Michael Jackson & Walter Cronkite
Posted: Jul Sun 19, 2009 3:00 pm
Granted, both men had careers that were far larger than their contributions to Disney lore. Still, it seems strange to me that there's never been any mention that they lended their respective talents to early Epcot. Of course, Michael Jackson was Captain EO at Journey into Imagination for several years. And Walter Cronkite had been the narrator of Spaceship Earth in the 80s before it was switched over to Jeremy Irons.
I wouldn't have even known who Cronkite was if not for that narration work on SSE! I was four when he retired from the CBS Evening News, so he never would've been on my radar, ya know? Michael Jackson was more famous to me, at a young age, for having been Captain EO than for having produced records. Haha.
Like I say, in the grand scheme of things, these were probably small jobs compared to their overall work, but it seems odd to us how there's been no mention of those jobs when the media covers their lives.
I wouldn't have even known who Cronkite was if not for that narration work on SSE! I was four when he retired from the CBS Evening News, so he never would've been on my radar, ya know? Michael Jackson was more famous to me, at a young age, for having been Captain EO than for having produced records. Haha.

Like I say, in the grand scheme of things, these were probably small jobs compared to their overall work, but it seems odd to us how there's been no mention of those jobs when the media covers their lives.