Disney Legends Alice and Marc Davis Walt Disney considered Marc Davis, one of his core animation team of “nine old men”! Not only an animator, Marc designed many characters such as Cruella De Vil and Tinker Bell, before moving on to WED, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, where he designed many of the scenes for classic Disneyland attractions such as it’s a small world, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise. http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/interview...
Sep 19, 2018•38 min
Tim Conway Tim Conway is not only a Hollywood Legend, but a comic genius. His work ranges from starring in the classic television series’ “McHale’s Navy,” and “The Carol Burnett Show” to playing the voice of Barnacle Boy on the animated series “Spongebob Squarepants.” He also appeared in a number of Disney films including, “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” “The Apple Dumpling Gang,” “The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again,” “Gus,” and “The Shaggy D.A.” http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/201...
Mar 13, 2018•17 min
Two Disney Legends: Marc & Alice Davis I’m so excited to share this interview with you, despite it’s poor quality. A 1997 conversation with the amazing Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s “nine old men”! Walt was so fond of Marc, whose work includes everything from designing characters such as Cruella De Vil and Tinker Bell to designing story and character concepts for such Disneyland attractions as it’s a small world, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise, Marc was a majo...
Feb 25, 2018•25 min
Disneyland entertainers Jim Adams and Don Payne Jim Adams and Don Payne entertained thousands of guests at Disneyland and toured the country for Disney in the 1970s. Together and individually Jim and Don were involved in performing, writing and directing many of Disneyland’s events such as “The Baby Animal Show” at Carnation Plaza Gardens, the “Fun with Music” show at the Fantasyland Theater, “The Great Annual Easter Walking Race” and much more. Jim and Don both also starred in Disneyland’s hist...
Feb 06, 2017•31 min
Kathleen after being named Disneyland Ambassador 1993 Kathleen Mitts Micalizzi was the 1993 Disneyland Ambassador to the World. (More photos and audio index below) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/interview-Kathleen-Mitts-Micalizzi.mp3 As part of the press, we were notified moments before the winner was announced so we could focus in on her Kathleen and Pluto in the Hollywood Christmas Parade Kathleen in the 1993 Tournament of Roses parade Kathleen in the Space Mountain attra...
Dec 13, 2016•17 min
Ron Logan at the Disney Legends ceremony From trumpet playing in the 1958 Christmas parade at Disneyland, Ron Logan climbed the ladder to become the executive vice president, executive producer of Walt Disney Entertainment, responsible for all the live entertainment in the entire company. (Audio index and more photos below) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/interview-Ron-Logan.mp3 Ron Logan, Betty Taylor and Dennis Despie at the final performance of the Golden Horseshoe Revue ...
Nov 08, 2016•44 min
Disney photographer Gary Krueger Gary has been a photographer for Disney since 1967, photographing all of Disney’s theme parks here and abroad, including the grand opening of Walt Disney World and the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Euro Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland and the Disney Cruise Line and events such as many of Disney’s movie premieres including Lion King in London and New York, Pocahontas in Central Park, two Pirates of the Caribbean movies at Disn...
Oct 22, 2016•23 min
Actor Gary Dubin Actor Gary Dubin began his acting career at the age of six, and went on to appear in numerous movies and television series, including a recurring role as Punky Lazaar in “The Partridge Family,” and voicing the character of kitten Toulouse in the 1970 Disney animated feature “The Aristocats” (More photos below) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/interview-Gary-Dubin.mp3 Gary appears in an episode of Adam 12 Close-up of Gary in Adam 12 Gary recording the voice of...
Oct 14, 2016•7 min
Jack Gladish, working on “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” for the World’s Fair Jack Gladish started his Disney career as a precision camera machinist, working on classic animated films, and he later became an engineer working on attractions for Disneyland and Disney’s exhibits at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and eventually for the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Some of the projects Jack was involved with throughout the years include Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, the Carousel of Progress...
Sep 01, 2016•5 min
Jay Meyer in Disneyland’s Golden Horseshoe As a singer, Jay Meyer has appeared in countless performances on television, movies and stage. He was a regular singer with the Ray Conniff singers, in the “Top Twenty” choir on the Tennessee Ernie Ford television show, and with the Sportsmen Quartet in the Phil Silvers and Alice Faye show and the Jack Benny show, first on radio, then on television. Jay sang in the chorus on such movies as “Mary Poppins,” “The Sound of Music,” “Annie get your Gun,” “It’...
Aug 08, 2016•14 min
Don Dorsey and Sadie Mae, the band organ heard in America on Parade (1976) Enjoy these Electrical Parade facts and other Disney entertainment history! ATTENTION FACEBOOK USERS: Although my Facebook page makes no profit, Facebook wants “fan pages” to pay to be seen, so please follow my private Mouse Clubhouse Facebook page so you won’t miss a thing at https://www.facebook.com/groups/mouseclubhouse/ Don Dorsey is a musician, director, producer, and audio engineer whose work for Disney includes eve...
Aug 01, 2016•33 min
Larry Billman wrote and/or director hundreds of Disney live productions worldwide Larry Billman began his career as a performer on stage, screen and television before becoming a Writer/Director of Disney Resort live entertainment worldwide. For over 40 years he was involved in the production of hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. Among those shows, Larry wrote the Hoop de Doo Revue, one of the longest running dinner shows in American his...
Aug 01, 2016•44 min
X Atencio with a replica of the Jolly Roger that he provides the voice for and wrote the dialogue for X Atencio began his Disney career in 1938 in animation, working as an assistant animator on “Pinocchio.” He went on to write dialogue for attractions such as the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Submarine Voyage in Disneyland and El Rio del Tiempo in Epcot, among others. X also wrote songs for many of the attractions he worked on including “Grim Grinning Ghosts” for the Haunted Mansion...
Jul 08, 2016•37 min
Lee Fugal in the same 1965 Mustang he drove each day to Disneyland Lee Fugal was the preshow entertainment for Disneyland’s historical “Golden Horseshoe Revue. ” He would play the piano, banjo, trumpet and trombone and even play some of those simultaneously. You can see Lee in action at his website at http://www.leefugal.com (See more photos below.) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/interview-Lee-Fugal.mp3 AUDIO INDEX 1:27 Lee’s start at Disneyland; Driving to California and u...
Mar 17, 2016
1994 Disney Legends Ceremony, after putting his handprints in cement Jack Lindquist was involved in the opening of Walt Disney World, but he started as Disneyland’s first advertising manager, beginning in 1955. He continued with the company in marketing for Disneyland. Walt Disney World and international Disney resorts. His many accomplishments include the creation of the Disneyland Ambassador program, the creation of the Walt Disney Travel Company, the international waters ceremony for the open...
Feb 29, 2016
During the Disney employee Christmas parties which were held at Disneyland, you never knew who might be working or where they’d be. I took this photo in 1993 when Jack Lindquist was driving passengers on a Main Street vehicle. The party hadn’t started and Jack was just sitting in the vehicle waiting. I was in, since I was also going to work on an attraction and I asked him for a ride. This was the first time I got to talk with Jack, being driven by him up and down Main Street in Disneyland. Jack...
Feb 28, 2016
Disneyland/Disney world talent booker Sonny Anderson on Main Street Sonny Anderson was a legendary award-winning talent booker in the music industry, and was much loved as the director of talent booking for Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He began his career with Disneyland playing drums in the Disneyland band in 1956. http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/interview-Sonny-Anderson.mp3 AUDIO INDEX 1:07 Director of talent booking for Disneyland, Stan Freese, describes Sonny Anders...
Jan 26, 2016
Peter Marshall Peter Marshall is a big band singer, television and radio host including “Hollywood Squares” and “Big Bands at Disneyland.” As an actor he’s appeared in both television and film, and in the feature film, “Annie,” he sings, “You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile.” He’s appeared in a number of stage musicals, such as The Music Man, La Cage aux Folles, and Skyscraper on Broadway. ( Be sure to see all the photos below .) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/interv...
Jan 07, 2016
Walt Disney Imagineer of 40 years, Orlando Ferrante Orlando Ferrante started working at Disneyland in 1962, and for the next 40 years continued in the planning of Disneyland projects, as well as Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and the Disney Cruise Line. (See photos and audio index below) http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/interview-Orlando-Ferrante.mp3 Orlando Ferrante football card from his days with the San Diego Chargers Four Disney Legends, all of who...
Jan 04, 2016•36 min
Jack in the 1943 film “Best Foot Forward” Jack Lindquist appeared in the Our Gang comedies and movies such as “Best Foot Forward” before becoming Disneyland’s first advertising manager, beginning in 1955. He continued with the company in marketing for Disneyland. Walt Disney World and international Disney resorts. His many accomplishments include the creation of the Disneyland Ambassador program, the creation of the Walt Disney Travel Company, the international waters ceremony for the opening of...
Jan 03, 2016
Blaine Gibson began his Disney career in animation in 1939, and worked on some of Disney’s early classic features, animated shorts and even military films during World War II. Eventually Blaine began sculpting for Disney, creating the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean, ghosts in the Haunted Mansion, Abraham Lincoln for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, all the president before Barrack Obama for Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom, Mark Twain and others for the American Adventure in Epcot, an...
Dec 01, 2015
Barry Lane worked at Disneyland in the 1960s, when Walt Disney would still wander the parks, and was a tour guide there, one of the last male tour guides for many years to follow. Barry also was a skipper on the Jungle Cruise and worked in Disneyland’s historic Golden Horseshoe Revue! http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/interview-Barry-Lane.mp3 AUDIO INDEX :59 Barry Lane’s start with Disneyland; Interviewed and was hired as a tour guide; Barry begin in April 1960, and was the la...
Nov 28, 2015
Here’s two interviews tangled together in one… Zachary Levi, the voice of Flynn Rider, and Mandy Moore, the voice of Rapunzel. Enjoy the photos below and as always, see the Audio Index. Interview with Zachary Levi, voice of Flynn Rider and Mandy Moore, voice of Rapunzel in Disney’s Tangled http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/interview-Zachary-Levi-Mandy-Moore.mp3 “I See the Light” scene from Disney’s Tangled Zachary Levi recording for Disney’s Tangled Mandy Moore and Alan Menken...
Nov 07, 2015
1966 Disneyland Ambassador to the World, Connie Swanson Lane http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/interview-Connie-Swanson-Lane.mp3 Connie Swanson Lane worked at Disneyland in the 1960s as a tour guide, VIP hostess, and she was the 1966 Disneyland Ambassador to the World. As Ambassador, Connie traveled both locally and abroad, bringing brought the joy of Disneyland around the world. She was involved in many historic Disneyland events, such as the grand openings of New Orleans Squ...
Oct 16, 2015•35 min
Don Dorsey is a musician, director, producer, and audio engineer whose work for Disney includes everything from musical performances and arrangements to sound design to complete show design and direction for several Disney parks. Don started his long-lasting relationship with Disney in 1975 and for the first 17 years served as the main audio recording and post-production engineer for the Entertainment Division of the Disneyland Park, manning console knobs and faders for recording sessions with M...
Oct 03, 2015
Scott Weinger is a television actor and writer, probably best known for his role as Steve Hale on the TV series “Full House.” Although he wasn’t seen onscreen, another of his most famous roles was providing the voice of the title character in Disney’s animated feature, “Aladdin.” http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/interview-Scott-Weinger.mp3 AUDIO INDEX: 2:13 Working on the Disney Studios lot as a writer for ABC shows 3:14 Auditioning for Aladdin 4:30 Working with Robin William...
Sep 29, 2015
Alan Menken is an Academy Award winning composer who has written the music for films including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Tangled, amongst many others. Alan Menken with poster for “Tangled” http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/interview-Alan-Menken.mp3 AUDIO INDEX 1:03 Working on Tangled 3:32 Working with different lyricists; Aladdin stage version with outtake songs; the original intent of the Aladdin movie 5:40 Alan’s input in the music and working wit...
Aug 13, 2015
I hope you enjoy these excerpts from interviews I did with people who were at Disneyland on its opening day on July 17, 1955. Don’t miss any of my interviews. Send an email and let me know you want to be on my email list! http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/interview-Disneyland-opening-day.mp3 AUDIO INDEX 1:26 Harriet Burns, of the Imagineering model shop, talks about having to be at various positions in Disneyland on its opening day; Crowds and counterfeit tickets and heat; Mel...
Jul 17, 2015
by Scott Wolf Blaine Gibson at the Walt Disney Studios, 1993 Blaine Gibson began his Disney career as an inbetweener on a Pluto cartoon short film “Bone Trouble,” and then on “Fantasia” and “Pinocchio” and as an assistant animator on“Bambi.” Blaine eventually began sculpting for Disney, creating the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean, ghosts in the Haunted Mansion, Abraham Lincoln for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, all the president before Barrack Obama for Hall of Presidents in the Magic King...
Jul 06, 2015
Jeff Hoffman was responsible for the Disney Legends Awards for more than two decades http://mouseclubhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/interview-Jeff-Hoffman-Disney-Legends.mp3 Jeff Hoffman’s began his Disney career selling merchandise at Disneyland shop and ultimately becoming vice president of Disney Worldwide Outreach. He was largely responsible for the Disney Legends Awards for more than two decades. (See below for more photos and audio index) This beautiful Disney Legends Award belongs t...
Jun 06, 2015
