Jack Speirs, who in his 25-year association with Walt Disney Studios wrote lead-ins that were used to introduce television shows, including "Disneyland" and "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," is my 396th choice to given the Disney Legend honor.
Speirs also wrote dozens of animal-oriented scripts for Disney television and feature films, including "Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar" and "King of the Grizzlies," and the narration for "The Bears and I.
He found his way to Disney during the 1950s, and in 1954 approached Walt Disney with an idea to split the format of a proposed TV series into segments spotlighting the four primary realms of the soon-to-open Disneyland: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Disney liked the idea, and Speirs went on to write the show's introductions for the next 12 years.
"He seldom used fancy or uncommon words but wouldn't talk down to his viewers either."
Speirs also wrote lyrics for many Disney films.
I knew he and his wife. I remember being invited to their home. We all knew about his fight to keep the lake at Lake Sherwood. He and his wife were fun people and I really miss this down to earth couple.
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