Ben Gilbert: recommendation

Transcript context

…Art and commerce, those two things got married in Walt's head. When he was a little kid, and that is Disney. It really is art. When Disney is at its best, what they make is not just a commercial product. It exists at a higher level than that, and it is married to this incredible commerce engine that is in and of itself beautiful. And like Disneyland and Disney World and all the parks are the most perfect expression of that. And that sounds exactly right. The sightlines, man. The, the—I, I like going to Disneyland just to walk around. It's the craziest thing. The rides are free and I have just as much fun not going on them, even though I've already paid for them. Any parent who's been to Disney with their kids knows exactly what I'm talking about, and it is like irreplicable at any other company or place in the world. All right, before we do carve-outs, I've got one fun little thing that didn't make the narrative. So when Disney launched Donald Duck in 1934, they hired radio actor Clarence Nash to do his voice. Do you know how Clarence Nash got his start doing animal voices on the radio? You won't guess it, but it's an awesome Acquired crossover. He was the radio spokesperson for Adohr Dairy Farms in Southern California.…

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