The History of Bambi Pt. 1
Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World
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4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michael and Mary Jo begin their discussion on the history of one of Walt Disney's most beautiful animated films - Bambi.
Links:
- Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
- Important DIS links and more information!
- Connecting with Walt on Twitter
Resources
Book:
- Walt Disney’s Bambi: The Story and the Film by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas
Websites/Articles:
- How Bambi Changed Disney’s Animation by Matt Millikan
- Bambi by John Wills
- 10 Facts from Walt Disney’s Bambi by Jim Fanning for D23
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| 0:00.0 | From west to east and kingdom, the kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged, Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams Unlimited Travel, |
| 0:28.7 | experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:32.8 | Visit them on the web at Dreams Unlimited Travel.com. |
| 0:36.5 | Hey there, hi, they're ho there, and welcome to episode 269 of the Dis Unplugged Connecting with Walt |
| 0:42.9 | podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | I am your host and Disney historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my good friend Mary Jo |
| 0:49.5 | Milotto Willie. |
| 0:50.8 | Mary Jo, welcome back to connecting with Walt. |
| 0:53.6 | Hey, Michael. Thank you for having me back. I always love hearing what you have to say, |
| 0:58.7 | and I'm looking forward to learning what you're going to be telling us. |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, it'll be fun. And I know you'll have a lot to contribute because we're going to be |
| 1:07.1 | talking about one of your favorite films today. |
| 1:10.0 | Yes. |
| 1:11.4 | So since the fall season is upon us, and winter will be here in just a few months, |
| 1:15.9 | I thought it would be nice to get in touch with nature by exploring the history of Walt |
| 1:20.8 | Disney's 1942 film Bambi. |
| 1:23.6 | Now, don't worry, we will cover Fantasia and Dumbo in future episodes. I know we skipped over those, |
| 1:29.4 | but if you have not yet watched Bambi, you may want to pause and view the film since we'll be |
| 1:35.3 | talking about events in this film. So Mary Jo, where does Bambi rank on your list of, you know, |
| 1:42.4 | favorite Disney films? |
| 1:49.5 | Well, since I was a child, Bambi was my number one film. |
| 1:59.9 | And there have been so many great films that with Disney and Pixar, etc., that I just love. |
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