Kings of Democracy

Disneyland/World/EPCOT Part One: A Man, A Mouse, and a Sinkhole Full of Alligators

Dec 27, 2019 Season 1 Episode 18

Andrew Merklinghaus

There's no many more synonymous with the 1950's American Dream than Walt Disney. He was an innovator, a dreamer and kind of a jerk. As many as 70% of Americans have visited one of his parks. But how did he a kid from small town Missouri end up as the defining artist of a generation? How did he get enough money to build an entire theme park? How did he capture the attention of the world? It's a long story, long enough to be our first two part EXTRAVAGANZA!