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• How "One Little Spark" nearly fried the Dreamfinder

  It's Christmas in July as Ron Schneider recalls the shocking experience that he had back in December of 1982 while shooting a sequence for "Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade" special Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Dreamfinder , The Dreamfinder, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, Journey in Imagination, Journey into Imagination pavilion, Journey into Imagination, Future World, Future World attraction, Walt Disney World, Disney World , The Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney Imagineering, WED, theme park, Orlando, Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag, book , Disney, Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, behind-the-scenes , Disneyland , Disneyland Park, animated feature, Walt Disney, ventriloquist , attraction, ride, show, Disney theme park attraction, theme park attraction , 1982, December , Kodak, parade, One Little Spark, Ron Schneider , Florida, The Wonderful World of Color , Sunday night, Ed Sullivan, WED Enterprises , Marketing Division , Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade, Dreamport, The Dreamport, spark jars, bolts of lightning, camera , pavilion, lightning, sparks, sound man , transmitter , the Imaginometer, Imaginometer, cameraman , electrical charge , electricity, electrical spark , microphone , Homer Simpson, static electricity , spark generator, duct tape, foam, live broadcast , Orlando Science Center, educational program, scientific demonstration , Van de Graaf generator, Jacob's ladder, Christmas, Sunday

• 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

• The toughest critter west of the Alamo: The one, the only, Wally Boag

  In his JHM debut column, Ron Schneider pays tribute to the Disney Legend who inspired him to pursue a career in performing Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: themed entertainment , Dreamfinder , The Dreamfinder, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, LeapFrog Fountain , Journey into Imagination pavilion, Journey into Imagination, Figment, WDW, Imagineers , Imagineer, WED, dragon, Marx Brothers, Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal , Universal tour, studio theme park, Hollywood Boulevard, the Magic Kingdom , Magic Mountain , Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags, Disney enthusiasts, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions, theme park fan, behind-the-scenes , themed entertainment industry, Wally Boag , theme parks, franchise, music , Golden Horseshoe Revue, popular, 1986, Walt Disney, singer , Australia, bagpipes, eccentric dancing , nightclub act, mature audience, Clown Prince of Disneyland, the Clown Prince of Disneyland, Backstage Disneyland magazine, Backstage Disneyland , Disneyland cast member, cast member, cast members, 1964 Winter Olympics, cameo, movie, Disney films, reference model , Adventureland, Disney theme park attraction, Tokyo Disneyland , trouper, principals, Fulton Burley , 1995, Steve Martin, Dana Daniels, Dick Hardwick , Frontierland stage, Frontierland, 25th anniversary celebration, celebration, ponies , reunion , Golden Horseshoe Event, 2008, Ape Pen Publishing , The Golden Horseshoe Dinner Show & Celebration, Sheraton , Sheraton Anaheim, The Magic Makers