No, Stu Shostak has not landed an interview with Walt Disney…or even Tom Hanks playing Walt Disney. But Walt will be the topic as Stu welcomes Didier Ghez, an authority on Walt, his company and his legacy. Ghez is the author or editor of several books on Disney history including two new ones: Disney's Grand Tour, which chronicles the trip Walt and his brother Roy took to Europe in 1935, and Life in the Mouse House, the autobiography of Homer Brightman, who worked for Walt from 1935 to 1950. Mr. Brightman was quite outspoken about his fights with his boss and I'm sure Stu and Didier will be talking about those battles and how much of what came out of that studio in its Golden Years was because of Walt Disney and how much was in spite of Walt Disney. If you're interested in that studio and its people, you'll want to hear this one.
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