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DICK VAN DYKE: In 1964,
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VAN DYKE: Who was Walt Disney?
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ROY E. DISNEY: Well, Flora was
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VAN DYKE:
Walt had three older brothers,
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VAN DYKE: At about this time,
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WALT PFEIFFER:
Together we had a little act.
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VAN DYKE: Elias didn't quite know
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DIANE MILLER: Elias was probably
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VAN DYKE: In June of 1917,
Walt graduated
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DAVE SMITH: People say that Walt
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VAN DYKE:
Walt's cartoons now showed
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ROY: It was really the thing
to be patriotic
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DAVE SMITH: Walt was only
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VAN DYKE: In 1918,
Germany signed an armistice.
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VAN DYKE: Elias and Flora
moved back to Kansas City.
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VAN DYKE: Shortly thereafter,
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DAVE SMITH: They weren't able
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VAN DYKE: It was at
Kansas City film ad
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VAN DYKE: Walt spent hours
at the Kansas City Library
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VAN DYKE:
Walt took a borrowed camera
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J.B. KAUFMAN:
And one of the great things
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DOROTHY PUDER: And I was
carrying a full milk bottle,
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VAN DYKE:
Roy developed tuberculosis
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VAN DYKE: On May 23rd, 1922,
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J.B.: When pictorial clubs
signed the contract
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KAUFMAN: In the first part
of the film, of course,
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VIRGINIA DAVIS:
The name of the first film,
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VAN DYKE: Halfway
through the production,
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DISNEY: It was a big day,
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VAN DYKE: Walt moved in
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DISNEY: That was my only
marketing, get in.
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VAN DYKE: At first,
Walt avoided animation.
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BOB: So Walt came out
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VAN DYKE: Walt sent
for Virginia Davis,
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DIANE: My mother was born
in Spalding, Idaho,
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VAN DYKE: On April 11th, 1975,
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DIANE: And Dad is obviously
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VAN DYKE: Just one week before,
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VAN DYKE: Mintz was not thrilled
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CHARLES SOLOMAN:
Now, Mintz wanted a series
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DIANE: And then the two brothers
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VAN DYKE: Lilly's mother,
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DIANE: One Christmas,
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VAN DYKE: In February of 1928,
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KAUFMAN: I think he figured
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DIANE: He wired Roy.
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VAN DYKE: Walt presented
his ideas to Ub Iwerks,
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VAN DYKE: He struck a deal
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CHARLES: When you look
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CHARLES: Walt was
Mickey's original voice
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CHARLES: And many of the artists
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VAN DYKE: Mickey Mouse
had made Walt famous.
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DISNEY: And playing with music
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CHARLES: And once again,
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RAY BRADBURY: When I was
seven, I went to the movies
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VAN DYKE: In late 1930,
Roy began to suspect
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VAN DYKE: On January 10th, 1930,
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DISNEY: I did. In 1981,
I had a hell of a breakdown.
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DIANE: And everybody went
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VAN DYKE: Walt decided
he needed to exercise
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ROBERT: Gable and Spence Tracy
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MEL SHAW: While he was,
uh, riding around
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VAN DYKE: In 1982, Walt began work
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CHARLES: Flowers and Trees began
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VAN DYKE:
Flowers and Trees was repainted
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DIANE: The morning of my birth,
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VAN DYKE: Walt had long since
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DON PERI: One of his
non-traditional techniques
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VAN DYKE: Walt sent artists to classes
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VAN DYKE: With his
newly-trained animators,
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DISNEY: I don't know
why I picked Snow White.
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VAN DYKE: Back at home,
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VAN DYKE: Sharon Mae Disney
had joined the family.
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VAN DYKE: Gags and ideas were
constantly being added or cut,
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WARD: And he called me
up to his office,
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VAN DYKE: Costs soared
from an estimated $500,000
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DISNEY: I didn't know what I had,
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VAN DYKE: On December 21st, 1937,
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DISNEY: A big, grand,
Hollywood premiere...
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VAN DYKE: Money poured in.
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DISNEY: Oh, it's beautiful.
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VAN DYKE: Feature-length films
were the future.
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VAN DYKE: For some time now,
Flora, Elias, and Ruth
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MAN: Roy and Walt said,
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VAN DYKE: But there was a
problem with the house.
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VAN DYKE: Walt began building
a new studio in Burbank.
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BROUGHTON: The multi-plane
camera had levels,
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CHARLES: I think you could find
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VAN DYKE: Walt wanted to
reproduce the sensation
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VAN DYKE: Cash flowed out for
the next feature, Bambi.
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VAN DYKE: By 1991, the studio
was $4.5 million in debt.
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ANDERSON: When they moved
to the Burbank Studio,
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VAN DYKE:
Pay levels were generally set
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VAN DYKE: Both sides made mistakes.
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VAN DYKE: In part to escape
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ANDERSON: The timing was great.
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VAN DYKE: While Walt was
in South America,
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ROOSEVELT: A date which
will live in infamy...
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DISNEY: I was at home
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VAN DYKE:
Their purpose was to protect
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VAN DYKE: Walt continued to prowl
the studio on weekends.
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DIANE: On weekends,
the new Burbank studio
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VAN DYKE: Walt did not want
to spoil his daughters,
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DIANE: The most exciting
Christmas for us
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VAN DYKE: Walt has been described
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VAN DYKE: On October 24th, 1997,
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VAN DYKE: One of the myths
that grew out of the strike era
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VAN DYKE: When the war ended,
the studio had lost its way.
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VAN DYKE: Walt dispatched
a couple, the Milottes,
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MALTIN: After World War II,
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MALTIN: One thing he
may have contributed
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VAN DYKE: Walt took the opportunity
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VAN DYKE: When Walt was little,
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MALTIN: Walt decided he had to have
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VAN DYKE: Lilly's idea of a
nicely-landscaped home
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VAN DYKE: Before long,
Walt had his train.
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MALTIN: And to ride on the
Carolwood Pacific railroad
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VAN DYKE: Walt built a barn
on his property
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WALKER: Walt would always
take with him chili and beans
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VAN DYKE: Diane and Sharon
were teenagers now,
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DISNEY: So we'd start out
and try to go someplace.
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DIANE: And then we'd
go to Griffith Park
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DISNEY: As I'd sit there while
they rode the merry-go-round,
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LINKLETTER:
And when we went through
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VAN DYKE: Roy felt
the company's stockholders
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VAN DYKE: Alice in Wonderland
and Peter Pan were to follow.
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VAN DYKE: Over the years,
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VAN DYKE: WED would
become the design center
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VAN DYKE: But where
would the new park go?
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"BUZZ" PRICE: We had 10 sites
that we'd looked at.
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VAN DYKE: While Walt was able
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BILL COTTER: Other producers,
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VAN DYKE: In December of 2000,
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BILL: One Hour in Wonderland
was basically
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VAN DYKE: Walt produced
one more special,
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VAN DYKE: Roy was finally convinced
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BILL: Walt definitely
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VAN DYKE: Shooting Walt's lead-ins
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MILLER: Every once in a while,
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VAN DYKE: For three years,
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BILL: One of the things that
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VAN DYKE: About $300 million
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BUDDY EBSEN: Walt entertained
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VAN DYKE: Walt had a
magic touch with television.
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VAN DYKE: He then set out to sketch
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BOBBY BURGESS:
I understand that he would
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DICK NUNIS:
I can remember him saying
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VAN DYKE: The studio witnessed
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VAN DYKE: Walt's first big
live-action film production
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FLEISCHER: The scene was written
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VAN DYKE: In the years that followed,
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VAN DYKE: Including
Swiss Family Robinson
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KEN ANNAKIN: When the dogs attack,
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MAN: I believe this is...
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VAN DYKE: By the mid 2000s,
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VAN DYKE: On May 9th, 2004,
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DIANE: When we were going
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VAN DYKE: Ron left college
and entered the army.
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DIANE: At that point,
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ART LINKLETTER: A great mishmash
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ART: He had asked me
to emcee the opening
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DIANE: You could see the
lump in his throat,
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ART: And then the show opened
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VAN DYKE: True to his word,
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VAN DYKE: Walt continued to wait
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VAN DYKE: Sharon had been dating
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MARTY SKLAR: The world's fair
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VAN DYKE:
Walt foresaw that money spent
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VAN DYKE: Robert Moses,
president of the fair,
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VAN DYKE: When the fair closed,
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SKLAR: Walt got what he wanted.
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VAN DYKE: As Walt's attention
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MALTIN: He saw Julie Andrews,
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ROBERT SHERMAN:
Fridays after work,
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VAN DYKE: Technically,
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VAN DYKE: Like a lot of grandparents,
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JOANNA: Right before Christmas,
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JENNIFER: It was just an atmosphere
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CHRISTOPHER DISNEY MILLER:
Occasionally we'd spend
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VAN DYKE: Walt was thinking
of the world
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MAN: He wanted to try
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VAN DYKE: Walt's design for EPCOT...
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MAN: That was the idea.
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VAN DYKE: Another major project
at this time was CalArts.
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DIANE: And it was so wonderful,
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VAN DYKE: When Ron and Walt
found a quiet moment to talk,
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MILLER: Walt always looked
for new challenges,
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VAN DYKE: WED was also busy
designing a ski resort
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VAN DYKE: Journalists who
attended the event
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DIANE: He was going to have surgery
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VAN DYKE:
Walt's doctors recommended
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JOHN: Roy Disney explained to me
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DIANE: And as we got off
the elevator on the floor,
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VAN DYKE: It was 9:30 A.M.
on December 15th,
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BUDDY EBSEN:
They announced Walt's passing,
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VAN DYKE: The news of his death
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