Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on Earth

[Available Oct. 7 on various VOD platforms.] Cullen Douglas' engaging, entertaining, insightful, fascinating, inspirational, candid, 84-minute documentary that examines the life and career of talented singing and dancing entertainer William J. Flanigan who had many names, including Man with the Thousand-Watt Smile, Mr. Disney, and Living Legend, and worked at Walt Disney World for 40 years as the longest contract performer and delivered uplifting "Flanigrams" via a 7,000-mile cycling journey when the parks closed during the pandemic, and it consists of film clips and commentary by Walt Disney performers (such as Andrea Canny, Donn Lamkin, Katie Whetsell, Paul Padilla, Lisa Scott, Sterling Lovett, Iris Lynne Sherman, Lisa Leonard, Benjamin S. Ptashinsky, Amy Terechenok, Nicole Lambo, Jennifer Warren, Holland Hayes, Kevin Brassard, Victor E. Chan, Shelia Smith Ward, and Hannah Laird), childhood friend Eileen McQuiad, Disneyland Casting Services Coordinator Liv Rand, sister and Copy Kittens & Company founder Mary Flanigan, park guest Marie Rand, former wife and Copy Kittens & Company member Karen Alibrandi, Walt Disney World former casting director Rich Taylor, friend Kriss Harris, actress/singer/instructor Cheryl Ann Sanders, Miss Oregon 1990 Beth McShane, daughter Lexi, and sons Kyle, Adam, and Ryan Flanigan.
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