Originally Posted By Inspector 57 OMG! Robert Smigel takes on Disney in his cartoon that airs on Saturday Night Live tonight. It's rude, offensive, slanderous, somewhat on target, and maybe funny in places. How could they DO this?! I don't mean, "How could he be so tasteless?" I mean, "How can he include Disney footage and representations of Disney characters like that, and how can they air it?!" It comes on about 20 minutes into the show.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder If it's satire, which it is, there's a lot more leeway. Also, images, sounds and such things be shown or used for a certain brief amount of time before copyrights and all that kick in.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Thanks, STPH. I'd be interested in reading your reaction if you happen to see it. I understand that there's more leeway when something is satire. Still, I'm surprised that the prolonged use of Disney animated characters, the use of Disney film clips, and the "hostile" exaggeration of truths about Disney in this segment would not be considered potentially actionable.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 I can't remember the last time I stayed up and watched SNL. (Getting old is heck.) I'll have to do that tonight--I'm curious, and I really enjoy Robert Smigel's cartoons.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Beauty and the Beast Hawaiian Vacation! Yay. And now we know why Iger doesn't want to release Song of the South. Lion King 5 2/3rd's So many questions answered in just a couple short minutes! hahahhahahahahaha
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 I'm sorry, but I thought that was freakin' HI-larious! Thanks for the heads-up, Inspector.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Even I have to admit they did go overboard on this one. And to have The Mouse animated for that long a period of time. And somehow they were able to obtain a great color copy of part of Song of the South (even though Disney STILL won't release it with the real words). I'm sure Disney will take some action against NBC. There certainly is a line between slandering and comedy licence
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 Like I said, I thought it was funny. Overboard? The only thing that I thought was to much was the 101 --- joke. Copyright infringement? I don't know. You have to believe that segment went throught NBC legal before ever giving it the green light. SNL gets more leeway than a lot of shows, but not that much. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney took action.
Originally Posted By oc_dean hmmmm kind of reads like Smeagol and Disney. Trying to picture this: <a href="http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v154/pychang/smeagol_nemo.jpg" target="_blank">http://img50.photobucket.com/a lbums/v154/pychang/smeagol_nemo.jpg</a> and this... <a href="http://www.danmojica.com/Fred" target="_blank">http://www.danmojica.com/Fred</a>%20&%20Ginger%20Disney%20.jpg together. HA-HA! Another 30 minutes to see it here on the Pacific coast.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Okay ... the Walt & Lillian thing was a bit much for me, but other than that ... it was funny for an SNL bit.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 I thought the cartoon was very funny and made some wickedly good pointed comments on Disney marketing. It also made a good point in that Walt Disney was just a MAN, dammit, but I thought it went a bit far on the anti-Semetic angle. And, YEAH! Mickey's appearance for so long! Not only his likeness, but the out-of-character representation! How could they get away with that?!
Originally Posted By Labuda SNL has NEVER been able to consistently end a skit well. Pity, as some things they do are quite funny most of the way through.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Here is a link if you haven't seen the TV Funhouse episode... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrrSyYlmSjw&search=tv%20funhouse%20disney" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =nrrSyYlmSjw&search=tv%20funhouse%20disney</a> (You will need to cut and paste)
Originally Posted By sherrytodd The Disney lawyers have already gotten it. You'll get this message... This video has been removed due to copyright infringement.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss FWIW, it's probably not Disney that had the skit taken off, but NBC or Robert Smigel
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Dang Disney lawyers...get over it and just laugh along with the public! <---wanted to see it (grrrrr)
