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November 21, 2008 at 7:09 am · Filed under security, Neatorama Only, Cartoon & Comic, disneyland, disney, Media, Everything Else, club 33, haunted mansion, matterhorn, pirates, theme parks, tomorrowland
Regardless of where you believe to be the true “Happiest Place On Earth” is, you have to admit, Disneyland is at least pretty magical. It’s so magical, in fact, that even after 50 years and over 500 million of visitors, there are still tons of secrets hidden in and about the Magical Kingdom.
1. Disneyland was expected to fail.
Opening day was such a disaster that pretty much every press organization that attended the celebration had predicted the park’s failure within one year.
It opened on a day that was 101 degrees and the street asphalt still wasn’t dry, leading to it sticking to shoes. By the end of the first day, all but 2 of the 48 Autopia cars were crashed and about half the rides were broken.
Despite all that, park visitors loved it and attendance continued to grow day by day.
Source (Photo: ThomasFredrick [Flickr])
2. Need a real drink?
While many Disney fanatics […]
Original post by Jill Harness
November 11, 2008 at 6:13 pm · Filed under Media
Tony and Albert Fagler of Englewood, Colorado were cleaning out their grandparent’s home after their grandmother died in 2000 and found three canisters of 16mm film. They took the film to the local TV station, but it was so old and brittle that the TV station sent it to the Library of Congress to be converted to video. There, historians asked that the original film be donated to the national archives. It contained footage of Tony and Albert’s grandfather Albert Fagler in World War II, including scenes with their grandmother, whom he met and married in England during the war.
There was another reason why the Library of Congress wanted the original films. They are a treasure trove of historic video of the aftermath of D-Day.
They contain cockpit video of American fighter planes in dogfights over the skies of France and Germany.
There is also footage of American planes taking out […]
Original post by Miss Cellania
November 9, 2008 at 8:32 am · Filed under Media
The DVD release of the TV series Little House on the Prairie will be flagged “for adults only” in Finland! Universal Pictures did not want to pay for the Finnish government to inspect each episode to see if they are suitable for children.
Finnish authorities charge 2 euros ($2.57) per minute for assessing the correct age limit on films and television series. Distributors who forego this can only sell their shows with a sticker saying “Banned for under-18s.”
“Long series can get quite expensive to check, and some use this exemption in the law to their advantage,” said Matti Paloheimo, Director at the Finnish Board of Film Classification.
“Such unchecked material should not be shown to children publicly,” he added
Although I loved the books as a child, I think someone would have to pay me, too, to watch all the TV shows. Link -Thanks, CheeseDuck!
Original post by Miss Cellania
October 26, 2008 at 6:42 pm · Filed under Politics, Video Clips, Media
This new video has certainly been making the rounds this week. The “Wassup!” guys were so funny and popular back at the turn of the millennium that seeing them back in action is like running into an old college friend on the street. (The original Wassup commercial can be viewed here.) There is indeed a minor, largely non-partisan political aspect to this new video… Feel free to whine and complain about the political message in comments.
[YouTube - thanks, Christophe!]
Original post by Adam Stanhope
September 13, 2008 at 7:37 am · Filed under Politics, Video Clips, Media
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Living Room Candidate is a site that documents political ads for every presidential election dating back to 1952. This ad is from 1956. Link -Thanks, Brian!
Original post by Miss Cellania
September 9, 2008 at 10:31 pm · Filed under Media
Over at Economics of Contempt, there is an argument that liberal media bias has to exist because there is evidence that partisanship changes the way that our brains process information. (This is not his only evidence, but it is part of it.)
Now, I don’t want to get into a discussion about the existence or nonexistence of a liberal (or conservative) media bias. What I take issue with is the particular study that Economics of Contempt cites as evidence of this bias. I think that he is misapplying the results of that study.
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Original post by Jake Young none@example.com
August 31, 2008 at 4:16 pm · Filed under Video Clips, Media
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The Wrong Door is a new sketch show set in a parallel universe where the special effects you see in the movies and on TV are part of everyday life. Coming soon to BBC Three.
I’m glad they are making some of the sketches available on YouTube for those of us who cannot get BBC. -via Everlasting Blort
Original post by Miss Cellania
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