FEATURE ARTICLE
The Other Disney
by
Erin Blackwell
AllEars® Guest Columnist
by
Erin Blackwell
AllEars® Guest Columnist
From out of the darkened audience came a voice: "I'm Chairman of the Board, Walt."
Everyone laughed, and the loudest was Walt himself, for that voice was that of Roy Disney, Walt's older brother.
Have you ever believed so much in one of your ideas that you were willing to risk everything? Your home, your car, your future, your family's future... honestly bet every single thing so you'll have NOTHING if you're wrong? Now, have you believed in someone else so much you'll risk everything on them -- when everyone else is willing to bet it all against them? That's harder in some ways. That's what Roy Disney did.
And yet, I'd bet an annual premium pass that I can tell you one fact about Roy Oliver Disney that you didn't know, one fact that will show what Walt meant, when he said, "My big brother would say, 'Kid, go ahead!' He said, 'Kid, I'm for you!'"
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