Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech As they left, a woman said to her husband, "You know, I'm really surprised that there's not more things around here from 'Blackbeard's Ghost'. I mean, that was one of Disney's first!,". First what?!! First Dean Jones Movies? First Peter Ustinov movies? It's funny how myopic we can be about the things we like. I have a feeling this woman saw that film as a young girl, and it was her first experience with Disney. She probably figured the Company was new at the time!
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Another funny thing overheard at the Gallery: A couple was staring at a piece of art for Mickey's 80th, and the woman said very loudly: "Has Disneyland really been around for 80 years?!". Her husband and she discussed it for a bit, and I assumed that they figured it out- this particular piece made it clear that it was Mickey's 80th. But they eventually went over to the CM there and the husband asked, "Um, Is Mickey's birthday based on Walt Disney's birthday?" The CM answered "No, why do you ask?". Guest:Well then how can Mickey be 80? CM: His first film was released in 1928. The guests just kind of looked at each other and then walked on. No thank you. I'm not sure they understood.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^They probably think that Walt Disney is still alive and in his 80s.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<First Dean Jones Movies? First Peter Ustinov movies>> It's funny. She must've been around my age, huh? I loved Blackbeard's Ghost...loved Dean Jones...and absolutely ADORE Peter Ustinov.... How cute! DH is pretty much on the same wavelength, but in a 6th degree of separation kind of way: his first crush on celebrities were co-stars of Dean Jones. The blonde girl who rode Aspercel in The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit and Suzanne Pleshette, from Blackbeard's Ghost. xoxo
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Haha - back on Mickey's 70th birthday or something like that, I shared the news of his birthday with a girl at school. She looked at me blankly and said "so is Walt Disney also 70?" Yeah, because he created him the day he was born. He's clever like that.
Originally Posted By Route66 Speaking of Blackbeards theres is a painting of old Blackbeard himself in POTC! The painting is part of the loot 2 guys are struggling to go up the water fall with (at the end of the ride). I knew it right away the first time I saw it, and I loved that Disneyland still gives that little nod to people who love the old Live Action films (Even the bad ones)..
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Yes but that Blackbeard painting (and whole scene) was removed when Jack Sparrow and friends were installed.
Originally Posted By crazycroc Jack Sparrow sucks for that. STil, everyone knows that the hot Disney chicks of the time were Pollyanna's maid and Deborah Walley. She's the pink of perfection and stuff.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck >>>Jack Sparrow sucks for that.<<< Will someone pass a paper towel, I need to clean the Mountain Dew off my monitor....
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<Deborah Walley. She's the pink of perfection and stuff.>> You liked Summer Magic, too?!?!?! Bless your little croc heart! I always had something against Deborah Walley. She tried to be Gidget in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" and that just didn't work for me. I didn't know she died in 2001. How sad!
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation The problem here is in how closely Walt Disney, Disneyland and Mickey Mouse are tied together in one place. There's certainly some ironclad brand imaging at work here. However, someone obviously old enough to know better regarding the timeline wound up looking rather foolish; I refer to the boisterous old couple. A CM working an exhibit like that needs to be a sort of docent. We on this board know the timelines (Disney was born in 1901, Mickey Mouse first appeared in 1928 and Disneyland was built in 1955), but others clearly do not. Based on this story, I kinda doubt those dates would have made an impression on the couple in question.
