Walt Disney's Dumbo - Part 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
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michael and Tom fly into the new year to begin their discussion of Walt Disney's Dumbo, including stories behind the making of the animated classic.
Links:
- Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
- Important DIS links and more information!
- Connecting with Walt on Twitter
Sources:
Books:
- Taschen’s The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968
- The Disney Films by Leonard Maltin
Websites/Articles:
- Why Labor Strife Was the Elephant in the Room for Disney’s Original ‘Dumbo’ by Tim Gray for Variety
- The Original Dumbo by Jim Korkis for MousePlanet
- Dumbo! The Ninth Wonder of the Universe! Walt Disney Family Museum
- Flying to New Heights: Celebrating 75 Years of Walt Disney’s Dumbo by Lucas Seastrom for The Walt Disney Family Museum
- The Original ‘Dumbo’ Story Would Have Had More Twists and Turns by David Kindy for Smithsonian Magazine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From West to East and Kingdom the Kingdom, you're listening to the Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams and Limited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:33.8 | The best way to support the show is by booking a Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, or Adventures by Disney Vacation with Dreams Unlimited Travel. |
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| 0:51.8 | Hey there, hi, there, and welcome to episode 314 of connecting with |
| 0:56.1 | Walt. I am your host and is historian Michael Bolting, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and |
| 1:01.9 | good friend Tom Bell. Tom, happy new year and how are you today? Happy New Year, Michael, |
| 1:08.8 | it's good to be back. It is. Back in the chair in front of the |
| 1:13.4 | microphone. It's always fun to chat with you and just spend an hour just seeing what happens |
| 1:24.0 | sometimes. Well, an hour we're on a good night. |
| 1:29.6 | Usually it's longer than that. |
| 1:32.6 | So, yep, yep, the Christmas season is over. |
| 1:35.4 | I've started to take down the outside decorations. |
| 1:39.5 | My cats have started to take down the inside decorations. |
| 1:44.2 | I'm in an apartment so I don't get to do outside decorations, |
| 1:47.2 | so I'm still working on the inside decorations. |
| 1:50.4 | So, well, happy New Year to all of our Connecting with Walt family. |
| 1:54.4 | This is a big year for us because 10 years ago, |
| 1:59.2 | the very first episode of Connecting with Walt aired with me and Craig Williams. |
| 2:05.6 | And I want to thank all of you who have supported us, the Dism Unlimited, and Dreams Unlimited Travels through the years. |
| 2:12.9 | If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be here. |
| 2:15.5 | I also want to thank our co-hosts and guests over the years who made the show so |
| 2:21.9 | much more fun and to my three producers over the last 10 years, Craig Williams, John |
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