh Figment is supposed
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to be loved. And uh that's actually what
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I love with this un uh seen animator.
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This unseen animator
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>> sounds very much like
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>> somebody over at California Screaming.
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>> Uh
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>> I didn't know he was an animator.
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>> Yeah, who knew? Um, but
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>> have you met Neil?
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>> That's good.
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>> Thanks.
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>> Um, I love that this unseen animator
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loves Figment as much as we do. And
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like,
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>> yes, Figment is derailing the whole
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thing. But that's what Figment does is
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Figment.
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>> Is he really derailing it or is he like
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taking it to a whole new level? Like,
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he's doing exactly what he's asked to
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do. I
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>> Exactly. That's what I agree. But the
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current institute is like, "Oh, Figment
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derailed everything." Whatever. Um, I
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will say, "What a cute ending." Um, it's
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magical. It's perfect. I want like a
6:53
million more Figment shorts. I also want
6:56
Disney, this is not something I realized
6:59
till just this moment is I love in this
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and I want more of this. the
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fullon embrace of the power of
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imagination and how positive that is
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because I don't think that's something
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that Disney's gotten away from
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necessarily, but it's not something that
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they've promoted the way you go back to
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early Epcot. Like I think that's one of
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the things early Epcot does so well. But
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also just thinking of different shows
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growing up quite often imagination was
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embraced and encouraged and um I think
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you don't get that as much and I think
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that is confining
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>> and you need people to have imagination
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so that you get the next Figment so you
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get the next Mickey Mouse the next
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Kermit like you think of the greatest
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things that come into you could stick
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with the Disney world but you could say
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the world in general
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You have to have that spark of
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imagination that's like this is where
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we're at. This is what could be and not
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get stuck on the wall between where you
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are and where you want to go.
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>> Well, and you talk about it being um
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this like bridge of positivity for
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imagination. Like everybody knows the
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story of Mickey Mouse.
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>> It came out of a really devastating
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failure. Yeah. Of losing Oswald, but
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>> Walt Disney chose to put creativity
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first and that's how Mickey was born.
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Um, you think of Kermit the Frog. Kermit
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the Frog was a jacket, but Jim Henson
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saw an opportunity to be creative and
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create something. Um, and it brought me
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one of the most important uh, quotes
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that I kind of live by here at Daps
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Magic. And it's that we have a dream,
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too. And it's about singing and dancing
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and making people happy.
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>> Other than the dancing part. Yeah,
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>> you can do the dancing. I don't know.
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But um no, it is it's all about like
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putting on this show and like inspiring
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and uh using imagination and so that I
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think that's part of why Figment is so
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important to us.
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>> Um and so yeah, just seeing things like
8:57
this, I'm like, give me
8:59
give me a thousand. I would love to see
9:02
a million more little shorts. Um
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>> I want more than that. Um I think it's
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interesting because uh Bob Iger was
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asked about a Figment movie last year.
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think it was during a I want to say it
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was during one of the financial calls or
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something. maybe even the shareholder
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meeting last year
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>> and clearly this was not on his
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>> agenda or radar and he's like well maybe
9:24
we'll do a you know look into his shorts
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or something and and here we get it and
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I really hope enough people watch it
9:30
that they're like oh there's demand for
9:32
more Figment beyond just the people
9:34
going to Epcot and buying popcorn
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buckets and um
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>> or buying all the plush
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>> this would be another case just like
9:41
with the Muppets where you should watch
9:42
it over and over and over again because
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that's a way we can tell Disney, hey, we
9:48
want more of this. Um, because at the
9:50
end of the day, as much as Disney is a
9:53
creative company that's all about
9:54
storytelling, it uses hard data to
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decide which stories to tell and what
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people want. Um, because at the end of
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the day, they don't want to make stuff
10:03
that nobody cares about. like and um and
10:07
yes, it would be wonderful to think
10:09
there's a Waltlike person that's sitting
10:12
somewhere up in Burbank going, "Oh, I
10:14
just know this is the story we're going
10:16
to tell,
10:18
but that's just not the day we live in
10:20
anymore." Like, there's probably those
10:22
kinds of people that speak into things,
10:24
but I also would tend to guess it's a
10:26
trust but verified thing. It's like, "Oh
10:28
yeah, that is true, George."
10:30
And um this is the data that we can now
10:34
quantify that that instinct with. Yeah.
10:36
Or something like that. Anyway, I hope
10:37
we get more figment. Watch it if you
10:39
haven't seen it yet. Um we also have on
10:41
our article the original uh journey into
10:45
imagination that you can watch as well.
10:48
So you can see origins of Figment and
10:50
and all of that fun stuff.
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>> There's also somebody who's sitting at
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this table that wrote a really great
10:54
history of Figment article.
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>> There you go.
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>> Yeah. I love him. Definitely.
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>> Maybe I'll add it into the show notes if
11:02
I can find it quickly.
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>> Um,
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check back tomorrow or if you're
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watching this not live. Check back now.
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>> Um, there we go. All right. Speaking of
11:14
other things at Walt Disney World beyond
11:16
Figment, the castle
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>> is turning gray again. And it is
11:20
beautiful. I think uh it's probably
11:23
halfish done and it's this beautiful
11:27
gray with gold trim and blue roof
11:32
roofing that's that's a much more is it
11:34
a royal blue I guess you could call it
11:36
>> and I will admit part of me was like I
11:39
don't know maybe we
11:41
>> maybe nostalgia is taking over common
11:43
sense
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>> sure
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>> because I do think there is something to
11:47
be said for the argument of like oh gray
11:50
is going going to disappear, especially
11:52
on a cloudy day or whatever, but um
11:56
Johnny took pictures for us. They're up
11:58
on the site and it was not a completely
12:01
sunny day and I thought it looked
12:03
beautiful
12:04
>> and uh there's still like wrapping
12:06
around the front, but the backside looks
12:08
amazing. It's like the backside of
12:10
water, but a castle. Uh what did you
12:13
think of the paint job so far?
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>> Um I will say it, I'm so sorry. I love
12:17
you. You are not public enemy number one
12:20
to me for loving the pink castle. I do
12:22
think the pink castle was stunning. But
12:26
in my perfect world, Cinderella Castle
12:28
is gray and royal blue and Sleeping
12:31
Beauty Castle is pink and like pink
12:34
pink. Um,
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>> so that's funny.
12:37
pink or of that purplish pink because I
12:40
think of like old school like
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>> so I
12:43
>> Walt Disney
12:45
>> I can't I can't find a pink that's here
12:48
but uh um kind of like this pink like
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this
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I was going to okay
12:54
>> show the class okay
12:55
>> this like
12:56
>> so close to what it is now
12:58
>> kind of yeah
12:58
>> I mean it's a little faded now but
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>> but I like the really soft pink
13:03
>> like the the very light and then I like
13:05
the darker pink contrasts
13:07
To me, Sleeping Beauty Castle is pink. I
13:09
have Sleeping Beauty Castle tattooed on
13:11
my arm. It is pink. Um, in my opinion,
13:14
that's my opinion.
13:15
>> So, Cinderella Castle,
13:17
>> I think it's beautiful. I think it's
13:18
supposed to be great, though. And I like
13:19
the distinction of one castle being
13:21
pink, one make it pink, make it blue.
13:25
Um,
13:27
I think that Cinderella Castle looks the
13:29
most beautiful with this like gray that
13:30
has it like bluish hue to it. Um, I
13:34
think it compliments
13:36
everything so well. And also, there was
13:38
a picture of Cinderella with her fairy
13:40
godmother, I think probably from the
13:41
opening moment thing that happens
13:43
>> on her castle. And I was like, "Oh, this
13:46
is just correct." Like, it's perfect.
13:49
Don't you also think that it will make
13:52
the projections and the lights at night
13:54
be that much more magical? Yes. Um, you
13:57
know, it might not actually change that
13:58
much because the way they paint now,
14:00
they might have the same ability, but I
14:04
I also kind of think the
14:08
you could go in the course of an evening
14:10
and and I remember seeing this years ago
14:13
where sometimes in the night it was gray
14:15
and sometimes it was pink, you know,
14:17
like they can change that palette and I
14:20
think that'll be very fun to see. It'll
14:21
also be interesting to see if they have
14:24
to, we might not ever know this. I
14:26
wonder if they have to change the
14:27
projectors for Happily Ever After
14:30
because the paint color changes. Like,
14:32
will that change the vibrance and the
14:33
tint and the
14:34
>> I saw some thing about
14:37
>> I would think it would.
14:38
>> The current projections are calibrated
14:41
to be on pink.
14:42
>> Yeah. So, I bet they've already got
14:44
that. Well, uh, there was a photo that I
14:46
saw that was during Happily Ever After,
14:48
and you can tell the difference of what
14:50
is currently painted gray and what is
14:51
currently painted pink.
14:52
>> Oh, that's cool.
14:53
>> Because of the projections. Okay.
14:55
>> Um, which I thought was fascinating.
14:56
>> That that I I would like to see that.
14:58
We'll have to find that.
14:59
>> I'll find it.
15:00
>> All right. This last week, we went to
15:01
Knottberry Farm after hours, which is
15:03
always something very unique and special
15:06
for what we do. So, thank you for
15:08
allowing us to do this. But we were
15:11
going to a preview for the Knots Boys
15:13
and Berry Festival which starts I
15:15
believe on March 13th.
15:17
>> 13th on a Friday.
15:19
>> Very exciting. About a week and a half
15:20
away. And uh we got to taste a lot of
15:23
the things that will be offered that are
15:25
new and hang out with great people and
15:28
meet characters and all of that fun
15:30
jazz. And we do have an article up about
15:32
the three things you most want to taste,
15:35
like you don't want to miss. So check
15:36
that out. Those are from my perspective.
15:38
And I I might actually change one of
15:40
them if I were to go back and do it
15:42
today. Just, you know, after a week,
15:44
you've had time to think about it.
15:45
Whatever. Um,
15:48
>> let's just take one thing. What is that
15:51
one bite from what we tried last week
15:54
that you would like to have again? I
15:55
know what mine is without a doubt.
15:57
>> Boenberry spicy bogi.
15:59
>> Okay.
16:00
>> On uh rice.
16:01
>> See, and that's the one I was like,
16:02
maybe that might get dropped from my
16:04
list.
16:04
>> See, and the one I was almost going to
16:06
say, and I'm so sorry, this is cheating.
16:07
I'm basically saying too is the
16:09
boenberry orzo with um mushrooms,
16:12
>> which is funny because that's that is
16:15
not the one I was going to say.
16:16
>> Oh, those are my
16:17
>> So, there is You want to hear what I was
16:19
going to say?
16:20
>> Mac and cheese.
16:20
>> There's a mac and cheese with was it a
16:23
brisket?
16:24
>> Mhm.
16:25
>> And boenberry sauce. And it was amazing.
16:28
Stunning.
16:29
>> Yes. And I ate it with chopsticks
16:32
>> cuz we we lost our fork.
16:34
>> There's a story there.
16:37
But uh Katya was a good sport and she
16:40
ate with chopsticks with me because
16:41
>> that's my favorite picture of the night.
16:43
>> Um yeah, I I should have gotten
16:45
permission to share it.
16:48
But um maybe we will on on uh DAPs Magic
16:51
HQ. We'll put the
16:53
>> we'll we'll Chris, you can find out and
16:55
let us know. Um
16:58
>> maybe Katya's watching too. If you are,
16:59
just just let us know. Um and happy
17:02
birthday, Annie. Her birthday was
17:04
yesterday. So, happy I think yesterday.
17:07
Happy fouryear-old, Annie.
17:10
>> We love you so much.
17:11
>> Hope you had a fantastic birthday and
17:13
and got everything you wanted.
17:16
>> I don't actually know what a
17:17
four-year-old would want, but
17:18
>> I sure hope Maleficent didn't show up.
17:20
>> And if she tries, I will protect you.
17:22
>> So, anyway, Knots Poisonberry Festival.
17:24
Fantastic. It looks like it's going to
17:26
be a delicious year, which is always a
17:27
highlight. And um it's one of my
17:30
favorite festivals of the year. And I
17:33
just want more of that mac and cheese.
17:35
>> Yeah.
17:35
>> Like not mac and cheese is always good,
17:38
but whatever they did, the meat was very
17:41
tender. The sauce was There was lots of
17:43
it. It wasn't too
17:44
>> The sauce was like perfect.
17:45
>> It was It was fantastic. Um,
17:47
>> and it was like a great noodle. That
17:49
sounds stupid, but it was a great
17:50
noodle.
17:50
>> It was all good.
17:51
>> Okay.
17:52
>> Anyway, follow along. We will have more
17:54
coverage of that in the coming weeks,
17:56
and you won't want to miss it. The main
17:58
topic of tonight, however, is Disneyland
18:01
After Dark 70 years of favorites, which
18:03
was last night and tomorrow night. And
18:07
this has I think there's still tickets
18:09
for tomorrow night, too, if you want to
18:10
go. But, uh, this has a celebration or
18:13
this is a celebration of 70 years of the
18:15
Disneyland Resort. And I say the
18:16
Disneyland Resort because it's not just
18:18
Disneyland, it's also Disney California
18:20
Adventure. It's the whole shebang. And
18:23
it has uh, I think four or five shows.
18:26
There's
18:28
>> dozens I think I could say characters.
18:30
>> Oh, for sure.
18:31
>> And um food as you always always And
18:34
then they have a sweatshirt for the
18:35
merch this time.
18:36
>> The photo opportunities,
18:37
>> which I think is interesting. Oh, and
18:38
all the photo opportunities. But I think
18:40
it was interesting. There's only one
18:42
piece of merchandise that was unique to
18:44
the thing. And I wonder if that's a
18:46
trend that they're discovering,
18:48
>> but I feel like the merchandise is
18:49
popular. People were It was a nice It
18:51
was a nice sweatshirt.
18:52
>> It was nice. Um, you know, if if that's
18:55
the one event you went to, I would get
18:56
it.
18:57
>> Sure.
18:57
>> Like I think that it was it was worth
18:59
it. But
18:59
>> and it felt very Disneyland.
19:01
>> Exactly. So, uh, favorite unique
19:04
character from last night of of the tons
19:07
we saw. And I'm sure you can guess what
19:09
mine's going to be.
19:11
>> Uh, favorite unique character. I really
19:15
I am blanking on all the characters I
19:17
saw, but I loved Tiana in her attraction
19:20
costume.
19:20
>> There you go. That's a great one. I
19:21
think she's magical.
19:23
>> That's a That's a fantastic choice. And
19:24
she was over in Bayou Country. Mine was
19:26
obvious. Scrooge and the boys.
19:28
Obviously,
19:29
>> they had Scrooge and his three nephews
19:31
in uh Toontown. Uh and the greatest
19:35
thing about it, this, you know, it was
19:37
intentional. So, you have the Ducttales
19:39
crew.
19:41
>> So, you have the Ducttales.
19:42
>> Woo. Sorry.
19:44
>> Thank you.
19:44
>> You didn't give me the space to woo.
19:46
>> I thought I you'd do it after I said
19:47
crew. And then over on the other part of
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Toontown by Roger Rabbit, you had the R
19:52
the Rescue Rangers
19:56
>> duo. I was like, they're not a crew.
19:57
They're a duo because they didn't have
19:58
the whole crew. But I I thought it was
20:00
really fun that they were coming out in
20:02
and uh bringing they're just so perfect
20:05
in Toontown. Like all of them,
20:07
especially Scrooge and the Boys, but
20:09
like Rescue Rangers as well.
20:10
>> It feels very Disneyland or Disney
20:13
afternoon.
20:13
>> Yeah, it was great. Um, I loved seeing
20:16
Aladdin and Jasmine and Abu in the
20:17
entrance of Adventure Land. King Louie
20:20
and Blue were in Adventure Land as well.
20:23
>> They were not in their tail spin
20:24
costume,
20:24
>> which I realized kind of makes more
20:26
sense if they're in Adventure Land cuz
20:28
after we had that discussion last night,
20:30
I was like, well, if they're going to be
20:31
in their tail spin costumes, they should
20:33
be in Toontown.
20:35
>> But I loved them in Adventureland where
20:37
they were. I thought the backdrop was
20:39
perfect. It was right in front of the
20:40
kind of like between Tiki Room and uh
20:43
Jungle Tropical Highway and Tropical
20:44
Highway. Yeah. But um great characters,
20:47
lots of them. If you're going tomorrow
20:49
night,
20:50
>> choose your characters wisely because
20:53
even though I don't think it was sold
20:54
out last night, there were still long
20:56
lines. U Mother and Father, also from
20:58
Carousel Progress. Definitely should get
21:00
an honor.
21:01
>> If you want to see The Whirly Bugs,
21:04
>> get in line early.
21:05
>> Get in line. Well,
21:06
>> actually, by the night though, as the
21:08
night went, it looked like the line got
21:09
shorter.
21:10
>> But also, you want to see them at night.
21:12
Like, you want to see them when it's
21:13
dark.
21:14
>> Prioritize and choose wisely and don't
21:16
do it like we do because we're literally
21:18
trying to get as much coverage for you
21:20
as we possibly can. And I will be
21:22
posting it for the rest of my life
21:23
probably. Um,
21:25
>> they also had so for entertainment, they
21:28
had a castle moment.
21:30
>> They had a swing band in Royal Theater.
21:33
They had tapestry of happiness which is
21:35
the same tapestry of happiness during
21:36
the day but the projections before and
21:39
after it are 70th themed which were very
21:41
cute. Um
21:43
>> line dancing
21:43
>> vidoploolis line dancing with Woody and
21:46
Jesse and then they had songs of magic
21:49
and
21:50
>> sounds of magic.
21:51
>> Sounds of magic. Yeah. And
21:55
>> I would say the highlight was probably
21:56
Sounds of Magic.
21:58
>> Uh Vidyopoulos was fun if you were
22:00
really into Vidopoulos. I also felt like
22:02
I really wanted to have the video camera
22:05
still there. Like I was a little bit I
22:07
was like, "Oh, they missed the video.
22:09
They have all the screens." Like it
22:11
>> cuz when Vidopoulos came back for 80s
22:13
night, they did.
22:14
>> It was amazing.
22:15
>> Yeah.
22:15
>> And that was kind of the one thing that
22:17
I wish like that would have put it over
22:18
the top.
22:19
>> Yeah. Um the
22:22
the one thing I will say if you're going
22:24
tomorrow night, be flexible with your
22:26
timing because it didn't seem like
22:28
everything was happening exactly when
22:30
things said they were going to.
22:32
>> So like one show started early, other
22:34
shows started late or weren't at the
22:37
times that said at all. So I don't know
22:38
if it'll be accurate or not. Just bring
22:41
your patience.
22:41
>> Yeah.
22:42
>> Um
22:43
>> the one thing that did start exactly on
22:45
time though was Sounds of Magic.
22:47
>> Sure did. And so this had kind of I
22:49
guess their their premise for this was
22:51
it had some of the showstoppping numbers
22:54
from shows of the Disneyland Resort
22:56
through the years. So they chose Beauty
22:58
and the Beast Live,
22:59
>> uh Frozen Live at the Hyperion,
23:02
>> uh Tiana's Showboat Jubilee,
23:05
>> um
23:06
>> Tale of the Lion King,
23:08
>> and most importantly, an amazement.
23:10
>> Amazement.
23:11
>> And I thought this was a very fun show.
23:16
I also thought it was a really good show
23:22
that
23:23
was on the cusp of being really great.
23:26
>> Sure.
23:27
>> And like I had no problems with it. It
23:30
was fun. It was, you know, I think you
23:33
could hear people singing along and
23:35
giggling and clapping and like all of
23:37
that stuff. Um,
23:39
I also think Disney has locked into,
23:43
hey, we're going to get this vocal group
23:44
and they're just going to do music
23:45
that's appropriate for whatever
23:46
Disneyland After Dark is coming next.
23:48
>> Can't wait to see what they do with Star
23:49
Wars. Um,
23:52
>> true.
23:52
>> It's valid.
23:53
>> So, my question being,
23:55
>> if you were the producer or I were the
23:57
producer for Sounds of Magic,
23:59
what show would you create? because
24:03
there is a wide range of music
24:06
>> to pull from. Like you could do, as we
24:10
started the show with Golden Horseshoe
24:11
Review, which
24:12
>> that was also something I would have
24:14
added to the lineup is when they did the
24:16
Golden Horseshoe review a few years ago.
24:18
That was one of the best things that I
24:21
can remember at at Disneyland. And that
24:24
was so fun to see that come back. And I
24:27
believe
24:29
the lady that starred in it was in the
24:32
swing band singing uh last night. So
24:34
>> that was actually Sweethearts Night last
24:36
year.
24:36
>> No, I mean the one before this. This was
24:38
this was a comeback that they did for
24:42
like that was fun too and that was also
24:43
a different person. Yes.
24:44
>> Um but I would love to see that would
24:49
>> there's a couple things like if they'd
24:51
have brought that in last night for two
24:53
nights only.
24:56
that would sell like you would never
24:58
have to worry about selling Disneyland
24:59
After Dark tickets again. every thing
25:02
would sell out because that would bring
25:04
in I would say this skewed younger.
25:07
>> Mhm.
25:08
>> Like it was it was kind of um like
25:10
Vidopoulos maybe a little bit older but
25:13
um but for the most part like the music
25:16
skewed younger, the characters were a
25:18
little bit newerish
25:20
and and that's fine. Like it was great.
25:23
But if you were doing Sounds of Magic
25:26
and let's see, I think there was five
25:28
segments. Is that what I counted?
25:30
Yeah.
25:31
>> Oh, Circle of Life also from
25:32
>> Well, that was T. That's right. Okay.
25:34
Um, what would you choose?
25:36
>> So, the Here's my premise. Here's my
25:39
pitch. Hear me out.
25:40
>> Um, I was saying that I think what was
25:43
holding this show back is that a lot of
25:45
the things that were picked didn't My
25:49
gut instinct for these songs was not
25:51
Disneyland Resort.
25:52
>> So, um, Circle of Life, yes, it is Tale
25:56
of Lion King. My brain doesn't go there
25:58
first. my brain goes to the Lion King
25:59
>> or the Lion King parade
26:00
>> or the Lion King parade. Um, but my
26:02
brain doesn't go there. Um, Frozen, my
26:04
brain doesn't go to Frozen Live at the
26:06
Hyperion. So, I wanted to pick songs
26:09
that were central
26:12
to
26:14
um
26:15
>> the Disneyland Resort.
26:16
>> The Disneyland Resort
26:17
>> that you you think of Disneyland. Bam.
26:20
This is it.
26:21
>> I would open
26:23
with The Wonderful World of Color.
26:25
>> Okay. because I think that is an homage
26:28
to um
26:31
uh the show
26:32
>> as well as World of Color
26:34
>> because World of Color
26:36
>> TV show and and water show.
26:38
>> So, boom boom. Okay.
26:39
>> Two great nods.
26:41
>> Um I also
26:44
would throw in um Step into the Magic
26:47
from Disneyland 60th.
26:48
>> Okay.
26:49
>> Um because I think Step into the Magic
26:51
is a
26:51
>> great song,
26:52
>> excellent song. I also would throw in um
26:57
Mickey and the Magical Map.
26:59
>> Sure.
27:00
>> Because I think that is very fun, very
27:03
excellent. Um
27:06
I
27:07
What was the Okay, so I know that this
27:10
does have a movie.
27:13
Okay. But I actually think that for most
27:16
Disney fans, this has a stronger park
27:19
>> and that is
27:19
>> So what is it?
27:20
>> Welcome to Our Family Time.
27:21
>> Oh, yeah. Totally. Yeah. I I think
27:23
that's great.
27:23
>> I know it's from Brother Bear. I think
27:25
everybody associates it with
27:28
um and I think that um I would have
27:31
loved to see it's four singers. I would
27:33
have loved to see a Dapper Dan.
27:36
So, as you were speaking,
27:38
>> so I've had several takes at this as
27:40
I've been thinking about it today is as
27:43
you were speaking, I'm like, the way to
27:45
really do this is to go look back at the
27:48
Disneyland medley from either the Dapper
27:51
Dans or the Disneyland Band
27:55
>> or Disneyland Resort All-American
27:56
College Band,
27:57
>> which basically is where the Disneyland
27:59
bands. Um,
28:01
>> and so there there was a couple of I
28:03
have three options for an opener.
28:05
>> Okay.
28:06
One of them being welcome to our family
28:08
time, which we already know they know
28:10
because didn't they do that for Pride
28:11
Night or something? I think so. Yeah.
28:13
So, there's that one. So, maybe not
28:15
that. I'm going to discount that one
28:16
because it was that
28:17
>> to be unique from you instead of World
28:20
of Color.
28:21
>> I'm going to say you do a
28:24
Disney parade medley as your opener.
28:28
>> Okay.
28:29
>> And this opens with the Main Street
28:31
Electrical Parade. It includes So, it
28:33
might actually have welcome to your
28:34
family time. It includes Parade of
28:36
Dreams.
28:37
>> It includes uh Paint the Night
28:39
>> like which whatever something
28:42
>> chills
28:42
>> a little sensational in there.
28:45
>> And and you could even throw in some of
28:48
like the Cavalcade stuff that we all
28:50
know. Like there's your opener. It's
28:52
it's huge. It's blockbuster. It's you
28:56
know, knock him out of the park.
28:57
>> Absolutely.
28:58
>> So from there you've hit the parades.
29:01
>> Okay. Then you're now going to go to
29:03
Disneyland attractions.
29:05
>> Okay.
29:06
>> So then you can hit your Pirates of the
29:07
Caribbean, your Haunted Mansion, your
29:10
Small World, kind of the ones that
29:13
everybody knows with maybe a little
29:15
surprise here or there like maybe you do
29:17
a little Wind in the Willows music from
29:19
Mr. Toad or Dumbo because you got some
29:23
stuff in there that you can pull from
29:24
Fantasy Line. definitely carousel of
29:26
progress and um and maybe even throw in
29:32
I don't know exactly what it would be
29:34
and maybe it's just doing you know just
29:36
singing without words something Star
29:39
Wars but basically this is if you're
29:41
thinking of remember Dreams come true
29:43
years ago
29:45
you're thinking of going around the park
29:47
and taking people on that musical tour.
29:50
So that's section two okay of the show.
29:53
This is not a five-part section because
29:55
I think all of these are a little bit
29:57
longer in terms of songs.
29:59
>> Then section three is your kiss good
30:01
night.
30:03
>> Actually, this is this could be a real
30:05
show. Disney Call Me. Um
30:08
>> I think it's
30:09
>> saying this would I think this could
30:10
pass a pitch pitch session, but section
30:13
three is your kiss good night. You're
30:14
pulling from all of the kiss good nights
30:17
through the years that Disneyland has
30:19
had. And I would focus on Disneyland,
30:22
not also Disney California Adventure.
30:25
>> And and so you can pick your choice.
30:28
There's Magic in the Stars, there's uh
30:31
Disneyland Forever, there's Wondrous
30:34
Journeys, there's Remember Dreams Come
30:36
True, there's Fantasy in the Skies,
30:38
which opens up a whole new thing. But
30:40
you really hit that
30:42
>> and you know maybe start with the
30:44
Starlight star bright for Star See
30:45
tonight
30:46
>> go into the whole thing and and that's
30:49
how you wrap this thing up. And if you
30:51
get the right
30:54
arranger for that,
30:56
>> you know, if it was 20, 30 years ago, be
30:58
like, "Oh, if you get a Bruce Healey to
30:59
do this,
31:00
>> Yeah.
31:01
>> this is a home run." And I guarantee you
31:05
people would sell out for this show or
31:07
for this night, just for this show
31:09
because that is that is what a Disney
31:12
fan wants
31:13
>> and it would be a home run.
31:14
>> I also want to hear Fantasmic.
31:16
>> Yeah, I think you could. That's part of
31:17
the Kiss Good Night. Yeah.
31:19
>> And you're ination. Speaking of
31:23
>> definitely could um speaking
31:26
imagination, we ran over. Shame on us.
31:30
Anyway, let us know what your
31:33
70 years of favorites show would be if
31:35
you were coming up with your own Sounds
31:38
of Magic. And and remember,
31:40
>> dreams come true.
31:41
>> The the concept for this is is four
31:44
singers on a barge in the rivers of
31:47
America. Yes. So, make sure you don't
31:49
miss any of that. Um, and let us know
31:52
what you think it should be in the
31:54
comments below. But we are running out
31:56
of time. Katie, what should people do?
31:59
>> Go to dapsmagic.com. Check out all the
32:00
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32:08
We've got a post show for this show. We
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also got a lot of other fun things that
32:12
I really don't want to spoil cuz you
32:13
kind of, you know, if you know, you
32:15
know.
32:15
>> Just got to be there.
32:16
>> The girls got to get it. I don't know
32:17
what that means, but you just got to be
32:19
there. Anyway, also make sure to
32:20
subscribe to our YouTube channel. You
32:21
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up from Disneyland After Dark, 70 years
32:25
of favorites. We also have food and wine
32:28
festival videos that will be going up
32:29
later this week. And then we'll have
32:31
Boenberry after that because it's just
32:33
going to keep going, keep going, keep
32:34
going along with another event that I
32:36
will be covering next week that I'm not
32:37
telling you about yet. So, you won't
32:39
want to miss that either. But that is
32:42
all the time we have for you this week.
32:43
We will see you around the corner.
32:45
>> Bye.
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