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Hey there, hi, they're ho there, and welcome to episode 276 of connecting with Walt.

I am your host and is historian Michael Bowling,

and I am joined by my good friend, Mary Jo Malato Willey.

Mary Jo, welcome back to connecting with Walt.

How are you today?

I'm doing pretty well. Hi, Michael. Long time. No talk. I've missed the Disneyland Reunion show, which was a big bummer for me because I always love talking to you and our other friends. But I'm happy to talk with you tonight and to listen on the next installment on one of my very favorite characters.

Yeah, yeah, we'll continue our series on the making of Walt Disney's Bambi this week.

Folks are probably hearing that my voice is a bit rough.

I was on a wonderful celebrity cruise

that turned out not to be the cruise we had thought because it was going to go two days in

Egypt, three days in Israel. But unfortunately, war broke out in the Middle East. So it became a wonderful

Greek island cruise with a couple with also we went to, you know, we went to Crete and Cyprus

and as well as we will, of course, started out in Athens, Mekanos, Santorini roads, and then Crete, Cyprus.

I always feel I'm missing a port.

And then we went to a couple of ports in Turkey, Borum.

I think that's how you say it.

And then the only original port on the cruise, Ephesus. So I was very happy I got to

see her St. Paul preached. I got to see the Blessed Mother's home where she spent her last

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