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Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the show, Ridiculous Historians. Thank you very much for

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Speaker 1: tuning in. Astute listeners of this program will have no

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Speaker 1: doubt noticed by now that this is not the voice

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Speaker 1: of Ben, this is not the voice of NOL. This is,

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Speaker 1: in fact, the voice of super producer Casey. I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: filling in on intro duties today, a little peek behind

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Speaker 1: the curtain. We recorded this Salvador, Dolly and Walt Disney episode.

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Speaker 1: It was about an hour long, and we decided, hey,

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Speaker 1: So to set the scene, it is December, it's the afternoon.

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Speaker 1: in progress. So World War two ends, Disney did some

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Speaker 1: of his employees back, uh. He and Dolly make good

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Speaker 1: He was writing outlines like a madman. He was trying

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