Spinning Disney's World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (595 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937011429 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating asides delve into the personalities that fueled Disney's dream, as well as the newspeople and celebrities involved in Ridgway's PR efforts. Entertaining throughout, Ridgway's prose is fluid and gentle, reflecting that sense of wholesome delight common to Disney creations, making this a rare behind-the-Mouse-ears exposé that's a real crowd-pleaser. From Publishers Weekly Author Ridgway spent four decades pushing Disney on millions of consumers worldwide, and this collection of "war stories" from the fr
This paperback edition includes a new foreword by Rick Sylvain, the current head of PR for Walt Disney World and Charlie's hand-picked successor.. For Donald Duck's fiftieth birthday he trained 50 white Peking ducks to waddle behind Donald down Main Street, U.S.A. An official "Disney Legend," newsman Charlie Ridgway started covering Disneyland before it opened. In this engaging and light-hearted memoir, Ridgway shares the special magic that makes Disney's world universally beloved. A few years later, he hired on as a publicist for Disney and spent the next forty years cooking up ways to ge
DK said A unique perspective with new stories to tell after all these years.. If you find the Disney organization and the parks in particular, interesting, this is a MUST HAVE book.So many books written by past employees offer personal reflections of the same general things and stories about the parks and Walt himself. Charlie Ridgway gives us a whole new set of stories to learn about! Sure his style is wandering and takes you all over the world and through the years in an almost haphazard way, but it is like the way one tours a Disney park wandering from one attraction, fascination, show, land to another. You are in GOOD storytelling hands with THIS tour guide however. Everything is fresh and seen through th. Ray said Enjoyable But Lacking. I've held off for a long time reading this book, mostly because I wasn't impressed with Charles Ridgeway's promotion of this book on Disney fan podcasts years ago. Ridgeway told the exact same two or three stories on every show. I've now read the book, and while this book is an enjoyable read, it lacks substance or any compelling reason for a Disney fan to read it. Ridgeway tells a series of partial anecdotes without really making them interesting and drops names of every famous person he's run into. While an enjoyable read, Jack Lindquist's and Marty Sklar's books are far more interesting.. Brian Merrill said A Behind-the-Scenes Masterpiece!. Charles Ridgway tells the tales of what it was like to work for Disney during the early days of Disneyland and into the building of Walt Disney World. This behind the scenes tour is not a tell-all, but an honest account of what it is like to work for the most magical company in the world, during the years when magic was happening every day, as new parks were built, new attractions were designed and rolled out, even working with Walt Disney himself. Engaging and insightful, a tale any Disney addict would enjoy.