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>> This is one of Disney's finest hotels it's the Grand Floridian Beach Resort.
Hi, I'm Tim Klein, I work in marketing at Walt Disney attractions, and my job is to
use television to promote this
this
and especially this
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When I first entered the company back in 1990, the job was pretty traditional
it was to promote Walt Disney World to selective markets
around the country using vacation giveaways.
That was easy, but for me there were no
[SFX: fireworks]
So I conferred with my boss.
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I wanted to produce and host original programming that showcased
our parks and resorts and then syndicate the specials all over the country.
[SFX: chimes]
Now the typical approach for Disney, would have been to buy the time.
>> "Call 1-407-W-Disney and make the dream come true."
>> Instead, I gave local programmers what they wanted. Entertaining shows with the Disney magic [SFX chimes]
but for free. Commitments came pouring in.
[screaming]
>> The shows were hits.
[SFX: punch]
Disney's exposure was tremendous. Twenty Magical Years, Journey Into Magic,
and the last one, The Making of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror aired in over 250 markets,
The Disney Channel and Telemundo. We were on a roll.
[screaming & music]
ANNOUNCER: >> From the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando Florida, its Walt Disney World
20 Magical Years. >> Hi everybody, I'm Tim Klein. This show is about those dreams and
making you a part of them. Get set you're invited to the kick-off party to
the biggest year ever in the history of Walt Disney World.
Hi, I'm Tim Klein and welcome to the Magic Kingdom during this next hour join
us as we celebrate the magic of the Walt Disney World Resort.
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SINGER: >> Do you ever dream of the one you love
walking in the morning sun.
Living out your fantasies
knowing that they just came true.
[music: Twilight Zone theme]
[SFX: Lighting]
[screaming]
[SFX: chimes]
>> Picture if you will, a group of ordinary high school kids. They're out for a night
of fun at the Disney MGM Studios. Little do they know they're about to be thrust
into the darkest corners of their imaginations. But beware, once those doors
close there's no escape except through the fifth dimension.
[SFX: electricity]
[screaming]
ANNOUNCER: >> From Disney MGM, Studios Walt Disney World Florida,
The Making of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
>> These groundbreaking specials led to three more syndicated shows that I
worked on with Walt Disney television.
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ANNOUNCER: >> Today, we'll see the highways and cars of tomorrow. The shape of computers to come,
surprising homes of the future, revolutionary robots, plus Peter Gabriel
on technology and human rights, and a trip through the world state-of-the-art
virtual reality. This is Epcot Journey to Discovery.
[music]
>> Planet Earth has always been a laboratory for alien life forms which
can drop in from space or slowly mutate into bizarre fleshy organisms at our feet.
Understanding the nature of these strange creatures from above and below
is the greatest challenge of our age.
>> Hi there.
>> Hey you ladies, headed to Fort Lauderdale?
>> No way.
>> Daytona!
>> Un na.
>> We're going to Walt Disney World.
Blizzard Beach.
>> While these specials were a great new way to get exposure,
Walt Disney attractions could not live by syndicated programming alone. We had to continue
building on programming that provided exposure on the networks and The Disney Channel.
My job was to help shape that content and to help produce some of the
most entertaining programs to ever come out of Walt Disney World.
ANNOUNCER: >> The Walt Disney Company presents The 4th Annual American Teacher Awards
[music]
ANNOUNCER: >> Disney's Nancy Kerrigan special, Dreams On Ice with special guest stars
Scott Hamilton and starring Katia Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov.
>> ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Discover Magazine's Technology Awards.
[music]
Once again, Penn and Teller.
>> This is the Innoventions Showcase.
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>> Hi, I'm Brianne Leary and with me is my fabulous
co-host J.D. Roth and the champ Mr. George Foreman.
>> Welcome to the all new Inside Out.
>> Some exciting stuff but it doesn't end there.
Just as important to us as creating our own shows is convincing other network
and syndicated shows to come here.
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>> This is the Disney MGM Studios at Walt Disney World
near Orlando, Florida. Where the sights and sounds of Hollywood have been
recreated and then condensed into a few blocks.
>> And we invite you to come and join us for the biggest party of the year
on New Year's Rockin' Eve here on ABC.
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ANNOUNCER: >> From the Disney MGM Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort
near Orlando, Florida.
And live from Times Square, it's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1995.
ANNOUNCER: >> Oksana Baiul getting ready to perform last month the
16 year old from Odessa and the Ukraine fulfilled a fantasy she spent some time
at Disney World.
[screaming]
>> Well that's how I've been able to make a difference right here Walt Disney Attractions.
Now before Disney, on the local TV level
I did many of the same things. But I just didn't have these guys with me.
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>> Startled and he jump.
[people talking over each other] it was haunted
>> I'm Tim Klein, and this is America's Most Haunted.
So who is Abigail? And why does she haunt the Chart House?
In the 19th century, the restaurant
was known as Pettibone's Tavern. Some believe Abby lived here as the wife of
one of the owners sons. As the story goes, Abigail was having an affair
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PM Magazine provided a great foundation for hosting and producing.
It was a great ride.
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>> I'm at the Willmar farm welcome, I'm Debra Kent.
>> I'm Tim Klein thanks for joining us tonight on PA Magazine
and velkommen and deutschland.
>> Excuse me.
>> Well tonight, on this very special PM we are off to Germany. Now if your images of
Germany are those taken from Cabaret or World War II, then you are in for a surprise.
Tonight Richard Hart is our guide and
he'll offer his insights into a Country that has come back from the ashes of war.
I'm gonna put myself out on a limb right now and do my impression of the Cowardly Lion okay?
Now don't look at me because I can embarrass. If I were king of the forrest...
[laughing] >> That's very good! >> Put them up, put them up.
It just boggles the mind to think of all the different ways that human beings invent
to work out. And then there is high voltage not exactly human she claims now
she's a combination between Jane Fonda and Cyndi Lauper who was out to zap you
with her high-energy.
We've got comedians backed up worse than traffic on 91 so
let's get to it shall we? Our next guest is a gentleman who is a
national headliner. He's opened for a Whitney Houston and Kool & The Gang
would you please welcome Mr. Earl Reed.
[music]
Well, that's a brief fling of my career. Now I'm ready for new challenges in the
meantime I think I hear my boss calling. You know it's so weird working for a
mouse who wears yellow shoes.
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