Originally Posted By magnet OK, so this is long overdue.... Let's figure out the podcast crew's inside jokes. I'll get things rolling: "a whole can of whipped cream" I've heard this one a couple times now. It's from the menu description of the Kitchen Sink Sundae at Beaches & Cream in the Beach Club Resort, right? On a side note, has anyone tried the Garbage Sundae at Longacre's Dairy Bar near Bally, PA? "a 747" this is one of those Animal Kingdom gems. Has something to do with the amount of instantaneous thrust the Yeti actuators (on the Everest ride) can develop being similar to the thrust of a 747. I'm totally baffled over the Elmer Fudd reference that's popped up a couple times, usually in EPCOT discussions.
Originally Posted By magnet Oh yes, and the "...that's right, ACID!" reference is a bit mysterious. I thought this was about Test Track, but I'm not sure. Help?
Originally Posted By utahjosh "...that's right, ACID!" Is from the 3-d movie "it's tough to be a bug." Flik says it talking about the Termite-ator. ..Best to move along...
Originally Posted By Doobie Correct on all so far. At Beaches 'n' Cream, when they bring out the Kitchen Sink, the server does a spiel that includes him saying "and a whole can of whipped cream" at which point the other servers in the restaurant yell out "a whole can". Elmer Fudd is purely inside. It's a phrase we decided to use (off air that's made its way onto the podcast) to indicate to the other party "I know what you're going to say, I'm going to say the same thing as well, so don't bother, lets just laugh at it without saying it and move along" Doobie.
Originally Posted By magnet "Don't be a zebra" From the jungle cruise. There is a group of lions surrounding a dead zebra. The skipper says something like ~ this represents that old law of the jungle. Survival of the fittest? No. Don't be a zebra.
Originally Posted By magnet "this is the listener mail song, it is not very long [abruptly terminates]" A ripoff of the happy birthday song often heard at Disney eateries. "This is your happy birthday song, it is not very long [abruptly terminates]," followed by "Happy Birthday!"
Originally Posted By magnet "All of these people think I'm talking to them, but I'm really just talking to YOU!" From the Muppet 3D movie. There's some little creature that floats out right in front of you and says that. Because of the 3D effect, it does seem like you're being singled out.
Originally Posted By retlawfan From 10/26 podcast: "Pork Chops and um Apple Shaush" From the Peter on The Brady Bunch.
Originally Posted By chilifries Fanboy's usage of the term "We". (to be filed in the somewhat silly portion of the lexicon) Usage: Personal pronoun Explanation: When expressing key Disney corporate opinions, Fanboy may be temporarily(?) assuming and/or placing upon himself the vaunted corporate mantle of the Walt Disney Company/Family of Companies, as opposed to say -- simply speaking for himself or other members of the illustrious LP group (also much vaunted). e.g.: "WE decided that this would not be a profitable option." or "We prefer our Mickey shaped waffles to be festooned with lovely colorful ribbons and then drenched in syrup." (the 1st quote is a half-remembered approximation while the 2nd is pure fiction - ed.) Although he could be doing both, or neither. Listening to the surrounding context of the podcast is absolutely key. Not to be confused with the "Royal We" used almost exclusively by monarchs, dating back to the late 1400's or some such period, and perhaps even before normal peasants and others thought to use the term in exchange for communicating to others the idea of "me and someone else who is not me". Also not to be confused with the "French oui" which Fanboy may be employing to immitate a noted French celebrity or to relive a cherished experience in Epcot. And finally also not to be confused with "We" which as everyone knows, is the abbreviation for Wednesday, which is a great day to visit DCA and attend the first showing of Aladdin for the week at 12:25pm.
Originally Posted By Doobie Actually, more often than not, the word FanBoy is using is "Wii" as in the video game console. I know - I read the script. Doobie.
Originally Posted By redheadinva What about, "Picture it...Sicily?" Golden Girls - everytime Sophia had a story to tell.
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac I was just wondering if maybe Doobie could tell us about the no benches in the hub at Disneyland thing?
Originally Posted By Doobie Picture it, Sicily, 1971... A little while ago Disney redid the area around the hub at the Magic Kingdom. I can't remember the reason, maybe to improve viewing for Wishes or something. In the process they got rid of a bunch of benches that used to be in the area. Once the refurb was finally done we were looking at it and noticed a lot of people leaning on the railing where the benches used to be. And thus a new lexicon item is born. If I got any of that wrong, hopefully FanBoy or Rebekah will correct me. Doobie.
Originally Posted By FanBoy They redid the hub for viewing for Cinderellabration. When Doobie and I went back, Doobie couldn't remember what it used to look like. So I told him, "See where those people are uncomfortably leaning. There used to be benches there"
Originally Posted By Doobie Wow. If they redid the hub for Cinderellabration and took away the benches - that's a bad trade-off. Doobie.
Originally Posted By magnet Bring back the benches. There are so many benches at DL now that they use them as cattle barriers to block and direct the flow of pedestrian traffic. Because of the lack of places to sit in the MK (unless you park Grandma on some remote bench 90 minutes ahead) I usually view the fireworks from the Poly.
Originally Posted By bigbrian-nc dot com Thing is they widened the viewing concrete areas too (a LOT) so even if they kept the benches they still would have gained more concrete for people to stand on during the fireworks, no reason they can't have both, that said there still are a fair number of benches in the hub I've got pictures of it with the benches after the refurb, though I guess the point is there are not as many as there were before.
