tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post114244882979805930..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Disney In the 70s (part 3)Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1142463026382854642006-03-15T14:50:00.000-08:002006-03-15T14:50:00.000-08:00Kimball knew I was interviewing him for publicatio...Kimball knew I was interviewing him for publication; obviously he had sent the anecdote out into the world at least once before, as you note. He never mentioned to me that he thought it "and odd thing to say."<BR/><BR/>You're probably right to question my judgement, but I was young at the time. Single guy that I was, I thought Lillian's comment to Kimball was wry and witty. <BR/><BR/>Shows what an overdose of Vitamin E will do to you.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1142460348109962612006-03-15T14:05:00.000-08:002006-03-15T14:05:00.000-08:00Welcome to the club, Steve. Many Disney old codger...Welcome to the club, Steve. Many Disney old codgers have told me things only to recant them some years later.<BR/><BR/>There are probably a number of things I would never write about even though I observed them firsthand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1142459274560213932006-03-15T13:47:00.000-08:002006-03-15T13:47:00.000-08:00You weren't the first to hear that one. Ward told...You weren't the first to hear that one. Ward told the exact same story to the author of a book of collected first-person interviews, "You Must Remember This" compiled by Walter Wagner, published in 1975. Ward followed up that comment of Mrs. Disney's in the book with this coda(as best I can remember it): "I thought that was kind of an odd thing to say". Lese Majeste!<BR/><BR/>That said, I have trouble believing that you didn't think anything of such a quote when you printed it. I mean, it isn't something my <I>own</I> mother would have enjoyed seeing in the LA Times if she'd said it, joke or not; much less the widow of one of the world's most famous men(especially considering what he's famous for). Even though Ward told the anecdote to you, it might have been poor judgement to print it at the expencse of a still-living woman(Mrs. Disney). Sorry to be harsh, but this was a real person, with real family, grandkids, etc. The point of the anecdote is that Walt didn't(apparently)fool around, but how could that NOT have embarrassed her to read that? <BR/>Not very smart as a DISNEY staff writer to do that. Not being fired for it shows more restraint on someone's part than you exercised yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com