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• M-I-C ... as in "I wish that this microphone would work properly"

  In honor of Disney's Hollywood Studios' 19th anniversary, Ron Schneider looks back on that theme park's opening day. When a malfunctioning microphone ruined many a stars' big entrance Read More... Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Dreamfinder , The Dreamfinder, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, "Journey in Imagination" , Figment, Future World, Walt Disney World, Disney World , The Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, little purple dragon, theme park, studio theme park, Hollywood , "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , Disney, Disney Legend, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, performance , Walt Disney, rehearsal, director , preparation, Skyleidoscope Lagoon Show, Gary Paben, announcer, Disney-MGM Studios , Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Chairman of the Board, 1989, Michael Eisner, TV stars, movie stars , dedication ceremony , Chinese Theater, the Chinese Theater, celebrity, celebrities, Bob Hope , Ernest Borgnine , Don Knotts , Morey Amsterdam , Rose Marie , Stan Freberg , Regis Philbin , Richard Dawson, April, 1983, Kodak, Disney character, parade, the Dapper Dans, fireworks, Billy Barty, "One Little Spark", pre-recorded track , sound booth , stage manager , Disney Guests

• Filling some awfully big shoes at the Shoe

  As the Disneyana community gets ready for tomorrow night's Golden Horseshoe tribute event, Ron Schneider remembers what it felt like when he first went on as Wally Boag's understudy back in the Summer of 1980 Read More... Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney World , theme park, performer, "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , book , Disney, traveling salesman, Wally Boag , Disney Legend, stage show, live stage show , Disneyland , Disneyland Park, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Boagaloons, audience, stage, Adventureland, show, Diamond Horseshoe, The Diamond Horseshoe, Fulton Burley , Betty Taylor , Dana Daniels, Frontierland stage, Frontierland, understudy, 25th anniversary, Pecos Bill , backstage , 2008, Ape Pen Publishing , "The Golden Horseshoe Dinner Show & Celebration" , Pinocchio , Stromboli, jungle , Lima beans , the Golden Horseshoe , Prof Samuel J Spillikin , dancers, can-can dancers

• How do you earn the right to perform in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue? Make a left at Magic Mountain

  As the Disneyana community gets ready for next Saturday night's Golden Horseshoe tribute event, Ron Schneider tells you how he became Wally Boag's understudy back in the summer of 1980 Read More... Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: theme park, performers, performer, Anaheim, Magic Mountain , Six Flags Magic Mountain, 1970s, Disney, Walt Disney Productions, themed entertainment industry, traveling salesman, Wally Boag , appearance, Disney Legend, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, musician, musicians, The Golden Horseshoe Revue, Golden Horseshoe Revue, performance , comic, audition , auditions, act, audience, humor, show, guest, Steve Martin, Dana Daniels, Dick Hardwick , Frontierland, 1980, understudy, Pecos Bill , rehearsal, laugh , Golden Horseshoe Event, Ape Pen Publishing , "The Golden Horseshoe Dinner Show & Celebration" , entertainer, Magic Makers, timing , guest experience, actors, role , venue, the Golden Horseshoe , Prof Samuel J Spillikin , BS , MS , PhD, Professor Spillikin, Spillikin Corners Crafts Village, Spillikin Corners, Grandma Spillikin's Herbal Cure & Indian Elixir , crook , patter, Medicine Pitch, gags, trod the boards , headliner, job , comic performer , convention work , private parties, traveling case , Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , "Who's on First?", Poppy's Star Restaurant, Canoga Park , waiters, variety performers , Mitch Evans , "Niagara Falls" , Abbott & Costello, Chris Costello, daughter , 1979 , snake oil , Variety, dancers, practice, funny bit, rehearsal hall , cattle call , women , leotards , can-can dancers, dance routine , stand-up comic, trademark , Disneyland talent booking, Valencia, Mike Davis , Disneyland Administration Building