WEBVTT 00:14.037 --> 00:24.311 [SPEAKER_00]: And welcome to very amusing here one stop shop for the story secrets and shenanigans of a popcorn few will theme park journalist I'm currently ways out in the voices get there. 00:24.331 --> 00:25.332 [SPEAKER_00]: It's getting there. 00:25.432 --> 00:32.461 [SPEAKER_00]: It's probably going to take two months all seven done, which frankly is unacceptable But I only have myself to play. 00:32.541 --> 00:33.423 [SPEAKER_00]: I only myself to blame. 00:33.463 --> 00:34.504 [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't cut back on caffeine. 00:35.045 --> 00:43.656 [SPEAKER_00]: I did not go on vocal rest There was a point when we were in Colorado on vacation over the holiday and I was just with my family and I was like Pearl come here Pearl Pearl 00:43.636 --> 00:45.339 [SPEAKER_00]: Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, are you listening? 00:45.539 --> 00:45.960 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you listening? 00:45.980 --> 00:46.962 [SPEAKER_00]: Look at me, Swiner, you're listening. 00:47.563 --> 00:51.470 [SPEAKER_00]: And then I was like, oh, of course my voice is still gone because all I'm doing is speaking out loud all day. 00:52.051 --> 00:56.299 [SPEAKER_00]: Not just speaking out loud from my job, professionally, but speaking out loud personally as my other job as a parent. 00:56.639 --> 00:58.743 [SPEAKER_00]: So we have the voice is, it's coming back a little. 00:58.843 --> 01:00.987 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not, I can't get all the way up. 01:00.967 --> 01:02.109 [SPEAKER_00]: But I think we're getting there. 01:02.189 --> 01:06.396 [SPEAKER_00]: We're getting there really getting somewhere and I feel more and more like myself I'm still horse. 01:06.496 --> 01:07.778 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know dude. 01:07.798 --> 01:08.539 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know what's happening. 01:08.619 --> 01:11.904 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to go on medication for it I don't want to take a steroid. 01:11.924 --> 01:17.473 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you've ever taken a steroid from medicine, but oh my gosh You'll never feel more alive 01:17.453 --> 01:24.004 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to touch how great it feels like I got it once when, okay, this is not even what we were going to talk about at the start of the show, but here we go. 01:24.545 --> 01:29.934 [SPEAKER_00]: I got it once because I went to, I went on vacation to China in December, 2019. 01:30.014 --> 01:33.079 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll let you do that math, you do that math in your head. 01:33.479 --> 01:43.596 [SPEAKER_00]: And I came home and was the sickest I've ever been, I wonder why, wonder why, and then I went to, you know, I went to like the clinic and everywhere and they were like, we don't know what's wrong with you. 01:43.576 --> 01:56.246 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, and I was so sick for a full week and then it went away and then uh, it didn't entirely go away so then I was given a steroid by my ENT and I got the steroid and like Wow, I've never felt more awake and alive. 01:56.307 --> 02:00.657 [SPEAKER_00]: It was like when you have you've ever had like three coffees in a day and all the lights are a little 02:00.637 --> 02:19.050 [SPEAKER_00]: And everything feels just a little like oh, like everything feels amazing and then it went away And I was like, oh, I've I've like tasted the sun like I don't can't go back I can't know what that's like so I'm scared to go on a story again because I was just so awake and just like refreshed And I don't want to I don't want to tell him to be with it again 02:19.030 --> 02:20.733 [SPEAKER_00]: So we're just gonna barrel through. 02:21.253 --> 02:22.515 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm gonna see if my voice comes back. 02:22.896 --> 02:26.822 [SPEAKER_00]: But I have enough, I have enough vocal energy and need this week and always. 02:27.142 --> 02:32.310 [SPEAKER_00]: To get up about Disney land hamcrafted, which I am beyond thrilled that I'm able to do an episode about. 02:32.851 --> 02:35.294 [SPEAKER_00]: Huge thanks to Disney for letting me be a part of this. 02:35.394 --> 02:41.524 [SPEAKER_00]: Let me go to the premiere, which we're gonna talk about for letting me speak to the Leslie I work. 02:41.604 --> 02:43.627 [SPEAKER_00]: So you will hear from later on in this episode. 02:44.007 --> 02:47.232 [SPEAKER_00]: Truly, Leslie worked so hard. 02:47.212 --> 02:53.128 [SPEAKER_00]: I just for knowing her work and for knowing her process, like I knew that she put a lot into these. 02:53.148 --> 02:57.981 [SPEAKER_00]: But witnessing Disneyland handcrafted with a bunch of people in a theater who had never seen it before, myself also. 02:58.403 --> 03:02.233 [SPEAKER_00]: It was like, uh, how much time did this take? 03:02.213 --> 03:22.230 [SPEAKER_00]: I can't even wrap my head around the level of effort and execution and dedication that she brings to everything she does and I'm so grateful that this exists and will continue to exist for years because truthfully, I'm really getting into the podcast and it's just the intro, but I'm just going to get it off my chest Truthfully, like we are 70 years out from when Disneyland was first made 03:22.210 --> 03:27.755 [SPEAKER_00]: And it already feels so disconnected from the fact that this is something people built with their hands! 03:28.195 --> 03:28.996 [SPEAKER_00]: With their hands! 03:29.517 --> 03:32.780 [SPEAKER_00]: It is something I just did, I don't want to appreciate regularly. 03:32.800 --> 03:36.883 [SPEAKER_00]: I just take it for granted that Disneyland exists because it's existed from my entire lifetime. 03:37.204 --> 03:52.217 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm so grateful that this piece of artwork in this documentary will stand the test of time in that 30, 40, 50 years from now, people can watch this on their like, holographic glasses, whatever sort of jets and stuff they're getting into, 03:52.197 --> 04:10.915 [SPEAKER_00]: This place did not exist and now it does and it has informed all of culture throughout like truly our state or country in the entire world So I can't wait to bring this episode to you to talk to you all about truly these stories secrets of shenanigans I'm going to this premiere and yeah, you know I had popcorn is popcorn was available 04:10.895 --> 04:11.576 [SPEAKER_00]: Stick around. 04:12.097 --> 04:13.298 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, last thing I want to tell you. 04:13.819 --> 04:15.421 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're listening to this right when it comes out. 04:15.822 --> 04:22.992 [SPEAKER_00]: As you know, we have our MEI mouse fan travel segments letting you know discount throughout the episode this week and probably next week. 04:23.012 --> 04:25.315 [SPEAKER_00]: They're going to be longer than usual. 04:25.415 --> 04:32.245 [SPEAKER_00]: It is a long segment, especially the first one because this is wave season, which means that there are so many discounts. 04:32.225 --> 04:52.860 [SPEAKER_00]: And I didn't want to cut anything out because I wanted to make sure you knew everything because they're kind of like limited time offers like once they're filled up They're filled up and I want to make sure you know everything you need to know if you want to take advantage of them So make sure to listen to that if you are thinking about planning anything and then in like a week or two I'm gonna cut it down and make a little shorter So you don't have to listen to the full it's like five minutes, but again so many deals. 04:53.080 --> 04:54.422 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, love you See you on the other side. 04:54.763 --> 04:54.823 [SPEAKER_00]: Bye 05:01.317 --> 05:30.565 [SPEAKER_00]: welcome back I am recording this episode a little bit of video you might post a little teeny tiny bit of video and I'm currently balancing my phone on top of a tripod on top of a ceramic Tokyo Disney resort popcorn box and I just feel like there has never been 05:31.642 --> 05:59.607 [SPEAKER_00]: a more apropos podcast set up for a woman like this is this is me of course i'm balancing my recording equipment on top of a pop corn box i truly couldn't be anybody other than myself even if i tried now this week we are talking about Disney land handcrafted and you've probably been hearing about it a lot this week mainly because Disney hosted a premiere on the Walt Disney Studios lot which i was lucky enough to attend and i'm gonna tell you all about it in a moment 05:59.587 --> 06:02.014 [SPEAKER_00]: We've got to be talking about Leslie Eyeworks. 06:02.395 --> 06:10.238 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're not familiar with her game, she's a phenomenal director with a bombastic Disney lineage. 06:10.403 --> 06:22.182 [SPEAKER_00]: Her grandfather is of IWorks, who worked with Disney, and had a hand in creating Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and created the multi-plane camera, which was essential to the development of future Disney films. 06:22.482 --> 06:32.698 [SPEAKER_00]: Her father, Don IWorks, brought iconic Disney visual effects and experiences to life, helping create things like 360-degree, circle-vision camera. 06:32.678 --> 06:38.005 [SPEAKER_00]: worked on Star Wars, worked on Captain Eo, and Leslie is no Neppo baby, okay? 06:38.106 --> 06:39.087 [SPEAKER_00]: Don't get it twisted. 06:39.568 --> 06:49.501 [SPEAKER_00]: She masterfully tells the story of these iconic Disney institutions with a perspective that I believe no other filmmaker has given her background. 06:49.882 --> 06:58.534 [SPEAKER_00]: She really does such good intricate, detailed work, and we are so lucky to be the recipient of 06:58.615 --> 07:01.879 [SPEAKER_00]: If you've seen the imaginary story, you know what I'm talking about. 07:02.319 --> 07:12.430 [SPEAKER_00]: Even this month, truly days ago, there was a story in the Wall Street Journal outlining the 3000 or so employees that work in secret to keep Disney's magic alive. 07:12.750 --> 07:15.733 [SPEAKER_00]: That was a paraphrase of the headline, the headline was so good. 07:15.753 --> 07:19.297 [SPEAKER_00]: It was texting my other reporters about it being like, oh, that was a good headline. 07:19.578 --> 07:23.201 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, that story is still coming out right now in 2026. 07:23.562 --> 07:24.623 [SPEAKER_00]: And here, Leslie, 07:24.603 --> 07:30.875 [SPEAKER_00]: pealed back the curtain on that so hardfully to tell that story and so many others to wider audiences. 07:31.396 --> 07:34.001 [SPEAKER_00]: And Disneyland Handcrafted is just that. 07:34.522 --> 07:37.648 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not possibly what you're expecting. 07:38.129 --> 07:43.359 [SPEAKER_00]: There are no talking heads, there are no bright shining graphic recreations of certain things. 07:43.720 --> 07:46.425 [SPEAKER_00]: This is truly the chronological story. 07:46.405 --> 07:51.850 [SPEAKER_00]: of the year leading up to Disneyland's opening with rare archival footage. 07:52.371 --> 08:03.482 [SPEAKER_00]: I keep calling both of these experiences the unprecedented labor of love because that's what Leslie did with this film but also what it took to create Disneyland as a whole. 08:03.962 --> 08:13.932 [SPEAKER_00]: You gotta keep in mind and this is kind of the narrative coming out of the film but we just need to hammer it in a little 08:13.912 --> 08:14.473 [SPEAKER_00]: year. 08:15.254 --> 08:17.057 [SPEAKER_00]: They build theme parks in a year. 08:17.117 --> 08:18.740 [SPEAKER_00]: They don't even really build lands. 08:19.001 --> 08:21.986 [SPEAKER_00]: They don't even really build attractions in one year. 08:22.346 --> 08:24.750 [SPEAKER_00]: And we're now talking which my brain kind of defaulted to. 08:24.770 --> 08:31.161 [SPEAKER_00]: I was like, alright, like we had like the roads paved, like we were starting with concrete, like a year isn't that kuku bananas. 08:31.310 --> 08:33.413 [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 08:33.614 --> 08:36.378 [SPEAKER_00]: We're starting Disneyland Handcrafted at 12 months. 08:36.398 --> 08:39.383 [SPEAKER_00]: There is a countdown, and it is stressful in the best way. 08:39.904 --> 08:41.947 [SPEAKER_00]: At 12 months, we're talking orange groups. 08:41.967 --> 08:47.817 [SPEAKER_00]: We're talking tractor trailers, just like trying to flatten out lands so much that one of them tips. 08:47.797 --> 08:49.680 [SPEAKER_00]: Over and they got footage of it. 08:49.801 --> 08:50.802 [SPEAKER_00]: It's wild. 08:51.203 --> 08:57.574 [SPEAKER_00]: If you've seen the poster image, which I feel like is one we kind of see often if you are a Disney fan and you tend to watch these kind of things. 08:57.975 --> 09:01.862 [SPEAKER_00]: The one where like Walt's walking through an orange grove and he's like, Oh, I'm on the job site. 09:01.982 --> 09:02.443 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm ready. 09:02.723 --> 09:06.350 [SPEAKER_00]: That was with any year of the park opening with in a year. 09:06.891 --> 09:09.976 [SPEAKER_00]: It is absolutely mind-boggling. 09:10.217 --> 09:12.100 [SPEAKER_00]: What it took to create this theme park. 09:12.080 --> 09:21.800 [SPEAKER_00]: and over the course of the documentary that Leslie made, you start to realize how absolutely unhinged and unbelievable it is that Disneyland even exists. 09:22.361 --> 09:25.347 [SPEAKER_00]: Over 12 months, you will see this theme park we know and love take form. 09:25.988 --> 09:31.219 [SPEAKER_00]: Even when it shouldn't, like this park should not have opened on time. 09:31.199 --> 09:40.708 [SPEAKER_00]: The interspersed audio clips for Imagineers who were there and just kind of giving their experience, and there was a moment where Bob Gerr, who was sitting in the audience by the way. 09:41.028 --> 10:01.206 [SPEAKER_00]: Bob Gerr is on screen talking about it, and you're like, what is time, what is space, how am I watching this be made, video footage from before Disneyland existed, and a man who is commenting on building it is sitting five rows away from me hanging out at this 10:01.186 --> 10:12.698 [SPEAKER_00]: In our lifetime, we have, we'll see so many new advancements at Disney Parks, but all of it started here, and all of it started with people who toyled to make it happen. 10:13.066 --> 10:13.807 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you feel it? 10:14.447 --> 10:18.272 [SPEAKER_00]: Again, it is baffling that it is what it is. 10:18.632 --> 10:24.318 [SPEAKER_00]: Watching this movie gave me such a greater appreciation for the park's existence as a whole. 10:24.698 --> 10:27.782 [SPEAKER_00]: But also for the things that I never really gave any thought to. 10:28.262 --> 10:31.846 [SPEAKER_00]: There is this one scene which, oh, this movie comes out January 22nd. 10:32.166 --> 10:35.270 [SPEAKER_00]: I will be posting this online the moment it comes out. 10:35.590 --> 10:38.253 [SPEAKER_00]: But there's the scene where they are building the jungle cruise. 10:38.313 --> 10:40.255 [SPEAKER_00]: Again, out of nothing. 10:40.235 --> 10:46.161 [SPEAKER_00]: and there is a man in a scuba suit going to I believe set up a hippopotamus. 10:46.842 --> 10:50.906 [SPEAKER_00]: Have you ever thought about how a hippopotamus got to be in the jungle cruise? 10:51.287 --> 10:54.350 [SPEAKER_00]: In 1955, I surely did not. 10:54.570 --> 10:57.513 [SPEAKER_00]: I was just like we're on and both, there's a waterfall, feels real. 10:58.334 --> 11:06.563 [SPEAKER_00]: No, this all came out of nothing, out of thin air and seeing that with your own eyes is absolutely mind blowing. 11:06.543 --> 11:14.214 [SPEAKER_00]: And as you watch the film as the months progress, as the heat gets turned up because yeah, it does not seem like they're going to make their deadline. 11:14.314 --> 11:20.764 [SPEAKER_00]: I genuinely for a minute thought at the end that Leslie was going to uncover that we've all been lied to about the opening day. 11:20.784 --> 11:23.568 [SPEAKER_00]: It was actually two months later and it was just a big all lie. 11:23.888 --> 11:25.951 [SPEAKER_00]: But somehow they made it happen. 11:25.971 --> 11:31.299 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, honestly still not to be a conspiracy theorist from one that I made up in my own head, but I still kind of feel that a little. 11:31.379 --> 11:33.242 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm still kind of like, really? 11:33.813 --> 11:49.864 [SPEAKER_00]: Really they made it because it doesn't understand like how how was this place not absorbed into like a sink hole it was nothing and then it was there But over the months over the course of this film you start to see it slowly develop shape 11:49.844 --> 11:56.593 [SPEAKER_00]: And to the place we know, you'll be like, I think it was maybe 10 months or 11 months, you'd be like, oh, that's the burn. 11:56.793 --> 12:06.445 [SPEAKER_00]: And there is this moment about halfway through, very early on in construction, where I was watching it, and I had a visceral reaction because I went, oh, that's the entrance to Frontierland. 12:06.725 --> 12:07.707 [SPEAKER_00]: It wasn't completely built. 12:08.147 --> 12:10.510 [SPEAKER_00]: It wasn't completely done, but I was like, oh, I know that. 12:11.011 --> 12:14.215 [SPEAKER_00]: I know that, and to like, watch the birth of this theme park. 12:14.195 --> 12:22.095 [SPEAKER_00]: and how far things have come in the last 70 years, it will make you appreciate Disneyland and an entirely new way. 12:22.977 --> 12:30.617 [SPEAKER_00]: It's also the film is a testament to how hard people work on this, both at the studio and the job site. 12:30.597 --> 12:41.347 [SPEAKER_00]: They had footage of these artists like painting these little boats for Peter Pan, and then at the end you see footage from opening day, and you see little kids riding on Peter Pan, and it's like, we still do that! 12:41.807 --> 12:54.179 [SPEAKER_00]: We still wait and line with our children, so that they can experience Peter Pan for the first time, and here, 70 freaking years ago, people were experiencing it for the first time, like, generations keep coming and going, but Disneyland stands the test of time. 12:54.319 --> 12:55.320 [SPEAKER_00]: It's nuts! 12:55.340 --> 12:57.702 [SPEAKER_00]: It's nuts, it's not gonna reach nuts! 12:57.682 --> 12:59.344 [SPEAKER_00]: You have to watch it! 12:59.424 --> 13:02.588 [SPEAKER_00]: I can't stop yelling about it even though my voice is still not all the way back. 13:03.389 --> 13:14.341 [SPEAKER_00]: But my main takeaway and what I want you to experience from this film when you do get to watch it very very soon and from this episode is that it's unfathomable that Disneyland was entirely made by hand. 13:14.922 --> 13:17.985 [SPEAKER_00]: And this film kind of echoes that sentiment. 13:18.386 --> 13:22.170 [SPEAKER_00]: I feel like this is the type of movie we don't usually get anymore. 13:22.150 --> 13:26.795 [SPEAKER_00]: This isn't a double screen on your phone texting, watching the movie. 13:26.875 --> 13:31.660 [SPEAKER_00]: No, this is a putdown your phone, get comfy, and watch a movie. 13:32.020 --> 13:33.502 [SPEAKER_00]: It's slow-paced. 13:33.562 --> 13:38.587 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not at that quick pace that like TikTok has ruined our brains into accepting as the norm. 13:39.188 --> 13:42.751 [SPEAKER_00]: It is truly art and it's finest. 13:42.771 --> 13:44.854 [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll make you appreciate Disneyland. 13:44.934 --> 13:47.196 [SPEAKER_00]: In a way that you may not have anticipated. 13:47.328 --> 13:56.148 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, technically, you are kind of watching paint dry, but it is done in the most compelling way possible. 13:56.429 --> 14:04.527 [SPEAKER_00]: Because this isn't just like footage that Leslie slapped together on her laptop and was like, cool, now you can see what I was like to build Disneyland, peace. 14:04.996 --> 14:10.089 [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, the process of making this, it would leave me catatonic. 14:10.209 --> 14:13.839 [SPEAKER_00]: I cannot believe that they took on a project like this. 14:14.561 --> 14:16.867 [SPEAKER_00]: They, okay, I just want to say this. 14:17.127 --> 14:21.739 [SPEAKER_00]: I just need you to like really pay attention to what I'm going to say. 14:21.719 --> 14:23.161 [SPEAKER_00]: There was no audio. 14:23.821 --> 14:33.933 [SPEAKER_00]: There was no audio for this footage, and now we have an entire movie because they painstakingly added audio to the entire thing. 14:34.234 --> 14:49.752 [SPEAKER_00]: Every bolt being hammered into the TWA Moonlighter into Marland, the sound is added every single moment of this film they matched sounds to bring this story to life, and they didn't its guy walker sound by the way. 14:49.732 --> 14:59.218 [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, there is a lot of effort being put into this to make sure that we are able to even see and hear this story in this way for the first time. 14:59.637 --> 15:10.632 [SPEAKER_00]: It is not lost on how grateful I am after watching this for the people who worked so hard on Disneyland, simply to make sure that I get to enjoy my goofy little life in these theme parks. 15:11.313 --> 15:17.541 [SPEAKER_00]: Every single minute that you watch these artists and craftsmen aren't just building buildings. 15:17.561 --> 15:29.357 [SPEAKER_00]: They're creating future enduring happiness for generations of people to come, not just in 15:29.337 --> 15:32.850 [SPEAKER_00]: is because Disneyland successfully opened. 15:33.218 --> 15:39.346 [SPEAKER_00]: They little did they know that they were changing the world because this park is we know it now did just that. 15:39.967 --> 15:48.318 [SPEAKER_00]: I left this premiere with such an appreciation for what these people do, how they did it on this timetable and how Walt just never faltered. 15:48.719 --> 15:50.401 [SPEAKER_00]: Money didn't have it, got it done. 15:50.681 --> 15:52.764 [SPEAKER_00]: Deadlines didn't matter, got it done. 15:53.125 --> 15:58.612 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a part in the documentary where they're like, we might have to delay it a few months and they're like, nope, forget it. 15:58.892 --> 16:03.158 [SPEAKER_00]: Just keep manually pulling the Mark Twain Riverboat 16:03.138 --> 16:10.366 [SPEAKER_00]: only a madman could have done this, and I remain so impressed by Walt Disney. 16:11.127 --> 16:15.231 [SPEAKER_00]: Last week I spent an hour dreading an email, and I'm gonna be very real with you. 16:15.251 --> 16:16.933 [SPEAKER_00]: I still haven't sent it. 16:17.553 --> 16:18.715 [SPEAKER_00]: I still haven't sent it an email. 16:18.735 --> 16:20.497 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll take me four minutes and be off my plate. 16:20.557 --> 16:22.198 [SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't have the weight of the world and my shoulders. 16:22.659 --> 16:23.820 [SPEAKER_00]: I simply can't do it. 16:24.120 --> 16:26.123 [SPEAKER_00]: And here, Walt's like, yeah, yeah, we can do it. 16:26.223 --> 16:31.288 [SPEAKER_00]: We can do it in a year or a drop to Disneyland, an iconic theme park 16:31.268 --> 16:37.419 [SPEAKER_00]: Hopping on TV telling the American public like, oh, we're so excited for opening day when nothing is ready. 16:37.459 --> 16:41.546 [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely mind-blowing and you will never look at the park the same way. 16:41.606 --> 16:44.231 [SPEAKER_00]: I know we keep saying that but like that's truly the takeaway. 16:44.251 --> 16:49.260 [SPEAKER_00]: The opening day story of Disneyland is something that Disneyland fans know, obviously. 16:49.240 --> 17:02.399 [SPEAKER_00]: but having watched this there's so much more than just choosing between plumbing and running water and like oh ladies, Jews were sticking in the asphalt like watching the run-up to it and then it's finally being pulled off. 17:02.419 --> 17:13.155 [SPEAKER_00]: Disneyland is a story of art history and labor and dedication and truly believing the impossible and now that we can see this firsthand we are all better for it. 17:13.439 --> 17:16.764 [SPEAKER_00]: We will be speaking to Leslie, I works herself later in this episode. 17:17.125 --> 17:23.114 [SPEAKER_00]: But first, I just wanted to tell you a little bit about the premiere because it was kind of in of it. 17:24.076 --> 17:29.284 [SPEAKER_00]: I got invited to this premiere and to be honest, I thought they were using the word premiere loosely. 17:29.785 --> 17:33.231 [SPEAKER_00]: I essentially viewed this as like, oh, it's gonna be a screening of the new movie. 17:33.291 --> 17:35.214 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I bet Leslie will be there. 17:35.294 --> 17:39.160 [SPEAKER_00]: I bet like, you know, though invite a few people, et cetera, et cetera, no big deal. 17:39.140 --> 17:40.221 [SPEAKER_00]: I was wrong. 17:40.862 --> 17:44.487 [SPEAKER_00]: I was very wrong because it was essentially like being a Disney prom. 17:45.028 --> 17:47.070 [SPEAKER_00]: It was like being at Disney prom. 17:47.491 --> 17:51.036 [SPEAKER_00]: I was there after hours with all my colleagues dressed nicely. 17:51.536 --> 17:53.018 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, all my friends and my coworkers were there. 17:53.038 --> 17:55.041 [SPEAKER_00]: We were all like glammed up. 17:55.061 --> 17:58.886 [SPEAKER_00]: And then instead of, you know, a premier generally has like celebrities who come. 17:59.307 --> 18:04.193 [SPEAKER_00]: The people who were filling those celebrity spots were Disney celebrities. 18:04.594 --> 18:07.257 [SPEAKER_00]: Josh Gan, Susan Egan. 18:07.237 --> 18:09.780 [SPEAKER_00]: every imaginary you've ever wanted to see. 18:09.820 --> 18:18.549 [SPEAKER_00]: They were all there and it was so special to be in a room with them and be able to see this together for the first time. 18:18.569 --> 18:22.253 [SPEAKER_00]: Now I took my friend Stephanie who is a major Disney fan. 18:22.453 --> 18:29.800 [SPEAKER_00]: I believe it's still her bio online is Charger Member of D23 like that's how far back she goes with Disney. 18:29.820 --> 18:31.422 [SPEAKER_00]: But we show up to the lot. 18:31.402 --> 18:45.782 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean get out of the car and we pick up our like special guest land here and when we check in and we're like this is amazing and as we start walking we start to realize it is Maybe coldest night in LA I've ever experienced it was Very good. 18:46.203 --> 19:01.003 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know what was happening because I live in Los Angeles Maybe it's like the studio lots proximity to like the mountains I don't know how airflow works, but it was easily 25 to 30 degrees cooler there than it wasn't my house and what's Hollywood 19:00.983 --> 19:11.436 [SPEAKER_00]: So we're walking up to the Walt Disney Studios lot, and I'm already shivering, but the excitement ahead really kind of helps to negate the fact that I was freezing, freezing cold. 19:11.756 --> 19:13.679 [SPEAKER_00]: We show up, and there's a red carpet. 19:13.819 --> 19:14.660 [SPEAKER_00]: Leslie is there. 19:14.720 --> 19:15.782 [SPEAKER_00]: We've got to imagine near us. 19:15.802 --> 19:19.827 [SPEAKER_00]: There we've got like truly like so, so many people on the red carpet. 19:19.987 --> 19:21.008 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to try to rattle them off. 19:21.589 --> 19:22.570 [SPEAKER_00]: We had Pete Doctor. 19:22.550 --> 19:34.712 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, we had Bob Gurm, Martha Blending, I saw from a far Robin Lopez, I saw Ashley X-Tight, I didn't even get to say hi to people because there was just so much going on. 19:35.112 --> 19:46.212 [SPEAKER_00]: We all sort of milled it out outside the theater and then we had in where there was complimentary Disneyland popcorn, which you know that I love and we all took our seats and to just kind 19:46.192 --> 19:48.878 [SPEAKER_00]: relay how special of an evening this was. 19:49.580 --> 20:01.669 [SPEAKER_00]: We sat down my friend Stephanie and I we sat next to my friend Drew Taylor who you all know I mean he has a real job, but I like to just talk about him as the host of my favorite mission impossible podcast like the feuds 20:01.649 --> 20:05.034 [SPEAKER_00]: But we turned around, we started talking to the people behind us. 20:05.515 --> 20:19.557 [SPEAKER_00]: Low and behold, it was, I believe, one of them was the head of story, it Walt Disney Maddeneering, and the other person, I'm blanking on their title, but they worked on Muppets, haunted mansion, it was just like, oh, everybody here. 20:19.537 --> 20:27.349 [SPEAKER_00]: is absolutely integral to carrying on the vision of Disneyland and it kind of blew my mind. 20:27.369 --> 20:34.699 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I didn't really clock out special of a room we were in until I looked around and was like, oh my gosh, this isn't a normal media event like I'm used to from work. 20:34.719 --> 20:43.873 [SPEAKER_00]: Like this, this is a big deal for the people who work here who dedicate their lives in their time to this and it was quite fascinating. 20:43.853 --> 20:46.556 [SPEAKER_00]: The film ended and all of us were truly gagged. 20:46.656 --> 20:57.568 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, sometimes you know, when there's a presentation and there's media, we like talk after, sometimes we're like, oh god, no, like, yeah, no, it was great. 20:57.908 --> 21:00.270 [SPEAKER_00]: We left this being like, how did they get it done? 21:00.571 --> 21:03.554 [SPEAKER_00]: Those dudes were changed smoking, just hammering all day. 21:03.814 --> 21:05.756 [SPEAKER_00]: Is that the key to efficiency? 21:05.796 --> 21:09.220 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, we were truly out of our minds perplexed by how this happened. 21:09.200 --> 21:21.484 [SPEAKER_00]: But we didn't have much time at the beginning to really kind of mutually panic about how Walt got it done because for part of this event, they opened up Walt Disney's office on the Burbank Studio lawn for us to visit. 21:21.805 --> 21:28.197 [SPEAKER_00]: This is something that is very, very close off to the public unless you were attending as part of a D23 event. 21:28.217 --> 21:29.740 [SPEAKER_00]: They had it open to everyone there. 21:29.720 --> 21:35.888 [SPEAKER_00]: So my friends and I, Stephanie Patrick and Sarah, we all went upstairs and got in line and like, we're all dressed up for a premiere. 21:36.209 --> 21:42.837 [SPEAKER_00]: So we got to go take photos and Walt's office and our little fancy outfits, which went with that ever happen again. 21:42.857 --> 21:46.142 [SPEAKER_00]: Apparently, that's because the Walt Disney Archives opened it up to us. 21:46.162 --> 21:51.208 [SPEAKER_00]: So thank you to the Walt Disney Archives for such a gracious gesture. 21:51.649 --> 21:54.993 [SPEAKER_00]: It really just helped kind of connect the dots between everything we were doing. 21:55.294 --> 21:56.976 [SPEAKER_00]: And I couldn't 21:56.956 --> 21:58.198 [SPEAKER_00]: The, I wouldn't call it a mural. 21:58.238 --> 22:03.827 [SPEAKER_00]: The big ol' photo on the wall, a side of his office, I guess, when Walt is presenting the Florida project Walt Disney World. 22:04.207 --> 22:07.673 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's like, oh, this dude didn't just do this one. 22:07.693 --> 22:08.254 [SPEAKER_00]: It's like, full. 22:08.334 --> 22:13.682 [SPEAKER_00]: We're building to Bob Eiger D23, peace sign fingers out this man. 22:13.662 --> 22:18.431 [SPEAKER_00]: Made Disneyland, we just saw how hard it was, and he was like, cool, we're not stopping. 22:18.792 --> 22:23.802 [SPEAKER_00]: Cool, cool, cool, cool, you know, pick up those pencils, pick up those paints because we're going to make the next money even bigger. 22:24.283 --> 22:26.066 [SPEAKER_00]: It is inside! 22:26.387 --> 22:35.805 [SPEAKER_00]: It isn't saying that Walt Disney made his money things that this one man spearheaded so many things that inform our culture to this day, 70 years later! 22:35.785 --> 22:41.237 [SPEAKER_00]: I just can't, I can't believe it, like I know it's like, you know, started with a mouse, but like, oh my god, it did. 22:41.698 --> 22:45.846 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's wild that so many people supported that vision, supported that dream. 22:45.886 --> 22:51.398 [SPEAKER_00]: And now we have things that I bet you couldn't even imagine we would have. 22:51.378 --> 22:52.660 [SPEAKER_00]: The reception was lovely. 22:53.321 --> 22:55.264 [SPEAKER_00]: They had like Disney land foods, which was fun. 22:55.325 --> 23:00.093 [SPEAKER_00]: They had Mickey pretzels, they had sorrows, they had popcorn, more popcorn. 23:00.654 --> 23:08.447 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, and it was all like outside on the lot Mickey Mouse was there and not to be like, uh, but like Mickey Mouse is there and there was no line. 23:08.507 --> 23:11.732 [SPEAKER_00]: There was no line, which is an ideal experience. 23:11.712 --> 23:17.622 [SPEAKER_00]: I also had a little, um, a little ha-ha moment because I ran into Brett Aywin, who also guessed with the pot. 23:17.642 --> 23:27.939 [SPEAKER_00]: This doesn't mean there's so many, like, guests of the podcast there, um, I ran into Brett Aywin and we were talking, and my friends were taking a photo with Mickey, and I looked at him and was like, because I was talking to him and he's like, you want to go take a photo? 23:27.959 --> 23:29.581 [SPEAKER_00]: I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 23:29.601 --> 23:31.324 [SPEAKER_00]: And we were chatting, and they were taking a photo, and I'm like, 23:31.304 --> 23:34.690 [SPEAKER_00]: We're both getting our own Mickey Mouse experiences, and it was lovely. 23:34.970 --> 23:52.779 [SPEAKER_00]: Brad also told me that like a significant amount of you listened to that episode with us, and whenever you see him, you tell him how much you loved it, which was so flattering to hear from him, and I told him firsthand, like literally any time you want to come on the podcast, I will clear my schedule, because that was such a fun episode. 23:52.960 --> 23:54.983 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my gosh, his background! 23:54.963 --> 23:55.685 [SPEAKER_00]: wild. 23:56.186 --> 23:59.313 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just so fascinated by Brett and all of his many many talents. 23:59.674 --> 24:04.665 [SPEAKER_00]: The fact that that dude basically has like four different courteas worth of skills, I can never get over it. 24:04.746 --> 24:05.527 [SPEAKER_00]: I can never get over it. 24:06.109 --> 24:10.980 [SPEAKER_00]: I ran into Daniel Jew, who you may remember from our many Duffy podcast. 24:10.960 --> 24:34.622 [SPEAKER_00]: Daniel is now working on Disneyland Resort, and I've seen him a few times since he moved over to that project, and he just really, I can see the optimism and excitement in his eyes not to project anything on to him, but it seems like he's really excited for the next few years at Disneyland Resort, and that in turn gives me so much faith and so much excitement for what we may see at my home park in the near future. 24:34.602 --> 24:36.746 [SPEAKER_00]: It was just a lovely night. 24:36.766 --> 24:37.788 [SPEAKER_00]: We hung out. 24:38.009 --> 24:40.173 [SPEAKER_00]: I ran into the four-year amusement guys. 24:40.193 --> 24:50.172 [SPEAKER_00]: Like it was really a lot of times when I see my colleagues we are working like we're not that this wasn't work But we're actively working like we are exploring a new experience. 24:50.212 --> 24:57.606 [SPEAKER_00]: We are at say epic universe was like one of the biggest things this year We were all there but we have so much to do we have so many stories to tell you so much content to capture 24:57.856 --> 25:20.862 [SPEAKER_00]: same with any Disney cruise line event like with the Disney destiny we were there, but there was so much to do there was so many things we had to explore There was about a and I'm sure I mentioned this the podcast there was maybe like a 30-ish minute break on the beach where we all got to hang out and that was our that was our break Because we were so busy and doing other things now I'm not complaining that's the job and I love my job. 25:21.042 --> 25:21.703 [SPEAKER_00]: I 25:21.683 --> 25:28.394 [SPEAKER_00]: actually prefer it to visiting places casually because I love to tell stories and I love to get information and I love to share it. 25:28.975 --> 25:39.852 [SPEAKER_00]: But it was just so nice to have this night where we're like, oh, we just, oh, we just hang, oh, we just hang and get to gab about the wild movie we just saw and how crazy it is that didn't even exist. 25:40.232 --> 25:48.265 [SPEAKER_00]: It was just really nice to do that together collectively at the lot, at a place that Walt was at and really, 25:48.245 --> 25:49.367 [SPEAKER_00]: Just see it through. 25:49.888 --> 25:50.629 [SPEAKER_00]: It was a lovely night. 25:50.929 --> 25:52.171 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so grateful I got to go. 25:52.191 --> 25:54.014 [SPEAKER_00]: I have been to one other. 25:54.175 --> 25:55.156 [SPEAKER_00]: I guess it was the first premiere. 25:55.176 --> 25:57.300 [SPEAKER_00]: I've been to for a work purpose. 25:57.440 --> 26:03.570 [SPEAKER_00]: I've been to one other premiere, but that's just because Ben got invited and I begged him to take me. 26:04.023 --> 26:07.127 [SPEAKER_00]: It was the Cars 3 premiere, which was on my birthday. 26:07.147 --> 26:08.849 [SPEAKER_00]: I think it was my 30th birthday. 26:08.869 --> 26:11.753 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if that's how math math, but that was a sick premiere. 26:12.074 --> 26:19.283 [SPEAKER_00]: It was in Amhime and we went to the premiere because he had an artist who did a song in the soundtrack and then the party was in Carsland. 26:19.523 --> 26:25.952 [SPEAKER_00]: And I remember we were on the Radiator Springs Racers vehicles behind Johnny Knoxville and it was just like, oh my god. 26:25.992 --> 26:28.275 [SPEAKER_00]: Like if Johnny Knoxville's screaming at this, 26:28.255 --> 26:35.811 [SPEAKER_00]: Like just like I don't want to say the name of what Johnny Knox it was known for because this podcast is clean But you know, it was pretty it was pretty wild. 26:35.851 --> 26:44.910 [SPEAKER_00]: We did read eight or six racers about four thousand times and I have never run on that many times since and it was It was bliss with this one was also so special. 26:45.170 --> 26:45.872 [SPEAKER_00]: It was so special. 26:46.533 --> 26:48.357 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so grateful to have been included 26:48.337 --> 26:49.118 [SPEAKER_00]: and to have gone. 26:49.519 --> 26:54.206 [SPEAKER_00]: And I just want to emphasize Disneyland handcrafted to something you got us to down in plan to watch. 26:54.286 --> 26:55.528 [SPEAKER_00]: It is so special. 26:56.109 --> 26:59.755 [SPEAKER_00]: And it will really kind of change your brain chemistry as a Disney fan. 27:00.135 --> 27:01.898 [SPEAKER_00]: It is out January 22nd. 27:02.239 --> 27:03.140 [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you enjoy. 27:03.200 --> 27:09.911 [SPEAKER_00]: And as a little treat, I do have a little conversation I had with Leslie I works, which I hope you do enjoy. 27:09.951 --> 27:10.912 [SPEAKER_00]: So stick around. 27:10.932 --> 27:12.775 [SPEAKER_00]: We'll have that for you right after this break. 27:13.497 --> 27:32.316 [SPEAKER_00]: Lastly, welcome to Varian Music! 27:32.549 --> 27:32.990 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you. 27:33.010 --> 27:40.564 [SPEAKER_00]: I'd love to talk to you about kind of the process of turning some of this footage into the final product that is Disneyland Handcrafted. 27:40.584 --> 27:42.648 [SPEAKER_00]: How many reels did you find? 27:42.728 --> 27:43.670 [SPEAKER_00]: How much footage with there? 27:43.690 --> 27:44.812 [SPEAKER_00]: Were they filming everything? 27:44.832 --> 27:46.976 [SPEAKER_00]: Were they just kind of capturing a little bit day-to-day? 27:47.317 --> 27:50.102 [SPEAKER_00]: What exactly did you sift through to get to this final product? 27:50.804 --> 27:52.667 [SPEAKER_01]: So, you know. 27:52.867 --> 28:14.436 [SPEAKER_01]: Lots of hours that we got hundreds of, I mean, probably a hundred, a couple hundred hours, you know, originally from the just not just Disneyland pre-nopening, but post Disneyland and Walt Disney World and all this was kind of brought in for the imaginary story research that we did and then. 28:14.737 --> 28:30.771 [SPEAKER_01]: Then we started looking at all this stuff that was like just construction, right, and what could be, what could be told from the construction phase in make it interesting because just looking at construction, I'm sure is boring for most people. 28:30.751 --> 28:35.077 [SPEAKER_01]: But the reality is is there's a whole other story to this construction footage. 28:35.137 --> 28:51.358 [SPEAKER_01]: It's the pressure, the fact that Walt was promoting it on his TV show to millions of people every week and for a year or whatever it was and ultimately, you know, promising things that hadn't even happened yet and. 28:51.338 --> 28:52.820 [SPEAKER_01]: not even sure if they could pull it off. 28:53.361 --> 29:16.873 [SPEAKER_01]: And so there was this pressure cooker, time capsule, that we really wanted to showcase, and to make audiences feel and understand, this is what went into building this place we all know and love so much, but there was a whole other story to it. 29:17.663 --> 29:25.957 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I don't want to project on you, but like, was the palpable stress ever stressful to you, like being in this environment where you're like, they're not going to be this deadline. 29:25.997 --> 29:29.644 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, did you ever take that home with you and be like, it happens, Disneyland exists. 29:29.704 --> 29:30.225 [SPEAKER_00]: We're fine. 29:30.645 --> 29:43.367 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's tricky because, you know, you don't, you see this footage in different 29:43.347 --> 29:50.517 [SPEAKER_01]: forensically sort of take all these disparate shots and organize them across a year and across location. 29:50.557 --> 30:13.067 [SPEAKER_01]: And so it was like an archeological dig trying to just find things, you know, and they were kind of shot with, you know, almost like outtakes, you know, like a little ten minute five minute shot here one day and then that same camera would be used again three days 30:13.047 --> 30:17.491 [SPEAKER_01]: And so you're trying to figure out, well, where's this now and what timeframe was it? 30:17.611 --> 30:42.835 [SPEAKER_01]: And so there was a lot of, you know, trying to figure it out, phase for us, but there was also the fact that we had the great brain trust that I put together, you know, of Don Hawn and Tony Baxter and Tim O'Day and Tom Morris and, you know, Pete Dr. and Jonas Rivera and Becky Klein and the whole Archives team, you know, 30:42.815 --> 31:01.768 [SPEAKER_01]: support to make sure this was accurate and so that's you know that's kind of how how we started to craft it and then it became finding audio soundbites and interviews that talked about the this as first person points of view of people that were there on the ground. 31:01.748 --> 31:18.271 [SPEAKER_01]: And what was really going on emotionally at that time, not just what happened, like we can read about how Disneyland was constructed, you know, certain things or whatever, like the how, but I really wanted to focus on the why and why it mattered. 31:19.092 --> 31:22.997 [SPEAKER_01]: And the, you know, just the achievement of it, 31:23.163 --> 31:34.371 [SPEAKER_01]: the obstacles because I think that's what everybody felt was a lot of pressure and I can't imagine building this entire park having been exposed to the entire world. 31:35.043 --> 31:38.448 [SPEAKER_01]: Everyone looking, already buying tickets, already excited about it. 31:39.329 --> 31:45.157 [SPEAKER_01]: And if you don't open that opening day or if you delay, it's going to cost probably millions more dollars. 31:45.197 --> 31:53.027 [SPEAKER_01]: So I mean, that's intense pressure when you're promoting something on TV and it's another world in reality. 31:53.067 --> 31:58.755 [SPEAKER_01]: So that was the dichotomy we aim to craft together. 31:59.309 --> 32:07.580 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my gosh, it's so fascinating that this park is been open for 70 years, and there's still such a rich story here that we are about to watch about the part of virgins. 32:09.102 --> 32:11.865 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just the way in which we put it together. 32:11.905 --> 32:24.642 [SPEAKER_01]: I think, you know, you can see some of this footage in different pieces and parts of other documentaries, but I think the way in which we just took the raw footage and made it just sadden it, you know, um, and tried to 32:24.622 --> 32:37.060 [SPEAKER_01]: tried to really tell it from a human point of view, from the people that were there, without cutting away to soundbites, without cutting away to talking heads, without cutting away to photographs. 32:37.360 --> 32:45.752 [SPEAKER_01]: Trust me, I had moments where I'm like, oh, I'd love to see a shot of this one person who's speaking because I got a great shot of Ruth Schallhorn or something. 32:45.732 --> 33:09.141 [SPEAKER_01]: you know to see them in photographs is cool and maybe we'll do another version of that just for my own education but I I really wanted to honor these these cameramen who who were you know they had experience working on the true life adventures and so now here they were out in one day they're out in the desert filming you know rodents and lizards and then now they're in the theme park filming 33:09.121 --> 33:15.289 [SPEAKER_01]: construction workers doing all this amazing work and having fun with it like they did with the true life adventures. 33:15.329 --> 33:30.269 [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they did all these gag gags with time lapse and, you know, you know, construction crane picking an orange from a tree and, you know, and handing it to a lady down on the ground, you know, waiting for it. 33:30.510 --> 33:36.698 [SPEAKER_01]: Like just cute little gags that I think when we put those together, you see the fun that they had. 33:38.163 --> 33:40.489 [SPEAKER_00]: And even amidst all of the stress. 33:40.870 --> 33:50.653 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, it's just, I think the craziness too was what came out for us, you know, was it was just fun and fun and crazy at the same time. 33:51.798 --> 34:11.359 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, I know you spoke of that dichotomy between Walt publicly announcing this park and the park itself kind of rapidly trying to get built was there any bit of footage or any segment within Disneyland handcrafted that stood out to you was like, oh my god, like that is just night and day between the two versions of what was happening and what was being presented. 34:11.693 --> 34:29.297 [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think it's just the construction itself was was amazing in daunting, you know, just how they how they did it climbing up these huge poles and, you know, swinging off of a crane and, you know, just amazing footage that you don't really see and I think that. 34:29.277 --> 34:45.160 [SPEAKER_01]: When you look at like just the Wild West nature of how things were made back in those days compared to now it's just it's really fascinating and I think it's gives you a renewed appreciation for another era another time and things were very different. 34:45.697 --> 35:00.653 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I love that you chose to use the word hand crafted in the title of this film because I think at this point we always think of Disneyland is this behemoth is something that's always been there, but it really was created by Artisans and craftsmen and it's still the test of time. 35:00.713 --> 35:01.554 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 35:02.074 --> 35:09.122 [SPEAKER_00]: In your process of making this, can you at all speak to the artistry that now people will be able to see up close and when it was created? 35:09.895 --> 35:10.276 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 35:10.356 --> 35:19.731 [SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, I think that what's fun is the cameraman shot so many tight shots of hands and people working on different things. 35:20.753 --> 35:26.222 [SPEAKER_01]: And so, that's really where that name came from, which is like, you don't really think about it. 35:26.542 --> 35:33.253 [SPEAKER_01]: But now we've got 3D printers, you know, we've got 35:33.233 --> 35:41.265 [SPEAKER_01]: to basically will into existence without having to even use our hands to draw it or whatever or write it. 35:41.445 --> 35:50.479 [SPEAKER_01]: So I think this taps into another era where things were more innocent and real. 35:50.759 --> 36:02.076 [SPEAKER_01]: And I think there's this nostalgic feeling that I get anyway looking back on the way they did it 36:02.056 --> 36:09.311 [SPEAKER_01]: not only Disneyland, but everything that has come from Disneyland, every other park, every other, every cruise ship, every hotel. 36:09.411 --> 36:18.630 [SPEAKER_01]: It was the hospitality, it was the thoughtfulness of the design, and it was the... 36:18.610 --> 36:23.276 [SPEAKER_01]: the elegance and the details that Walt really pushed hard for. 36:23.316 --> 36:29.483 [SPEAKER_01]: And even amidst great odds and expense, he said, this is the way it's got to be. 36:29.523 --> 36:33.187 [SPEAKER_01]: This is the only way it's going to be different from everything else that exists. 36:33.728 --> 36:36.111 [SPEAKER_01]: And he knew and it was hard of heart. 36:36.131 --> 36:37.392 [SPEAKER_01]: That's what it needed. 36:37.512 --> 36:46.423 [SPEAKER_01]: And when I think a lot of people fell in line behind him and appreciated that desire to make it 36:47.230 --> 36:48.292 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he was right. 36:49.776 --> 36:50.217 [SPEAKER_00]: He was right. 36:50.237 --> 36:50.918 [SPEAKER_00]: It really worked out. 36:52.081 --> 36:52.963 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much. 36:53.063 --> 36:54.446 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just so excited about this. 36:54.506 --> 36:56.150 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so excited to come out this month. 36:57.032 --> 37:02.404 [SPEAKER_00]: Is there anything else that someone who is considering watching this should know before they go into viewing it? 37:03.430 --> 37:11.699 [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think it's, it's, it's not just a story about Disneyland, you know, a story about Disneyland. 37:11.719 --> 37:23.832 [SPEAKER_01]: It's a, it's a great business story, I think, and it's a great story of innovation and and seizing opportunity and willing it into fruition, into into existence. 37:24.593 --> 37:28.257 [SPEAKER_01]: And so to me, I think it's an inspirational story of, 37:29.266 --> 37:36.918 [SPEAKER_01]: of what we as humans can do if we really set our mind to it and what we can give back to the world. 37:37.979 --> 37:44.369 [SPEAKER_01]: If we put our mind to it and we put our money towards it and we do we do it because it's needed in the world. 37:44.830 --> 37:45.851 [SPEAKER_01]: And that's what Walt did. 37:45.911 --> 37:56.387 [SPEAKER_01]: He put this thing in the world because he felt it was needed and it was and it still is. 37:58.949 --> 38:02.333 [SPEAKER_00]: Hi, a quick little truce call preview. 38:03.173 --> 38:13.945 [SPEAKER_00]: We got more calls in one week than I think we have ever gotten before from the bucket list 2020, six episode. 38:14.345 --> 38:21.733 [SPEAKER_00]: I am going to try to find a way to compile all the suggestions that everyone sent in for all of the different regions and places, which I'm so grateful for. 38:22.013 --> 38:27.859 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm only going to play one call this week, but please know if you call it in your calls not played, I am dissecting all the information you sent. 38:27.839 --> 38:35.169 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, um, if you feel pretty good, like a little road trip guide for us, ah, ooh, like a little map and a music puzzle map or not a music music, I'm sorry, forgot where I am. 38:35.509 --> 38:36.671 [SPEAKER_00]: A very music map would be cool. 38:37.612 --> 38:38.093 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, be cool. 38:38.133 --> 38:42.058 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I'm in a room in it, but anyway, on to Turo's calls and thank you to everyone you call. 38:43.701 --> 38:45.343 [SPEAKER_02]: Hey, Carly, my name is Sarah. 38:45.363 --> 38:46.304 [SPEAKER_02]: I live in San Diego. 38:46.324 --> 38:52.092 [SPEAKER_02]: I just listened to your bucket list for 1226 and I had to call the talk about your impending trip to 38:52.477 --> 39:17.117 [SPEAKER_02]: Not just because Pearl is the perfect age, it's also because if you've got a bother to drive two and a half hours to call for that you have to keep coming south to San Diego for a couple of reasons and I know you've found out of the poor here on the wonder I don't know whether you can any type of old cars when you came and there's reason I asked this is because there are some treasures and double parts that you should add to your bucket list, so first there's the Marie hitchcock. 39:17.333 --> 39:17.994 [SPEAKER_02]: puppeteer. 39:18.314 --> 39:29.346 [SPEAKER_02]: I know I don't really have to convince you to visit a puppet theater, and I don't know if you've ever been to this one, but they claim that they're like the longest continually running puppet theater in North America, and I think you need to come and bring Pearl. 39:29.907 --> 39:32.029 [SPEAKER_02]: It may not be the same caliber as Bob Baker. 39:32.049 --> 39:36.013 [SPEAKER_02]: I can't make any promises, but I really think it's worth at least checking out. 39:36.334 --> 39:43.201 [SPEAKER_02]: And then there's the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. 39:43.241 --> 39:46.024 [SPEAKER_02]: They're like 39:46.426 --> 39:47.467 [SPEAKER_02]: Nobody knows about it. 39:47.668 --> 40:04.469 [SPEAKER_02]: It's in the basement of one of the park buildings and it's this magical place filled with small chains of these teeny tiny really elaborate tests with little people and little cars as little buildings and there's people who are members of the museum and they sit in the middle of the sets and they tinker and they build and they drive little chains around. 40:05.230 --> 40:08.814 [SPEAKER_02]: Upon the time that they're doing the space justice, you just have to see it for yourself. 40:10.096 --> 40:13.480 [SPEAKER_02]: And then right near the 40:13.662 --> 40:16.687 [SPEAKER_02]: It's the oldest educational youth feeder program in the country. 40:17.207 --> 40:20.553 [SPEAKER_02]: I will say, I propose that I'll stay in this one, my 10-year-old is a feeder kid. 40:20.613 --> 40:23.677 [SPEAKER_02]: I spend an inordinate amount of time in and around this place. 40:24.258 --> 40:28.344 [SPEAKER_02]: But it is a magical place to bring small children for life-eater experience. 40:28.365 --> 40:31.690 [SPEAKER_02]: We're no-one cares that they wiggle or get up and walk up into the aisle. 40:31.730 --> 40:33.292 [SPEAKER_02]: We just go outside and you come back in. 40:33.332 --> 40:40.203 [SPEAKER_02]: And the biggest reason I mention this is that I know you have a frozen-assessed kid, and I also know how much you love Shrek. 40:40.643 --> 40:41.745 [SPEAKER_02]: And I don't know what you're coming. 40:41.995 --> 40:58.371 [SPEAKER_02]: But the kids are putting on frozen juniors over the next two weeks in January and then they're doing the full version of stress and musical starting the weekend available 24 for three weeks so it doesn't only think if you're fighting terrible traffic you drive all the way to Orange County to cross that just keep coming south. 40:58.771 --> 41:01.194 [SPEAKER_02]: There is so much great stuff here kids to do. 41:01.234 --> 41:04.637 [SPEAKER_02]: That's why that I hope you like this year by the list. 41:04.677 --> 41:09.522 [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you for letting me cross something off of my bucket list because I'm taking my first solo trip. 41:09.907 --> 41:14.573 [SPEAKER_02]: all the way across the country, do Disney worlds in less than a month because I'm coming to invisible as well. 41:14.734 --> 41:15.394 [SPEAKER_02]: So I'll see you there. 41:15.715 --> 41:16.216 [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much. 41:16.576 --> 41:16.696 [SPEAKER_02]: Bye. 41:17.357 --> 41:18.318 [SPEAKER_00]: Hi, Sarah. 41:18.419 --> 41:18.719 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. 41:18.939 --> 41:30.054 [SPEAKER_00]: The reason I needed to play this call immediately on this podcast is because as I mentioned on the Bucklist 2026 episode in case you have not listened to it yet, I was probably going to go to Lego Land in January. 41:30.134 --> 41:37.905 [SPEAKER_00]: That is not happening because it's too tricky with like, basically I have to bring pearl, but it's a work event and it's like a construction site and it's just not, it's not feasible. 41:37.885 --> 41:46.881 [SPEAKER_00]: So I was hoping to go in March, but now also like I haven't, I shouldn't be really talking about this on May and I always just feel like I'm on the phone talking to a friend, but that's what the podcast is. 41:47.181 --> 42:00.805 [SPEAKER_00]: So basically, I spontaneously booked a cruise out of San Diego in March, so I don't know if that's going to be instead of Lego land or if I'm going to feel very brave and make it a longer trip and add Lego. 42:00.785 --> 42:07.216 [SPEAKER_00]: But now you're telling me all this six San Diego stuff where I'm like, do I need to make this a week long trip? 42:07.496 --> 42:09.620 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if my child can I'm going alone with my child. 42:09.680 --> 42:21.780 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if I can handle this like like oh, I can And I like this much stuff because the kids they get overstimulated and it's like a little too much and I know we're gonna be doing way too much on the cruise But oh my lord this oh this rail road museum 42:21.760 --> 42:28.392 [SPEAKER_00]: This railroad museum, like, oh my god, uh, I need to see this with my eyes. 42:28.452 --> 42:29.373 [SPEAKER_00]: I need to see this with my eyes. 42:29.654 --> 42:35.484 [SPEAKER_00]: This puppet theater, there's so much to do in San Diego, and not just the best chocolate chip cookie I've ever had, which I will be getting on the way back home. 42:36.165 --> 42:39.651 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, I can't, I can't, I need to spend so much more time there. 42:39.631 --> 42:40.713 [SPEAKER_00]: I need to go to Legoland. 42:40.853 --> 42:43.357 [SPEAKER_00]: I have heard, listen, I know I said this on the episode. 42:43.738 --> 42:52.171 [SPEAKER_00]: I have heard 100% like rotten tomatoes, 100% critic and fan reviews positive for Legoland California. 42:52.251 --> 42:58.842 [SPEAKER_00]: Like the word of mouth coming out of Legoland California is like what Disneyland hoped for in those first few years and they're like tell everyone it's great. 42:59.102 --> 43:00.745 [SPEAKER_00]: Like I cannot believe it. 43:00.845 --> 43:01.406 [SPEAKER_00]: I need to go. 43:01.426 --> 43:02.407 [SPEAKER_00]: I need to do this. 43:02.507 --> 43:05.352 [SPEAKER_00]: And now you're called alone. 43:05.332 --> 43:09.662 [SPEAKER_00]: has convinced me that I am at a minimum when we get off the ship. 43:09.682 --> 43:10.624 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to this museum. 43:10.784 --> 43:11.606 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not going straight home. 43:11.826 --> 43:13.009 [SPEAKER_00]: I got to go to this museum. 43:13.069 --> 43:14.492 [SPEAKER_00]: I got to go this puppet data. 43:14.833 --> 43:17.058 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if they have like morning or daytime shows, but yeah, you're right. 43:17.459 --> 43:19.102 [SPEAKER_00]: See, do you even like rocks? 43:19.784 --> 43:20.846 [SPEAKER_00]: I haven't spent much time there. 43:20.866 --> 43:23.492 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my god, puppet theater! 43:23.759 --> 43:26.562 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, I need to spend way more time there. 43:26.803 --> 43:27.103 [SPEAKER_00]: Wow. 43:27.624 --> 43:27.824 [SPEAKER_00]: Wow. 43:27.944 --> 43:28.485 [SPEAKER_00]: And there's a zoo. 43:28.725 --> 43:28.965 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. 43:29.406 --> 43:30.627 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that's where it is, right? 43:31.088 --> 43:31.388 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 43:31.528 --> 43:32.389 [SPEAKER_00]: That's where the big zoo is. 43:33.331 --> 43:33.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 43:33.891 --> 43:34.612 [SPEAKER_00]: Am I imagining that? 43:34.752 --> 43:35.433 [SPEAKER_00]: No, I'm not imagining that. 43:35.453 --> 43:36.695 [SPEAKER_00]: I feel like I fed drafts there. 43:37.115 --> 43:37.836 [SPEAKER_00]: Why was I there? 43:38.096 --> 43:38.577 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know. 43:38.597 --> 43:38.977 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, no. 43:39.057 --> 43:40.239 [SPEAKER_00]: A Galapagos tortoise died. 43:40.539 --> 43:41.420 [SPEAKER_00]: Grandma, child. 43:41.641 --> 43:42.682 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, rest peacefully. 43:43.262 --> 43:44.204 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, thank you. 43:44.364 --> 43:45.045 [SPEAKER_00]: I needed. 43:45.165 --> 43:47.668 [SPEAKER_00]: I needed to push to be like, oh, San Diego's cool. 43:47.808 --> 43:48.729 [SPEAKER_00]: And now I'm going to be there. 43:48.749 --> 43:49.530 [SPEAKER_00]: And I can't wait. 43:49.510 --> 43:52.335 [SPEAKER_00]: I can't wait, I might, I'm gonna at least do one thing that you mentioned. 43:52.916 --> 44:02.511 [SPEAKER_00]: I would make time to see Frozen Junior if I wasn't listen, low-key booking accrues to see Frozen because there's no Frozen in the Hyperion anymore and it is my opponent to pick with life. 44:02.792 --> 44:05.396 [SPEAKER_00]: But I thank you, thank you for the San Diego call. 44:05.416 --> 44:07.079 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you to everyone who called about different locations. 44:07.399 --> 44:10.184 [SPEAKER_00]: I love, I love that we love these fun things. 44:10.584 --> 44:12.868 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, what is the point of life if not to have fun? 44:12.848 --> 44:15.793 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I don't want to sit somewhere boring and do boring things. 44:15.914 --> 44:16.675 [SPEAKER_00]: I love to do this. 44:16.715 --> 44:20.282 [SPEAKER_00]: I love to chase a little adventure high and I am so grateful for this. 44:20.422 --> 44:21.143 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for your call. 44:21.704 --> 44:23.247 [SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully I'll see you in San Diego! 44:23.528 --> 44:31.262 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my god, the dream is young. 44:37.790 --> 44:42.058 [SPEAKER_00]: That's our show! 44:42.078 --> 44:59.072 [SPEAKER_00]: I thank you all so much for listening and thank you to Leslie I worked and everyone did Disney who gave me access to 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like it was so nice it was so nice so I would encourage you to get used to picking up the phone call me it is a safe space for you to use the phone and that is what I want the Charles hotline to be for you 46:19.310 --> 46:22.855 [SPEAKER_00]: If you are planning a trip, if you made it to this point in the episode, y'all already know what I'm gonna say. 46:23.255 --> 46:26.620 [SPEAKER_00]: Reach out to any I mouse fan, travel! 46:27.261 --> 46:28.563 [SPEAKER_00]: I booked a cruise over email. 46:28.683 --> 46:30.906 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm gonna beat that drum for a long time. 46:31.026 --> 46:33.069 [SPEAKER_00]: I booked a cruise over email. 46:33.369 --> 46:40.018 [SPEAKER_00]: If I was like, if I didn't have a few follow-up questions, and if I didn't want to change my credit card, I could have booked it in, 46:39.998 --> 46:43.424 [SPEAKER_00]: One email with my travel agent and me, I'm also in travel. 46:43.684 --> 46:45.507 [SPEAKER_00]: I love them, I can't recommend them enough. 46:45.928 --> 46:57.988 [SPEAKER_00]: And as a Disney person, you're still like, you're still gonna like, tinker on the back end, like I'm still on the website now being like, do I want nursery hours here or here, but they can do everything, they can do everything and I love that they really meet you where you are. 46:58.048 --> 46:59.611 [SPEAKER_00]: Like if you need a ton of health, they'll help you. 46:59.911 --> 47:03.097 [SPEAKER_00]: If you don't need a ton of help and you wanna book it yourself, they have that self-winging engine. 47:03.117 --> 47:06.242 [SPEAKER_00]: The fact you talked about, they really have it all and I adore them and they, 47:06.222 --> 47:18.013 [SPEAKER_00]: are making a music blues happen, I am so grateful to them and I love them so if you were booking a trip reach out to them get quotes, use them they are free to use and they are fantastic we love travel agents here very using. 47:18.373 --> 47:25.039 [SPEAKER_00]: Head to mousemantravel.com 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47:52.819 --> 47:55.202 [SPEAKER_00]: I call the YSL on my Instagram 99 cents. 47:55.763 --> 47:57.225 [SPEAKER_00]: And thanks so much for listening. 47:57.585 --> 48:01.390 [SPEAKER_00]: See you real soon. 48:02.770 --> 48:08.697 [SPEAKER_00]: And if you keep hearing this, I've worked too many rings to record this today and I keep clapping my hands just because I'm happy to be here. 48:08.717 --> 48:09.999 [SPEAKER_00]: So I apologize. 48:10.459 --> 48:15.185 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, see you also. 48:15.265 --> 48:18.408 [UNKNOWN]: Okay. 48:19.009 --> 48:19.630 [SPEAKER_03]: Hi, honey. 48:19.650 --> 48:20.371 [SPEAKER_03]: It's mom. 48:20.731 --> 48:21.772 [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, this is a fun one. 48:22.193 --> 48:24.576 [SPEAKER_03]: So you are on Scott Patterson podcast. 48:24.716 --> 48:27.940 [SPEAKER_03]: It is called I am all in dot dot dot again. 48:27.960 --> 48:28.921 [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, my god. 48:28.941 --> 48:29.942 [SPEAKER_03]: This is so exciting. 48:30.142 --> 48:33.826 [SPEAKER_03]: So I'm an original, I watched Gilmour Girls when we were just a little kid. 48:34.687 --> 48:35.709 [SPEAKER_03]: This is so exciting. 48:36.009 --> 48:38.312 [SPEAKER_03]: Keep so cute, that's got feathers and Luke love him. 48:38.352 --> 48:45.640 [SPEAKER_03]: OK, that is so much fun, but Muza Palooza is coming, and I'm very excited. 48:46.321 --> 48:49.285 [SPEAKER_03]: I am, it's getting closer, and it's so fun. 48:49.305 --> 48:57.955 [SPEAKER_03]: OK, let's go for now, because we have so much to talk about, we should fucking say, oh my god, you have a bucket list that is so funny to me. 48:58.222 --> 49:00.886 [SPEAKER_03]: but fun to make bricks, you're so cute honey. 49:01.467 --> 49:12.442 [SPEAKER_03]: Your bucket list, Dolly World mini-cherryzium, the puppetry with the muffins, the wall drugs, the Milwaukee museum, to pick his bad pro shots. 49:12.762 --> 49:17.269 [SPEAKER_03]: So you can sleep in a pair of his building and sleep in the governor's suite and Lego man. 49:17.489 --> 49:19.192 [SPEAKER_03]: You are the cutest thing ever. 49:19.612 --> 49:24.499 [SPEAKER_03]: So when you were little, dad made sure that Sundays were museums and aquarium days. 49:24.867 --> 49:28.291 [SPEAKER_03]: Sunday, we were forced, it was like a forced march and we had to explore. 49:28.651 --> 49:36.040 [SPEAKER_03]: We would lay around on Saturday, we watched cartoons play, play with your toys, but Sundays were educational days. 49:36.440 --> 49:46.892 [SPEAKER_03]: And it's just me that everywhere we've traveled together, maybe all those museums and all those fun, quirky places we went to, made you love going to museums and exploring new places everywhere. 49:47.108 --> 49:54.657 [SPEAKER_03]: So that's why you and I went to every circus thing, fun thing, whimsical thing, but every museum and town wherever we were. 49:54.677 --> 49:55.999 [SPEAKER_03]: We always did that together. 49:56.339 --> 49:57.601 [SPEAKER_03]: I do love going with you. 49:57.981 --> 50:00.724 [SPEAKER_03]: I do things that I would never do and I love that. 50:01.105 --> 50:03.307 [SPEAKER_03]: That's why you are my bucket list, Carly. 50:03.708 --> 50:06.351 [SPEAKER_03]: Anytime anywhere with you is the greatest. 50:06.371 --> 50:09.675 [SPEAKER_03]: And maybe one day possibly Tokyo Disney with you. 50:09.735 --> 50:13.960 [SPEAKER_03]: And when you go to Milwaukee from your bucket list, 50:14.328 --> 50:17.420 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm an hour away, so I will definitely see you so that'll be great. 50:17.801 --> 50:21.355 [SPEAKER_03]: I love you so much, this was so much fun, and I love you, Pearl. 50:21.636 --> 50:22.178 [SPEAKER_03]: Bye-bye.