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Disney Dish Subscriber Exclusive: What sorts of stories should EPCOT Center tell?

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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As Len Testa & Jim Hill continue their exploration of the Joseph Mankiewicz Epcot archive, they talk about how the Epcot development team genuinely struggled to find just the right blend of ambitious storytelling & vacation fun when it came to creating Future World’s pavilions

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Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

Why the name Roger Smith should be familiar to anyone who’s a fan of Michael Moore’s documentaries

Why the Imagineers were reluctant to fold any mention of Enrico Fermi’s work into the storyline of “The American Adventure”

Which Future World attraction was actually supposed to include the moment where mankind finally abandoned Earth

Why Exxon felt that they had the right to be very hands-on when it came to the design of & stories told at Epcot’s Energy pavilion

How was the 1976 version of EPCOT Center different from the one that opened in October of 1982

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released December 19, 2020
Hosts: Len Testa and Jim Hill
Fabulously edited by Aaron Z. Adams

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The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill is a writer, blogger, and theme park historian, and he'll be the first to tell you all of the back-room deals and corporate gossip that happens inside the Walt Disney Company.

Len Testa co-authors the Unofficial Guide series of travel books, focusing on theme parks.
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