Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the August 28th edition of Kenversastions at: <a href="News-ID111170.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID111170.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By SFH Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Ken "SFH" Pellman <a href="http://I.Pellman.com" target="_blank">http://I.Pellman.com</a> <-- disclaimer
Originally Posted By fabdisbabe Wonderful - a keeper. I think you should send it out every Christmas. Fab
Originally Posted By kennect Disney magic is so special...Walt gave us something that is so hard to truly understand...While Walt might be gone it is nice to know that the magic he gave is still alive...Pretty remarkable considering it could have died along with him....I was raised on Disney...I have lived my entire life thinking everything he did was wonderful in my mind...So many things come and go but Disney has always been there in some shape or form....I find it funny that at times some of his efforts weren't successful at the time he made them but yet years later we all know about them...His genius is without question...The man left us all with such a rich legacy that I feel generations to come will learn to love and respect him...Truly an Einstien type in the area of entertainment....
Originally Posted By HeartinDL Dear Virginia, Thanks for your letter to Mr. Pellman, it's about time we confirmed the truth! DISNEY MAGIC....it lives in me forever and yes, those who let it in, no age requirements! Superb column that warmed my heart, thanks! WONDERFUL!
Originally Posted By thecla {sniffle!} made me cry, in a good way - i was just down at dland for the first time in 17 years or so. it was also my first real vacation in that many years, wouldn't go anywhare else. I BELIEVE
Originally Posted By fabdisbabe For those who didn't get it, here's the original "Yes, Virginia" letter: <<Dear Editor--- I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. >>
Originally Posted By Phantom This is an example of why laughingplace is the best. We can gripe here in the forums. As Disney fans, it is good to focus on why we are fans in the first place. Phantom
Originally Posted By Janvincent_1313 God bless you Ken for reminding me why I love Disney and helping me to remember to help make that "MAGIC" happen.
Originally Posted By BoosDoor Aloha! (as Stitch would say) I just wanted to say that will all of the frustration we have all felt with the Walt Disney Company, the theme parks, WDCC, the animation, etc., this one article simplifies why we all continue to dedicate such a huge part of our daily existence and "Disney" dollars to a cute little mouse. It is a true reminder of what we may tend to forget. Thank you sir and yes, today, I am going to "Have a Disney day!!" Tracy ºoº
Originally Posted By yyyc688 Wow! What a grate way to start the morning… Outstanding! Thank you Ken…
Originally Posted By princeeric89 This was so necessary. I am NOT one of those Disney Cast Members. The ones that love to gripe, the ones who love to be miserable. I am one who after 12 years working in the company still see the magic. Sadly, I have stopped pushing it toward fellow cast members, I simply live it. However, this letter at is emotional reply sums up a lot of why I am the way I am and I why I still support and love the Disney product and mostly all it's theme parks. I am printing this and taking it to work. I will read it to my cast, the cast of Fantasmic! Hopefully they can evolve new ideas about an old topic. Ideas that will indeed make them more happy to be there, and to be alive. Thanks Ken.
Originally Posted By magicboy68 Thankyou. I feel that was needed for this community. he negativity sometimes has overcome the positive. The eisner-disses have sometimes overcome the Walt praises. And the children's smiles have lately been smothered out by the adult's frowns. Disney is here, and I bet most of the people here still love it, no matter what they say. And that is the disney magic. That being a business, they have gained our love as family. That we are here saying these things, and spending minutes of our lives talking about it. You know, Ken, you have aassured me the disney magic still lives. And I remember not realizing it last winter, running to meet people in M.G. M studios at a restaurant. Rushing, frantically, to get there, turning a corner, and all of a sudden it was snowing. I realized it wasn't, but It was! Disney made it snow! and I just sat there catching the "flakes", enjoying it, and I didn't need to rush anymore.
Originally Posted By SFH Thank you all for sharing your thoughts. By all means, direct others to LaughingPlace.com, especially if they need a "pep talk". Special thanks for Fab for posting the inspiration for this edition of my column. Ken
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Wonderful column, but you forgot one thing ... ... And it is there when you take your child there for the first time ... to the place you loved so dearly when you were a child, and when the two of you hold hands and can be kids together... OK, maybe it was a commercial at one point, but it was a VERY good one, that embodied all that is good and magical about Disney ... and I can't wait to experience it in 29 days with my son! I am sitting at my desk with tears streaming down my face typing this. Thanks for the wonderful column! And thanks for all the wonderful memories, Walt, along with all the new ones -- soon to be made!
