I'm not religious and I'm certainly not trying to push religion on anyone, but here's an article from the Catholic News Service, which appeared locally in
The Catholic Review (my mom showed me the article!) It's a brief piece on voice actor Jim Cummings who we all know as Tigger AND Pooh as well as Darkwing Duck, Pete, Monterey Jack, the guard from
Aladdin and about 100 other Disney characters. This article doesn't offer much, but it's always nice to see one of the behind the scenes guys get the spotlight...
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here to read the article in text form or click the article below to enlarge.
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Going back to my list of WDW memories again, I had listed the voice of Jack Wagner on the monorail system as one of the things I miss when visiting Walt Disney World. If you've never heard Jack Wagner's work, or you don't remember it - we'll fix that in a moment. Mr. Wagner served as the official announcer for Disneyland beginning in the 1970's. He could also be heard doing announcements at Walt Disney World. He was named a Disney Legend in 2005 but had a rich career that stretched outside the Walt Disney Company. You can read his official Disney Legends bio here. There is also a nice list of his voice over credits over at Wikipedia. And then there is this nice little video that I found on Youtube. It features plenty of photographs, old and new, of the Walt Disney World monorail system with an early 80's Jack Wagner spiel for audio. Enjoy:
At Disney's All-Star Movies Resort, the walkways around the 101 Dalmatians buildings are covered with various bones and doggie treats. The multi-colored bones are provided courtesy of Kanine Krunchies, the official sponsor of the dalmatian puppies favorite television program Thunderbolt.
