Mouse Clubhouse interviews

Walt Disney considered Marc Davis, one of his core animation team of “nine old men”!  Not only an animator, Marc designed many  characters such as Cruella De Vil and Tinker Bell, before moving on to WED, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, where he designed many of the scenes for classic Disneyland attractions such as … Continue reading Interview: Marc Davis (Disneyland and Walt Disney Imagineering) →

Walt Disney considered Marc Davis, one of his core animation team of “nine old men”!  Not only an animator, Marc designed many  characters such as Cruella De Ville and Tinker Bell, before moving on to WED, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, where he designed many of the scenes for classic Disneyland attractions such as … Continue reading Marc Davis (Disneyland and Walt Disney Imagineering) →

Tim Conway is not only a Hollywood Legend, but a comic genius. His work ranges from starring in the classic television series’ “McHale’s Navy,” and “The Carol Burnett Show” to playing the voice of Barnacle Boy on the animated series “Spongebob Squarepants.” He also appeared in a number of Disney films including, “The World’s Greatest … Continue reading Interview: Tim Conway (Disney movies; Carol Burnett Show) →

I’m so excited to share this interview with you, despite it’s poor quality. A 1997 conversation with the amazing Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s “nine old men”! Walt was so fond of Marc, whose work includes everything from designing characters such as Cruella De Vil and Tinker Bell to designing story and character concepts for … Continue reading Interview: Marc Davis (Disney animation) →

Jim Adams and Don Payne entertained thousands of guests at Disneyland and toured the country for Disney in the 1970s. Together and individually Jim and Don were involved in performing, writing and directing many of Disneyland’s events such as “The Baby Animal Show” at Carnation Plaza Gardens, the “Fun with Music” show at the Fantasyland … Continue reading Interview: Jim Adams & Don Payne (Disneyland entertainers) →

Kathleen Mitts Micalizzi was the 1993 Disneyland Ambassador to the World. (More photos and audio index below) Kathleen in the 1993 Tournament of Roses parade AUDIO INDEX 1:38 How Kathleen came to appear in the Space Mountain safety video 2:49 Kathleen got her start at Disneyland performing in parades and shows including the Main Street Electrical … Continue reading Interview: Kathleen Mitts Micalizzi (1993 Disneyland Ambassador to the World) →

From trumpet playing in the 1958 Christmas parade at Disneyland, Ron Logan climbed the ladder to become the executive vice president, executive producer of Walt Disney Entertainment, responsible for all the live entertainment in the entire company. (Audio index and more photos below) AUDIO INDEX 1:40 Started with Disney in 10th grade in a band headed by … Continue reading Interview: Ron Logan (His journey to head of Disney entertainment) →

Gary has been a photographer for Disney since 1967, photographing all of Disney’s theme parks here and abroad, including the grand opening of Walt Disney World and the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Euro Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland and the Disney Cruise Line and events such as many of Disney’s movie premieres … Continue reading Interview: Gary Krueger (Disney photographer) →

Actor Gary Dubin began his acting career at the age of six, and went on to appear in numerous movies and television series, including a recurring role as Punky Lazaar in “The Partridge Family,” and voicing the character of kitten Toulouse in the 1970 Disney animated feature “The Aristocats” (More photos below) AUDIO INDEX :56 … Continue reading Interview: Gary Dubin (His acting career & voicing Toulouse in The Aristocats) →

Jack Gladish started his Disney career as a precision camera machinist, working on classic animated films, and he later became an engineer working on attractions for Disneyland and Disney’s exhibits at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and eventually for the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Some of the projects Jack was involved with throughout … Continue reading Interview: Jack Gladish (Creating Jungle Cruise animals) →