Late in '72, our ship- a destroyer- quietly and without fanfare slipped into San Diego after doing fire support and surface raids off the coast of Vietnam. We did our job, we were exhausted, and back then we were invisible to the uncaring America we came home to, except for one person: Walt Disney. He was gone from us, the boomer generation by that time, but his legacy was carried on by brother Roy, who had sent representatives to our ship with free passes to Disneyland for the whole crew. Being the "old man" of my buddies at 22, I rented a car for us and off we went, and thus fell under the spell of the Magic Kingdom; it meant everything to us and was the only welcome home we ever had, I've never forgotten the gesture or that day these 50 years later.
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In 1962, when I was six years old my family went on a vacation to Disneyland in Anaheim CA. On the second day of our visit we went on a African boat ride. Just as the boat was about to leave the loading area, Walt Disney appeared wearing a safari outfit with pith helmet. He excused the boat's pilot and he proceeded to operate the boat. At one point he stopped the boat and because I was in the first seat he had me lean over the gunnel and yell the name of my home town. It echoed back and as I was still hanging over the edge of the boat, a mechanical hippopotamus quickly rose of of the water. Walt had me by the back of my shorts and he pulled me to safety. It was quite a hit with my family as we had watched Walt on the "Wonderful World of Disney" for several years so it seemed like we already knew him. It was a great childhood experience.
I've worked for the WD Company for most of my adult life. I was fortunate enough to have been Sharons private driver during the opening of Disney MGM Studios. She was a lovely, very gracious woman. She lovingly told me great stories about her father. She loved him very much. And I consider myself very fortunate to have been given that opportunity.
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@Rocco Sophie, you were indeed fortunate. God really blessed you. It is not Walt’s or Sharon’s fault that these later leaders of Disney trashed the company and the brand Disney to what it is now. Walt would be truly heartbroken.
This is amazing! Rocco, is there any way that I can interview you and get more information from this experience? I'm working on a Disney project and I think it's incredibly sad that not a lot of stories are shared about Sharon. I would love to get your input on the matter!
@chitlinjuice 🙄Well, I do. I know who Walt is. He's a father of two beautiful daughters whom he loved very much. He also made young Mousketeers into shining stars, like Annette Funicello, Don Grady, and Britney Spears.
I don't think the company is currently what Walt envisioned it to be. Mr. Disney actually gathered input from the patrons of Disneyland. He asked my Dad how his experience there was when my Dad was resting on a bench in Disneyland. What CEO does that Nowadays? Not many, I suspect.
One of them being having the Disney Parks affordable to the general public! One must save for a couple years to take their family there, or be ultra rich. It isn’t hard to spend thousands for admission costs, meals, hotel costs, and few souvenirs for a 3-4 day visit for a family of four!
Walt is rolling in his grave and what his company has become. It's easy to make slanderous accusations when a person has passed and is not here to defend themselves.
Walt Disney was a genius, great storyteller, and entertainer, and brilliant businessman. Too bad his successors in the company have fallen short, especially recently, isn’t it?
@@queent3343 Oh! You must be the company’s new target audience. They lost me when the bean counters outweighed the imagineers decades ago. Evidently the company has a new customer.
@@baronbattles4681 And what target audience is that? You mean the ones that stand in line all day to touch a princess and the furry animals? No thanks. Oh, my mistake you mean a trans person or a groomer? Oh that. Right. That says a lot more about you than me. I only care that it stays financially viable for the economic success of my state. Because real jobs are hard to come by here. No matter how many tax breaks our gov gives them.
@@queent3343 interesting to watch you twist reality in order to falsely accuse someone else, but then again, that is straight from Saul Alinsky, isn’t it?
@@baronbattles4681 What is untrue there? Have you ever been to Disney World? Florida is teeming with people who think teachers and Disney are groomers since the "don't say Gay" bill was signed. What reality am I twisting? You still didn't identify your target audience. What's your truth? Oh and look up Florida's employment. We're a service economy and it depends on Disney and the millions of dollars it brings into the state. And look up Gov Ronnie's tax breaks. Why else do you think businesses come to Florida? So what reality am I twisting? Yours?
One of my fondest childhood memories was the day my father bought a brand new Lincoln Continental (white) and drove me to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It was in June 1966 and I was eight. We lived in Fremont, California and it took a good ten hours or so to get there. We stayed for three days and visited Knott's Berry Farm before driving back. What a blast that was.
Walt Disney was a great business man who created entertaining animation, shorts and films. He made Disney World and Disney Land what it is. Walt was a great man and father.
No one is perfect and Walt Disney certainly was not but he did bring joy to millions of people and in the process left the world better of than the way he found it.
My mother worked at Disneyland when it first opened in 1955. She described "Uncle Walt" as being an understandably typical, silent, arrogant rich person. He was not particularly friendly with his employees and if they misbehaved or broke the rules he was ruthlessly hostile. To those who were diligent and upright he was far more friendly. When she was assigned to the Jungle Cruise she worked along side several teenagers who were rude to customers, were not keeping their uniforms clean and pressed and were lackadaisical with their work, not always there on time. Mr. Disney got wind of it, came to the Jungle Cruise one afternoon, dressed in Khakis, sunglasses and a pith helmet, lined them all up and chewed them out. He then went down the line, sticking a finger in the face of the offenders, one after another and declared, "You're fired, you're fired, you're fired, and . . ." he got to my mother and hesitated for a second, smiled and said "Not you Mrs. Trossen . . ." went to the next and said, ". . . and you're fired!" Uncle Walt was a more than exceptional artist, but he was also a good businessman. At a Christmas party in the Disney parking lot, when I was almost four years of age I (1957) had an encounter with Uncle Walt that I barely remember. My mom evidently had the opportunity to introduce us. At the time I hadn't any idea who he was, but later recognized some familiarity on his television program. He was warm, smiling and welcoming. I was then directed to a big box of Christmas gifts and was allowed to pick one. I did and when I opened it later it turned out to be a domino set. As for being racist, explain his close friendship with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Louis Armstrong and his Dixieland Band was a prominent feature at Disneyland in the late '50's and early '60's. Louis, while in the area rented a theater in Garden Grove and/or Anaheim and the city councils blocked his advertisements, such that attendance to his performances were dismal. My mom, through Disneyland obtained tickets to an event and attended. She said that Louis stood on the stage and commented that there were not many people there, but added, "We're going to play for you anyway." My mom said that he played, and played and playyyyyyyyyed for several hours and that she loved every minute of it.
@E . A Unfortunately, that source would be my mother. It's not written down anywhere. I can remember Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald playing together as a feature on the Riverboat. So the only other source is myself. The veracity of my statement is fairly tenuous.
I never missed " The Wonderful World of Disney" on Sunday evenings. Looked forward to it all week. Later found out I shared a Birthday with Mr. Disney as Dec. 5th.
Everyone has faults. I have always adored him and will continue to do so. I lived 3 blocks from Disneyland when it was built and was one of the first to visit. I thank Walt for my best childhood memories ❤️.
Myself and my siblings grew up with Walt Disney. Disney was on Sunday night. We all would gather in the living room. It was our dream to visit Disneyland. Which we did.
He sounds a nice man from what his daughters said about him. He could hardly be held responsible for what happened after his death. As for his alleged racism - well no one is perfect, and he is not here to defend himself.
Why? It’s exactly what he wanted it to be, but in the future. Or would you just prefer it was still anti Semitic and excluded people of colour, gay people etc. i mean really, it’s an amazing powerhouse for family entertainment. That’s what he wanted. He might prefer a few attempts at higher culture, but American hasn’t wanted that since the 60s.
@@reasonrestored9116 Let's remember please the era Mr Disney was born and lived. Things then were usual or the norm that are not now. He was also very rich and moved in different circles of the population. People forget this much to their foolishness. I played with an Aboriginal boy from 2 houses down for many years he had polio and calipers. It worried us not at all unless he fell badly playing football. Johnny was also labled later in life as one of the stolen generation as his parents were white and he wasn't. It was not a concern to us. My grandchildren had multicultural birthday parties which were wonderful. They are old teenagers now and only have white friends. I don't know why it is but the same is for me. I know a great many people of different races but none are friends. I agree with Elwood Blues. The Disney movies are trying to cater to too many ideals at once and it is for not working. I loved all th Pirates of the Carribean Movies but now Johnny won't be in them I am saddened and won't watch any more of them.
My father a PI did some work for him during the red scare. I have a picture of him in our living room when he came to sign a contract and I am sitting on his lap. All I knew is that I loved watching his films and going to Disneyland!
Walt Disney was a horrible man. He secretly worshiped Satan and he was a pedophile. If he were alive today, he would be arrested for crimes against humanity.
Other than the fact that Walt was on tv every week. Back in the 60s the dreams of going to Disney World in Florida just to see Mr. Walt Disney was the norm’s of the day. However many like myself never got that chance until much later in life. And was it the dream come true! At 52 years old we went leaving Maryland. And I turned into a 12 year old boy as soon as I walked through the gate. We’ve been back there 6 more times and it’s still new to me. If I had the money I would live there the rest of my life. It’s the one place you can forget about all your troubles and live life. I will be going back as much as I can until my time on earth has ended. Thank you Walt Disney for making a dream come true ❤️
@@geoffforth5225 no Florida was just being built in the 60s and opened around 1965. That’s why most people would never see Disney because it was in California! The travel costs back then was out of reach for most people in the country. Today one can jump a jet and be there in two hours for less than $300 bucks. But to California back in the 60s that flight for one person would cost $1500! And the salaries back then were very low. Some of the highest paid people were in the steel industry and even they only took home $300 a week with overtime.
"The Disneys were a wealthy family", but I have an impression that Uncle Walt didn't care. His home at 355 Carolwood was an oversized ranch house on a large lot (now torn down due to asbestos). Several Disney movies are negative toward lots of money; for example, Bert as a chimney sweep talking sadly about George Banks being alone, surrounded by cold, hard money. And the Disney company was infamous for its low pay. My, how the tables have turned. Now you need to be wealthy to take a family to a Disney theme park. And its merchandise is the most expensive in the store.
@@grayforester , you'll know them by their fruit. You only have to see how their young actors ended up. Hyper sexualized, and messed up mentally. You may want to make excuses for them, but the proof is right in front you. Look at their programming on the streaming channel, and the drag queen program they have. Please! Don't act like you dont know.
His biggest enemies were the bankers. Furious he'd redraw certain cartoons perfectly acceptable for the masses, he drove Disney Studios near bankruptcy more than once. "Fantasia" was his worst sin: completed & beautiful, Technicolor just invented, he redrew the ENTIRE movie in color! It made so much money he could finally get rid of them. I want to say Disneyland was also financed with private investors. The 'banksters' begged him back - no dice. 'Dad' Disney hardly hurt his family's fortune! What a genius!
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@@meowmeow8402 😡How asinine of you to say such a thing! Walt DOESN'T care about money! He never did! All he cared about was families having fun at his parks! Saying that Walt would love all the money that Disneyland is making is completely ASININE and THOUGHTLESS! Walt Disney said, "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money." He never even thought about making a dime through Disneyland! He was NOT greedy unlike today's CEO!
Walt's father was on a working crew building the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It was the fair where Ferris designed and built his Ferris Wheel to compete with the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The coaches were large, glass enclosed. It's said that women swooned and men teared up.
Walt Disney actually planned his use of animated movies instead of live action movies because he knew he'd be able to re-release them every twenty years to an entirely new audience! Genius!
I always adored him and looked up to him. I grew up on Disney movies and family vacations to Disneyland. I think his imagination knew no bounds and his feelings about what would work well for family entertainment were remarkable. He was, imho, no less than a creative genius. Was he a perfect person? No, I'm sure he was not. But I treasure his contributions and what he left behind for all of us to enjoy. Thank you, Walt!
The greatest thing a person can know when they die is that they have done something with their life. Thanks Walt Disney for teaching us what it means to stay the child inside!
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I’ve heard some really evil stuff about that company and the land it’s on and much more….if true, we’ve been conned but you know what? The govt is the biggest con…people need to keep waking up
I think this was watered down quite a bit. I read allegations about Walt that were worse than this. But of course this was a family members interpretation. Either way the man is gone and he did leave us with many fine adventures and memories.
So he smoked. EVERYONE did then. and he had a drink at night.... That's all they can say about him as they try to portray those two things as bad.. So sick of todays desire to smear people after they are dead. I think this is done because the people doing the "investigating" are so rotten themselves. Walt Disney was a wonderful, creative, good, hardworking, man and apparently, a wonderful father who adored his children and wife.
Many good times way back when Disney really cared about children. Thank you Mr. Disney. Now Disney has a stain that will stay on them forever. Shameful.
@@Jakesmom917 open your eyes and ears and turn on the decent part of your brain. Children need to not be warped and groomed by evil and harmful things.
Me growing up with Disney, got nothing but fantastic memories, even my first words in English were "May I see Walt Disney land on your TV please, Really hurts that his name is being draged through the dirt, these days, Thanx for puting out a positive light on the Disney name,
A great man that gave the World like me on a Sunday evening the family watching the Walt Disney show people that work for him by this he may not have praised them but got a bonus so nothing to complain about, then loved his children l still love what is made in his name but loved his introduction every Sunday night.
I live 1 hour away from Disney World in Orlando and when I was a kid my uncle took us kids to Disney in 1971 at night as we stuck in. I have been to Disney World about 12 times throughout my life. It has come very very expensive and given their politics today I will never go back.
When did you go? The park wasn't officially opened until October of that year. And if you are arguing politics, better check out the meat you eat and the milk you drink, or soda, or alcohol. You might be surprised who supports the food industry
Sad that you give into politics. I live about 90 minutes away. I've lived in Florida since 1975. Only been twice. There are other things to do in Florida that are more interesting.
Walt was a heavy smoker like a lot of people were at that time and did regret it. Credible biographies do not show him as being the way you say to his employees - in fact, he had loyalty for the most part. He hired only the most talented people and many of his artists were foreign and black who dispelled any bad rumors about him years ago & today i.e. Floyd Norman. He trusted them and they respected him. I remember when it was almost impossible to get a job there because everyone wanted to work in the animation studios and it was his brilliance that attracted them.
Be it as it may to all the haters commenting, usually without the slightest idea what they are talking about. Walt's daughter Diana created the Disney Family Museum located at the Presideo of San Francisco. Absolutely fascinating place.
I think He did soo much good for children. Such a shame there that are so many changes in Disney World today! He would never have let that happen! I love all the movies and cartoons he made!❤️🙏
Disney was an American Original--- but not a saint. He was hard on his employees and his politics and cultural mores reflected the attitudes of the times. Considering he has been dead for over 50 years, it is hardly surprising that the company he founded has changed dramatically.
Uncle Walt possessed great empathy with the futuristic fantasies of German politicians in the 1930s. When the U.S. Army and the War Department approached him in 1942 to produce propaganda cartoons for soldiers and civilians he gladly obliged. Oh, Uncle Walt, you couldn't make up your mind for a moment, there. I particularly like the Looney Tunes propaganda cartoons - the ones with Daffy are particularly hilarious. Plus Private S.N.A.F.U., always giving away secrets to gorgeous women.
Need to release it? Sawcit on film in the school auditorium in the 1970's.Learned a lot. Wish I had a couple more teacher's like Uncle Remus? A few in high school that are gone.Stop the WOKERS-STOKERS? There probably going to destroy the original prints? Worst generation ever the WOKERS-STOKERS have become?
I think he was a great guy, Walt Disney!!! No one is perfect, right?!?! It sounds like he was a very good father, leaving his work behind at the office and devoting his time to his girls when he came home! And maybe to his wife also?! No one knows though totally what goes on behind closed doors… And whatever the daughters were willing to share also… He really contributed a lot to our American society, but also to other societies, as I think Walt Disney has reached out a lot further!?! He was very talented and imaginative and a hard worker, and probably a fair boss, so perhaps he had a hard time giving open or lavish praise to his employees, though he said it in bonuses it sounds like, etc. he probably did not get lavish praise himself when he was growing up it sounds like… so he is A-OK in my books!!! Thank you Mr. Walt Disney for all the joy you brought me and my brothers and sisters and other people!! I so adore the movie, the Beauty and the Beast!!! Plus many others that came before that and after!!! He also had/has wonderful people working for him also I think that carried/-s on the heritage…
I enjoyed this but you skipped all the really bad accusations and the facts that prove they were not true. Maybe that was deliberate. Sometimes people don’t forget accusations even when the truth is nothing close. Overall, I know how hard making good content is and appreciate your work. Thank you.
I saw Walt while working at Disneyland 57 years Walt would not like how Disneyland is now.respect and dignity does not reside there now more of a sweat shop.
Family feuds. Others withholding Money from other members of the family. Not good. When I heard that Walt Disney had died, I cried. What are we going to do without Walt Disney. It's was sad. His movies were a big part of my growing up life. Watching the Mickey Mouse Club, his movies, his Sunday nite TV show, he narrated. I loved the joy he brought to the world back then. He will always have place in my heart. I also bought that PBS American Experience Docu about Walt Disney, some years ago. People sometimes alot different behind closed doors. But I always remember Walt Disney, by his animated movies, Disneyland, TV show, etc.. just good things. ❤
I lived in Santa Barbara in 1955, I was at the opening on that special day. I remember the first ride I went on was the tea cups. I got a blister from turning the cups from a wheel inside the tea cup. Disneyland was where our grad nite went, along with thousands of other kids from schools around Southern California. I remember the parking lot was solid yellow school buses. It was the place to take girls on dates. I betcha I've been there 15 times, easy.
Started going to Disneyland when it was still in an orange grove. You could park at the gate and walk in. Saw Mr. Disney many times because he hung around the fire station, where his office was and in the nearby restaurants, and could not have been nicer to all of us local kids gathered around him, as well as tourists visiting. He always gave out autographs and posed for pictures. He loved watching families enjoying the park. Only the top students from high school were chosen to work there as seniors (I think they also had to be 18) and they all LOVED IT and adored Mr. Disney. Most of them went on to retire from Disney, as did their fathers before them, because it was known as one of the best jobs in SoCal back then. Unfortunately, today he would be horrified over what his creation has become - a moneygrubbing woke nightmare.
I suggest a video on Rod Serling he had Hollywood good looks but decided to be a writer and producer. His daughter I think has a book about her father.
In my life Disney as been a positive force and the majority of what I've heard about and seen of Walt has been exceptional. The only Disney whom I've seen portrayed them self in a bad light is Roy. Is a documentary he seemed very narcissistic. But rather than buy into it or let it change my views of the negative, I keep to the goals Walt had. (Not like anything similar to some scandals like Michael Jackson or Bill Cosby). Looking forward to the next Disney movie.
I remember the sad day Walt Disney passed away. I don’t remember many days that way. He was the mentor of my childhood, and I will never forget all the Sunday nights in front of the Tv waitng for Tinkerbell and the magic to begin. Don’t ever try to pry innocence away from children. Nothing worse can ever happen to them. . Sney
Hard worker!!! Separated family life from work!!!... Today's world... Work.... What's that, let's just all sit home and collect gov money!! Family life... Well while we sit at home we'll let the same gov destroy the family!! Naaa... I'd gladly go back to those days as far as those 2 things are concerned. The BEST thing any person can do for themselves is WORK!!!!!!
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Okay,but why did Micky Mouse wear pants and Donald Duck wore a sailers uniform/top and no pants? And how is it that Goofy can talk and Pluto was just a dog? I think the Matrix simulation is real.
This guy didn't even mention his exclusive Club 33. It still exists and I heard Lady Gaga paid big bucks to be a member of said club. Nor the naughty porn bits found in some of his animation films. There is more to WD, then meets the eyes. Not so noble.
@@lilliancenteno6272 I heard that Lilian centeno is a pseudonym for Putin and Hitler. More to Centeno than meets the eye. (trying to be as good at fabrication as you are. How am I doing?
I watched another video about Walt Disney and I guess, based upon numerous anecdotes, he was quite racist. He refused to hire dark-skinned people of any variety - African-American, Indian, etc. It was kind of disappointing.
That is not true...ever hear of the Song of the South...many black voice actors were employed by Disney. For some reason people decided all of these characters were racist depictions and banned many of these.
Walt Disney was a shrewd businessman with big visions. Yes, sometimes, especially in the early days he took big chances with the company in a financial sense, but like many successful people realized that success usually comes with taking chances. From what I have read he was mostly difficult and demanding as a boss but that is typical of successful people.
I think Walt Disney is rolling over in his grave. As a baby boomer I grew up with Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color and the Mickey Mouse Club. Looking back I realized Walt Disney was a phenomenon!! He made Sunday night, the least likely night, that school childen waited for the whole weekend. We came home from school Mon thu Fri for the Mickey Mouse Club but Sunday was the Magic. Only 2 shows were in color when it first came to TVs, Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color followed by Bonanza on Sunday night. Best night of the week even tho we had school the next day.
I did read that he was a perfectionist and demanded that his workers work long hours to get the results he wanted. You can see that in a movie that was made about filming Mary Poppins. But his early movies were so good! I took my daughter to see Mary Poppins when she was five. It’s a long movie but she loved it. As far as I’m concerned the recent movies I’ve heard about aren’t that good. I sincerely hope that Disney loses money until they focus on the clever and family friendly movies he began with.
Walt was a great icon to me. He sounds rather odd though. Its that compartmentalization and spoiling those kids so that inheritance fiasco happened. He looked as though he had problems dealing forthrightly with anyone personally. I m amazed he married. I wonder about his childhood!
I always thought he would help anybody, no matter what. Good cleacut movies, etc. Definitely a fascinating man. This presentation was PHENOMENA, and so interesting. Thank you for all the hard work and research you kindly did do make this available. I wonder if he ever met Lucille Ball. Another one of favorites. God's Blessings to you and your family.👍👍👍👍 my message is coming from upstate NY (about 30 minutes from Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall ⚾️f Fame. Stay safe in this crazy world.
...I get this, trying to make out he was some kind of evil, for what?...likes..., he was a good husband and father, and he sometimes could be testy in his later years, but he was sick already and in constant pain...but he loved children and wanted peace and love like all humans should, he was a must watch every Sunday, I vividly remember the first time I saw color TV for the first time, and and it was Walt Disney, I don't remember the episode, its a very happy memory from my childhood in the 60s....
Walt Disney wasn't anti-semit, racist, or sexist. These accusations came from a book that has been so discredited it shouldn't be referenced. However, the wonderful Meryl Streep thought she should run with fake facts and attack Walt a few years ago. Now everyone has decided to follow what a popular celebrity said instead of actually doing research. The truth of the matter is that Walt hired, and worked very closely, with Jews, such as the Sherman Brothers, African Americans, like Floyd Norman, and women, like Mary Blair. He was a wonderful man who was a workaholic, perfectionist, and smoker. History gets messed up when you take someone else's word for something.... Like Meryl Streep did. 😅
You rather glossed over Walt Disney's back story between WW-1 and 1927's contract with Universal for Mickey Mouse in California. Walt had a period in Kansas City, MO from 1920 that included the Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists and Laugh-O-Gram Film Studios (LOGF). Before Mickey, Walt had created a character known as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walt was only 20 years old when he incorporated LOGF, which only lasted for a few years and ended with "Alice's Wonderland" in raw form. It wasn't until after the loss of copyright to the character of Oswald that "Steamboat Willie" introduced the public to Mickey (originally Mortimer) Mouse.
Really? When was Disney in the military? Oh, I'll make it simple for you. Never. So he wasn't discharged at all. Wikipedia: "In mid-1918, he attempted to join the United States Army to fight the Germans, but he was rejected as too young. After forging the date of birth on his birth certificate, he joined the Red Cross in September 1918 as an ambulance driver. He was shipped to France but arrived in November, after the armistice."
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Late in '72, our ship- a destroyer- quietly and without fanfare slipped into San Diego after doing fire support and surface raids off the coast of Vietnam. We did our job, we were exhausted, and back then we were invisible to the uncaring America we came home to, except for one person: Walt Disney. He was gone from us, the boomer generation by that time, but his legacy was carried on by brother Roy, who had sent representatives to our ship with free passes to Disneyland for the whole crew. Being the "old man" of my buddies at 22, I rented a car for us and off we went, and thus fell under the spell of the Magic Kingdom; it meant everything to us and was the only welcome home we ever had, I've never forgotten the gesture or that day these 50 years later.
Very cool! Thank you so much for sharing this information. We're very happy with your life story 💕
Wow! One of the best comments I've ever read on any post. Not only did you share a lovely personal event, you added some relevant and interesting information. Thank you 🌹😊
Welcome home, sailor. Yeah. I remember those years too.
G-d bless you for your service.
Did you save your ticket?
In 1962, when I was six years old my family went on a vacation to Disneyland in Anaheim CA. On the second day of our visit we went on a African boat ride. Just as the boat was about to leave the loading area, Walt Disney appeared wearing a safari outfit with pith helmet. He excused the boat's pilot and he proceeded to operate the boat. At one point he stopped the boat and because I was in the first seat he had me lean over the gunnel and yell the name of my home town. It echoed back and as I was still hanging over the edge of the boat, a mechanical hippopotamus quickly rose of of the water. Walt had me by the back of my shorts and he pulled me to safety. It was quite a hit with my family as we had watched Walt on the "Wonderful World of Disney" for several years so it seemed like we already knew him. It was a great childhood experience.
What a great memory.🙂
I remember those hippos. The guide said that they were only dangerous if they wiggled their ears. Of course the ears wiggled on cue.
Fantastic!
I've worked for the WD Company for most of my adult life. I was fortunate enough to have been Sharons private driver during the opening of Disney MGM Studios. She was a lovely, very gracious woman. She lovingly told me great stories about her father. She loved him very much. And I consider myself very fortunate to have been given that opportunity.
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thanks for sharing that.
@Rocco Sophie, you were indeed fortunate. God really blessed you. It is not Walt’s or Sharon’s fault that these later leaders of Disney trashed the company and the brand Disney to what it is now. Walt would be truly heartbroken.
@@MTknitter22 True & very sad😥
This is amazing! Rocco, is there any way that I can interview you and get more information from this experience? I'm working on a Disney project and I think it's incredibly sad that not a lot of stories are shared about Sharon. I would love to get your input on the matter!
Walt Disney did so much for children all over the world, clearly loved his children, and was a big kid deep within. May he rest in peace.
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You literally don't know this man or how he was with children behind closed doors lol
@chitlinjuice 🙄Well, I do. I know who Walt is. He's a father of two beautiful daughters whom he loved very much.
He also made young Mousketeers into shining stars, like Annette Funicello, Don Grady, and Britney Spears.
I don’t think Mr.Disney would be happy with what the Company is today.
It makes money he’d be fine
I don't think the company is currently what Walt envisioned it to be. Mr. Disney actually gathered input from the patrons of Disneyland. He asked my Dad how his experience there was when my Dad was resting on a bench in Disneyland. What CEO does that Nowadays? Not many, I suspect.
Amen to that!!
One of them being having the Disney Parks affordable to the general public! One must save for a couple years to take their family there, or be ultra rich. It isn’t hard to spend thousands for admission costs, meals, hotel costs, and few souvenirs for a 3-4 day visit for a family of four!
If he were to see everything in its entirety that Disney is and does then what would he think? M.F. (mixed feelings)
Walt is rolling in his grave and what his company has become. It's easy to make slanderous accusations when a person has passed and is not here to defend themselves.
Don't you mean Walt is rolling in his freezer?
Too right!
@@guerralg63 Too Wrong! Walt Disney was cremated in 1966.
@@richardranke3158 well maybe ashes do something else like swirl. Either way, he would not like to see what his company has been turned into.
@@guerralg63 i have no idea what you're talking about.
Walt Disney was a genius, great storyteller, and entertainer, and brilliant businessman. Too bad his successors in the company have fallen short, especially recently, isn’t it?
Have they though? Or do you just believe in the right wing rhetoric?
@@queent3343 Oh! You must be the company’s new target audience. They lost me when the bean counters outweighed the imagineers decades ago. Evidently the company has a new customer.
@@baronbattles4681 And what target audience is that? You mean the ones that stand in line all day to touch a princess and the furry animals? No thanks. Oh, my mistake you mean a trans person or a groomer? Oh that. Right. That says a lot more about you than me. I only care that it stays financially viable for the economic success of my state. Because real jobs are hard to come by here. No matter how many tax breaks our gov gives them.
@@queent3343 interesting to watch you twist reality in order to falsely accuse someone else, but then again, that is straight from Saul Alinsky, isn’t it?
@@baronbattles4681 What is untrue there? Have you ever been to Disney World? Florida is teeming with people who think teachers and Disney are groomers since the "don't say Gay" bill was signed. What reality am I twisting? You still didn't identify your target audience. What's your truth? Oh and look up Florida's employment. We're a service economy and it depends on Disney and the millions of dollars it brings into the state. And look up Gov Ronnie's tax breaks. Why else do you think businesses come to Florida? So what reality am I twisting? Yours?
One of my fondest childhood memories was the day my father bought a brand new Lincoln
Continental (white) and drove me to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It was in June 1966 and I was eight. We lived in Fremont, California and it took a good ten hours or so to get there. We stayed for three days and visited Knott's Berry Farm before driving back. What a blast that was.
Walt Disney was a great business man who created entertaining animation, shorts and films. He made Disney World and Disney Land what it is. Walt was a great man and father.
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@@FactsVerse The Lion King (1994)
@@avejoe 28 years after he died? Does that really count?
Oh how the mighty have fallen
No one is perfect and Walt Disney certainly was not but he did bring joy to millions of people and in the process left the world better of than the way he found it.
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a truly great praise for the man
Walt Disney was a great man. People have faults, but his critics have way more faults than he ever did.
Well said, we definitely agree. Nobody's perfect but we can try to improve ourselves 👍
My mother worked at Disneyland when it first opened in 1955. She described "Uncle Walt" as being an understandably typical, silent, arrogant rich person. He was not particularly friendly with his employees and if they misbehaved or broke the rules he was ruthlessly hostile. To those who were diligent and upright he was far more friendly. When she was assigned to the Jungle Cruise she worked along side several teenagers who were rude to customers, were not keeping their uniforms clean and pressed and were lackadaisical with their work, not always there on time. Mr. Disney got wind of it, came to the Jungle Cruise one afternoon, dressed in Khakis, sunglasses and a pith helmet, lined them all up and chewed them out. He then went down the line, sticking a finger in the face of the offenders, one after another and declared, "You're fired, you're fired, you're fired, and . . ." he got to my mother and hesitated for a second, smiled and said "Not you Mrs. Trossen . . ." went to the next and said, ". . . and you're fired!" Uncle Walt was a more than exceptional artist, but he was also a good businessman. At a Christmas party in the Disney parking lot, when I was almost four years of age I (1957) had an encounter with Uncle Walt that I barely remember. My mom evidently had the opportunity to introduce us. At the time I hadn't any idea who he was, but later recognized some familiarity on his television program. He was warm, smiling and welcoming. I was then directed to a big box of Christmas gifts and was allowed to pick one. I did and when I opened it later it turned out to be a domino set. As for being racist, explain his close friendship with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Louis Armstrong and his Dixieland Band was a prominent feature at Disneyland in the late '50's and early '60's. Louis, while in the area rented a theater in Garden Grove and/or Anaheim and the city councils blocked his advertisements, such that attendance to his performances were dismal. My mom, through Disneyland obtained tickets to an event and attended. She said that Louis stood on the stage and commented that there were not many people there, but added, "We're going to play for you anyway." My mom said that he played, and played and playyyyyyyyyed for several hours and that she loved every minute of it.
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@E . A Unfortunately, that source would be my mother. It's not written down anywhere. I can remember Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald playing together as a feature on the Riverboat. So the only other source is myself. The veracity of my statement is fairly tenuous.
He sounds like an awesome man!
I never missed " The Wonderful World of Disney" on Sunday evenings. Looked forward to it all week. Later found out I shared a Birthday with Mr. Disney as Dec. 5th.
Us too! Definitely brings back memories and makes us old lol. Which film of Disney is your favorite?
Everyone tuned in . What happened, america? Go back to the bible NOW
Everyone has faults. I have always adored him and will continue to do so. I lived 3 blocks from Disneyland when it was built and was one of the first to visit. I thank Walt for my best childhood memories ❤️.
Me, too!
Myself and my siblings grew up with Walt Disney. Disney was on Sunday night. We all would gather in the living room. It was our dream to visit Disneyland. Which we did.
Yes we did the same thing❤, l sure miss those days and times with my two sisters and my parents as their both gone now as well as my older sister😔
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I wish I watched Walt Disney. Too bad I was born in 1996.
an American entrepreneur of the highest order....he was a gift to children worldwide
He sounds a nice man from what his daughters said about him. He could hardly be held responsible for what happened after his death. As for his alleged racism - well no one is perfect, and he is not here to defend himself.
@Pat Maughn the left consistently calls all right-minded conservative American icons “racist.” Its a disgusting slur.
Uncle Walt would shake his head at disgust at what his company has become.
Why? It’s exactly what he wanted it to be, but in the future. Or would you just prefer it was still anti Semitic and excluded people of colour, gay people etc. i mean really, it’s an amazing powerhouse for family entertainment. That’s what he wanted. He might prefer a few attempts at higher culture, but American hasn’t wanted that since the 60s.
Disney hasn't become anything but a whipping horse for the Trumpublican cult. I hope they all drink his kool-aid and end up like Jim Jones followers.
He would have agreed to this one hundred percent. He was a satanic mason.
@@reasonrestored9116 Let's remember please the era Mr Disney was born and lived. Things then were usual or the norm that are not now. He was also very rich and moved in different circles of the population. People forget this much to their foolishness. I played with an Aboriginal boy from 2 houses down for many years he had polio and calipers. It worried us not at all unless he fell badly playing football. Johnny was also labled later in life as one of the stolen generation as his parents were white and he wasn't. It was not a concern to us.
My grandchildren had multicultural birthday parties which were wonderful. They are old teenagers now and only have white friends. I don't know why it is but the same is for me.
I know a great many people of different races but none are friends.
I agree with Elwood Blues. The Disney movies are trying to cater to too many ideals at once and it is for not working.
I loved all th Pirates of the Carribean Movies but now Johnny won't be in them I am saddened and won't watch any more of them.
I wonder if he's personally authorized all of the pornography in the backgrounds of their animated films
My father a PI did some work for him during the red scare. I have a picture of him in our living room when he came to sign a contract and I am sitting on his lap. All I knew is that I loved watching his films and going to Disneyland!
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Rumors? He smoke and drank and withheld praise for employees. Nothing scandalous there.
He was a bigot so that does it for me .
Walt Disney's smoking cause his lung cancer & his death.
@@SuperAnimelover100... A mild breeze would do it for you!!!
@@SuperAnimelover100 and a rabid anti semite
@@SuperAnimelover100 He was a product of his times,I think his plus's outweighed his minus's by a long way.
Walt brought happiness and hope to millions not only children and especially during a time when we needed it. And I am greatful for him.
Walt Disney was a horrible man. He secretly worshiped Satan and he was a pedophile. If he were alive today, he would be arrested for crimes against humanity.
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Me, too. We owe Walt a lot.
Other than the fact that Walt was on tv every week. Back in the 60s the dreams of going to Disney World in Florida just to see Mr. Walt Disney was the norm’s of the day. However many like myself never got that chance until much later in life. And was it the dream come true! At 52 years old we went leaving Maryland. And I turned into a 12 year old boy as soon as I walked through the gate. We’ve been back there 6 more times and it’s still new to me. If I had the money I would live there the rest of my life. It’s the one place you can forget about all your troubles and live life. I will be going back as much as I can until my time on earth has ended. Thank you Walt Disney for making a dream come true ❤️
Don’t think Florida was open then. Just the Disney Land in California
@@geoffforth5225 no Florida was just being built in the 60s and opened around 1965. That’s why most people would never see Disney because it was in California! The travel costs back then was out of reach for most people in the country. Today one can jump a jet and be there in two hours for less than $300 bucks. But to California back in the 60s that flight for one person would cost $1500! And the salaries back then were very low. Some of the highest paid people were in the steel industry and even they only took home $300 a week with overtime.
Walt Disney World did not open until Oct 1, 1971...he was my 9th cous 5xrem, I also worked for WDW In the 1980’s..
He was also a 33 degree Mason...
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"The Disneys were a wealthy family", but I have an impression that Uncle Walt didn't care. His home at 355 Carolwood was an oversized ranch house on a large lot (now torn down due to asbestos). Several Disney movies are negative toward lots of money; for example, Bert as a chimney sweep talking sadly about George Banks being alone, surrounded by cold, hard money. And the Disney company was infamous for its low pay.
My, how the tables have turned. Now you need to be wealthy to take a family to a Disney theme park. And its merchandise is the most expensive in the store.
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@@FactsVerse - The Jungle Book, naturally. Coolest Disney cartoon ever (you better believe it).
The beginning of the End of Disney was Michael Eisner! He brought in all of the grooming and revisionist history.
@@guerralg63 Grooming? That’s quite an accusation.
@@grayforester , you'll know them by their fruit. You only have to see how their young actors ended up. Hyper sexualized, and messed up mentally. You may want to make excuses for them, but the proof is right in front you. Look at their programming on the streaming channel, and the drag queen program they have. Please! Don't act like you dont know.
His biggest enemies were the bankers. Furious he'd redraw certain cartoons perfectly acceptable for the masses, he drove Disney Studios near bankruptcy more than once. "Fantasia" was his
worst sin: completed & beautiful, Technicolor just invented, he redrew the ENTIRE movie in color! It made so much money he could finally get rid of them. I want to say Disneyland was also
financed with private investors. The 'banksters' begged him back - no dice. 'Dad' Disney hardly hurt his family's fortune! What a genius!
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Well I can tell you the banksters run that whole show now
Three-strip Techicolor wasn’t “just invented” when Fantasia was created; Disney had first used it in 1932.
I believe Walt Disney would roll over in his grave if he knew what was going on with his company.
I believe you are a member of the cult of Trump.
No, not at all. He would love all the money that Disneyland is making.
@@meowmeow8402 😡How asinine of you to say such a thing! Walt DOESN'T care about money! He never did!
All he cared about was families having fun at his parks! Saying that Walt would love all the money that Disneyland is making is completely ASININE and THOUGHTLESS! Walt Disney said, "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."
He never even thought about making a dime through Disneyland! He was NOT greedy unlike today's CEO!
He would be heartbroken if he knew what they have done to his Disney.
Walt's father was on a working crew building the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It was the fair where Ferris designed and built his Ferris Wheel to compete with the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The coaches were large, glass enclosed. It's said that women swooned and men teared up.
As a child of the 1950's I liked Uncle Walt - some of his films still traumatize me - like "Bambi".
I think the death of Bambi's other terrified more kids than any horror movie. I know it did me.
I can’t watch Bambi. It’s too sad. I also have problems with Dumbo & Rudolph.
@@debbie7505 I can't fathom how the Disney folks thought kids would like such sad, traumatizing things.
@@GaylordBuzzard A rough film in its own way.
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Walt Disney actually planned his use of animated movies instead of live action movies because he knew he'd be able to re-release them every twenty years to an entirely new audience! Genius!
I always adored him and looked up to him. I grew up on Disney movies and family vacations to Disneyland. I think his imagination knew no bounds and his feelings about what would work well for family entertainment were remarkable. He was, imho, no less than a creative genius. Was he a perfect person? No, I'm sure he was not. But I treasure his contributions and what he left behind for all of us to enjoy. Thank you, Walt!
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YES,Thank you, Walt!
The greatest thing a person can know when they die is that they have done something with their life. Thanks Walt Disney for teaching us what it means to stay the child inside!
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Disney is rolling in his grave at the depravity of his company.
I’ve heard some really evil stuff about that company and the land it’s on and much more….if true, we’ve been conned but you know what? The govt is the biggest con…people need to keep waking up
He was a high ranking free mason...
@@annkirby6637 Of course he was
@@annkirby6637 So what
Is he, though?
My Aunt Mary work for Disney land for almost 35 years! Personally knew Walt Disney! She called him uncle Walt she loved the man!!!
Thank you for giving head animator Ub Iwerks rightful credit as the co-creator of Mickey Mouse.
I think this was watered down quite a bit. I read allegations about Walt that were worse than this. But of course this was a family members interpretation. Either way the man is gone and he did leave us with many fine adventures and memories.
So he smoked. EVERYONE did then. and he had a drink at night.... That's all they can say about him as they try to portray those two things as bad.. So sick of todays desire to smear people after they are dead. I think this is done because the people doing the "investigating" are so rotten themselves. Walt Disney was a wonderful, creative, good, hardworking, man and apparently, a wonderful father who adored his children and wife.
Many good times way back when Disney really cared about children. Thank you Mr. Disney. Now Disney has a stain that will stay on them forever. Shameful.
Why is that? Because they support their employees?
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@@Jakesmom917 open your eyes and ears and turn on the decent part of your brain. Children need to not be warped and groomed by evil and harmful things.
@@psw4763 What things are those? Obviously you're offended by something but what exactly?
Me growing up with Disney, got nothing but fantastic memories, even my first words in English were "May I see Walt Disney land on your TV please,
Really hurts that his name is being draged through the dirt, these days,
Thanx for puting out a positive light on the Disney name,
A great man that gave the World like me on a Sunday evening the family watching the Walt Disney show people that work for him by this he may not have praised them but got a bonus so nothing to complain about, then loved his children l still love what is made in his name but loved his introduction every Sunday night.
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The movies are TOO VIOLENT for small children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I live 1 hour away from Disney World in Orlando and when I was a kid my uncle took us kids to Disney in 1971 at night as we stuck in. I have been to Disney World about 12 times throughout my life. It has come very very expensive and given their politics today I will never go back.
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When did you go? The park wasn't officially opened until October of that year. And if you are arguing politics, better check out the meat you eat and the milk you drink, or soda, or alcohol. You might be surprised who supports the food industry
Sad that you give into politics. I live about 90 minutes away. I've lived in Florida since 1975. Only been twice. There are other things to do in Florida that are more interesting.
Walt Disney would Hate what has been done to Disneyland and the Disney Company!!!!
Exactly why? Please no vague answers. List what you think is wrong.
One of my Sheridan College teachers had worked at Disney on some of his animation.
Walt is a wonderful man. I'm glad he was a great dad as well.
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@@FactsVerse you too
Walt hated Commies and wanted em in jail
Walt was a heavy smoker like a lot of people were at that time and did regret it. Credible biographies do not show him as being the way you say to his employees - in fact, he had loyalty for the most part. He hired only the most talented people and many of his artists were foreign and black who dispelled any bad rumors about him years ago & today i.e. Floyd Norman.
He trusted them and they respected him. I remember when it was almost impossible to get a job there because everyone wanted to work in the animation studios and it was his brilliance that attracted them.
Tinker Bells wand is made of HOLLYWOOD 😜
Be it as it may to all the haters commenting, usually without the slightest idea what they are talking about.
Walt's daughter Diana created the Disney Family Museum located at the Presideo of San Francisco. Absolutely fascinating place.
I think He did soo much good for children. Such a shame there that are so many changes in Disney World today! He would never have let that happen! I love all the movies and cartoons he made!❤️🙏
Don't forget that kids are different today as well.
Disney was an American Original--- but not a saint. He was hard on his employees and his politics and cultural mores reflected the attitudes of the times. Considering he has been dead for over 50 years, it is hardly surprising that the company he founded has changed dramatically.
I grew up with Disney shows. Walt Disney created great, family-friendly movies. I loved his weekly TV shows.
Uncle Walt possessed great empathy with the futuristic fantasies of German politicians in the 1930s. When the U.S. Army and the War Department approached him in 1942 to produce propaganda cartoons for soldiers and civilians he gladly obliged. Oh, Uncle Walt, you couldn't make up your mind for a moment, there. I particularly like the Looney Tunes propaganda cartoons - the ones with Daffy are particularly hilarious. Plus Private S.N.A.F.U., always giving away secrets to gorgeous women.
What's up with Song of the South ? I really liked that movie when I was a kid. Can't find it now
Need to release it? Sawcit on film in the school auditorium in the 1970's.Learned a lot. Wish I had a couple more teacher's like Uncle Remus? A few in high school that are gone.Stop the WOKERS-STOKERS? There probably going to destroy the original prints? Worst generation ever the WOKERS-STOKERS have become?
I think he was a great guy, Walt Disney!!! No one is perfect, right?!?! It sounds like he was a very good father, leaving his work behind at the office and devoting his time to his girls when he came home! And maybe to his wife also?! No one knows though totally what goes on behind closed doors… And whatever the daughters were willing to share also… He really contributed a lot to our American society, but also to other societies, as I think Walt Disney has reached out a lot further!?! He was very talented and imaginative and a hard worker, and probably a fair boss, so perhaps he had a hard time giving open or lavish praise to his employees, though he said it in bonuses it sounds like, etc. he probably did not get lavish praise himself when he was growing up it sounds like… so he is A-OK in my books!!! Thank you Mr. Walt Disney for all the joy you brought me and my brothers and sisters and other people!! I so adore the movie, the Beauty and the Beast!!! Plus many others that came before that and after!!! He also had/has wonderful people working for him also I think that carried/-s on the heritage…
I enjoyed your video.
I enjoyed this but you skipped all the really bad accusations and the facts that prove they were not true. Maybe that was deliberate. Sometimes people don’t forget accusations even when the truth is nothing close. Overall, I know how hard making good content is and appreciate your work. Thank you.
I saw Walt while working at Disneyland 57 years Walt would not like how Disneyland is now.respect and dignity does not reside there now more of a sweat shop.
Wouldn't You Say That Walt Disney Looks A Lot Like Walter Pigeon!!!!!
Family feuds. Others withholding Money from other members of the family. Not good. When I heard that Walt Disney had died, I cried. What are we going to do without Walt Disney. It's was sad. His movies were a big part of my growing up life. Watching the Mickey Mouse Club, his movies, his Sunday nite TV show, he narrated. I loved the joy he brought to the world back then. He will always have place in my heart. I also bought that PBS American Experience Docu about Walt Disney, some years ago. People sometimes alot different behind closed doors. But I always remember Walt Disney, by his animated movies, Disneyland, TV show, etc.. just good things. ❤
I lived in Santa Barbara in 1955, I was at the opening on that special day. I remember the first ride I went on was the tea cups. I got a blister from turning the cups from a wheel inside the tea cup. Disneyland was where our grad nite went, along with thousands of other kids from schools around Southern California. I remember the parking lot was solid yellow school buses. It was the place to take girls on dates. I betcha I've been there 15 times, easy.
Started going to Disneyland when it was still in an orange grove. You could park at the gate and walk in. Saw Mr. Disney many times because he hung around the fire station, where his office was and in the nearby restaurants, and could not have been nicer to all of us local kids gathered around him, as well as tourists visiting. He always gave out autographs and posed for pictures. He loved watching families enjoying the park. Only the top students from high school were chosen to work there as seniors (I think they also had to be 18) and they all LOVED IT and adored Mr. Disney. Most of them went on to retire from Disney, as did their fathers before them, because it was known as one of the best jobs in SoCal back then. Unfortunately, today he would be horrified over what his creation has become - a moneygrubbing woke nightmare.
After Walt dead his wife and daughters made a lot to honor his legacy
I suggest a video on Rod Serling he had Hollywood good looks but decided to be a writer and producer. His daughter I think has a book about her father.
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In my life Disney as been a positive force and the majority of what I've heard about and seen of Walt has been exceptional. The only Disney whom I've seen portrayed them self in a bad light is Roy. Is a documentary he seemed very narcissistic. But rather than buy into it or let it change my views of the negative, I keep to the goals Walt had. (Not like anything similar to some scandals like Michael Jackson or Bill Cosby). Looking forward to the next Disney movie.
7th Day Sabbath Rest he did not honor, but, hypnotized our mines with fiction and tv ........ witches and warlocks cast spells on our children
Colossians 2:16 (KJV) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:
I remember the sad day Walt Disney passed away. I don’t remember many days that way. He was the mentor of my childhood, and I will never forget all the Sunday nights in front of the Tv waitng for Tinkerbell and the magic to begin. Don’t ever try to pry innocence away from children. Nothing worse can ever happen to them.
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Sney
THX!!!
Rest in powerful peace Walter Elias Disney 🙏
5 December 1901 ~
15 December 1966⚘
Thank you for sharing your message to Walt. May he find peace 💕
He was hillarious on What's My Line!
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Thank you Walt for CalArts! 🥸
Hard worker!!! Separated family life from work!!!... Today's world... Work.... What's that, let's just all sit home and collect gov money!! Family life... Well while we sit at home we'll let the same gov destroy the family!!
Naaa... I'd gladly go back to those days as far as those 2 things are concerned.
The BEST thing any person can do for themselves is WORK!!!!!!
Amen!
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Do you know how many people have been worked till their body was crippled because of greedy employers? I suggest you shut your mouth.
Okay,but why did Micky Mouse wear pants and Donald Duck wore a sailers uniform/top and no pants? And how is it that Goofy can talk and Pluto was just a dog? I think the Matrix simulation is real.
I wanted to be a mousekateer. They were so kind to each other on TV.
Walt Disney was a 33rd° Mason, Need I say more.
That's what I've been telling people 👍🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️👍👍👍
This guy didn't even mention his exclusive Club 33. It still exists and I heard Lady Gaga paid big bucks to be a member of said club. Nor the naughty porn bits found in some of his animation films. There is more to WD, then meets the eyes. Not so noble.
@@lilliancenteno6272 I heard that Lilian centeno is a pseudonym for Putin and Hitler.
More to Centeno than meets the eye. (trying to be as good at fabrication as you are. How am I doing?
🙄You still believe in that BS rumor? Jeez! It's a rumor! There's NO proof whatsoever that he was a 33rd Mason!
@@cliffa2901 😡Well, you were telling them WRONG!!! STOP believing in rumors!
I watched another video about Walt Disney and I guess, based upon numerous anecdotes, he was quite racist. He refused to hire dark-skinned people of any variety - African-American, Indian, etc. It was kind of disappointing.
That is not true...ever hear of the Song of the South...many black voice actors were employed by Disney. For some reason people decided all of these characters were racist depictions and banned many of these.
Nowadays I would not dared to bring my children there, is disgusting what they’re doing. Walt must be rolling in his grave 🫣
Walt Disney was a shrewd businessman with big visions. Yes, sometimes, especially in the early days he took big chances with the company in a financial sense, but like many successful people realized that success usually comes with taking chances. From what I have read he was mostly difficult and demanding as a boss but that is typical of successful people.
0:16 he looks like Vincent Price in this shot
I think Walt Disney is rolling over in his grave. As a baby boomer I grew up with Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color and the Mickey Mouse Club. Looking back I realized Walt Disney was a phenomenon!! He made Sunday night, the least likely night, that school childen waited for the whole weekend. We came home from school Mon thu Fri for the Mickey Mouse Club but Sunday was the Magic. Only 2 shows were in color when it first came to TVs, Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color followed by Bonanza on Sunday night. Best night of the week even tho we had school the next day.
disney is now gay propaganda,,walt would b pissed
I agree
I did read that he was a perfectionist and demanded that his workers work long hours to get the results he wanted. You can see that in a movie that was made about filming Mary Poppins. But his early movies were so good! I took my daughter to see Mary Poppins when she was five. It’s a long movie but she loved it. As far as I’m concerned the recent movies I’ve heard about aren’t that good. I sincerely hope that Disney loses money until they focus on the clever and family friendly movies he began with.
Amazing story, man.
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Who amongst us is a saint?
Walt was a great icon to me. He sounds rather odd though. Its that compartmentalization and spoiling those kids so that inheritance fiasco happened. He looked as though he had problems dealing forthrightly with anyone personally. I m amazed he married. I wonder about his childhood!
I always thought he would help anybody, no matter what. Good cleacut movies, etc. Definitely a fascinating man. This presentation was PHENOMENA, and so interesting. Thank you for all the hard work and research you kindly did do make this available. I wonder if he ever met Lucille Ball. Another one of favorites. God's Blessings to you and your family.👍👍👍👍 my message is coming from upstate NY (about 30 minutes from Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall ⚾️f Fame. Stay safe in this crazy world.
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It's really sad that Disney is not in the hands of his family. I'm not sure why he didn't leave 100% to them.
...I get this, trying to make out he was some kind of evil, for what?...likes..., he was a good husband and father, and he sometimes could be testy in his later years, but he was sick already and in constant pain...but he loved children and wanted peace and love like all humans should, he was a must watch every Sunday, I vividly remember the first time I saw color TV for the first time, and and it was Walt Disney, I don't remember the episode, its a very happy memory from my childhood in the 60s....
That's sorry as hell when you try to screw the grandkids out of their inheritance.
Dont know his real personal life. He mad millions of children happy including myself from the 1950"s till today. let him rest in peace...
From Disney to Groomer+
Walt Disney was everything right about America !!
I pray and hope that one day that my family and I will go to Disneyworld or Disneyland
Walt Disney wasn't anti-semit, racist, or sexist. These accusations came from a book that has been so discredited it shouldn't be referenced. However, the wonderful Meryl Streep thought she should run with fake facts and attack Walt a few years ago. Now everyone has decided to follow what a popular celebrity said instead of actually doing research. The truth of the matter is that Walt hired, and worked very closely, with Jews, such as the Sherman Brothers, African Americans, like Floyd Norman, and women, like Mary Blair. He was a wonderful man who was a workaholic, perfectionist, and smoker. History gets messed up when you take someone else's word for something.... Like Meryl Streep did. 😅
You rather glossed over Walt Disney's back story between WW-1 and 1927's contract with Universal for Mickey Mouse in California. Walt had a period in Kansas City, MO from 1920 that included the Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists and Laugh-O-Gram Film Studios (LOGF). Before Mickey, Walt had created a character known as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walt was only 20 years old when he incorporated LOGF, which only lasted for a few years and ended with "Alice's Wonderland" in raw form. It wasn't until after the loss of copyright to the character of Oswald that "Steamboat Willie" introduced the public to Mickey (originally Mortimer) Mouse.
He meant well. What it turned into these later years would not please him, I am sure. But, who knows...
So where does the remaining millions go if not to grandchildren???
He was the only dishonorably discharged man who did any good
Really? When was Disney in the military? Oh, I'll make it simple for you. Never. So he wasn't discharged at all. Wikipedia: "In mid-1918, he attempted to join the United States Army to fight the Germans, but he was rejected as too young. After forging the date of birth on his birth certificate, he joined the Red Cross in September 1918 as an ambulance driver. He was shipped to France but arrived in November, after the armistice."
RIP Disney Company 100 Years
1923 - 2023