It was March, 2001, and we were exploring a brand-new Disney’s
California Adventure Park. We’d just got off the Grizzly River Run, and Heather’s
socks were soaked through. I popped into the gift shop to buy her a dry pair.
There was an older fellow inside, manning the cash register and singing “I’ll
Take You Home Again, Kathleen.” As I paid for the socks, I told him I wished I
could take him home with me. We were staging Guys and Dolls in a few months,
and were having a tough time finding the right actor to play Arvide. (Maybe in the
1950’s there were more elderly Irish tenors than you could shake a stick at.
But in this century, they’re rather thin on the ground.) He handed me my change,
winked and serenaded me with “More I Cannot Wish You” – Arvide’s solo. More
proof, if we needed it, that it’s the cast members who make Disney magical.
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