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John Hench

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The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc.


— John Hench


#better #birds #ceremonies #changed #doing

There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.


— John Hench


#atmosphere #back #been #catch #come

This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer.


— John Hench


#answer #any #bird #come #happened

Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt.


— John Hench


#because #cynical #great #great respect #had

Walt put everything he knew about communication with images into the park, so it was very familiar.


— John Hench


#communication #everything #familiar #images #into

Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be seated, served at the same time, when they got into the dessert.


— John Hench


#dessert #dining #got #idea #into

We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more.


— John Hench


#anymore #bad #being #feeling #keep

We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't.


— John Hench


#big #big cities #cities #colors #each

What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where the pirates were. But they're all gone. There is nothing but skeletons down here!


— John Hench


#go #gone #happen #here #nothing






About John Hench

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Did you know about John Hench?

Hench died of heart failure in early 2004 after a brief hospitalization in Burbank California. Hench continued to maintain an office at Walt Disney Imagineering headquarters in Glendale California and worked there daily up until a few weeks before his death. Starting in 1939 as a story artist he weaved his way through the animation department working in areas including backgrounds layout and art direction effects animation and special effects.

Because of his resemblance to Walt Disney and his frequent visits to Disney theme parks he was often asked to sign autographs and pose for pictures with park visitors who mistook Hench for Disney himself. In an interview one runner mentioned that carrying the torch under the bowl made more sense than at the distal length. His name tag and 65-year service award are prominently displayed in the building's lobby and tributes by fellow Imagineers line its hallways.

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