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[0:13] David Alpert: Welcome to E-Ticket to Broadway, where Broadway meets Main Street.

[0:19] David Alpert: Here's your host, my pal, David Alpert.

[0:23] David Alpert: Ha ha. Welcome to part two of Jodi Benson's episode of E-Ticket to Broadway.

[0:30] David Alpert: If you haven't heard part one yet, I'm going to need you to exit to the left-hand side of the vehicle and go listen to part one.

[0:38] David Alpert: For those who have already listened to part one, go ahead and pull down on the bar in front of you, pull on the yellow strap, and get ready to head under the sea with our friend Jodi Benson.

[1:00] David Alpert: Jodi, here comes Fast Pass Answers.

[1:02] David Alpert: I'm gonna put 30 seconds on the clock after I ask the first question.

[1:06] David Alpert: Are you ready?

[1:07] Jodi Benson: I'm ready.

[1:08] Jodi Benson: I'm stressed out, but I'm ready.

[1:09] Jodi Benson: No, I'm ready. I'll do my best.

[1:11] Jodi Benson: Give me a few extra seconds if I need it.

[1:14] David Alpert: Okay.

[1:15] David Alpert: Jodi Benson, what is your favorite Disney Parks ride?

[1:21] Jodi Benson: Everest.

[1:22] David Alpert: Name any character from The Little Mermaid.

[1:26] David Alpert: Favorite snack in the parks.

[1:28] Jodi Benson: Churros with chocolate hot sauce next to Splash Mountain.

[1:32] David Alpert: True or false, Flounder is such a guppy.

[1:35] Jodi Benson: Yes, Flounder is such a guppy.

[1:36] Jodi Benson: Don't be such a guppy.

[1:38] David Alpert: Besides Ariel, name any Disney princess.

[1:41] Jodi Benson: Elsa.

[1:42] David Alpert: Favorite toy in Toy Story.

[1:46] Jodi Benson: Piggy Bank, Pam.

[1:48] David Alpert: Name any of the fish mentioned in Under the Sea.

[1:52] Jodi Benson: Newt.

[1:53] Jodi Benson: He plays the flute.

[1:55] David Alpert: Time.

[1:55] Jodi Benson: Yes, the newt.

[1:59] Jodi Benson: I'm going through the lyrics.

[2:00] Jodi Benson: The newt plays the flute.

[2:02] Jodi Benson: The bass plays the black.

[2:03] Jodi Benson: I'm going through the whole lyric.

[2:04] Jodi Benson: I'm like, oh gosh, what's the name of a fish?

[2:07] Jodi Benson: I know what's the name of a fish.

[2:08] Jodi Benson: I could never play on a game show that has a timer.

[2:12] Jodi Benson: Because once somebody says, this is timed, I just like completely stress out.

[2:16] Jodi Benson: Like I'm dripping right now with sweat.

[2:19] Jodi Benson: I'm dripping.

[2:21] Jodi Benson: What's funny is like I never say like you have to get 10 answers.

[2:24] Jodi Benson: It's just time, so that I'm encouraging everyone to say their instinct.

[2:29] David Alpert: That's all.

[2:29] Jodi Benson: And then of course I can't say Everest, I have to say Expedition Everest.

[2:34] David Alpert: My favorite was the incredible specificity with the churro.

[2:38] Jodi Benson: Yeah.

[2:41] Jodi Benson: It is the brown cart on the right-hand side across from the turkey leg on your way to Splash Mountain.

[2:47] Jodi Benson: And you must stand in the line and get the hot sauce with the chocolate.

[2:50] Jodi Benson: It comes with it.

[2:51] Jodi Benson: Don't miss the chocolate cup.

[2:53] Jodi Benson: The cup comes with it.

[2:54] Jodi Benson: And people walk away.

[2:55] Jodi Benson: I'm like, give me her chocolate.

[2:57] Jodi Benson: She just ran away.

[2:58] Jodi Benson: Give me her chocolate.

[2:59] Jodi Benson: And they do.

[3:00] Jodi Benson: They give me other people's chocolate sauce.

[3:02] Jodi Benson: It's enclosed.

[3:03] Jodi Benson: It's clean.

[3:04] Jodi Benson: You know, but I'm like, dude, you just paid 550 for your churro, dude.

[3:08] Jodi Benson: It comes with the hot sauce.

[3:10] Jodi Benson: The hot chocolate sauce.

[3:12] Jodi Benson: So Delaney and I take everybody else's.

[3:15] Jodi Benson: Imagine there's this photo out there of some like really big Disney and Little Mermaid fan, and it's a picture of them with you, and you guys have chocolate sauce all over your face.

[3:24] Jodi Benson: All over the place.

[3:26] Jodi Benson: And then right there, because you're right at the lagoon, are the wild birds.

[3:31] Jodi Benson: So if you do not watch your churro and you hold it up too high before you bite it, that thing, like a gray freaking heron, will dive bomb you like he dive-bombed my daughter and I recently.

[3:49] Jodi Benson: Not a bite, half of it.

[3:52] Jodi Benson: So I have to go back to the trailer to the truck.

[3:56] Jodi Benson: I'm so sorry, but the wild bird just ate my churro.

[3:59] Jodi Benson: And I'm sure it sounds like, you know, my dog ate my homework.

[4:02] David Alpert: And so she's like, mm-hmm.

[4:04] David Alpert: That'll be another 550.

[4:06] David Alpert: Thank you.

[4:07] Jodi Benson: I'm like, okay.

[4:09] Jodi Benson: But I get more chocolate pops.

[4:11] Jodi Benson: So on your thinking ears.

[4:19] David Alpert: It's trivia time.

[4:20] Jodi Benson: Oh boy.

[4:23] David Alpert: Here is your moment of trivia.

[4:25] David Alpert: Back in 1959, just four years after Disneyland opened, the Submarine Voyage attraction debuted.

[4:31] David Alpert: And during that summer, and then three other seasons between '65 and '67, the park paid a group of performers $45 a week to hang out near the ride dressed as what?

[4:45] Jodi Benson: Oh my goodness.

[4:47] Jodi Benson: Mermaids.

[4:49] David Alpert: It is mermaids.

[4:50] David Alpert: You're totally right.

[4:52] Jodi Benson: I have no idea.

[4:54] Jodi Benson: I am just guessing, David.

[5:06] Jodi Benson: No brain cells left, by the way.

[5:08] Jodi Benson: But um, I took a good guess.

[5:10] David Alpert: You were right.

[5:12] David Alpert: For 500, David, mermaids for 500.

[5:14] David Alpert: Yes, judges.

[5:16] David Alpert: She is right.

[5:22] David Alpert: Now let's hear from some of you.

[5:24] Jodi Benson: Huh.

[5:31] David Alpert: Jodi, we put on social media and hundreds of people reached out to ask their Disney questions.

[5:37] David Alpert: You are so loved.

[5:38] David Alpert: So we're gonna jump right in.

[5:39] David Alpert: Xander actually has two questions.

[5:41] David Alpert: One, why are you so amazing?

[5:43] David Alpert: And two, what was your favorite scene to do the voiceover for in Little Mermaid?

[5:48] Jodi Benson: If this is the Xander I know, this is my girlfriend's son, who is half of a twin.

[5:48] Jodi Benson: Half of a twin? Is that how you say that?

[5:58] Jodi Benson: Yes, Xander. I love you, Xander.

[6:00] Jodi Benson: First of all, that's very sweet.

[6:02] Jodi Benson: Why am I so amazing?

[6:03] Jodi Benson: Because I had amazing people like you in my life, Xander.

[6:07] Jodi Benson: Um, my favorite scene is the entire song of "Part of Your World" that Glen Keane animated so gloriously with Mark Hen.

[6:16] Jodi Benson: I just love that whole monologue that happens to be to pitch.

[6:22] Jodi Benson: But the animation and the expression of Ariel throughout that song is just breathtaking to me.

[6:28] Jodi Benson: So that is definitely my favorite.

[6:31] David Alpert: Similarly, that girl underscore B asks, what is your favorite line from the movie?

[6:41] Jodi Benson: I love you, Daddy.

[6:43] Jodi Benson: I love you, Daddy.

[6:44] Jodi Benson: I love that.

[6:45] Jodi Benson: I couldn't get that line right.

[6:48] Jodi Benson: And um, Howard said that line for me, and that's really special.

[6:53] Jodi Benson: I love that line.

[6:55] Jodi Benson: I love the um, but daddy, I love him.

[6:57] David Alpert: Yeah.

[6:58] Jodi Benson: That's great.

[6:59] Jodi Benson: That's Howard too.

[7:00] David Alpert: That's Howard too.

[7:01] Jodi Benson: Yep.

[7:02] David Alpert: Catherine asks, what do you wear when you record for animated movies?

[7:08] Jodi Benson: If it were up to me, I would go in my pajam jams and my baseball cap.

[7:14] Jodi Benson: I can wear my baseball cap as long as I wear it backwards.

[7:18] Jodi Benson: So that it doesn't hit the mic.

[7:20] Jodi Benson: And so I usually have braids and a baseball cap backwards.

[7:24] Jodi Benson: I usually wear some kind of comfy cozy t-shirt, either my niece's smiley for Kylie t-shirt or one of my Ariel t-shirts because I can.

[7:34] Jodi Benson: Nobody laughs at me when I do that.

[7:36] Jodi Benson: And then always workout pants slash yoga pants and tennis shoes.

[7:36] Jodi Benson: And tennis shoes.

[7:45] Jodi Benson: It's a must.

[7:46] David Alpert: Jordan asks a very important question because I'm a redhead.

[7:50] David Alpert: Would you ever consider dyeing your hair red like Ariel?

[7:54] Jodi Benson: No, I would not.

[7:56] Jodi Benson: Um, because I think redheads are so very, very, very special that that's what makes them so wonderfully unique that I don't need to be like jumping in on their territory and um, you know, taking away that perfect individual special quality.

[8:18] Jodi Benson: I wouldn't want to steal that from them.

[8:21] David Alpert: It's the most beautiful thing you've said this entire episode.

[8:24] Jodi Benson: Thank you.

[8:25] David Alpert: Now we're best friends.

[8:26] Jodi Benson: Are we BFFs?

[8:27] David Alpert: David, we're being sure we were BFFs from the 80s.

[8:30] Jodi Benson: You just didn't know that.

[8:32] David Alpert: Brandon asks, what was your favorite part of doing the voice for Ariel?

[8:37] Jodi Benson: Oh wow.

[8:38] Jodi Benson: Um, everything.

[8:39] Jodi Benson: I loved everything.

[8:41] Jodi Benson: I loved, I loved um, our directors.

[8:44] Jodi Benson: I loved working with Howard Ashman and Alan Mencken.

[8:47] Jodi Benson: I love the music.

[8:48] Jodi Benson: I love my cast, our engineers, everybody behind the booth.

[8:53] Jodi Benson: They were incredible.

[8:55] Jodi Benson: From day one till the final day, it was such an amazing experience.

[9:02] David Alpert: Mike wants to know if you could work with any Disney or Muppet character, which one would you choose?

[9:09] Jodi Benson: Ooh.

[9:10] Jodi Benson: I've never been asked that before.

[9:12] Jodi Benson: That's a great question.

[9:13] Jodi Benson: A Disney character.

[9:15] Jodi Benson: Which Disney character would I like to work with?

[9:19] Jodi Benson: Um, as Ariel or as Jodi?

[9:21] David Alpert: What do you think?

[9:21] Jodi Benson: I think as Jodi.

[9:22] David Alpert: Let's say as Jodi.

[9:23] Jodi Benson: Jodi.

[9:24] Jodi Benson: Ooh, dear.

[9:25] Jodi Benson: Well, I'd love to work with all of the princesses.

[9:29] Jodi Benson: Um, and do another project, a princess posse, a princess posse story.

[9:36] Jodi Benson: And that would be amazing.

[9:39] Jodi Benson: Um, and then a Muppet character.

[9:45] Jodi Benson: I would like to work with Cookie Monster.

[9:49] Jodi Benson: Oh, because at least we know there would be lots of treats on the set.

[9:54] Jodi Benson: We'd always be covered with sugar.

[9:56] David Alpert: Cookie Monster is an amazing answer.

[9:58] David Alpert: That's technically Sesame Street, but we have to allow it because it's so good.

[10:06] Jodi Benson: Because I love cookies.

[10:08] Jodi Benson: I'm thinking of the wrong people.

[10:10] David Alpert: Okay, so Muppets.

[10:14] Jodi Benson: I've got to work with Miss Piggy.

[10:15] Jodi Benson: I gotta work with it.

[10:19] Jodi Benson: Yeah, you know, she's a diva extraordinaire, and I'm anything but a diva.

[10:22] Jodi Benson: I'm like the polar opposite.

[10:24] Jodi Benson: So I bet we would be really good friends because I'm totally opposite of her.

[10:30] Jodi Benson: That I think I could bring her back down just a smidge, you know, into like sister, come on, really.

[10:39] Jodi Benson: Let's get a little bit of humility here, girl.

[10:42] David Alpert: Yeah, Miss Piggy would be super fun to get to work with.

[10:45] Jodi Benson: Yeah.

[10:46] David Alpert: Jesse asks, if you could be a Disney princess for the day, who would you be other than Ariel?

[10:55] Jodi Benson: Elsa.

[10:57] David Alpert: Got it.

[10:58] Jodi Benson: Yeah, I think I think because her powers are so cool that that would be super fun.

[11:05] Jodi Benson: And I'm from Illinois, so I like snow.

[11:08] Jodi Benson: I like ice skating.

[11:09] Jodi Benson: I like to snow ski.

[11:11] Jodi Benson: And so, like if I could do Elsa, I could really pretty much ski any time of the year.

[11:17] Jodi Benson: That's really, really, really cool.

[11:19] Jodi Benson: And then get to sing all that great music while I'm doing it.

[11:22] Jodi Benson: Hello.

[11:22] Jodi Benson: Yeah.

[11:23] Jodi Benson: I mean, come on.

[11:25] Jodi Benson: Come on, those songs.

[11:27] Jodi Benson: And um, yeah, that would be so much fun.

[11:30] Jodi Benson: I would like to do that.

[11:31] Jodi Benson: I'd like to be able to ski here in Georgia when it's 104 degrees, because I'm Elsa and I can just make it happen.

[11:39] David Alpert: Well, I have friends with someone very close to Elsa, so I'll see what I can do for you.

[11:44] Jodi Benson: Um I will, I will.

[11:48] Jodi Benson: Um Logan, Craig, Nicole, Broadway Media.

[11:51] David Alpert: Everyone is asking if you have a favorite memory of Howard Ashman or the greatest piece of advice he gave you.

[11:58] Jodi Benson: I have both.

[11:59] Jodi Benson: Um him in the studio standing next to me for every session, every line, every song, every lyric, is something I will treasure forever.

[12:12] Jodi Benson: When I sing "Part of Your World" and the intro begins with the piano, wherever I am, whether it's symphony, piano only, whether I'm creating a video for someone in the hospital, I think of him and I see him.

[12:28] Jodi Benson: I see him in my mind and in my heart when I sing the song.

[12:33] Jodi Benson: So it's wonderful because I have instant memory recall every time I sing the song, and I sing the song multiple times a week.

[12:41] Jodi Benson: So it's a glorious memory that I get to selfishly have this moment to myself.

[12:47] Jodi Benson: People think I'm sharing the song with them, which I am, but deep down inside, I'm kind of reliving this magical time in my life, which is really glorious that I have that.

[12:58] Jodi Benson: Very thankful for that.

[12:59] Jodi Benson: Um, greatest piece of advice.

[13:02] Jodi Benson: Howard was a perfectionist.

[13:04] Jodi Benson: I was a perfectionist.

[13:06] Jodi Benson: So I learned how to let go and completely trust him that I didn't have to be so in control and have everything be perfect.

[13:18] Jodi Benson: And I learned from him that perfect doesn't mean what I thought it meant.

[13:25] Jodi Benson: Perfect means it means to be perfect at that moment in time, trying to tell that piece of the story.

[13:44] Jodi Benson: Always.

[14:08] Jodi Benson: So it's a lesson I learned from Howard that impacts me every day of my life.

[14:15] Jodi Benson: And it's something I like to pass on to other people that perfect is not important, you know, telling the story is the most important thing, and making that connection with people, letting them feel something, they've got to feel something when you're saying a line or when you're singing, or when you're doing your movement or your choreography.

[14:42] Jodi Benson: People have got to feel something. So I'm just I'm so grateful to Howard for that lesson.

[15:03] David Alpert: Jodi, it's time for everyone's favorite game. This is what's that word again? I'm going to give you a clue as to what word from the Disney universe I'm thinking of, and I need you to guess what that word is. The only thing is, I need you to answer first with the introjection oh, and then the word. For instance, if I say Buzz Lightyear always aims high, he sets his sights on infinity and what's the word again? You would answer, oh, beyond.

[15:34] Jodi Benson: Yes, sir. I'm ready. I'm sweating, but I'm ready.

[15:39] David Alpert: I'm so sorry. I don't want you to lose all your perspiration.

[15:45] Jodi Benson: I'm gonna do my best.

[15:46] David Alpert: Here we go. I have total faith in you. What's the word again? Number one. In Beauty and the Beast, the enchantress transforms the prince into a beast and gives him a magic mirror, and also this specific type of flower. What do they call it again?

[16:01] Jodi Benson: Oh, a red rose.

[16:03] David Alpert: Yes, that's right. Is that right?

[16:05] Jodi Benson: Okay. That's totally right. And the O, the O in front of it just makes it even better.

[16:10] David Alpert: Thank you. Okay, number two for what's that word again? This phrase from the Disney universe was first uttered by Julie Andrews, and I love it, even if the sound of it is something quite atrocious. What's the word?

[16:22] Jodi Benson: Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

[16:27] David Alpert: That's right. That's totally right. This is the best thing that's ever happened to me, I think. Thank you so much, Jodi Benson, for playing this game with me.

[16:34] Jodi Benson: Okay, number three. Dory, the adorable fish in Finding Nemo with a not-so-great memory, continually utters three words, which encourages everyone to just keep. Oh, what's that word again?

[16:47] Jodi Benson: Oh, swimming.

[16:49] David Alpert: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. I love that song. I feel like Ariel is also very good with that advice. She does just keep swimming.

[17:00] Jodi Benson: That's right. In the movie Frozen, there is a lovely song called Love is an Open Door. And Anna and Hans both want to say the same word that describes what they both want to finish for each other. What's that word again?

[17:14] Jodi Benson: Oh. Sandwiches.

[17:18] David Alpert: That's right. Is that right?

[17:20] Jodi Benson: That's totally right. Okay. I had to think about that. Like, what we finished each sandwiches. That's what I was gonna say.

[17:27] David Alpert: Oh yeah, that's right. Okay. Oh, good. I'm surprised. Even though now that we've seen Frozen, potentially Hans was not going to say that, but is just saying that in the moment.

[17:37] Jodi Benson: Right.

[17:38] David Alpert: He's a faker. Spoiler alert.

[17:43] Jodi Benson: Spoiler alert. Okay. You're doing great. You're four for four. Here comes number five. Do I win something? Are there prizes? Like candy?

[17:52] David Alpert: I can see your candy. A churro. I'm gonna send you some chocolate sauce.

[18:02] Jodi Benson: Number five. We love Mickey Mouse. And in Fantasia, he's the apprentice to Yensid. And the word that describes Yensid's profession is what?

[18:15] Jodi Benson: I don't know this one.

[18:18] David Alpert: So Mickey is the—

[18:18] Jodi Benson: A wizard.

[18:23] David Alpert: Close.

[18:25] Jodi Benson: A magician.

[18:26] David Alpert: Closer.

[18:26] Jodi Benson: Oh, a sorcerer?

[18:30] David Alpert: Yes. Sorcerer. Yes, there it is.

[18:32] Jodi Benson: What are you talking about? I know. People don't always know that his name is Yensid, which is Disney backwards.

[18:39] Jodi Benson: I did not know that. I should know that.

[18:42] David Alpert: Well, now you know. Okay. You still did it. You still got it. So yeah, I kind of cheated though. You should probably take that one off.

[18:50] Jodi Benson: I should probably be. I should probably get a blooper on that one, but that's okay.

[18:55] David Alpert: Here comes that sound effect. There it was. That was very exciting. Okay, number six. This is the word given to members of the creative force behind the Disney theme parks. They're the ones who think up the rides and shows. What do you call them?

[19:11] Jodi Benson: Oh, imagineers.

[19:13] David Alpert: That's right. That's right. I know that.

[19:17] Jodi Benson: Very nice. Number seven. Mulan is one strong warrior. And in a moment of introspection, she takes a good look at herself in the water of a horse trough and sees this image looking back at her, which we call, uh, what's that word again?

[19:32] Jodi Benson: Oh, when will my reflection show? Who I am inside. Reflect.

[19:41] David Alpert: Oh, reflection.

[19:43] Jodi Benson: That's right. That's right. I will tell you, hearing Ariel's voice sing Mulan really just did numbers to my head. I don't know what's happening.

[19:49] David Alpert: Very like, what?

[19:53] Jodi Benson: Right. Um, okay, we've got three more. You're doing wonderfully. Number eight. Sometimes at the Disney parks, the lines are so long, we decide to grab these and then come back later in the day to basically cut the line. What's the word for them?

[20:06] Jodi Benson: Oh, fast pass.

[20:08] David Alpert: That's right. Are you a MaxPass person as well? Where you get on your phone and like you go for—

[20:11] Jodi Benson: Well, you know, when I'm working, we have our VIP guides.

[20:20] David Alpert: Yeah, so that's right. When I go as a civilian, then um, yeah, I just I kind of just do that. Get the app and my Disney experience and my Disney Legend card, and we just go for it. You know, if you were there and you wanted and I was in line for Space Mountain, not only would I allow you to cut, I would say, like, actually, will you just sit next to me? Actually, I can take you and jump on the ride.

[20:46] Jodi Benson: Yeah, let's do it. Which is normally what we try to do when I'm there working, I'll just grab people. I'm like, hey, I get a party at 10. Who wants to come? Let's go.

[20:53] David Alpert: Oh my gosh. Especially when it's kids and the lines like you know, three and a half, four hours or something like that. That's crazy. I am planning a trip to Disney at some point with all of the guests of E-Ticket to Broadway, and it will be crazy and ridiculous, and we have to make it happen.

[21:09] Jodi Benson: Oh, we have to make that happen, and I want to be there. So, number nine, Pinocchio becomes a real boy once he learns to tell the truth. But he starts the movie as this type of doll. What do you call them again?

[21:22] Jodi Benson: Oh. Oh, the proper name. What's up?

[21:26] Jodi Benson: Oh, a marionette.

[21:27] David Alpert: That's right. I was going to accept marionette or puppet.

[21:30] Jodi Benson: Yeah.

[21:31] David Alpert: You went for the fancy version.

[21:33] Jodi Benson: Yeah, I think he's supposed to be a marionette.

[21:35] David Alpert: Definitely.

[21:35] Jodi Benson: Yeah, definitely marionette. Okay. Very, very well done. Here comes their final. Okay. What's that word again? Very excited. I really think this one you're going to nail. Okay. Number 10. These two anatomical structures appear at the end of a human's legs. What's that word again?

[21:41] Jodi Benson: What's that word again?

[21:59] Jodi Benson: Oh, feet.

[22:00] David Alpert: That's right. You did it. Congratulations, Jodi. You did wonderfully well.

[22:04] Jodi Benson: I win the churro and the chocolate sauce.

[22:08] David Alpert: You do. I'll be sending that and making sure that no birds attack on the way there. Thank you.

[22:13] Jodi Benson: Thank you so much.

[22:16] David Alpert: Oh, Philly. We'll be right back.

[22:20] David Alpert: Oh, what's the bad commercial show? It's time for some tough choices. Let's play Tweedledee or Tweedledum. Jodi, here comes Tweedledeeer Tweedledum. It's a favorite game we play. However, for this version, it's going to be called Who's Its or What's Its. I'm going to say two options. You let me know which one you prefer. So, who's its or what's its? Fireworks Show over the Castle or a Parade down Main Street? Which do you think?

[22:53] Jodi Benson: Fireworks over the castle.

[22:55] David Alpert: Fireworks over the castle for 500.

[22:57] Jodi Benson: 500 free. Who's your what's it? Who's its or what's its? Pirates of the Caribbean or the Haunted Mansion?

[23:04] Jodi Benson: Pirates of the Caribbean, hands down.

[23:10] David Alpert: Wow, you okay. That one's controversial. I'm with you though.

[23:13] Jodi Benson: Okay. There's something I like about pirates better.

[23:17] David Alpert: Oh yes. Yes. Thousand times.

[23:20] Jodi Benson: Yeah. Who's its or what's its? Under the Sea or Kiss the Girl?

[23:21] Jodi Benson: Kiss the Girl.

[23:27] David Alpert: Kiss the Girl. I am a huge Kiss the Girl fan, especially on the attraction at Walt Disney World when the frogs are kissing.

[23:38] Jodi Benson: Oh, it's my favorite. My favorite, favorite, favorite scene. Who's its or what's its? Fantasyland or Epcot?

[23:47] Jodi Benson: Fantasyland, of course.

[23:50] David Alpert: Yeah. Sometimes I throw one in, yeah.

[23:54] Jodi Benson: Oh, absolutely. Fantasyland. And your final who's its or what's its? Prince Eric or Ken?

[24:01] David Alpert: Oh no, you did not just go.

[24:05] Jodi Benson: I did. And you listen, this is a happy joyful podcast. You can pass, you can say they're both wonderful.

[24:10] David Alpert: Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

[24:12] Jodi Benson: I'm gonna have to go with Eric.

[24:15] David Alpert: Yeah.

[24:16] Jodi Benson: I'm gonna have to go with Prince Eric. I am. I am.

[24:18] David Alpert: I'm with you.

[24:20] Jodi Benson: That was horrible.

[24:21] David Alpert: Well, because we get to see Prince Eric and Ariel fall for each other. I feel like when we meet Ken and Barbie, they're already together.

[24:28] Jodi Benson: Yeah, and it's kind of fake because he's really faky fake.

[24:31] David Alpert: It's a little plastic, you know.

[24:33] Jodi Benson: Oh yeah, that's right. It's very plastic. And he's very mean. You know, he's mean. And then he kind of changes and stuff. So I think I'm gonna go with Eric. Eric from the beginning.

[24:45] David Alpert: Yep.

[25:01] Jodi Benson: Jodi, the next time you go to a Disney park, what's the first thing you want to do?

[25:07] Jodi Benson: Oh, the very, very, very first thing that I'm gonna do is I'm gonna walk down Main Street, and I will proceed from the beginning of Main Street until I end up in front of the castle, taking anywhere from 500 to 600 photos at every step of the way with my children. And they're so good about this because they know this is what's going to happen. And they've learned at the age of 19 and 21, you just go with it, just go with mom. You have to capture.

[25:44] Jodi Benson: I have to capture everybody seeing it, and then walking along the way, and then we stop, and then we stop, and then we stop, and we stop it probably 15 times, and then I like to take that final picture right in front of the castle with nobody in front of me, very specific place, and then we jump and then we hold hands, then we jump. I am such a crazy mother when it comes to that. It's like that's all I ask for, and then the rest of the time, it's a free for all, but I have got to have the Main Street and the castle photo. It's a must, it's the first thing, and it has to just be right. I'm crazy.

[26:30] David Alpert: It's not crazy at all. Are you kidding me? I mean, my favorite tradition is turning the corner on Main Street by the Emporium to see the castle with my mom. And if I'm there without her, we FaceTime. But that's that image.

[26:45] Jodi Benson: Yes.

[26:45] David Alpert: Oh yes, I love that you do that.

[26:48] Jodi Benson: Yeah, come on. That's the magic. It's when I love to think of it. It's Main Street represents kind of what we know, Americana, structure, and then down the way we can see fantasy. And that's that image where you see the gas lamps on the sides and the stores, you know, commerce and socialism and all this stuff. And then you look down and you're like, there's magic.

[27:09] Jodi Benson: There's a it's purposeful.

[27:11] David Alpert: It is, it is. And the statue of Walt and Mickey, it's my favorite. I just love that. And it's like a family tradition, I think, of just capturing what everybody's feeling and what they're thinking. It's the time where we kind of let go of the reality of what life is like or what's going on and all around us, and we just get to sort of escape and become a little kid and we start skipping down Main Street.

[27:38] Jodi Benson: Yeah, you know, we will make our home in Disneyland.

[27:41] David Alpert: That's right. And when I get to Disneyland, I will stay.

[27:42] Jodi Benson: I will stay.

[27:47] David Alpert: I wish we could stay there.

[27:49] Jodi Benson: I totally would. Well, Jodi, thank you. I cannot, I cannot thank you enough for joining me on this episode. It means so much to me, and I'm sure for those listening as well.

[27:57] Jodi Benson: Well, you're so kind, David, and I so appreciate you inviting me to have some fun with you today. This was wonderful. I loved every minute of it, and I'm excited. I hope that we can meet in person very, very soon. And I'd love to meet you at the happiest place on earth.

[28:14] David Alpert: That sounds wonderful. So thank you, Jodi. And we'll see you at the parks.

[28:18] Jodi Benson: Yes, sweetheart. See you soon.

[28:44] David Alpert: Oh boy. Thanks for listening.