Originally Posted By debtee As it's school holidays here in Sydney my niece and nephews have been staying with us, so I finally got a chance to sit down and actually watch the Disney Channel. I don't know if we get the same programming as America but I've been really disappointed with what I have seen so far, it's basically rubbish. They have such a huge vault of good quality products to choose from, it's really sad what they are getting away with showing.
Originally Posted By basil fan Not many things from the vault are used on the Disney Channel these days. I bet you get the same programming we get. Tarzan's Dictionary <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/tarmangani.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/tarmangani.html</a>
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Michael Eisner had done as much for popular culture and what it is today as Walt did, and he did a large part of that before he took over at Disney. But alas, we don't care about that. It's sort of like comparing Billy Graham to Jesus I guess.
Originally Posted By Pirate Mickey History does matter to some people. A 10 year old does not need to know who the first president of the United States was to live here, but shouldn't they know United States history? You don't need to know who Walt Disney and his animators and imagineers were to go to Disneyland or to enjoy a Disney movie. If a person is a fan of Disney animation or theme parks they should read about Walt Disney and his life if they want to. Someday kids will not know who George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were either. They will just know the words Lucasfilm and Dreamworks. If you were the creator or inventor of something very special or creative and of some great historical meaning would you want to be forgotten after just 50 years? If you were a great person, or mom or dad would you want your grandkids or great grandkids to forget who you were? I guess people don't matter anymore. Who invented the i-pod? I forgot his name. Oh well I don't need to know just to use one. When everything becomes just history I guess no one will care who we were either, but just maybe someone on another planet might be curious enough to want to know about us. That is if they still teach history somewhere.
Originally Posted By Pirate Mickey It's funny, if people have a famous celebrity or relative or ancestor in the family they want to brag about it and show off that fact to everyone they know. But since none of us are related to Walt or because he is from the last century he doesn't matter? Hopefully you matter to people in your family. Maybe you will matter to your descendants too. Maybe, if you become famous one day people will remember who you were? It's always nice to be remembered.
