Here’s a fascinating video from Walt Disney’s old ABC TV show in 1957 where he explained his invention the multi-plane camera. This video also shows you why Disney was a kind of uncle to many baby boomers who grew up watching his show: he never talked down to the kids on his show when he introduced episodes — and when he died in 1966 to many it was a real personal loss. If you’ve never seen how Disney narrated his show, you’ll see why and understand why he himself was a major 1950s-1960s TV presence.
h/T Metafilter
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.