N.' She smiled, laughed and gave me a quarter. She then spelled it D.I.S.N.E.Y., and then she said, "OK, smarty, how can you spell that better for a quarter?" My spelling of Disney was 'F. I remember her response," How can you spell anything better than the correct spelling?" "Mom, bet I can.bet you a quarter." 'OK' she said, thinking me a bit silly. One time I challenged my Mom that I could spell Disney "better" than she could. I had been reading newspapers since age 5 and could spell reasonably. the drive between our home in West Los Angeles and Disney Studios was a drag! Boring! We learned to play spelling bee in the car, each one challenging the other. Ha!ĭonnie Dunagan: Yes, but with a camera only.ĭo you recall any aspects of Bambi that your mother recognized as being similar to you?ĭonnie Dunagan: Nothing I can recall now. I'm also active in Lions Club, which is a great service to area communities. Sometimes we deliver food from our food bank to elementary schools. I tutor truly caring students, high school and college undergrads in science and physics, mostly pro bono. What are your current and future endeavors?ĭonnie Dunagan: I am about as retired as a professor, who has a night job as a police officer. Boys at that age do not want to be kissed by a cute girl. I had to pretend to have taken a double-dose of Castor oil, grim stuff for a kid, in order to make such an unhappy face with angry eyes. That is just an unmatchable joy, and a real responsibility.ĭonnie Dunagan: The young deer kiss, while Bambi was feeling sorry for himself, sitting in a thicket. But let someone say, "that dude over there was the face, or voice of Bambi," and I am an immediate adopted grandfather to them. I could be working in the White House and children could care less. The reality is, at age 77, it is pure joy that both children and 80 year-olds can enjoy the film together. Not many would understand this, if they had a clue of even half of my teen and long adult life. How do you feel now in 2011 about being the original voice of Bambi?ĭonnie Dunagan: Wonderful. What would you say you've gained from your childhood career in film?ĭonnie Dunagan: How to quickly identify reality from fantasy, and how to enjoy both but realize the difference. The start of WWII for America changed the country and life-styles more radically than younger generations can think possible. Disney during the next decades after making the movie?ĭonnie Dunagan: There was no follow-up with Mr. What kind of interaction with Walt Disney did you have during the voice recording and live action staging.
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