Sue, Concord, California

How fun that must have been! Those conversations were live and no copies were kept (this was before the days when video recording became widely available).

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Dennis, Buena Park, California

The reprint of the book is labeled “Originally published in a slightly different form by Simon & Schuster, Inc., in 1955.” Evidently some minor changes were made by the publisher.

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Remembering Carson Van Osten

Disney Legend Carson Van Osten—who began his Disney career as an illustrator and who would, over the next 45 years, hold a variety of creative positions at Disney Consumer Products and the Disney Publishing Group—passed away on December 22. He arrived at Walt Disney Productions in 1970, beginning as an illustrator of Mickey Mouse comic …

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Amanda, Corona, California

It was probably a reference to the well-known 1941 novel by James Cain. The novel was later made into a movie and a television mini-series.

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Ethan, Jamaica, New York

Thurl Ravenscroft is the only one of the Mellomen to be filmed as one of the singing busts in the Haunted Mansion. The other four busts are Verne Rowe, Chuck Schroeder, Jay Meyer, and Bob Ebright. The men who did the singing were the ones that were filmed.

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Marty, Diamondhead, Mississippi

Many Disney films, including early live-action classics and several True-Life Adventures, are available through the digital app and website Disney Movies Anywhere.

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Theresa, San Diego, California

The Walt Disney Archives does not have a lot of early photographs of the Disneyland Hotel, because initially it was owned by Jack Wrather, not Disney. Perhaps you can get some help from Don Ballard’s heavily-illustrated books on the history of the hotel.

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Jaxon, Salt Lake City, Utah

The two riverboats are not the same. The Admiral Joe Fowler at Walt Disney World reached the end of its useful life and was removed from service and dismantled.

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