🔴 LIVE G&M Episode 27: 🐻 The Country Bear Jamboree 🐻

Howdy, folks! Welcome to the one and only, original Grand and Miraculous. For over fifty years, guests have been welcomed to Grizzly Hall with those words. But the Country Bear Jamboree was never supposed to be a theme park attraction—it was designed for a ski resort that was never built. In this episode, we trace the bears from Walt Disney's ambitious Mineral King project through the environmental battle that killed it, to opening day at Magic Kingdom in 1971. We meet the legendary Imagineers who created these beloved characters: Marc Davis, Al Bertino, X Atencio, and George Bruns. We explore every version of the show—from Disneyland's now-closed installation to Tokyo's preserved seasonal variants. And we tackle the controversial 2024 reimagining that divided the Disney fan community. Why did Big Al—a character designed to fail—become the show's biggest star? How did a ski resort dining room entertainment become one of Disney's most enduring attractions? And what does it mean when an attraction outlives its original songs? These bears have a way of stirring up emotions. Let's find out why. #DisneyWorld #CountryBearJamboree #MagicKingdom #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyHistory #BigAl #Frontierland #Imagineering #MarcDavis #DisneyParks #ThemeParks #DisneyPodcast #GrandAndMiraculous #TokyoDisneyland #Disneyland #AudioAnimatronics #WaltDisney #MineralKing #DisneyLegends #DisneyAttractions #CountryBears