Heya friends, I spent the summer of 2025 recharging my creative batteries, and working on side projects. One of which was to continue the podcast series featuring the missus. This podcast is designed for Disney fans, amusement park visitors, and history buffs. You’ll learn the roots of the multi-billion dollar theme park industry from ancient history all the way to today. The missus, and I worked hard putting these episodes together through 2024, until we had a family emergency and had to stop working on it for 7 months. We are back on it through 2025. Click on the picture or link to visit our streaming page hosted on Jim Hill Media. I hope you get a chance to listen, subscribe, and leave a review so we can climb the theme park podcast rankings!
The Pink Monorail Podcast Manufacturing the Magic Ep 17: Further Advancement in Animatronics
In the seventeenth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid continue their look back at the history of themed entertainment. This time around, they're joined by veteran Imagineer Joe Lanzisero, who looks back at how AA figures were developed for the Disney Parks.
Throughout today's episode, listeners will learn about:
- How Electro the Robot wowed folks at the 1939 New York World's Fair
- How "Project Little Man" influenced the creation of "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln"
- Where Disneyland's animatronic graveyard is located
- How animatronics wizard Garner Holt got his start with Chuck E. Cheese
- Plus Joe's terrific new kids book, " Lemonade, the Yellow Bear"
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