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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Evolution of Show Control
John Huntington: You could probably trace the development of electronic[1] show control back to Disney’s Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln animatronic show at the 1964 World's Fair; a version of this attraction also opened at Disneyland 1965.[2] That show marked one of the first instances where show producers started integrating then new automation technologies (many analog) into their attractions to enable story telling on a large scale.

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