Walt Disney Imagineering (which was just past its centennial at the time) for the “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” exhibit, the first human Audio-Animatronic figure. Today, Audio-Animatronics are featured prominently in many popular Disney attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, The Hall of Presidents, Country Bear Jamboree, Star Tours—The Adventures Continue, and Muppet*Vision 3D. Guests have also had the opportunity to interact with some Audio-Animatronic characters, such as Lucky the Dinosaur, WALL-E, and Remy from "Ratatouille". The next wave of Audio-Animatronic development focuses on completely independent figures, or “Autonomatronics.” Otto, the first Autonomatronic figure, debuted at the 2009 D23 Expo
Jerry Remy Remy's hometown of Fall River that opened in October 2012, which in March 2018, "The Herald News" of Fall River reported would be closed. Remy was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006, elected honorary President of Red Sox Nation in 2007, and was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2017. Remy is author of the books "Watching Baseball" and "Jerry Remy's Red Sox Heroes", both co-authored with Corey Sandler, and several children's books about Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster, which began as an idea based on Remy's stories about Wally