tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020038600161328599.post4212625100386072972..comments2009-11-27T11:18:48.987-08:00Paul F. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391658817587959830noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020038600161328599.post-26343212039096760832009-11-27T09:23:15.814-08:002009-11-27T09:23:15.814-08:00Pure gold! Imagine that moment of Walt talking to Marilyn... but that last quote made me sad. And curious; I think I read somewhere that Walt, far from being confident of reaching old age, was superstitious and afraid of dying early (no idea how accurate this recollection of mine is). Anyway, don't we all wish he'd lived another couple of decades?welcome_to_my_deathlisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062938312942292464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020038600161328599.post-85296049246916412772009-11-24T22:56:34.895-08:002009-11-24T22:56:34.895-08:00Thank you for your kind words. I agree, it has always been one of my favorite things to speculate about. I too have wondered what another ten years of Walt would have brought. In the EPCOT essay I wrote for the Disney Family's CD-Rom on Walt, I speculated a bit. In the sixties we literally see Walt moving from entertainer extraordinaire to a social and cultural innovator. History emphatically shows us that it only takes one person to come along and completely change the course of history (Jesus Christ, Martin Luther, Thomas Jefferson, and on). Who is to say that Walt's Utopian City would not have worked. If he had just half the success with EPCOT as he did with everything else he put his mind and organization to, then we might very well be exchanging these comments amidst the comfort of our own Prototype Cities of Tomorrow. Just another ten years, that's all ... just another ten years!Paul F. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391658817587959830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020038600161328599.post-73468601641920097362009-11-24T22:52:51.501-08:002009-11-24T22:52:51.501-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul F. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12391658817587959830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020038600161328599.post-19319475262986602522009-11-24T09:39:39.804-08:002009-11-24T09:39:39.804-08:00What a lovely interview. And yes, we miss Walt Disney everyday! I have often wondered what our Disney world would be like if he had only lived 10 more years, but to think if he had lived into his nineties? Wow, too much to contemplate. Thanks for this great blog, Paul!jmv42osityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06045763042668531322noreply@blogger.com