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Hey everybody, I'm Marco Pollos and we
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are back hatswinger and welcome to Walt
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Disney 125 years of inspiration.
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[cheering]
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>> Thank you. Thank you. Well, while we've
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been setting up, we're watching you all
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shuffle in and we think most of you
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might be suffering from a little late
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afternoon blues and uh we want to get
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you into the Walt groove. So, we're
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going to get you guys buzzing and we
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have a song that will not only get you
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buzzing like those bees act, but will
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give you the bare necessities to lift
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you right out of your afternoon slump.
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And this is going to take a little hand
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eye coordination, too. You'll see what I
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mean in just a second. Now, cats, why
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don't we give them a little bit of
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something familiar, a little jungle
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rhythm, and uh open the cover to Walt
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Disney's The Jungle Book.
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>> [music]
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>> All right, everybody. This is my
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co-productor, Mr. Red Lewis.
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And what we'd like you to do with us is
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a little dance. It's called the
1:07
handshine. Let's try it out. Here we go.
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And clap clap. Everybody,
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we're going to do this. Clap clap. You
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got it. Let me hear it.
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That's it. Looking good.
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Let's
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see if you can keep following. 1 2 3.
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Look for the bare necessities. [music]
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The simple bare necessities. Forget
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about your worries [music] and your
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stri.
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>> I need the bare necessities. [music] Old
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mother nature's recipes to bring the
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bare necessities [music] of life. All
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right. Well done. Well done. All right.
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Let's reset. We're going to do one more
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for Blake right here. Are you ready,
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Blake? Ready.
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The bare [music] necessities, the simple
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bare necessities. Forget about your
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groceries and your
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all
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necessities. Mother nature's recipes
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bring the [music]
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necessities of life.
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Wherever I wonder,
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wherever I [music] run,
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I wonder
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my big house.
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I'm busting [music] in the trees and
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making honey.
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When you look up through the rock and
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take [music] those
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yummy, the bare necessities of life
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[music] will come to you.
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Come on now.
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Let's
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[music]
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change the
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way you pick a
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prar.
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Well, next time beware.
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Pick a prickly pair by the paw. You pick
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a pair trying to the click
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by the big
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23. Have I given you a clue? I think you
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have a little necessities of
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sweet.
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[music]
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>> [music]
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>> 23. This band, they can really play
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right
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>> now. Watch him sing just like we're
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rehearsing. Wherever I wonder, [singing]
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wherever I run, [music]
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I could be fonder of my heart [music]
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in the trees making my
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[music] sent
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[music]
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to you.
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>> [music]
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>> the pot dog backyard.
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[applause and cheering]
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Thank you. Of course, that was the very
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necessities from the Jungle Book. For
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those of us just joining us, I'm Marco
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Paul. This is Blake Lewis, and we are
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Fat Cat Swinger. And now, just a few
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minutes away from officially starring
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our show, Walt Disney, 125 Years of
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Inspiration. And I got to tell you,
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we're pretty jazzed to be here with you
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today. So, uh, you know, let's keep this
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energy up. Good. Let's do it.
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>> And we're going to keep it in the jungle
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theme. Stay with the jungle beat with
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the king of the swingers himself, King
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Louie. Now, are you are you all ready
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for a little jungle giant whale jungle
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style?
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Shall we?
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All right. I know you're all seated and
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everything. And if you're allowed to,
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you're comfortable enough, you can join
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us on the choreography for this next
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little number right here. Take it away.
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All right. [music]
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You've never seen before. We love to
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have that high energy and this is
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worrying [music] about you. Join us.
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Let's go.
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Come on. Come on.
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[music]
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Now [music] I'm the sweetest boy.
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I reach the top and I have to step and
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that's what mother I want to be a man
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right in the town [music] and be just
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like the other cuz I'm tired of walking
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around
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just like you
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[music]
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>> [music]
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>> I want to see your hands.
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[music]
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That's right.
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[music]
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>> [music]
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[music]
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>> One more time.
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[music]
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[music] Watch out now.
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It's
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[music]
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[music]
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[music] now you mess with me cuz I made
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a deal with you and what I desire
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to [music] make my dreams come true.
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I
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[music]
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want to be just
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I want to be [music] just like you. I
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want to like
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[music]
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Everybody sing along. [music] Here we
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go.
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>> I want to be just like you.
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>> I want to be just like
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>> I want to walk like you talk like you. I
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want to walk like you talk [music] like
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you just see it's true it's true like
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Blake and ain't like
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[music]
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you
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know
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like [music] you
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>> [music]
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>> Last time.
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[music]
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[music]
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[applause]
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Thank you. Man, you're all awake now.
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So, uh, we have just a few more minutes
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before the show officially starts. And
9:08
[clears throat] so, I think we have time
9:09
for just one more number. We're going to
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take you back to a huge hit during
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Walt's early career. Maybe he heard this
9:17
tune at an Academy Awards banquet or in
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the Coconut Grove. The song was written
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by a musical legend.
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30 years after it became an American
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classic, the song's composer was
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personally cast in The Jungle Book by
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Walt Disney himself to play the role of
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none other than King Louie.
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It was none other than the jazz great
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Mr. Louis Prima.
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>> [cheering and applause]
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>> So now get ready for Louis's classic.
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Sing.
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Come on, kids. Let's go. [music]
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[music]
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>> [music]
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[music]
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[music]
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>> Heat. Heat.
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>> [music]
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[music]
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>> All right. Now, this song also has some
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lyrics. You might hear this up and down
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when I miss, but let's sing this part
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right here just in case.
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Sing, sing, sing, sing. Everybody's
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[music]
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singing loud.
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Now you sing it with a swing. [music]
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Sing
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sing. Everybody's singing [music] loud.
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Oh, now you sing it with a swing. When
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[music] that music goes around,
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everybody comes around. There is
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something you should know.
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>> [music and singing]
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>> anymore. Oh, sing
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everybody [music]
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sing it down.
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Now you're single
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[music]
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[music]
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[music]
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Hold
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[music]
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on for everybody.
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I'm loving the add everything that I've
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seen. We don't want to see you do one
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thing. We're going to use our
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imaginations before we start the show.
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And we're going to do something we like
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to call fat cat fitness with a ph.
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That's right. And so if you would,
12:03
whether you want to be in your seat or
12:04
high up above and just stretch right
12:06
before the show begins, we're going to
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go ahead and do something all together.
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Lawrence, call me on this. Let's show
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everybody what we're going to do. So you
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guys, if at any point you feel like
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jumping in on this dance, this is your
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turn. Here we go. You're going to go
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one, two, one, two, three, side to side.
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There you go. You got it. And [music]
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down, up, down. That's it.
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[music]
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Every
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[music]
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Very nice. Very nice. Okay, we're going
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to split this all the way down. This one
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you can do right now from your very own
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seats. Everybody on this side, you're
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going to copy what you see these guys
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doing over here with your arms. And
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everybody on this side, you're going to
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copy what we do over here. Are you
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ready, Cass? One, two, one, two, three.
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[music]
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>> [music]
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>> Come on.
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[music]
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All right. Now, we got round three. This
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last little bit right here. We're going
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to go ahead and magically slow things
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down, you know, as if we were in the
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league. Fantasia. Use your imagination
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as we slow it down like this. Two. One.
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2 3 [music]
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[music]
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>> [music]
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[music]
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>> Give it up. Everybody
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now the heartbeat of the band. Mr.
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Matthew Smith.
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>> [music]
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>> Heat. [music]
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[music]
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[music]
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Heat.
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>> [music]
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[music]
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[music]
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>> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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[applause and cheering]
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Thank you so much. Everybody give it up
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for [applause]
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take a bow, please.
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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>> Well, hi everybody. Give it up for Marco
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House and [laughter] Pat.
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[applause and cheering]
15:45
>> Everyone, please welcome our host of the
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show, the official voice of Mickey
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Mouse, Red Iron.
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[cheering]
15:53
Hi everyone. Man, that was amazing. But
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I got to ask now, that wasn't the uh
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official opening number, was it?
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>> No,
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>> no, no.
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>> We're ready for a whole opening number.
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We've pressed the napkins, polish, the
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silverware, and everything.
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>> All right. Well, in that case, uh don't
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let me get in the way. So, take it away,
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Maestro.
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>> Oh, thank you. All right. Ready?
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1 2
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[music]
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[music]
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and we
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invite you to relax. [music]
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Let us pull the chair as background
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presents.
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>> Walt Disney 125 years of inspiration.
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D23, the ultimate Disney fan of event
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presented by Visa.
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Your guest
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put our service to the test. Tie your
16:58
napkin around [music] your neck and
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we'll provide the rest.
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I'm a bird while we [music]
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try the great stuff. It's delicious.
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We can see [music] dance. After all,
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this Mrs.
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Tinder here is [music and singing] never
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second.
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You take up [music] my
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head
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like a horsey [music]
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only
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prepar with a culinary
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[music]
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while
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you tell jokes.
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>> [music]
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>> everything that you can [singing] bear.
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Come on and lift your [music]
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hand.
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If you're stressed, this might we
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suggest we are [music]
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we are dead.
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Life is [music] short and worthy for a
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servant who's not serving. [music]
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He's not home [singing] without a soul
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to wait upon. Those
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good old days when we [music] were
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useful.
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We were suddenly those good old days
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[music] are gone.
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10 years we've been rough [music] so
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much more than dusting. Need exercise
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the chance to
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most days [music] we just lay around the
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lightning blade. We don't
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lazy. You want [music]
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[music]
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[music]
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[music]
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>> [music]
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[music]
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[music]
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>> Your death
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[music] is your request to
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Not any
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[music]
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while the cand
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I still [music]
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[music]
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shout
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my
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[music]
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Hey
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[music]
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there.
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[music]
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[music]
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Hey [applause and cheering]
20:41
Thank you everybody. Oh my gosh, you
20:43
guys. All right. Okay. Okay. That that
20:47
was impressive, Marco. I'll give you
20:48
that. Um, but I got a question. What
20:51
does Beauty and the Beast have to do
20:52
with Walt Disney himself?
20:54
>> Well, that's the theme of our show,
20:56
inspiration.
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>> Ah, okay. Okay. You're right. Yes,
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that's that's true because uh we know
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Walt tried to develop Beauty and the
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Beast into a feature film uh uh
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throughout the early 40s and the 50s
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alongside The Little Mermaid. So, it's
21:09
just one of those many examples of how
21:11
Walt remains part of our world. See what
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I did there? Jodie Benson would be so
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proud of me. She'd be so proud.
21:18
>> I see. [laughter] It's clever. Well, you
21:20
know what? I always knew there was
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something there.
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>> Getting excited. How's it getting
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started?
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>> That's That's good. I mean, they're
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eager. I don't blame them. Uh, okay. So
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maybe I'd let you then watch over the
21:35
band because they clearly need some
21:36
supervision and um I'll get on with the
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show then if you don't mind.
21:41
>> Sure. Great. Okay. Thanks guys.
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[applause and cheering]
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>> Well, let's hear it again from Marco
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Palos and the Fat Cat Swinger.
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Everybody, come on. [applause]
21:53
We'll be hearing a lot more from them
21:54
later, so don't worry. Um well, hi
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everybody. I'm so delighted to be with
21:59
you this afternoon as we celebrate 125
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years of inspiration from Walt Disney.
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Personally, I feel inspired by both of
22:08
these fellas, Walt and his alter ego
22:11
Mickey. If you know, you know.
22:13
[laughter]
22:14
Both of them embody and reflect the best
22:17
in all of us. We all want to believe in
22:19
their can do spirit of optimism, faith
22:22
in happy endings, and a hope for great
22:24
big beautiful tomorrows. And isn't it
22:27
kind of hard to look at them up there
22:29
and not smile back, right? I mean, come
22:32
on. Actually, a buddy of mine did that
22:34
painting. I just realized. Props to Tim
22:36
Roerson. Went to school with him.
22:39
>> Yeah, I was here for Tim. Um, the goal
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of our show this afternoon is to share a
22:43
little of Walt Disney's inspiration
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through music, memories, and song. And
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since you've already heard some music,
22:50
let's move on to some memories with two
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very special people. Now, I brought in
22:55
somebody very capable to handle this
22:57
next interview. Um, you know, her
22:59
responsibilities
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um she's she's very used to this. Uh,
23:03
when I introduce her, you'll understand
23:05
why. Her credentials are impeccable and
23:07
are kept perfectly protected in the
23:10
Disney vault along with everything else
23:11
she watches over. Everyone, please
23:14
welcome my pal and the director of the
23:15
Walt Disney Archives, Becky Klein.
23:19
[cheering and applause]
23:31
Thank you. I love being played on. Um,
23:34
hi everybody. I am so delighted to be
23:36
here with all of you this afternoon and
23:38
I am especially excited to be the one to
23:42
interview a very, very special guest.
23:45
Now, our very special guest had a front
23:47
row seat to be charmed, beguiled, and
23:50
inspired by Walt himself. I can't even
23:53
imagine what that must have been like.
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But we're about to get a very personal
23:58
little glimpse. So, today we are joined
24:00
by the daughter of Ron Miller, former
24:02
president and CEO of Walt Disney
24:04
Productions, and Diane Disney Miller.
24:07
Please welcome the granddaughter of Walt
24:09
and Lillian Disney, Joanna Miller.
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[applause]
24:14
>> [cheering]
24:18
>> Let's get her out here. Here she is.
24:21
Come on out,
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[applause]
24:26
sweetie.
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[music] Come on here. Have a seat.
24:32
>> Isn't it great to be played out to
24:33
beautiful music?
24:36
Joanna, we really thank you for being
24:38
here with us today. I mean, I know you
24:40
don't do this very often and this is
24:42
very very special for all of us. So, we
24:45
really really appreciate it. Thank you
24:46
for being here. Um, we are here today to
24:50
celebrate the many years and the many
24:52
ways that we've been inspired by your
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grandfather.
24:55
>> And, um, before we do that, I thought
24:57
let's just talk about Walt Disney as
24:59
your grandpa.
25:02
>> Well, I must say arriving here on the
25:05
earth and being a grand born into
25:09
this this family. I'm sorry.
25:12
Yeah, I don't do this much. I'm a little
25:14
intimidated by all this talent and then
25:16
it
25:16
>> was great.
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>> But anyway, uh we were just I still feel
25:22
so fortunate that I got to be
25:26
um that he's my grandpa. Uh that he is
25:29
very loving, warm. We would spend so
25:32
much time at their house. Uh we'd go
25:35
stay spend weekends. You never knew what
25:38
we'd be doing the next day. If we were
25:40
just hanging out with Granny at the
25:42
house, it was just a magic place to be
25:45
with the barn in the canyon. And um
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>> did you ride on the train?
25:52
>> Okay. Funny you brought that up
25:53
[laughter] because
25:55
because actually when we lost grandpa, I
25:59
realized I was never going to get to
26:01
ride on the train. It was he had a
26:03
bigger train. You know, Disneyland came
26:06
when my brother was just born and
26:10
grandpa had a whole different place to
26:12
play and take us to. But, um, being, uh,
26:17
granny and grandpa together were so
26:19
great taking care of us little kids. Uh,
26:21
we would go to Palm Springs to their
26:23
house. Um, the favorite thing was just
26:28
grandpa would wake up in the morning and
26:29
say, "Hey, I want to go to the studio."
26:32
um gotta go, you know, check things out.
26:35
And like I've heard over the years of
26:37
how grandpa would go when people weren't
26:39
around and sort of stealthy look was
26:42
happening in offices. Um
26:46
he let he would go to his office and let
26:48
us kind of run around. So my brother
26:51
Chris and my sister Tammy and I would
26:54
kind of be free walking around like
26:58
running around the old Zoro sat the
27:00
little neighborhood like where that darn
27:02
cat was filmed and then later we were
27:07
there in and out. The stage doors were
27:09
not cloed.
27:11
we could walk right in
27:13
>> and Mary Poppins was happening and uh
27:18
that was so much fun to play on. There
27:21
was a a little incident once that no one
27:25
we never heard anything
27:28
no one never knew that we accidentally
27:31
knocked a carousel horse. [laughter]
27:34
>> Oh, thank you.
27:36
>> You never told
27:37
>> I still Yeah, I still never told
27:38
grandpa. [laughter] Um, he knows now.
27:44
>> Well, now you also went, you said you
27:46
went to Palm Springs. That must have
27:47
been very fun. And you traveled on
27:48
Walt's plane, which is such a beautiful
27:51
piece. And
27:52
>> that was on the plane, we would go, even
27:55
hopping, we went down to San Diego once,
27:57
but if we were on the plane with
27:58
Grandpa, Tammy and I would often play
28:01
stupid
28:03
and we would go ask um Mr. Disney if
28:07
he'd like a sandwich or something.
28:10
And then we would also ask for his
28:12
autograph. [laughter]
28:14
>> Did you keep those?
28:15
>> I did, but I'm afraid they disappeared.
28:19
Oh,
28:19
>> yeah. Yeah, they were. But um I I bought
28:23
his autograph actually. [laughter]
28:27
>> Oh my goodness. So, you're just like the
28:28
rest of
28:29
>> Yeah. Good.
28:30
>> The fan.
28:30
>> Good. Now, um you also went down to
28:32
Disneyland quite often. We've got some
28:34
pictures here and you shared with us
28:36
from visits that you and your siblings
28:38
made down there. Um, can you share a few
28:40
memories of those visits with us? Start
28:42
with
28:43
>> Yeah. So, I actually think that some of
28:45
my first memories were probably being
28:47
three year three years old and being in
28:49
parades
28:50
>> and being scared to death, very shy, but
28:54
you've noticed I'm I'm in the front of
28:56
the car with grandpa there. My my face
28:58
is down. My sister Tam seems to think
29:01
there's adoration from the crowd
29:02
[laughter] in their but um but we were
29:07
and we knew that it was important to us
29:10
to him that we were there like why would
29:14
he on these important days want to be
29:16
like you know taking little children
29:19
around and putting but he just he was so
29:22
loving. You knew how much he cared about
29:25
you. Well, you know, he always said that
29:27
the reason he built Disneyland is so
29:29
there was a place where families could
29:31
have fun together. Yeah.
29:32
>> So, of course, he wanted his family and
29:33
his grandchildren.
29:35
>> So, there there's something also this
29:37
just him being at Disneyland being with
29:39
us. We would leave the apartment and
29:42
walk into the street and grandpa would
29:45
we'd start walking and he would um
29:49
he'd stop and talk to people and take
29:52
photos and sign autographs. And then
29:54
after a while he would say, you know, I
29:57
got the grandkids with me today and we
29:59
have things to do. And then um he would
30:03
have these he would sign a bunch of his
30:07
office pads and you know about that. Um
30:10
but he would have all these autographs,
30:12
pre-signed autographs in his pocket so
30:14
he didn't have to leave too many people
30:17
without something. He I really felt um
30:21
when you see him smiling in all these
30:24
photos, I really feel like he felt the
30:28
appreciation for what he'd done. So, you
30:32
know, even though he was gone so soon, I
30:34
I know that he knew he'd made a
30:37
connection with people. He was capable
30:39
of doing that.
30:40
>> Yeah. He was very magnetic personality.
30:42
People were very drawn to him. I know
30:44
that for sure. Um, you also gave us some
30:47
really cute shots from uh the Oakrand
30:49
opening day of the Mine Train through
30:50
Nature's Wonderland, which was June
30:52
12th, 1960. And what do you remember
30:55
about this? Cuz these are gorgeous
30:56
photos.
30:57
>> I don't remember that much about it
30:58
except that again, like there we are
31:01
with grandpa. There's my sister Tam
31:03
hanging out the window. [laughter]
31:04
Um,
31:05
>> you know, your personalities are really
31:06
shining through here. You and Tim
31:09
obviously.
31:10
>> Yeah.
31:10
>> How great.
31:11
>> Yeah. But, you know, the fact that
31:13
[laughter] again, it's a big day. It's
31:15
an opening of a ride. He's got the
31:17
camera people there and and a lot of
31:19
people there to enjoy this this uh these
31:23
first trips. But, um the fact that he
31:26
wanted us there, it's like after I grew
31:28
up, I'm going, God, how did he do that?
31:32
But you think about him though on the
31:34
set with children, you know, the child
31:37
actors that he I think he really admired
31:40
their talent. I think he treasured the
31:43
work they did and and um you know him
31:46
having done so much as a child his
31:49
Abraham Lincoln stint at school um yeah
31:53
he it's related
31:55
>> he had a very childlike sense of wonder
31:57
himself and he never really lost it was
32:00
imagination and his sense of wonder and
32:02
curiosity and I think he was very
32:04
childlike himself in his soul.
32:06
>> Yeah. And I think that that's why he was
32:08
able to do so much and love children so
32:09
much. Um there's another photo that you
32:12
brought that I just love. Um here we go.
32:15
Now Walt Disney is handing his
32:18
grandchildren little hatches
32:22
to cut the official opening day ribbon.
32:24
And of course he's got two very very uh
32:27
well behaved beavers that are holding
32:28
the rope.
32:29
>> Um who's the one that's looking really
32:31
unsure about everything in the in the
32:33
black hat?
32:33
>> Oh yeah, Chris. Yeah. Yeah. So, he was
32:36
the older one, so he knew what was going
32:37
on.
32:37
>> Yeah. There's some of my favorite
32:39
photos. Some of the great photos you
32:41
guys see um are of a day with like Chris
32:45
at like 2 years old throughout the park
32:48
>> front of the castle. And it's just,
32:52
you know, one thing that I forget to
32:55
mention sometimes is how I
33:00
later on, how did he do all of this? How
33:04
did he have time to do everything he did
33:08
and spend so much time with his family?
33:11
You know, it's it's just um it's
33:14
astounds me. It's you know, he was so
33:17
much in touch with every aspect of the
33:19
company. Of course, it was a lot smaller
33:22
back then. [laughter]
33:24
>> Yes, I know. I have to keep track of
33:26
them all. Whoa. [laughter]
33:31
>> No, he he'd be amazed, I think, at how
33:33
big it actually got at this point. But,
33:36
um, let's move on a little bit. Of
33:37
course, I love the the these photos of
33:39
Walt. He was he was such a a special
33:42
person. And I want to talk a little more
33:44
about Walt later, but I also want to
33:46
move forward and talk about his partner
33:48
in life, your very lovely and very
33:50
caring grandmother, Lillian. and she,
33:53
you know, made her own very significant
33:55
contributions to what we now know as
33:58
Disney. So, what tell us a little bit
34:00
about her and what kind of inspiration
34:02
you think you can get from her.
34:04
You know, it's it's interesting because
34:06
I think you mentioned her being a strong
34:08
personality when you're talking about
34:09
her and and she was just such a loving,
34:12
easy, there was a safe place to be at
34:15
their house and um she
34:19
wasn't jealous of his work time. I think
34:22
he always had time to come home and they
34:25
in the evening would sit around and have
34:27
their scotch mists and um hand us the
34:30
never mind. [laughter]
34:33
We'll talk about that one later. Don't
34:35
be jealous. [laughter]
34:38
>> Anyway, they had a lot of citrus trees
34:40
at home.
34:42
>> Yes, they did.
34:42
>> Tangerines.
34:44
>> Um,
34:45
>> but they traveled a lot together. I know
34:47
they were very good traveling companions
34:49
and uh you got to fly on the plane with
34:52
both of them and and go on an ocean
34:54
liner, I believe, to France. So there
34:55
were a few um films on location that we
34:59
got to travel on uh where uh like
35:03
Bonuayage was one and we went over on a
35:06
big ship to Europe and we're in France
35:10
and um one of the things about grandpa
35:13
that
35:15
uh you just told me recently a really
35:17
sweet thing about toys and grandpa and
35:19
he was running into toy shops every
35:22
place. a lot of those with the windup
35:25
toys that you bring home which were like
35:28
you know examining how things moved. Um
35:31
so you know there's you guys have a
35:32
collection in archives. Don't you?
35:34
>> We do. In fact we have the little the
35:36
little bird in a cage that there was two
35:38
of them that that were in his office
35:40
>> that he kept because that's what
35:41
inspired him to do audio animatronics.
35:44
>> Yeah.
35:44
>> And we still have them today which are
35:46
wonderful.
35:47
>> But yeah, Granny them as partners they
35:50
were so lucky to have each other.
35:53
Um she was after he was gone every day
35:56
she missed him. Um but uh but yeah so
36:02
there um
36:05
the
36:06
mom with
36:09
granny I should say with my mom and
36:11
Sharon. Um they were quite a team and
36:15
grandpa had his girls but um she they
36:20
come up with the idea. One of the things
36:22
that we were talking about inspiration
36:25
and I'm like, "Oh, the whole thing's
36:27
about inspiration." Okay. But um the
36:31
fact that they were inspired
36:35
um that they felt like LA needed a
36:37
concert hall, a symphony hall, there's
36:40
the, you know, the beautiful music
36:42
center downtown. And that these three
36:46
women got together and decided they
36:48
would bring one to LA. and so many
36:51
people supported it. You know, the city
36:53
and other it just was to see it today.
36:59
It's so stunning the architecture of
37:02
Frank Giri. Um, but a funny little thing
37:05
about Granny is she did think she wanted
37:07
to build a cathedral type thing. And
37:09
when she saw Frank Frank's design, she
37:12
said it looked like someone just dropped
37:14
a bunch of kitchen utensils [laughter]
37:18
>> and um
37:18
>> stainless steel. Yeah.
37:20
>> How fun.
37:21
>> But they they did put the seats in the
37:23
symphony hall in a floral fabric were in
37:25
honor of Granny.
37:26
>> She loved flowers.
37:28
>> Yeah,
37:28
>> that's wonderful. Well, speaking of
37:30
buildings, um let's move on to the next
37:33
photo that you shared with us. This is a
37:35
very special special building and you
37:37
helped and save and restore a 1914
37:41
craftsmanstyle home that was uh once
37:44
belonged to Charlotte and Robert Disney
37:46
uh Walt's uncle. And that's on
37:47
Kingsville Avenue in Los Angeles. So now
37:50
you helped to save that home. So tell us
37:53
about that.
37:53
>> We because people saved it, we got to
37:56
purchase it and keep it and um honor,
38:01
you know, honor the brothers and what
38:04
they started in Uncle Robert's backyard.
38:08
So the fact that Uncle Robert and
38:10
Charlotte gave them a space to land when
38:13
they came to LA and um it's just that
38:18
that sort of family story of how grandpa
38:21
actually throughout his life since he
38:22
was a child and the doctor that was
38:25
paying him to draw a picture of his
38:27
horse. I mean, those things that I
38:29
learned out of the museum process, but
38:32
um
38:32
>> but yeah, so many things happened to
38:35
grandpa where he was supported by other
38:37
people and Roy being um just the first
38:41
one, the brother that bought him a
38:44
bicycle, you know. So, um this is a
38:48
precious little spot. I hope that some
38:50
of you may get a chance to visit it. Um,
38:53
they've honored the the office space
38:57
that they first had with that beautiful
38:59
black and white photo um of of There
39:02
they are standing in front of it. And
39:04
it's now called Disney Brothers Square.
39:06
>> Brothers Square. Yeah. On Kingsville
39:08
Avenue.
39:08
>> Yeah. So,
39:09
>> it's just down the street from Uncle
39:10
Roberts.
39:10
>> Yeah. It's just two blocks,
39:12
>> you know. And what's so very special
39:13
about this building as well is not only
39:15
did Walt and Roy live there with their
39:17
aunt and uncle when they first came, but
39:19
the contract that started the Walt
39:20
Disney Company was signed on October
39:22
16th, 1923 to make the Alice comedies.
39:25
And that is the official start date of
39:27
the Walt Disney Company in the living
39:29
room of the house that you own.
39:30
>> Yep. And Uncle Robert was on there. You,
39:33
as you pointed out to me, the signature
39:35
witnessed it. Yeah.
39:36
>> Yeah.
39:37
>> So that's a wonder. So, um,
39:39
>> oh, and I'd also just like to mention
39:41
that project with the house. It's been
39:44
my and my son's, um, project together.
39:47
And, um, they are it's they've learned
39:51
more about our family history.
39:53
>> That's great.
39:53
>> Just in working on it.
39:54
>> Fantastic.
39:55
>> And thank you too from the archives to
39:57
help fill in some of these things with
39:59
photos and um, yeah,
40:02
>> it's such a joy to help you guys with
40:04
that. So, very, very welcome. Um, we
40:07
adore your grandfather. We adore his
40:09
history. And that's kind of, you know,
40:11
one of my goals working at the Walt
40:13
Disney Company is to to keep Walt's
40:16
story alive. And I know that's very
40:17
important to you and to all of your
40:19
family, to tell the real story of a real
40:21
man named Walt Disney and how his life
40:24
story still inspires everyone here and
40:27
how it resonates with so many people
40:29
around the world. And um, what do you
40:32
think about that?
40:33
this it blows me away all the time. Um,
40:37
we have the Carolwood barn that lives in
40:40
Griffith Park. That was a barn grandpa
40:42
had at home where he did it was his
40:44
happy place. It's where he made
40:46
miniature furniture and tinkered and um
40:52
that my mom luckily foresaw. It could
40:55
have disappeared because someone would
40:56
probably remove it off of the the
40:58
property when they wanted to build their
41:01
next thing. But um so
41:05
the volunteers that we have, the people
41:08
that um you guys um that are you know
41:13
listen having to listen to me right now.
41:16
Um, I just get moved every day with how
41:21
he is so present in the world because of
41:25
people that they keep him in their life
41:28
that he touched them. Even though you
41:30
might not have been born when he was in
41:32
the world, he's touched you. And the
41:36
fact [laughter] that he had that kind of
41:37
power, he was such a sweetheart of a
41:39
person. um at least to his
41:42
grandchildren. [laughter]
41:45
>> You're not alone in that.
41:47
>> Yeah. So anyway, um thank you so much.
41:51
>> Thank you for keeping it present
41:53
[applause]
41:54
and I I think some of that heart is you
41:58
share in the world and we're we're going
42:01
to make it a better place.
42:03
>> Absolutely. Never forget.
42:05
[applause]
42:06
>> Well, thank you. It has been such a
42:07
pleasure having you here. So, thank you
42:10
for doing this today and uh thank you
42:12
all. I I [applause]
42:20
[music]
42:26
[music]
42:29
thank you Joanne and thank you Becky.
42:31
That was incredible.
42:34
Incredible. Um, you know, I was thinking
42:37
backstage listening and you know, how
42:39
can you not help feel inspired? Well,
42:41
first of all, I have to say I wish I
42:42
could have rode grandpa's train.
42:45
[laughter]
42:46
Come on. Oh, well, I'll share mine.
42:50
Okay.
42:50
>> He loves trains.
42:53
>> I'll go finish.
42:54
>> Just like many of us are inspired by
42:57
what Walt Disney did and accomplished.
42:59
Uh, however, he too was inspired by the
43:02
talent on his staff. One artist in
43:04
particular inspired and fueled Walt's
43:06
imagination. Uh, you know, delighting
43:08
him with her extraordinary childlike
43:11
designs and inventive and vibrant use of
43:14
color. Some have dubbed it the art and
43:16
flare of Mary Blair. Did you know who I
43:18
was going to say?
43:18
>> Yes, indeed. And I'm going to head back
43:20
and we're going to hear something
43:21
wonderful.
43:22
>> Okay, here we go. Well, here are a pair
43:24
of rarely heard songs from a landmark
43:26
film in which Mary made her first big
43:28
impression. Please welcome back Fat Cat
43:31
Swinger. A [cheering]
43:35
[music]
43:43
[music]
43:48
heat.
43:56
[music]
44:01
>> [music]
44:06
[music]
44:12
[music]
44:14
>> Oh
44:16
my
44:18
when twilight is deep in the sky by me.
44:22
I think someone that I long to see
44:25
[music] keeps haunting my revery.
44:28
I'm the lonely deep in my heart. Calls
44:31
for you. Cause for [music] you.
44:42
[music]
44:46
Many dreams ago
44:48
when the stars were bright
44:51
and alone.
44:54
[music] You cannot die. Though the
44:57
oceans run dry,
44:59
fall in the sky, now you're [music]
45:02
gone.
45:07
[music]
45:09
[singing] Can you hear my lonely call
45:12
[music]
45:15
for
45:17
make my life complete [music] again?
45:22
How I pray for the day when I [music]
45:25
will see a smile.
45:33
Uh-oh.
45:36
[music]
45:43
[music]
45:49
>> [music]
45:54
>> Sol [music]
46:00
[singing]
46:03
[music]
46:10
[music]
46:16
your
46:18
>> [music and singing]
46:24
[music]
46:25
>> Baby,
46:32
[music]
46:40
[music]
46:46
you to my heart [singing]
46:50
now and forever. [music]
46:55
Though I love a star
46:59
not [music] long ago
47:07
[music]
47:09
you played one song.
47:14
>> [music]
47:14
>> You are the song and you'll always
47:17
belong to my heart.
47:22
Darling, you are the song and you'll
47:25
always belong to my heart.
47:28
[music]
47:33
[music]
47:41
[applause]
47:42
Thank you everyone.
47:46
Did I miss it?
47:48
>> Hello.
47:50
[laughter]
47:52
>> So sorry. So sorry. Took longer to put
47:54
that on than I thought. I planned to be
47:56
here from the beginning. Uh, thank you.
47:59
That was great.
48:00
>> Would have been better if I was here
48:01
dancing in it, but um,
48:03
>> all right. Now, it is time for a few
48:05
more memories with three Disney
48:07
favorites who definitely belong to our
48:10
hearts. They're all known for having
48:12
aspects with of sorry they're all known
48:14
of having aspects of their impressive
48:16
careers heavily inspired by Walt Disney.
48:19
However, individually, one is recognized
48:22
for his strong mixology skills alongside
48:25
his design talents, another for his
48:27
personal smooth signature style and
48:30
artistic abilities, and the third for
48:32
her stunning exquisite taste and
48:35
cultured sensibilities.
48:37
Please give it up and welcome Disney
48:39
legend Bob Gerr, Lloyd Lauren, and
48:42
Disney Imagineer Tom.
48:47
[music]
48:51
[applause]
48:54
[music]
49:00
[music]
49:02
>> [cheering]
49:05
[music]
49:10
[music]
49:18
[music]
49:22
[music]
49:27
[cheering]
49:27
>> Look at that. Look at that.
49:29
[applause] You know, I think it's safe
49:30
to say the audience is happy to see you
49:32
guys, right?
49:35
[cheering]
49:37
>> They got to dance on. That's all I'm
49:39
going to say. Um,
49:40
>> so, as you heard backstage, we've been
49:42
talking a lot about how Walt has
49:44
continued to inspire people. And since
49:47
we have all three of you here together,
49:48
I want to go down the line and see how
49:51
Walt inspired each of you. Um, and much
49:54
like an award show, if we go on too
49:56
long, the band will play us off. So,
50:00
I'm looking at you, Bob. [laughter]
50:03
I know Bob all too well. So, all right,
50:05
with that out of the way, Bob, let's
50:07
start with you. How did Walt inspire
50:09
your career? And it may or may not
50:11
involve cocktails. That's, you know,
50:13
totally your discretion.
50:15
>> Actually, it was very simple. He never
50:17
gave orders and told people what to do.
50:20
He'd walk around in the the studio any
50:23
place and he'd walk up to somebody and
50:26
say, "See, Floyd, we're thinking of
50:27
doing. Do you think something like that
50:29
would work and then he'd go down the
50:32
hall, he'd talk to somebody else, you
50:34
know, we got a crazy thing we're
50:36
thinking of?" And then people would
50:38
start talking. He was going around
50:40
planting seeds, doing two things. seeds
50:43
of what we're going to do and then
50:45
finding out sort of by your reaction is
50:49
he crazy or not or maybe this would
50:51
work. If it was crazy, he'd stop asking.
50:54
[laughter]
50:55
And then pretty soon, a few days later,
50:58
we talking in the halls. You know, Walt
51:01
asked the craziest question. He asked
51:03
me, too. And then pretty soon, a few
51:05
days later, oh, Walt's going to have a
51:07
little small meeting. And he oozed into
51:10
a new project by finding out with people
51:14
he work with, do you think it'll work?
51:16
Then he finally thought it would work.
51:18
And now we officially will launch
51:20
something. That is entirely different.
51:23
>> Extremely clever too, right? That's a
51:25
unique way to to to posture creativity
51:27
for sure.
51:28
>> Um, now Floyd, for our audience members
51:31
who don't know and may not be aware, on
51:33
November 15th,
51:35
you will be adding another title to your
51:38
already prestigious Disney legend title.
51:40
So, on November 15th, everybody, Floyd
51:42
is being honored and will receive an
51:45
honorary Academy Award for his career in
51:47
animation. [cheering]
51:49
>> [applause]
51:53
>> Incredible. [applause]
51:56
>> I didn't have a chance to say
51:57
congratulations about that yet. So,
51:59
congratulations. That's so amazing. So
52:02
amazing. Thank you.
52:02
>> And now, of course, you know that Walt
52:04
had 26 Oscars, right? So, [laughter]
52:07
you've got a lot of catching up to do,
52:09
but if that's not inspiration, I don't
52:10
know what is. Right.
52:11
>> Oh, you bet.
52:12
>> Some inspiration, huh?
52:15
>> Uh, okay. Okay. So, nonetheless, Floyd,
52:17
we'd love to know how did Walt inspire
52:19
your career?
52:21
>> Started when I was a child, actually. Uh
52:23
I I can't remember. Well, I I mean, I
52:25
was a little kid when I asked my
52:27
grandmother, you know, what is this
52:28
signature I kept seeing in the uh in the
52:30
newspapers and in the comic books, and
52:32
she said, "That's Walt Disney." So, I
52:35
told my grandmother, you know, many,
52:36
many years ago, "Well, one day I'm going
52:38
to work for Walt Disney." Pretty
52:40
audacious for a little kid to say, "Oh,
52:42
yeah, I'm going to work for Walt
52:43
Disney." And yet one day I did just
52:45
that. And not just work at the studio,
52:48
but actually having the opportunity to
52:50
work with Walt Disney himself. Something
52:52
I never could have imagined, but I guess
52:55
I did imagine it as a little kid.
52:58
It was a dream, you know, but dreams
53:00
come true. And and I approve of it.
53:03
[applause]
53:08
And [applause]
53:09
you definitely have a very unique uh
53:11
outcome to that dream, right? But I
53:12
think all of us can relate to having a
53:14
dream and wanting to be a part of that
53:16
magic and you know how it can start as
53:18
the smallest seed as a child and and
53:20
turn into an amazing prestigious career
53:22
like yourself. So
53:23
>> Oh yeah. I mean the fact that I one day
53:25
walked you know into the gates of 500
53:28
Bua Vista you know and walking down you
53:30
know Mickey Avenue Doby Drive you know
53:32
like I was here you know suddenly
53:34
[laughter]
53:35
a lifetime dream you know finally
53:36
fulfilled. So you know very exciting
53:39
stuff.
53:39
>> It's truly incredible. I I know what it
53:41
feels like to walk through those gates
53:42
for the first time. It's
53:43
>> Yeah, it's magical.
53:44
>> Magical is, you know, almost not
53:46
adequate.
53:47
>> Yeah, that's right.
53:49
>> So true. Uh, now Tanya, we come to you
53:51
and your fine touch was not only felt or
53:54
found in the highly recognizable Haunted
53:56
Mansion wallpaper.
54:00
>> We all know it, the purple wallpaper.
54:02
I'm sure plenty of people are wearing
54:03
that on merchandise right now or on
54:05
their phone case or whatnot. Um, but you
54:08
also contributed to the original designs
54:09
of Club 33, many elements of New Orleans
54:13
Square, the Carousel of Progress, and so
54:15
much more. Plus, and I love hearing
54:18
these stories, I know you traveled
54:20
extensively with Walt.
54:22
>> So, you two had a front row seat to
54:25
being influenced and inspired by Walt.
54:27
And so, tell us, how did how do you
54:29
think he inspired you?
54:31
>> He inspired me in so many ways. First of
54:34
all, he was one of the kindest, most
54:36
considerate hostages that you could
54:37
have. He never said no to anything I
54:40
asked, which is quite a quite a thing.
54:45
Um, but also he had a way of making me
54:49
particularly very comfortable. I was a
54:52
young woman from from actually Scotland
54:55
and did my training in London and then
54:57
arriving in America and a year later I'm
55:00
the interior designer for all this
55:02
marvelous things that are going on at
55:04
Disneyland and and particularly in New
55:06
Orleans where but his attention to
55:08
detail and thinking through things
55:11
through and allowing you to express your
55:14
ideas. He may not have agreed with all
55:16
of them all the time, but he allowed you
55:19
the freedom of thinking. And this to me,
55:22
I think in any boss is really something
55:25
that is exceptional. And his just his
55:31
way of of zering in on what was
55:34
important at that time and others, you
55:38
know, would waffle. I think what people
55:41
need to understand is that when you were
55:43
designing things and yes I'm known for
55:45
the purple wallpaper but it's unique in
55:48
that I'm known for that because most of
55:50
the time it was brainstorming it was
55:53
research it was getting together but the
55:56
fact I have can claim that I did the
55:59
purple wallpapers because I couldn't
56:00
find a spooky wallpaper and I had to do
56:02
something about it.
56:05
So there you have it. But it was really
56:09
everybody was part of a team and that I
56:12
think is unique in many professions
56:14
today particularly.
56:16
>> Absolutely. Absolutely. Um now Tanya
56:19
just said that Walt never said no to
56:21
her. Floyd Bob. Did Walt ever tell you
56:23
no or is that unique to Tanya's
56:25
experience?
56:27
>> Yeah, he said no a few times.
56:28
>> Okay, [laughter]
56:30
that's what I thought. That's what I
56:32
thought. Um, okay. Tanya, going back to
56:35
you, in the context of Walt being an
56:36
inspiration or inspiring, um, can you
56:39
think of three words that, uh, would
56:42
describe Walt as an inspiration? You
56:44
know, was he was he scary? Was he
56:46
enthusiastic? Was he charming?
56:50
>> He was charming. He listened.
56:54
And then he allowed you to follow
56:57
through. At least in my part of my
57:00
world,
57:01
>> at least in Tanya's unique experience,
57:03
right? We established that.
57:04
>> Brett, if I may say so, it's so
57:06
interesting to be on stage with these
57:08
two wonderful legends. They come from
57:11
different parts of Disney from Walt
57:13
Disney's world.
57:15
Albertson Mapo. I remember him as a
57:18
young man with dark hair.
57:22
[laughter]
57:25
I also was thinner, but I still had red
57:27
hair. [laughter]
57:31
And Floyd, of course, with animation was
57:33
at the studio, of which I had nothing at
57:35
all to do. In fact, I think I've only
57:37
been at the studio three or four times.
57:39
So, we come from different worlds, but
57:41
all part of Walt Disney. And I think
57:44
this is part of his inspiration and his
57:46
able to get everybody together from
57:48
different areas and different parts of
57:51
the world.
57:52
>> Absolutely. Well said.
57:54
>> Uh and we're going to go down the line.
57:55
So Floyd, your turn. Three words that
57:58
you think would describe Walt as an
58:00
inspiration.
58:01
>> Three words
58:02
>> if you can come up with them. If you
58:04
need help. Bob's here. You're right.
58:07
>> I'm coming to you next. Bob.
58:09
>> Number one. He was he was scary,
58:12
but in a good way. In a good way. Uh he
58:15
inspired you and he got the best out of
58:18
you. So he knew how to get the best out
58:21
of people, you know, even if they didn't
58:24
know, you know, they were that good.
58:25
Walt Walt knew it already. So he he knew
58:28
he knew what you could do before you
58:30
knew it yourself. And uh that made him
58:33
very special. I mean, it was actually a
58:35
a joy to work for him. Keep in mind I
58:38
had the privilege of working with Walt
58:40
the last year of his life in all of
58:42
1966.
58:44
So kind of like I had a whole year of
58:46
Walt to myself in a way. Any in a way
58:48
that was very special and uh I'm so
58:51
grateful for that year. We we lost Walt
58:54
in December of ' 66. But at least I had
58:58
that year of working with him on the
58:59
Jungle Book.
59:01
>> Wow. Okay, Bob, your turn. Do you have
59:04
three words that come to mind when you
59:06
think of Walt as an inspiration?
59:08
>> No, but I could give you 300.
59:12
>> I don't think this audience will mind.
59:14
So, as long as you guys [applause] The
59:16
producers backstage are going to kill
59:18
us, but sure. Like I said, the band will
59:19
play us off.
59:20
>> No, no, no, no. Everybody wanted to know
59:24
his personality. I worked with him for
59:26
12 years. You have to visualize this.
59:29
Some people in the company and outside
59:32
the company treated
59:34
Walt as a god. There were other people
59:37
that would come in and the employee of
59:39
Disney didn't know quite what to do and
59:42
Walt would be the first person to walk
59:44
up to you and find out what your name is
59:46
and remind well don't forget my name is
59:48
Walt
59:50
and this would develop a natural way of
59:52
talking. But the problem was sort of you
59:57
can get only so close to a person and
1:00:00
then there's a fatal distance. You don't
1:00:02
go closer than that. My Walt would be
1:00:04
friendly every day to you, but not your
1:00:08
buddy. There's a big distinction on that
1:00:11
one. The other characteristic was he was
1:00:15
ordinary in language. There was no high
1:00:17
flute and anything about him. And he
1:00:20
never never talked down to people ever.
1:00:23
I personally watched him talk to the
1:00:25
vice president of the United States in
1:00:27
the same tone of voice as he talked to
1:00:29
the gardener on the lot.
1:00:33
>> Yeah.
1:00:35
[applause]
1:00:37
Bob had a front row to watching Walt
1:00:39
talk to the vice president because he
1:00:41
shortly then after stole the vice
1:00:43
president if I'm remembering correctly
1:00:44
in the Montreal. Right. That's when you
1:00:46
took off without the secret service.
1:00:48
>> I don't want to tell that long.
1:00:49
>> Yeah. I wanted to say that
1:00:51
save that for a different time. Um,
1:00:55
okay. So, here's a question for all
1:00:57
three of you. Um, because you all had a
1:01:00
chance to know Walt personally. Um, and
1:01:03
I'd love to know from you why you think
1:01:05
young people of today should look to
1:01:07
Walt for inspiration.
1:01:10
honesty,
1:01:14
attention to detail, attention to people
1:01:17
around you and what they think, and
1:01:19
always, always be inquisitive.
1:01:25
[applause]
1:01:29
I think it's because Walt Disney was
1:01:31
authentic.
1:01:33
>> He was, you know, he was who he was. No
1:01:37
smokes screen, no BS. He was he was uh
1:01:42
he was direct. He was clear. Um and I I
1:01:47
think that kind of sincerity,
1:01:49
you know, that's what his films are
1:01:51
imbued with this this sinc, you know,
1:01:53
Walt hated phoniness. You know, if
1:01:56
something looked phony, he wanted
1:01:58
nothing to do with it. So yeah,
1:02:00
authenticity
1:02:02
is the word I think of when it comes to
1:02:03
Walt Disney.
1:02:05
>> Love that. Bob B.
1:02:06
>> No, there was
1:02:09
amazing.
1:02:10
>> No, there was a genuiness about him. And
1:02:13
I think young people today, they're
1:02:15
they're very sensitive when they're
1:02:19
truth is not told to them. And somehow
1:02:21
you look back at everything wrote or
1:02:24
talked about or designed or wanted to
1:02:26
see done, there's a genuiness that that
1:02:29
comes from here more than it comes from
1:02:32
here. And after a while, we just I would
1:02:35
see it everywhere. We would do anything
1:02:38
for him on any of these projects because
1:02:41
somehow we just automatically love you.
1:02:46
[applause]
1:02:51
>> Thank you. You know, I think it's
1:02:53
because of the stories you just shared
1:02:56
with us, because of all the qualities
1:02:57
you shared with us, Bob, that that is
1:02:59
why you loved him. And I think that's
1:03:02
why so many of us feel like we love Walt
1:03:05
and we owe him a debt of gratitude for
1:03:07
the countless inspiration inspirational
1:03:10
qualities that, you know, we we all get
1:03:12
to experience. So, thank you. Thank you
1:03:13
for sharing that with us. Thank you so
1:03:15
much. Now, the great thing about Walt
1:03:18
Disney is that he left us with some
1:03:20
really inspiring quotes. And thanks to
1:03:23
our phones and technology today, they're
1:03:25
just a few swipes away. Such as probably
1:03:28
the most famous and often quoted wall
1:03:31
quote. Um, it's one of my personal
1:03:32
favorites. It No, wait. That's not
1:03:35
>> Brett.
1:03:36
>> No.
1:03:38
Any true Disney fan knows that that is
1:03:41
not a real Walt Disney quote.
1:03:45
Am
1:03:45
>> I right, [applause]
1:03:47
>> I know I, you know, I know this. I know
1:03:50
this. I Donald probably got back in the
1:03:52
keynote again. It's a long story. We got
1:03:53
a rivalry going on. Um, how about this?
1:03:56
Better.
1:03:57
>> Much better.
1:03:59
>> Thought so. I thought so.
1:04:01
>> You know, I can take a musical hint. And
1:04:05
it sounds like we should all head over
1:04:07
to the piano. And uh, this has been fun,
1:04:11
huh?
1:04:11
>> Okay, let's do it. You guys [music] join
1:04:14
us in the piano.
1:04:16
All right. Well, this has been a great
1:04:18
deal of fun, everybody. I want to thank
1:04:19
[music] you
1:04:22
for joining us everyone. Let's hear it
1:04:24
for our very special guest Joanna.
1:04:29
[music] In the music, it sounds like a
1:04:32
bit of inspiration and progress on the
1:04:34
way. Right.
1:04:36
You're right. You know what left us was
1:04:38
one of the greatest songs of
1:04:39
inspiration. So, let's hop aboard our
1:04:41
musical carousel and see where it takes
1:04:43
us.
1:04:46
[music]
1:04:47
Ready?
1:04:53
[music]
1:04:54
Here we go. Are you ready? One 2 3
1:04:57
There's a great great beautiful
1:05:00
tomorrow.
1:05:03
[music]
1:05:06
There's a great big beautiful [music]
1:05:09
tomorrow
1:05:12
just a dream away.
1:05:15
[music]
1:05:16
and has a dream and that's the star
1:05:20
follows his dream with mind [music]
1:05:24
and it becomes [singing] our reality.
1:05:29
It's a dream coming [music] true for
1:05:32
you.
1:05:37
There's a great beautiful tomorrow.
1:05:40
[music]
1:05:46
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow
1:05:51
[music] just
1:05:53
All right, all you Disney
1:05:56
14 different Easter eggs right here.
1:06:03
[music]
1:06:14
I love [music] this one.
1:06:17
I hope it's
1:06:26
[music]
1:06:31
everybody. Are you ready? Let's [music]
1:06:33
keep singing.
1:06:35
has a dream and that's a [music] star.
1:06:39
He follows the dream
1:06:44
and [music]
1:06:47
you know it's a dream
1:06:50
for you and [music] for me.
1:06:58
There's a great
1:07:01
beautiful [music and singing]
1:07:02
tomorrow
1:07:04
that's right there [music] shining
1:07:06
[singing] at the end of every day.
1:07:12
There's a great big
1:07:16
[music]
1:07:22
[music]
1:07:24
just
1:07:27
here we go. Just
1:07:29
[music]
1:07:36
round of applause everybody. Show them.
1:07:38
Come on now.
1:07:48
[music]
1:07:54
[cheering]
1:07:55
[applause]
1:07:57
Thank you everybody. We hope you enjoy
1:08:00
getting inspired. So on see you real
1:08:02
soon.
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