Walt Disney's Magical Squid

Disneyland opened four days after his and Lillian's 30th wedding anniversary. The night before the opening, he suddenly seized upon the idea of taking the giant rubber squid from 20,000 legs under the sea and exhibiting it at the park. Walt put on a mask Anderson would recall and helped us spray paint the screen with fluorescent paint. Diane had to drive him home during which time Walt was toodling through a rolled map of Disneyland as if it were a trumpet. Then he sang a song and fell asleep holding the map.