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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Subscriber Exclusive: Walt Disney​’​s FBI file

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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In the first installment of a new two-part series, Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at what drove Walt to decide to become an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation back in November of 1941

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

What job action disrupted the production of Disney’s “Dumbo” back in May of 1941

Why was production of “Pinocchio” halted for three months in the Spring of 1938

What did Walt tell his father Elias about how the animation studio he was building in Burbank could be repurposed should that operation ever fall on hard times

How much money did Roy Disney raise in March of 1940 by making 600,000 shares in Walt Disney Production stock available for the public to purchase

How big of a staff reduction did Walt Disney Animation Studios experience in the Fall of 1941

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released December 29, 2022
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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