Overview: I sat down and watched all 4 hours of the American Experience: Walt Disney, and I provide something that is part review, and part my thoughts about what I saw and heard. I find the man to be complicated and pretty interesting. As I note in the podcast, he was larger than life and that really shines through the production. But he also was very family oriented and considered people who worked for him as such - making his life as the head of a company bearing his name....complicated.
Notes: You can watch a preview, order a DVD, or learn more about the show by visiting the PBS website.
And if you want to read more, Slate did a nice piece about the show.
Episodes #430 & #431 - Aulani, a followup discussion
Episode #429 - (still more) Star Wars!
Episode #427 & #428 - General Joe Potter
Episodes #425 & #426 - time for a diatribe
Episode #424 - the 1960 Winter Olympics
Episode #423 - Joe Potter & Joe Fowler
Episode #422 - what’s up with Star Wars and the galactic star cruiser?
Episode #420 & #421 - the history of some overlooked and dismissed attractions in the magic kingdom
Episode #419 - a few follow ups
Episode #418 - the crossroads … and a bit of news
Episode #417 - the EPCOT story
Episode #416 - a mild rant about the state of Disney
Episode #415 - Aulani
Episodes #413 & #414 - a look back at opening day
Episode #412 - Genie app and annual passes
Episode #411 - the hall of presidents
Episode #410 - Walt Disney and his weltanschauung
Episode #409 - disney news
Episode #408 - my favorite Epcot extinct attractions
Episode #407 - Fort Wilderness Railroad
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