Thanks for the article on Disney, Clint. Walt Disney truly was a genius. There are two (2) bits of trivia that come to mind for me when I think of his genius. The first goes back to when Disney World opened in Florida back in the 1960’s. I remember my mom telling me that when he bought the land in Florida where his theme park was going to stand he also bought all the land surrounding it. Very smart. This allowed him to do the expansion that he was unable to do with Disneyland in Anaheim. The second piece of trivia captures my interest because of me being a media buff and audiovideophile. In the early 1950’s Walt Disney knew that color television was coming down the pike. So at that time he started filming his television shows in color well before the first color TV’s came off the assembly line for consumers. Once color TVs were in peoples homes his TV show Wonderful World of Color debuted, and on that show he had the liberty of re-running his earlier shows now in color whereas when they debuted they were broadcast in black-and-white. Smart man. — Bruce
Thanks, Bruce...I didn't know the color tv part, but am not surprised. He use the tv show to help finance a lot of the theme park construction, both in Anaheim and Orlando. Smart man. A little nuts too. But aren't we all? :-)
That’s what I hear, though I prefer the classic view on “genius.” Instead of being something you are, it’s a force outside of you—like a muse—that visits at times. Less pressure and more realistic in my mind. :-)
Creativity requires the ability to see things askew, out of the ordinary, the conventional. I don't see "nuts" as mentally ill or crazy. It's the ability to see things at a tilt or in a novel way.
Thanks for the article on Disney, Clint. Walt Disney truly was a genius. There are two (2) bits of trivia that come to mind for me when I think of his genius. The first goes back to when Disney World opened in Florida back in the 1960’s. I remember my mom telling me that when he bought the land in Florida where his theme park was going to stand he also bought all the land surrounding it. Very smart. This allowed him to do the expansion that he was unable to do with Disneyland in Anaheim. The second piece of trivia captures my interest because of me being a media buff and audiovideophile. In the early 1950’s Walt Disney knew that color television was coming down the pike. So at that time he started filming his television shows in color well before the first color TV’s came off the assembly line for consumers. Once color TVs were in peoples homes his TV show Wonderful World of Color debuted, and on that show he had the liberty of re-running his earlier shows now in color whereas when they debuted they were broadcast in black-and-white. Smart man. — Bruce
Thanks, Bruce...I didn't know the color tv part, but am not surprised. He use the tv show to help finance a lot of the theme park construction, both in Anaheim and Orlando. Smart man. A little nuts too. But aren't we all? :-)
Nuts usually come with genius.
That’s what I hear, though I prefer the classic view on “genius.” Instead of being something you are, it’s a force outside of you—like a muse—that visits at times. Less pressure and more realistic in my mind. :-)
Creativity requires the ability to see things askew, out of the ordinary, the conventional. I don't see "nuts" as mentally ill or crazy. It's the ability to see things at a tilt or in a novel way.