I honestly still can’t believe this happened 🙈 Do you think it was staged? 🤔
90 million Americans watched this live broadcast of Disneyland’s opening day (called Dateline: Disneyland), which was even more than the moon landing 😱 which was watched by 65 million. It was the largest live broadcast in history at the time, and only had a few hiccups. One was when Walt Disney was introducing Tomorrowland and he had a false start thinking the cameras weren’t rolling yet but they actually were.
The broadcast was hosted by Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan, all chosen for their ad-lib skills (though Reagan requested talking points because he had been expecting a script and didnt want to simply ad-lib). Whether or not Bob was planned to be caught kissing the dancer is still a mystery 🤷♀️
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