Mar 2, 2024
It's WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault
Disney, as we devote March 2024 to movies, featurettes and/or TV
specials produced by Walt Disney Productions during that odd,
awkward inbetween time from 1968-1984, after Walt died but before
Eisner took over! And for our first episode of What Would Walt Have
Done? Month, we're joined by the man who literally wrote the
soon-to-be-released book on that era, Meet the Robinsons director
Stephen Anderson! And for our topic, the randomizer goes all the
way back to 1977, the summer when Star Wars had the unmitigated
audacity to dominate the box office 35 years before Disney owned
it. The only competition Disney had that summer was a Herbie sequel
and an animated talking mice movie, so the Disney execs thought
"Hey, y'know what Walt would've done? He would've paired the
animated talking mice movie with 48 minutes of documentary-style
footage of a bear and a raccoon in the woods just kinda wandering
around, narrated by an obscure country singer who, for thoroughly
unclear reasons, is named 'Mayf Nutter.' That'll steer audiences
away from Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star for sure!" Are
you starting to understand why Disney struggled in the 70s? Join
Tony Goldmark, Stephen Anderson, David Ganssle and Luke Ski as they
chase A TALE OF TWO CRITTERS!
Pre-order Stephen's new book!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986
Here's that "bear and bees" video we were talking about btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehm7q6uTtsA
Check out my guests' stuff!
STEPHEN ANDERSON
Website: https://www.stevehatguy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevehatguy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevehatguy
DAVID GANSSLE
Website: https://doggans.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doggans87
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/doggans
LUKE SKI
Portfolio: https://www.luke.ski
Bandcamp: https://lukeski.bandcamp.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegreatlukeski
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