
A Conversation with Fess Parker
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- 2001
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Hello, I'm Leonard Maltin...
and I'm happy to be sitting
here at Fess Parker's...
beautiful winery
in Los Olivos, California...
with our host, our winemaker,
and our star, Fess Parker.
Thanks for letting us
come and visit you today.
It's a pleasure, Leonard...
and it's always great
to see you.
Thank you. I've just
been watching, again...
the Davy Crockett shows...
as they first
appeared on the air...
and it's taken me back
a long time...
and I wonder if you have
a specific recollection...
of the first time
you met Walt Disney...
I certainly do.
When Walt Disney saw a bit
from the movie "Them"...
and that led to
a series of meetings...
with Bill Walsh,
who later produced the shows...
and Tom Blackburn
who wrote the screenplays.
And after I'd been out
a couple of times...
I was asked to come again,
and they said...
"Now you're going
to meet Walt".
And he came down the hall in
the writers' building there...
he came in and said,
"Why don't you come with me?"
We walked down the hall till
there was a desk and 2 chairs.
I was carrying
my little guitar.
He said, "Where are you from
and what have you been doing?"
He made me
feel comfortable right off.
He was not threatening.
I felt very comfortable...
and finally he said,
"I see you brought your guitar".
I said, "Yeah. I write
a little song or two".
And he said,
"Well, play me one".
So, I did, and he said,
"OK, thank you".
And we parted
and a few days later...
they said, "Come back.
"We're going to do
the thing with you".
Did you realize the importance
of that statement...
of that commitment
at that moment?
No, not really.
After all, I had just done
the leading male role...
in "Annie Oakley".
So, Walt Disney was...
that was a magic place...
and I'd been at all the studios.
I'd been a freelance actor
so I was familiar...
but there was something
about the Disney studio...
that was very special.
It was collegiate.
Mm-hmm.
And calm and peaceful...
and the people
were more like family...
than any place I'd been.
And I don't imagine
as a working actor...
you necessarily met the boss
No. Mr. Mayer
managed to avoid me...
and so did Jack Warner.
Did you feel or see
Walt's hand at work...
as the shows were
being prepared...
or was it the people
on the front line...
who were actually
getting the job done?
I think Walt was
very, very much involved...
although I didn't realize it
at the time.
First of all,
if I could just tell you...
that the company...
Disney did not have
a resident film organization...
so the people were...
independent cameramen
and directors...
and so forth
from the industry.
So they all came together...
and Walt Disney sent us
as far away from the studio...
as you could get...
Cherokee, North Carolina.
There was one telephone
in Cherokee...
a motel and a filling station,
and that was it.
And we were there
for two or three weeks.
It wasn't long
until it was apparent...
that we were
running over schedule.
But he liked
what he was seeing...
and then he visited us one day.
Pat Hogan, who played
Redstick the Indian...
had just been
beating me up all day.
And Walt and Lily showed up
with some friends of theirs...
and I think
from that moment on...
we felt pretty good...
that he'd come to see
what we were doing.
Do you remember getting
any instructions...
about how to play Davy?
There was a script
which indicated a lot...
but did you have
any kind of coaching...
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