Animators and Imagineers Part 2

by Rolly Crump

Audiobook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Roland Fargo Crump started his Disney career that spanned over 40 years at the early age of 22. In 2004 he was honored as a Disney Legend.

Reviews

[Louis Prosperi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the fifth installment of "More Cute Stories" from Rolly Crump (and Jeff Heimbuch), where the former Imagineer shares his tales of working at Disney on theme parks and more.

This volume focuses on stories about animators and Imagineers that Rolly worked with during his time at Walt Disney Productions (before it was renamed The Walt Disney Company). This includes stories about some well known Imagineers including Dick Irvine (former head of WED Enterprises), Marty Sklar, and John Hench. As Jeff Heimbuch mentions in his introduction, one of the interesting things about these stories is that we get to learn a little more about the personal side of some of these people.

Another interesting thing to note is that while Rolly certainly had challenges when working with some of these people, he takes care to not disparate those people in his stories or portray them in a negative way. Rolly is very respectful of the subjects of his stories.

If you're fan of Disney animation, Imagineering, Disney theme parks in general, or Rolly Crump, I heartily recommend this.

[Nicole (bookwyrm) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great installment of the More Cute Stories series, told to you by Rolly Crump. I feel like I knew more of the Imagineers Rolly spoke of in this book than in prior books, but that could be because I'm more immersed in Disney company history now, and so the names are more familiar.

If you are at all interested in Disney history, and the people behind the movies, parks, and characters we all know and love, you owe it to yourself to get these audiobooks. We need to encourage Rolly (and the other Imagineers who worked with Walt!) to tell these stories while they're still able.