Walt's Oasis

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring the 1953 animated film  Peter Pan . You can listen to the December 21, 1953 episode of Lux Radio Theatre  here , which features an adaption of  Peter Pan .   Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to email any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . I...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring the Yeti and Expedition Everest.  I feature both the attraction and the creature which resides within Expedition Everest, at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. For a walk-through and ride-through of the attraction, I highly recommend  Attractions 3600  and  TheCoasterViews , who both have videos posted on YouTube.  Please follow myself and the...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring the 2019 Pixar short  Kitbull , available for viewing on Disney+. Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro and Outro sounds retrieved from  Pixabay . 

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am joined by returning guest Peter Gullerud.  Peter joined me on  episode 42  to discuss his work on films including  The Great Mouse Detective  and  Oliver & Company .  I highly recommend listening to that episode prior to this one. In this episode, we discuss his work as a Visual Development Artist for 1992’s  Aladdin,  as well as work with live anima...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am joined by Pam Burns-Clair and Haley Clair, the daughter and granddaughter of Imagineer Harriet Burns. We discuss the life and work of Harriet Burns, the first woman hired by WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) in a creative capacity.  Included are conversations about her work on attractions such as Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room and “it’s a...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring voice actor Verna Felton.  Verna voiced characters in several full-length animated films:  Dumbo  (1941),  Cinderella  (1950),  Alice in Wonderland ( 1951),  Lady and the Tramp  (1955),  Sleeping Beauty  (1959), and  The Jungle Book (1967). I highly recommend  Verna Felton  by Fredrick Tucker to learn more about her life and career. You can lis...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring voice actor Florence Gill, who contributed her voice to about 21 animated shorts including 1934’s  The Wise Little Hen  and  Orphan’s Benefit . You can find her Disney filmography on the  Disney Wiki .  Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or e...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring the African Forest Elephant.  The African Forest Elephant is featured in two viewing options available on Disney+: Secrets of the Elephants Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory . Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  w...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring Bagheera from 1967’s The Jungle Book, as well as leopards of the Indian subcontinent. Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro and Outro Music  Sitar and Tabla rendition - Freedom Jam, August 2...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am part two of two of my series featuring the 1946 film  Song of the South , which includes both animated and live-action segments.    Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro music  from the Internet Archi...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, is part one of two of my series featuring the 1946 film  Song of the South , which includes both animated and live-action segments.    Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro music  from the Internet Archive...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring two animals which reside at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom.  The first is the Asian Small-Clawed Otter, which live in a grotto on Discovery Island.  The second is the warthog, which are seen on Kilimanjaro Safaris.   Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comment...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am concluding of my series discussing the career of Disney Story Artist Bill Peet.  This week’s episode incudes his work on  The Sword and the Stone  and  The Jungle Book .  Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring part three of my series discussing the career of Disney Story Artist Bill Peet.  This week’s episode incudes his work on shorts like  Goliath II , and  One Hundred and One Dalmatians . Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring part two of my series discussing the career of Disney Story Artist Bill Peet.  This week’s episode incudes his work on  Song of the South  and  Aice in Wonderland .   Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gma...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am beginning my series featuring Disney Story Artist Bill Peet.  In part one of four, I discuss his early life, and work on a few films including 1941’s  Dumbo . Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro and...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring  The Good Dinosaur  (2015). Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to  waltoasis@gmail.com . Intro and outro sounds licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported available  here . 

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am featuring Ludwig Von Drake, a relative of Donald Duck who initially appeared on  Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color  in 1961. You can find the character’s filmography on the DisneyWiki  here , and the Keeping Walt in Disney YouTube channel  here , where you find many of these appearances. Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am continuing my six-part series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  This week, I am joined by Nancy Beiman, a former student and friend of O'Connor's.  Nancy previously joined me on  episode 28! Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or e...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am continuing my six-part series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  This week, I am joined by Ed Ghertner, a student of Ken’s at the California Institute of the Arts; who joined me as a prior guest to discuss his own Disney Career on episode 47.   For videos of Epcot of yesteryear, please see this Playlist from the RetroWDW YouTube chan...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am continuing my series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  In this fourth, of six parts; I am joined by his daughter J.P. O’Connor.  Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to waltoasis@gmail.com .

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am continuing my six-part series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  This week, I am featuring his work on several films including Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp . I am also joined by Special Guest Nancy Beiman for a portion of the episode, who will help us understand O’Connor’s work on 1955’s Lady and the Tramp . Please follow myself...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am continuing my six-part series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  This week, I am featuring his work on Fantasia, Dumbo , Make Mine Music , & Melody Time. Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to waltoasis@gm...

This week on the Walt’s Oasis podcast, I am beginning my six-part series featuring Art Director and Layout Artist Ken O’Connor.  This week, I am featuring his early work at the studio, including work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio .   Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episo...

This week on Walt’s Oasis I feature the hippopotamus.  Guests at Walt Disney World can view the hippopotamus on Kilimanjaro Safaris and Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail in Animal Kingdom. Please follow myself and the show on Instagram @spencerwright1989 and @waltoasis. Please also feel free to e-mail any comments, questions, or episode suggestions to waltoasis@gmail.com . Hippo sounds sourced from:...