Book:
One Little Spark!, available on Amazon.
Author:
Marty Sklar, former president of Imagineering and Disney Legend who has participated in the opening of all 11 Disney theme parks.
Conversation:
Total run time: 32:59. My Dad, Walter, took part in the conversation also.
0:01 - Introduction and short background on Marty
1:51 - Marty and my Dad join in and Marty explains why he wrote the book
6:08 - Listen to the Land song
8:55 - Mickey's Ten Commandments
10:11 - Trinidad Ruiz and cast member enthusiasm
12:32 - Alex Haley and the Equatorial Africa pavilion
15:06 - Herb Ryman and Ryman Arts
17:34 - Fort Wilderness and River Country
19:44 - Michael Eisner/Roy Disney feud
22:47 - overcrowding at Disney parks
24:56 - what happened to the "Disney's America" park
26:59 - 1964 New York World's Fair
30:17 - farewell and epilogue
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