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Welcome to Episode 30 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Prime Time Specials Part I" - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows.\nCorrections & Listener Mail\nWe start off discussing music from The Land; It seems to be all over the place and all flight based. Many songs are not connected to Disney and most have a connection to flight in some way.\nDisney In Ohio writes us about the window above Casey's with a Chinese Restaurant. How discusses the origins of these windows and what it all means. The Main Street windows all have a great story, which we will continue to discuss in future episodes.\nMark wrote us about a menu, which is from The Land. He sent us some scans which led us to discuss Key West Pizza. We also talk about broiled BBQ Shrimp, The Landwich, and the huge favorite, Fresh Dolphin... Interesting menu and a great\xa0trip down memory lane. Thanks Mark!\nBill wanted to know about the record breaking tomato plant. Todd explains all the details, facts and figures on this amazing plant.\nFor questions, comments and concerns, please write us - podcast@retrowdw.com.\nAudio Rewind\nLast month, the audio rewind was kinda tricky.. How created this one for us and we had some good guesses. The Mickey Mania Parade is the correct answer though.\nThe winner is James Bolen, winning a set of RetroWDW Pins and some great ephemera. Great job James!\nIf you think you know the answer to this months audio rewind puzzler, email us! podcast@retrowdw.com - This month the winner will get a GAF Guide to Walt Disney World. A super cool vintage park guide donated by our friend David Eppen.\nAll entries due 6/20/2017 and a random winner will be selected. Even if you don't win, you will gain an entry into the Fall/Winter Prize Pot, being picked in December.\nPrize Pot\nThis year, we are going to do a new and exciting prize giveaway. The RetroWDW Podcast will have two prize pots this year; one summer, one winter.\nThe first prize pot items are:\nThe Walt Disney at the World's Fair Four CD Set\nfollowed by a NEW Official Disneyland/WDW LP Record from 1981\nA Surprise For Mickey Mouse Little Golden Book from 1971\nAll Aboard: The Wonderful World of Walt Disney's Trains\nand new this month, The WDW Pictorial Souvenir from 1977\nThis completes our first half prize pot, which is being given away this episode!\nOur prize pot winner is Tammy Norman! Tammy wins everything above for the first half of the year prize pot.\xa0 Thank you everyone for playing, and congratulations Tammy!\nAll entries for the audio rewind go to winning the next prize pot.\nMain Topic\nThis month, we discuss the multiple original WDW Primetime Specials that aired on TV. \xa0We go through these in chronological order and Todd gets us going with the Magic Kingdom Grand Opening Special.\xa0\n\xa0The Magic Kingdom Grand Opening Special\nThis show aired on October 29, 1971 on NBC. The host was Julie Andrews and included a number of stars to round it all out. A great disco version of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah is discussed as well as Bob Hope's standup in the Contemporary.\n\xa0The Opening of EPCOT Center\nBrian hits us next with "The Opening of Epcot Center" - Danny Kaye is the main host of this special. This episode has tons of robots, Alan Shepard and even Drew Barrymore. Filled with great audio clips, you will get a great idea how this show goes. Brian lets us know that 50% of this show is Danny Kaye song/dance numbers with a little bit of stock EPCOT Center Footage. The ending of this show is one of the best parts to hear Brian describe, Danny Kaye is just an absolute mess!\nThe Disney-MGM Studios Grand Opening\nJT brings us the two hour special on the Magical World of Disney, The Disney-MGM Studios Grand Opening. The cheese factor has been enhanced to the highest of level. This was a tough episode to sit through, but Michael Eisner kicks us off with Hollywood that never was. We go into the level of celebrity for this special and why