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"Oh, that? That's our Wax Disney! Yeah. And in the foyer bathroom we have a Wax Tim Curry, dressed in his full 'Pennywise' costume!"
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Um...sorry Ic...really just kidding. The anti-semite accusations have haunted Disney for decades. I thought it was kind of a well known yet only somewhat believable legend.
He was actually an ardent anti-communist and was a friendly witness for the un-American activities group in Congress.
A little research shows that if Walt was an anti-semite, he hid it well. Opening day of Disneyland included leaders from the Catholic church, a protestant denomination and a Jewish rabbi.
He did have many Jewish friends in Hollywood too.
He also, apparently, had many Jewish "enemies" in Hollywood.
There were some charges of anti-semitism related to use of stereotypes in some of the cartoons: the big bad wolf was originally dressed in typical "jewish merchant" garb. That got cleaned up after some groups complained. Mickey is some cartoon somewhere dressed as a Hassidim doing a little dance. That still exists somewhere, but I've never seen it.
Anyway, it's a bunch of hooey, probably, and the charges came out after his death and were denied by his widow and his brother.
Anyway, it was a joke... I was thinking of having Noam Chomsky be a "biter." Maybe that would've been funnier.
quote: * Hair and eye color authenticated by people that knew Walt * Real human hair inserted stand by strand * Glass eyes * Teeth are matched to Walt circa 1961
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quote: * Head will need to ship overnight in a temperature controlled package
Wow, maybe this isn't wax... maybe it really IS Walt Disney's cryogenically frozen head!!!
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Plus, the description blurb fails to mention that your Wax Disney will regenerate and multiply just like the broomsticks in The Sorcerer's Apprentice did, should he ever get broken!
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quote:Originally posted by plaid: Wow, maybe this isn't wax... maybe it really IS Walt Disney's cryogenically frozen head!!!
Oh great! Now I'm flashing back to that horrible experience I had when my folks took us kids to see "Disney on Ice". We thought it would be Mickey Mouse and Pinocchio and that crowd skating around like maniacs, but NOOooo! It was Walt Disney's cryogenically preserved severed head.
I had nightmares for months, and I still get the heebie-jeebies when the guy at Baskin-Robbins reaches his hand deep into the ice cream cooler.
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