Tomorrow Society

108. Garner Holt on Creating Animatronics for Fantasmic!, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Knotts Berry Farm

06.29.2020 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

Garner Holt Productions is the top producer of audio-animatronics and other figures for theme parks, including Disneyland.

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Garner Holt doesn’t work at Walt Disney Imagineering, but his company has played a key role in creating many of Disney’s most popular attractions. Garner Holt Productions is the leader in building animatronics and other figures at theme parks, including Disneyland.… Read more...

107. Former Imagineer Tom K. Morris on the Early Days of WED Enterprises

06.22.2020 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

The Matterhorn was one of the early projects for WED in the late 1950s.

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There is so much history to uncover about Disney’s theme parks, especially the more distant past. We’ve heard many of the stories about the work of the Imagineers at WED on the 1964 World’s Fair, Walt Disney World, and beyond.… Read more...

Disney’s Weird Pinocchio Adaptation

06.19.2020 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

The puppet named Pinocchio becomes a real boy in the 1940 film from Disney.

Pinocchio still feels like an unlikely choice for a Disney picture. Released in February 1940, this adaptation of the novel by Carlo Collodi was more than double the cost of its predecessor. Unfortunately, it didn’t come close to the financial success.… Read more...