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From: jweber@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (jodi.weber)
Subject: Re: Talking Watches
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:11:39 GMT

In article <m0msRcv-0000RqC@juts.ccc.amdahl.com> rich.bellacera@amail.amdahl.com writes:
>New!  The Disney Stores are carrying a new talking watch for Goofy.
>
>Last year they came out with a Mickey Mouse watch that actually talks and his
>upper jaw moves up & down while he says things like "Heh heh, it's nine after
>three, heh heh."  I think there is a total of three or four different ways he
>phrases the time.
>
>Shortly after that came a Minnie Mouse watch in kind.  Her phrases were
>usually accompanied by some type of giggle, or "Oh my!"
>
>Now there's a Goofy watch and he even has droopy ears.  This one is great.  He
>usually says "Gwarsh!" or "It's eleven after two.  I think?" (something
>silly). I think I like this one the best so far.
>
>I imagine a Donald Duck version in "nash-speak" would be a tad difficult to
>understand.  Or....maybe not.  I also doubt a Pluto or Daisy one would be soon
>coming for marketing purposes.


In my experience, talking watches are a tremendously helpful tool for blind
people.  We got my mother a talking watch when she went blind, and it
gave her at least one, very important, reference point when she lost the
point of reference for everything else in her world.

I think a "nash-speak" watch would be more difficult to deal with in that
situation because if you couldn't understand it, the watch would be
useless.  However, the others sound cute, and would probably bring a smile
to someone's face to hear it, especially a child's face.


Jodi Weber
jodiweber@attmail.com   or   jweber@cbnewsg.cb.att.com

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From: ed@bach.udel.edu (Edward P. Hu)
Subject: Re: Photo Tips Needed - Disney Rides
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:39:38 GMT

I also am going to WDW in about a month (YAAA), and I am wondering
if anyone has had any success with videotaping any nighttime shows
(eg, Illuminations, Spectromagic, Sorcery in the Sky)???

I was really impressed with all of the shows I saw when I visited
WDW for the first time last year, and I just want to know if it's
possible to videotape any of the fireworks or parades with a
regular home 8mm camcorder.  How sensitive a camcorder would I need?
I think mine has a limit of 9 lux (???).

Thanks in advance for any info.

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From: ins534z@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Quetzal)
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:37:22 GMT

kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:

>>Does anybody out there know where I can purchase a copy of Little Mermaid.
>>I've been meaning to get a copy ever since it first came out but now they are
>>non existent....HELP!

>Is it illegal to send this poor unfortunate soul a laserdisc-transfered
>copy (at the expense of a VHS tape and the shipping and handling)?

Well, yes, completely, totally, utterly, yes.
But don't let that stop you doing it.  It's totally up to you to
decide whether or not you want to break the law.
(Please don't let this degenerate into another flame war about rights)

Tim Pickett
quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au

PS All this goes to show that Disney could still make money from selling
more of this film, I'd say . . .
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From: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)
Subject: Re: WDW commerical on TV
Reply-To: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com
Organization: TI/DSEG VAX Support
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:06:51 GMT


In article <1992Nov20.151654.8038@athena.mit.edu>, sao@athena.mit.edu (Andy Oakland) writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.121349.1@evax.gdc.com> sroka@evax.gdc.com writes:
>>I've recently seen the new(er) WDW commerical with the Be Our Guest theme. At
>>the end of this spot they have Mickey on top of Spaceship Earth waving as the
>>camera pulls back.
>
>Just checking:  The Mickey on top of Spaceship Earth in this shot _is_ a
>robot, right? (or maybe I should say an "audioanimatronic figure?" :^)
>I just can't imagine them putting a stuntman in a Mickey suit up there!
>
>	:Andy Oakland
>	sao@athena.mit.edu
>

Oh ye of little faith.  Bell Jet Ranger with hoist, $1200/hr + $2000 set up.
2 gaffers at $75/hr/person, 4 hour minimum.  Stunt man at $200/hr, 2 hour
minimum, add a second helo for the camera.  Considering the number of time this
footage has been used, the price was probably very cheap.

Given the choice between being blown up and being anchored very securely to the
top of Spaceship Earth, most sane stuntpeople will take the latter.  Most
SANE...
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From: ultron@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Andrew H Krieg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Disney Channel ranting (was Re: Making of Aladdin)
Date: 17 Nov 1992 18:04:46 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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In article <Rich_Koster.12u7@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US> Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster) writes:
>(This is from my wife Carol:)
> 
>                        *****VCR ALERT!*****
> 
>For those of you who have The Disney Channel, or have cable TV as of
>the week of November 29 - December 6, watch for the 30-minute special
>called "The Making of Aladdin".  Here is how The Disney Channel
> 
>If you have cable TV, but no Disney Channel subscription, you're
>still in luck.  The Disney Channel will hold a freebie 8-day Holiday
>Preview Sunday, November 29 - Sunday, December 6.  This means you
>will be able to receive the Disney Channel for free during that week.

BUT, don't forget that the Disney Channel will be annoyingly displaying their
phone number, to get new subscribers, through out the programs during the
'freebie' times.  The Disney Channel is the absolute worst offender of
superimposing garbage on the screen while you are trying to watch (or tape)
when they have a subscription drive.

This was one of the reasons I dropped the DC.  I'd say they have at least 6
drives a year, making taping impossible during those times.  The other reason
I dropped them was because they showed the same things over and over.  Both
of the other programs Carol listed have been on numerous times before (It All
Started with a Mouse (1989); Happy Birthday Mickey (1983)).  Yuk!

I have a database of all of Disney's films and shorts, and most of their TV
programs.  I'd say 10-20% of these are in heavy rotation on the DC, while the
rest are never shown.  I'd love to see old B/W Mickey Mouse cartoons, but
only a handful of them are ever shown.  Or how about some of the War Time
effort cartoons the studio produced (Out of the Fying Pan and Into the Firing
Line, Der Fuhrers Face, etc.).  Sure the war is over, but that doesn't stop
Warner Brothers from showing their war cartoons.  WB even released a video
tape collecting some of them.

IMHO, the Disney Channel could be a lot better than it is.  As it is now,
it's just boring.
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From: mcdonald@netcom.com (Jim Mc Donald)
Subject: Disneyland Christmas Party
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:17:34 GMT

Please excuse my ignorance if this has already been asked about Disneyland.
I was at Comdex, and returned to find about 400 unread rec.arts.disney posts,
of which I only read the last 50.

As a former cast member, I received a notice in the mail about a private
Christmas party on the evening of December 11. I assume I received this because
of my membership in the Alumni Club.  It allows me to order an unlimited
number of tickets, and I have about 20-30 friends that I am going with from
my current job.

The big question is: How many people should we expect to be at the park that
evening?  Rumor has about 20,000 guests, which seems kinda high to me, but I
have also heard somewhere in the range of 40,000 guests.
What number would be a closer approximation?


Thanks a lot.

Jim Mc Donald
mcdonald@netcom.com
From: curt@foundation.wpd.sgi.com (Curt Schimmel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Oliver and Co.
Date: 20 Nov 92 23:14:03 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
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In <1992Nov20.193228.17090@gvl.unisys.com> miller@gvls1.gvl.unisys.com (Bruce J. Miller) writes:

>The man at Suncoast says that Oliver & Co has not yet been released on video.
>Can some one in the know verify this?  If it's true, has there been a
>release date announced?  All info greatfully appreciated.


Oliver & Co has never been released on home video.  There is speculation
that it will be out sometime in the next 2-3 years, possibly with a
re-release in theatres.  We'll just have to wait and see.

Curt
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:37:48 -0500 
From: Steve_Lammert@transarc.com
Subject: WDW employee falls, dies

Date: 13 Nov 92 02:08:37 GMT
Subject: Disneyworld worker startled by wasps falls to death

	ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) -- An off-duty employee of Walt Disney World was
startled by wasps and plunged 110 feet to his death from one of the
resort hotel's observation decks, police said Thursday.
	Brian Hribek, 24, died instantly when he hit a fourth floor patio
after falling from the 15th floor of the Contemporary Hotel, said Orange
County sheriff's spokesman Doug Sarubbi.
	``Hribek had worked at the Top of the World as a food and beverage
host since January,'' Sarubbi said. ``He and another employee -- his
roommate -- had come to pick up Hribek's pay check, and Hribek asked his
friend to step out on the observation deck to see the view.''
	The Orlando man was sitting on the concrete ledge, with his feet
facing inward when a large mass of wasps flew into the area.
	``He apparently lost his balance and fell 110 feet,'' said Sarubbi. 
``His death has been ruled accidental.''
	There was no one on the patio where Hribek landed.
	``There was speculation that alcohol was involved, but we have ruled
that out,'' the spokesman said. ``It's just tragic, and very
unfortunate.''
	Disney officials declined to comment on the accident.

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From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Subject: Re: Summer Jobs at WDW
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:13:23 GMT

dmschwar@athena.mit.edu  writes:
> I don't know if anyone has addressed this question lately, but I was wondering
> about the possibilities for summer employment at WDW.
> I am graduating from college this year, and would like to work at Disney
> before entering med school.
> Any information about this would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
> Dan

Well, there is the WDW College Program, but they want students who are 
second semester freshlings to first semester seniors.  Since you are in the 
midst of graduating (congrats!), I don't think they'll take you.  
	From what Rick Nealy (headhunter for WDW) said, WDW is VERY selective 
during the summer months (May-August).  You might have a better chance working
Winter (January-May) or Fall (August-January).
	Good Luck!

Torsten at Omaha
From: 31babik@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: stuff...the secrets?
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:19:11 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <Bxzxs9.7L0@news.udel.edu>, avril@chopin.udel.edu (April Christi Clark) writes:
> 
> p.s. whine whine whine-- i had a copy of the aladdin soundtrack ordered
> but i am told they cannot sell it to me until the official date of release     
> (tuesday).  8:( 


Wow!  Sucks to be you!  I've had the soundtrack for almost 2 weeks 
now....*gloat*gloat*gloat*

:)

I wonder why I was able to pick it up in Meijer's (which I think may 
be a Michigan only store), when so many other people seem to be having 
a problem getting it.  In fact, when I got it, the CD was on sale for 
$10.00 and had a $1.00 rebate, too.
From: ins534z@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Quetzal)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Beauty and the Beast inconsistencies...
Date: 16 Nov 92 00:21:52 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.

kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com (the Rev. Mom) writes:

>My favorite inconsistences are in other movies (I'm blind to all
>the faults in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST :-): in LITTLE MERMAID, the
>glaring one for me is that when Ariel finishes singing "Part of
>Your World", she sinks down into a pool of light on the ocean
>floor.  Really strong sunshine.  Then about fifteen seconds
>later, she surfaces, and it's night-time with fireworks!

Pretty bright, those fireworks, you know. . .

And there *was* a full moon, remember.

(Maybe the camera operators attached image intensifiers to their equipment . .)

<flailing at this stage>

Tim Pickett
Defender of Faults in Disney Films, Particularly The Little Mermaid

quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:02:21 -0500 
From: Steve_Lammert@transarc.com
Subject: Walt Disney Earnings cont.

From Dow Jones...

    Year Sept. 30:                       
                       1992            1991 
 Revenues        $7,503,896,000 $6,111,969,000 
 Net income         816,740,000    636,608,000 
 Avg shrs:          536,771,000    532,668,000 
 Shr earn:  
  Net income               1.52           1.20   

  In a press release, Walt Disney Co. said operating income for the quarter
was $395,815,000, compared with $300,902,000 a year earlier. For the
fiscal year, operating income rose to $1,435,228,000 from $1,094,517,000
a year earlier.   

  The company said its results for the latest quarter and fiscal year
reflected the strength in all three of its business segments and of its
animated products.   

  The company said fourth-quarter revenues for its Theme Parks and Resorts
segment grew 26% to $996,231,000 and operating income increased 44% to
$213,865,000. For the year, revenues increased 18% to $3,306,858,000
and operating income increased 18% to $643,971,000.   

  Revenues for the Filmed Entertainment segment rose 6% to $784,572,000
for the quarter and 20% to $3,115,172,000 for the year. Operating income
increased 21% to $121,578,000 for the quarter and 60% to $508,247,000
for the year.   

  For the Consumer Products segment, revenues rose 54% to a record $294,284,00-
0 for the quarter and 49% to $1,081,866,000 for the year. Operating income
increased 18% to $60,372,000 for the quarter and 23% to $283,010,000
for the fiscal year.    


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From: michelle@hana.Central.Sun.COM (Michelle Donat SE Chicago Loop )
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Aladdin--Sneak preview lament
Date: 19 Nov 92 08:40:48 GMT
Reply-To: michelle@hana.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: hana.central.sun.com

Believe it or not,  if you just write to 
Mr. Jeffery Katzenberg, Chairman
The Walt Disney Studios
Burbank, California
you WILL get an answer.
We were REAL upset in the policy of the Loew's theatre chain in the Chicago area:
they were not allowing kids under 7 into a G! rated movie after 6:00 pm in most of their
theatres -at the time, the feature was the re-release of Jungle Book.  
About 3 or 4 weeks later , I got a  CALL from the VP of Disney (I am not sure if it was B/V)
letting me know that Mr.  Katzenberg had gotten, the letter, READ it, and marked it up
and sent it to the proper  VP to take action.  Also,  about a week later, I got a copy of the letter
that Disney sent to Loew's explaining that they didn't think that what they were doing was
a good idea.
If you want the address of the VP, let me know at  the email address, and tomorrow I will be
glad to send it to you..
---

Michelle Donat
SE Chicago Loop
michelle@sunloop.Central
312-855-9530
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From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Subject: Re: Aladdin and Prince Eric
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:32:55 GMT

raf5s@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU  writes:
> ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu  writes:
> > Isn't Aladdin's face modelled after Tom Cruise in an effort to appeal
> > to the younger generation...with that in mind, he does resemble him a
> > bit, especially in the nose.
> > Sean Squier
> > (Future CEO - The Walt Disney Company)
> > ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
> When I was at MGM Studios this past March, I went on the Animation tour
> and saw some of the artwork for Aladdin still in progress.  Clipped
> to the desks of many of the animators were photos of Keannu Reaves of
> "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures" and "Point Break" fame.  I think
> his look may have been the inspiration for Aladdin, much like the
> animators referred to photos of buffalo, lions, etc. to create the Beast.
> Rob Flax
> raf5s@faraday.clas.virginia.edu
> University of Virginia

Now that you mention it, Aladdin does look a lot like the animated version of 
Keannu Reaves from the animated "Bill and Ted's".


Torsten at Omaha    
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From: dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes)
Subject: Re: Carousel of Progress
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Will pay money for food.
Date: 21 Nov 1992 13:34 EST  

> My roommate, who worked Star Tours, used to complain about the numerous
> guests who would inquire about the attraction.  It's the only attraction
> I know of at Disneyland that the public JUST WON'T LET REST IN PEACE.
> It's odd because NOBODY I know of EVER asks about the "old" Fantasyland
> (it was rebuilt in 1984- I think) with the Pirate Ship, etc. It's JUST
> the Carousel of Progress.

Well, most of the "old" Fantasyland didn't go away; it was just replaced with
updated versions of the same rides.  I would imagine a lot of people still
ask about the Carousel of Progress at Disneyland because:

  a)  It was a popular and prominent attraction.

  b)  There's one at WDW, so people expect to find one at Disneyland as well.

  c)  The old structure for it is still standing.

 - snopes

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From: jrowliso@ub.d.umn.edu (Jon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Jodi Benson's Voice
Date: 15 Nov 1992 12:09:02 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
NNTP-Posting-Host: ub.d.umn.edu

Well, they aren't CD's but if you want to here more of Jodi Benson you could
take a look at Pirates of Darkwater (she does the voice of Tulla) or the
upcoming release of Don Bluth's Thumbelina (she does the title role.)  I
believe that they ARE going to be releasing a CD for Thumbelina at some
point... look for it.
					jrowliso@ub.d.umn.edu
					Prez: official Jodi Benson fan club
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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: The Mickey Mouse joke
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:18:07 GMT
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
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In article <1992Nov18.204529.7682@news.unomaha.edu> torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair) writes:
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu  writes:
>> 	This joke refers to SEX. egad. That is about as dirty as
>> it gets, unless you consider poking fun at Disney icons to be a
>> sin.
>> 	So, if the concept of sex is offensive to you, don't read
>> the rest. I've heard a joke about Mickey and court for quite a
>> while now, and while I'm not sure if this is the specific one
>> from Playboy, it is cute anyway:
>> 	
>
>That's the one!  Thanks for redirecting the flames!  Hope you enjoy 
>the E-Mail!
>
	I actually didn't receive any. 8-)
	-- Ethan


"I have never seen one of these in tact before... This is the
famous dead-sea tupperware"

	-- Robin Williams
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From: afarrell@maths.tcd.ie (Andrew Farrell)
Subject: Re: Be Our Guest parody
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:35:44 GMT

In <Qf0l_q_00awORSalB=@andrew.cmu.edu> by24+@andrew.cmu.edu (Benjamin S. Yu) writes:

>Can someone send me the original Be Our Guest parady?  Thanks

>Ben Savageley

And me, please.

Andrew.
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From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Subject: Re: Aladdin Soundtrack?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 20:25:06 GMT

My local Disney store had it on sale last Tuesday (tenth).  Friday, payday,
I checked another music store to compare prices, and they hadn't received it
yet.  I then went to the Disney store and paid $18 for it.  (Yes it was worth
it.)
	Disney is also showing clips from the movie in the stores.

Anybody want to bet that Disney will NOT use "A Brand New World" to advertise
Disneyworld?

Torsten at Omaha