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[Master Gracey]

My username is that of the owner of Disney's Haunted Mansion, according to the legend made up over the years by Disney CMs and ride afficionados. There's a grave outside that reads:

MASTER GRACEY
Laid to rest
No mourning
please
at his
request
FAREWELL


The name on that tombstone was the nickname given to Yale Gracey, the Haunted Mansion's chief animatronics guru, who was also an animator on almost all the Goofy cartoons done in the '30s and '40s. Master Gracey is the name of the "ghost host" who's the ride's narrator, and his picture is the one that changes in the foyer right before you enter the stretching room.