The Secrets of Disneyland - Page 7

Ghoulish Delight · 02-08-2009, 09:46 AM

Disney pioneered the convention of giving cartoon characters only 4 fingers. Disney characters initially had 5 fingers in the cartoons, but once Disneyland opened and the costumed characters became so popular that had to be changed. Since the characters had normal 5-fingered hands, the cast members in the costumes could just wear white gloves, leaving their hands free too...well, I shouldn't say in polite company (or on the LoT either). To protect the guests from Goofy's roaming hands, Disney went back through their entire cartoon catalog and re-animated the characters with just 4 fingers, altering the in-park costumes to match, rendering the cast members' hands useless in their oversized 4-fingered mitts.

frodo potter · 02-08-2009, 02:14 PM

The old Ticket books didn't have an expiration on them so are still usable today under California law.

If you bring a single ticket (A-E doesn't matter which) to the park entrance they have to let you in. Best of all they don't take the ticket at the gate so you can just keep coming back for free. DCA is, of course, not included.

Strangler Lewis · 02-08-2009, 06:07 PM

Many of the character designs for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came from an unsolicited artist's submission by Adolf Hitler. Disney initially liked the grossly antisemitic caricatures of the dwarfs because he thought they poked fun at the Hollywood studio heads who mocked him, but he decided not to work with Hitler because of Hitler's insistence that Snow White be a blonde man. Despite Disney's having kept Hitler's suggestion that the climax occur on a cliff a la Leni Riefenstahl mountaineering movies, Snow White was ultimately shown on a continuous loop at the Nazi exhibition on degenerate art.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Disney pioneered the convention of giving cartoon characters only 4 fingers. Disney characters initially had 5 fingers in the cartoons, but once Disneyland opened and the costumed characters became so popular that had to be changed. Since the characters had normal 5-fingered hands, the cast members in the costumes could just wear white gloves, leaving their hands free too...well, I shouldn't say in polite company (or on the LoT either). To protect the guests from Goofy's roaming hands, Disney went back through their entire cartoon catalog and re-animated the characters with just 4 fingers, altering the in-park costumes to match, rendering the cast members' hands useless in their oversized 4-fingered mitts. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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frodo potter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 84	The old Ticket books didn't have an expiration on them so are still usable today under California law. If you bring a single ticket (A-E doesn't matter which) to the park entrance they have to let you in. Best of all they don't take the ticket at the gate so you can just keep coming back for free. DCA is, of course, not included.
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Many of the character designs for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came from an unsolicited artist's submission by Adolf Hitler. Disney initially liked the grossly antisemitic caricatures of the dwarfs because he thought they poked fun at the Hollywood studio heads who mocked him, but he decided not to work with Hitler because of Hitler's insistence that Snow White be a blonde man. Despite Disney's having kept Hitler's suggestion that the climax occur on a cliff a la Leni Riefenstahl mountaineering movies, Snow White was ultimately shown on a continuous loop at the Nazi exhibition on degenerate art. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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