About this episode

Michael shares insights from recent talks at the Walt Disney Family Museum featuring Disney legends and their contributions to film and theme park design.

In this episode, Michael shares with Tom information from two recent talks he attended at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. The first presentation, "Imagineering in the Building 1952-1955: They Created Disneyland", featured Disney Legend and former Imagineer Tom Morris. Next, "In the Director's Chair with Frank Oz: In Conversation with Pete Docter" covered Oz's directorial journey from Muppets to Brando. Links: Michael’s Disneyland History Segments Important DIS links and more information! Connecting with Walt on Twitter Dreams Unlimited Travel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Michael

Guest: Tom

Topics covered

• Walt Disney
• Imagineering
• Disney Legends
• Film Direction
• Muppets
• Disney History

Keywords

• Walt Disney
• Imagineering
• Disney Family Museum
• Tom Morris
• Frank Oz
• Pete Docter
• Disneyland
• Muppets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walt Disney Family Museum

Places: San Francisco

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