SHERMAN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. SHERMAN It’s hard to believe, but half a century has passed since my late brother, Bob, and I first met and worked with a warm, affable, and brilliant young man named Marty Sklar. At that time, Marty was the literary right-hand man of our mutual boss, Walt Disney. As Walt’s staff songwriters, Bob and I had just finished a song for the Carousel of Progress Pavilion at the 1964–65 World’s Fair. Our song, “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow,” was the musical connecting link in this groundbreaking attraction. Marty, who was cocreator of the project, had written a script for General Electric (the corporate sponsor) in which Walt would present our song and then display how the pavilion worked. Marty provided one of the greatest thrills of our career, as we got to perform and sing on camera with Walt himself. Over the years, Marty continued to inspire all those around him, lending his taste and talent to countless Imagineering projects. Bob and I had the privilege of writing songs for many of these, including: “it’s a small world,”
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