> > One tiny nitpick at last: I finally found a copy of the DD Extra
***snip***
> > something resembling a large banknote (appropiately coloured white
> > and pink). What was it? "Make big money"?
In the Indonesian version, the panel where the writing should be in is
totally blank. I noticed that when i first read it, but never figured out
what the gag was all about and thought it was just some "details of
advertisements".
Eta Beta (off-topic):
Yay, GON, i love that manga too :-D
Speaking of the word balloons criteria in comics, that reminds me of a
subject brought up in "Understanding Comics" by Scott Adams. The word
balloon criteria was mentioned too.
Keep On Quacking,
Arie Fachrisal
Author
Topic: 200310
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Arie Fachrisal
DCML Digest, Vol 8, Issue 36
Message 271 -
2003-10-18 at 20:43:39
Katie Sullivan
Character birthdays
Message 272 -
2003-10-18 at 23:32:25
Perhaps Scrooge dislikes Christmas so much because his birthday
is very close to it, and his birthday was overshadowed by it!
My aunt and her granddaughter both have birthdays within a week
of Christmas, and we always have to be careful to wrap their
gifts in BIRTHDAY paper, not CHRISTMAS paper to make sure their
birthdays are regarded as separate occasions.
I like that theory from a characterization standpoint. ;)
Otherwise, I agree with Don Rosa that EXACT dates for the
characters' first appearances are pretty much impossible to
ascertain. Technically a character's "birth" is the moment the
author/artist first thought of the character and sketched it.
Carl Barks probably sat down and doodled a little rough sketch
of a cranky-looking Donald lookalike with sideburns and glasses
as he prepared to draw "Christmas on Bear Mountain," and THAT is
the first appearance anywhere, anytime, of Scrooge McDuck. But
when was that first doodle put on paper? It's almost certain
that Barks himself didn't even remember. After all, at that
point, Scrooge was a one-time character to use in a Christmas
story, and that was that. He had no way of knowing what an
important creation he had then.
To me, a character has two "birthdays." One is approximately
when the character made its debut, i.e. in a comic strip or on a
movie screen. These dates are difficult to pin down, especially
in comics and other printed media.
The other birthday is the birthday within the character's
universe, the one he and his fellow characters celebrate.
So Donald's CHARACTER's birthday, in our world, would be
whenever he debuted (The Wise Little Hen's release date, I
suppose), and Donald's PERSONAL birthday would be the date he
celebrates, within his own world: Friday the 13th, or whenever.
Does that make any sense? I mean, Donald doesn't know he's just
an imaginary duck made of ink. As far as he's concerned, he's
real. So within the context of his reality, the day he was born
or hatched (and let's not re-open THAT debate! LOL!) is his
birthday. The day a cartoon debuted in a parallel universe
doesn't mean anything to him.
(Speaking of which, if Donald's birthday is Friday the 13th in
Don Rosa's universe, no wonder he was fascinated by the history
of that date in the Crusader Kings story!) :)
My head hurts now... ;)
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is very close to it, and his birthday was overshadowed by it!
My aunt and her granddaughter both have birthdays within a week
of Christmas, and we always have to be careful to wrap their
gifts in BIRTHDAY paper, not CHRISTMAS paper to make sure their
birthdays are regarded as separate occasions.
I like that theory from a characterization standpoint. ;)
Otherwise, I agree with Don Rosa that EXACT dates for the
characters' first appearances are pretty much impossible to
ascertain. Technically a character's "birth" is the moment the
author/artist first thought of the character and sketched it.
Carl Barks probably sat down and doodled a little rough sketch
of a cranky-looking Donald lookalike with sideburns and glasses
as he prepared to draw "Christmas on Bear Mountain," and THAT is
the first appearance anywhere, anytime, of Scrooge McDuck. But
when was that first doodle put on paper? It's almost certain
that Barks himself didn't even remember. After all, at that
point, Scrooge was a one-time character to use in a Christmas
story, and that was that. He had no way of knowing what an
important creation he had then.
To me, a character has two "birthdays." One is approximately
when the character made its debut, i.e. in a comic strip or on a
movie screen. These dates are difficult to pin down, especially
in comics and other printed media.
The other birthday is the birthday within the character's
universe, the one he and his fellow characters celebrate.
So Donald's CHARACTER's birthday, in our world, would be
whenever he debuted (The Wise Little Hen's release date, I
suppose), and Donald's PERSONAL birthday would be the date he
celebrates, within his own world: Friday the 13th, or whenever.
Does that make any sense? I mean, Donald doesn't know he's just
an imaginary duck made of ink. As far as he's concerned, he's
real. So within the context of his reality, the day he was born
or hatched (and let's not re-open THAT debate! LOL!) is his
birthday. The day a cartoon debuted in a parallel universe
doesn't mean anything to him.
(Speaking of which, if Donald's birthday is Friday the 13th in
Don Rosa's universe, no wonder he was fascinated by the history
of that date in the Crusader Kings story!) :)
My head hurts now... ;)
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Character birthdays
Message 273 -
2003-10-18 at 23:43:20
Quoting "Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr." <sigvald at duckburg.dk>:
> According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
> last 10 days of 1967.
Why is that?
Olaf
> According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
> last 10 days of 1967.
Why is that?
Olaf
Sigvald Grøsfjeld Jr.
Character birthdays
Message 274 -
2003-10-18 at 23:54:47
Katie Sullivan <vazali at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Perhaps Scrooge dislikes Christmas so much
> because his birthday is very close to it,
> and his birthday was overshadowed by it!
If so, IMO his birthday should be set to December 21st. The reasons for this
is:
a) This is the day when the sun is turning and the days again becomes longer
(in the northern hemisphere this is).
b) This date is represented with Goldie and a greeting card from $crooge in
Don Rosa's great Scandinavian Christmas Calendar (published in 2000).
c) This is MY birthday too - and just like $crooge I am also born in
Glasgow. As I am born in 1966 this will mean that I am born on $crooge's
99th birthday. That's a very interesting thought because 99 years is a very
special time frame, at least within juridical connections as with many
treaties.
Anyway I have no problems with Christmas coming only 3 days after my own
birthday (note: in Scandinavia we have the presents on Christmas eve - not
on Christmas day).
According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
last 10 days of 1967.
Sigvald
> Perhaps Scrooge dislikes Christmas so much
> because his birthday is very close to it,
> and his birthday was overshadowed by it!
If so, IMO his birthday should be set to December 21st. The reasons for this
is:
a) This is the day when the sun is turning and the days again becomes longer
(in the northern hemisphere this is).
b) This date is represented with Goldie and a greeting card from $crooge in
Don Rosa's great Scandinavian Christmas Calendar (published in 2000).
c) This is MY birthday too - and just like $crooge I am also born in
Glasgow. As I am born in 1966 this will mean that I am born on $crooge's
99th birthday. That's a very interesting thought because 99 years is a very
special time frame, at least within juridical connections as with many
treaties.
Anyway I have no problems with Christmas coming only 3 days after my own
birthday (note: in Scandinavia we have the presents on Christmas eve - not
on Christmas day).
According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
last 10 days of 1967.
Sigvald
Olaf Solstrand
Character birthdays
Message 275 -
2003-10-18 at 23:56:57
Quoting Katie Sullivan <vazali at yahoo.com>:
> (Speaking of which, if Donald's birthday is Friday the 13th in
> Don Rosa's universe, no wonder he was fascinated by the history
> of that date in the Crusader Kings story!) :)
Sorry to point out the obvious, but I can't help myself...
Although I also like the idea of Donald's birthday being Friday the 13th...
Katie, you realize that's really impossible? Well, OK, it's not impossible to
be born Friday the 13th. And it's not impossible to celebrate your birthday
Friday the 13th. But to celebrate an anniversary EVERY Friday the 13th is
pretty impossible if one follows our calendar.
I assume that if Donald was born Friday the 13th, he wouldn't celebrate Friday
the 13th... he would celebrate e.g. October 13. And, to make that clear: Not
EVERY October 13 is a Friday.
So, if Donald decided to walk against tradition and celebrate every day that
the day of the month and day of the week was the same as the day he was born,
unlike the normal "celebrate every day that his the day of the month and month
of the year was the same as the day he was born", I assume his relatives would
pretty early start complaining, as that would mean almost twice as many
birthdays, hence twice as many presents.
Naturally, if being born Friday the 13th made him decide to celebrate his
birthday only on occations when the day of the month, the day of the week AND
the month of the year was the same as his birthday, that would make much more
sense for a relative like Scrooge (so much cheaper)... And it would also
explain why Donald is still so young (as I guess this would mean he's had
approximately nine "birthdays" from 1934 until today). But thinking of Donald's
character... would he really give up 6/7ths of his birthday parties? Of course
not! :-)
Did any of this mail make sense at all to any of you? If so, let me know. :-)
Olaf the Blue
> (Speaking of which, if Donald's birthday is Friday the 13th in
> Don Rosa's universe, no wonder he was fascinated by the history
> of that date in the Crusader Kings story!) :)
Sorry to point out the obvious, but I can't help myself...
Although I also like the idea of Donald's birthday being Friday the 13th...
Katie, you realize that's really impossible? Well, OK, it's not impossible to
be born Friday the 13th. And it's not impossible to celebrate your birthday
Friday the 13th. But to celebrate an anniversary EVERY Friday the 13th is
pretty impossible if one follows our calendar.
I assume that if Donald was born Friday the 13th, he wouldn't celebrate Friday
the 13th... he would celebrate e.g. October 13. And, to make that clear: Not
EVERY October 13 is a Friday.
So, if Donald decided to walk against tradition and celebrate every day that
the day of the month and day of the week was the same as the day he was born,
unlike the normal "celebrate every day that his the day of the month and month
of the year was the same as the day he was born", I assume his relatives would
pretty early start complaining, as that would mean almost twice as many
birthdays, hence twice as many presents.
Naturally, if being born Friday the 13th made him decide to celebrate his
birthday only on occations when the day of the month, the day of the week AND
the month of the year was the same as his birthday, that would make much more
sense for a relative like Scrooge (so much cheaper)... And it would also
explain why Donald is still so young (as I guess this would mean he's had
approximately nine "birthdays" from 1934 until today). But thinking of Donald's
character... would he really give up 6/7ths of his birthday parties? Of course
not! :-)
Did any of this mail make sense at all to any of you? If so, let me know. :-)
Olaf the Blue
Stefan Persson
Character birthdays
Message 276 -
2003-10-19 at 00:00:30
Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr. wrote:
> c) This is MY birthday too - and just like $crooge I am also born in
> Glasgow. As I am born in 1966 this will mean that I am born on $crooge's
> 99th birthday. That's a very interesting thought because 99 years is a very
> special time frame, at least within juridical connections as with many
> treaties.
This is also important to Disney comics, since Carl Barks died at the
age of 99.
Stefan
> c) This is MY birthday too - and just like $crooge I am also born in
> Glasgow. As I am born in 1966 this will mean that I am born on $crooge's
> 99th birthday. That's a very interesting thought because 99 years is a very
> special time frame, at least within juridical connections as with many
> treaties.
This is also important to Disney comics, since Carl Barks died at the
age of 99.
Stefan
Olaf Solstrand
Character birthdays
Message 277 -
2003-10-19 at 00:01:10
Stefan:
> According to Don Rosa, U$ died at the age of 100.
He did? Oh. Well, I won't argue. I just didn't know.
I liked better the thought of Scrooge dying at the age of 99, as I don't really
like him outliving his creator...
Aw, who am I kidding. Naturally, I like best the theory from "Go slowly, sands
of time" where Scrooge turns out to be immortal. I hate to think of Scrooge
dying. (even though it happens to all of us)
Olaf
> According to Don Rosa, U$ died at the age of 100.
He did? Oh. Well, I won't argue. I just didn't know.
I liked better the thought of Scrooge dying at the age of 99, as I don't really
like him outliving his creator...
Aw, who am I kidding. Naturally, I like best the theory from "Go slowly, sands
of time" where Scrooge turns out to be immortal. I hate to think of Scrooge
dying. (even though it happens to all of us)
Olaf
Stefan Persson
Character birthdays
Message 278 -
2003-10-19 at 00:15:27
Olaf Solstrand wrote:
> Quoting "Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr." <sigvald at duckburg.dk>:
>
>
>>According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
>>last 10 days of 1967.
>
>
> Why is that?
During the last 11 days, not the last 10 days.
According to Don Rosa, U$ died at the age of 100. If he was born
1867-12-21, he was 100 between 1967-12-21 and 1968-12-20. According to
Don Rosa, he died in 1967. Thus, he must have died somewhere between
1967-12-21 and 1967-12-31.
Stefan
> Quoting "Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr." <sigvald at duckburg.dk>:
>
>
>>According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
>>last 10 days of 1967.
>
>
> Why is that?
During the last 11 days, not the last 10 days.
According to Don Rosa, U$ died at the age of 100. If he was born
1867-12-21, he was 100 between 1967-12-21 and 1968-12-20. According to
Don Rosa, he died in 1967. Thus, he must have died somewhere between
1967-12-21 and 1967-12-31.
Stefan
Katie Sullivan
Birthdays
Message 279 -
2003-10-19 at 01:18:25
Olaf wrote:
> Sorry to point out the obvious, but I can't help myself...
>
> Although I also like the idea of Donald's birthday being
> Friday the 13th...
> Katie, you realize that's really impossible? Well, OK, it's
> not impossible to
> be born Friday the 13th. And it's not impossible to celebrate
> your birthday
> Friday the 13th. But to celebrate an anniversary EVERY Friday
> the 13th is
> pretty impossible if one follows our calendar.
LOL, of course that's not what I meant. I meant that Friday the
13th was the exact day on which Donald was born/hatched, not
every year! Sure, sometimes his birthday would fall on a
Friday, but most years it wouldn't. Like my parents were
married on Saturday the 13th, but some years their anniversary
falls on a Friday the 13th, and they laugh at what that implies
about their marriage. ;)
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> Sorry to point out the obvious, but I can't help myself...
>
> Although I also like the idea of Donald's birthday being
> Friday the 13th...
> Katie, you realize that's really impossible? Well, OK, it's
> not impossible to
> be born Friday the 13th. And it's not impossible to celebrate
> your birthday
> Friday the 13th. But to celebrate an anniversary EVERY Friday
> the 13th is
> pretty impossible if one follows our calendar.
LOL, of course that's not what I meant. I meant that Friday the
13th was the exact day on which Donald was born/hatched, not
every year! Sure, sometimes his birthday would fall on a
Friday, but most years it wouldn't. Like my parents were
married on Saturday the 13th, but some years their anniversary
falls on a Friday the 13th, and they laugh at what that implies
about their marriage. ;)
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DCML Digest Issue 39
Message 280 -
2003-10-19 at 07:04:07
> From: "Sigvald Gr?sfjeld jr." <sigvald at duckburg.dk>
> If so, IMO his birthday should be set to December 21st. The
> reasons for this
> is:
> a) This is the day when the sun is turning and the days again
> becomes longer
Uh... so? What's the connection?
> b) This date is represented with Goldie and a greeting card from
> $crooge in
> Don Rosa's great Scandinavian Christmas Calendar (published in 2000).
I hope you realize that *I* did not select the numbers (dates) which the
editors assigned to those pictures. All I knew was Donald was #1 and Santa
would be #25.
> According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
> last 10 days of 1967.
Hm. Well, first of all, let's not get so hung up on this "$crooge's death"
bit. I explained the specific reason I did that illustration, an
illustration that I *thought* would only be seen by a few hundred fanzine
subscribers rather than millions of comic fans around the world.
But if I am not to back away from it (and I won't... I only worry about the
undue attention it gets), I'll say that it's not necessary that $crooge
lived to be 100, especially now that later events show us that his creator
did not quite make that mark. Maybe 99 is okay. But he still would have
1867-1967 on his tombstone. And I also should make the matter more
complicated by saying that just because $crooge debuted in December, that's
only a reason why we would celebrate his anniversary in December, NOT a
reason to decide that's the character's birthday. Why would his birthday
happen to be on the day we first see him in a comic? What are the odds of
that?! Wow.
But if readers want to pretend that a character's birthday is the same day
(or month) as the anniversary of his debut, I guess I have no reason to be a
spoilsport. Besides, nothing any of us decides will be "official", anyway.
Just play-like.
> If so, IMO his birthday should be set to December 21st. The
> reasons for this
> is:
> a) This is the day when the sun is turning and the days again
> becomes longer
Uh... so? What's the connection?
> b) This date is represented with Goldie and a greeting card from
> $crooge in
> Don Rosa's great Scandinavian Christmas Calendar (published in 2000).
I hope you realize that *I* did not select the numbers (dates) which the
editors assigned to those pictures. All I knew was Donald was #1 and Santa
would be #25.
> According to this theory $crooge's death must have taken place during the
> last 10 days of 1967.
Hm. Well, first of all, let's not get so hung up on this "$crooge's death"
bit. I explained the specific reason I did that illustration, an
illustration that I *thought* would only be seen by a few hundred fanzine
subscribers rather than millions of comic fans around the world.
But if I am not to back away from it (and I won't... I only worry about the
undue attention it gets), I'll say that it's not necessary that $crooge
lived to be 100, especially now that later events show us that his creator
did not quite make that mark. Maybe 99 is okay. But he still would have
1867-1967 on his tombstone. And I also should make the matter more
complicated by saying that just because $crooge debuted in December, that's
only a reason why we would celebrate his anniversary in December, NOT a
reason to decide that's the character's birthday. Why would his birthday
happen to be on the day we first see him in a comic? What are the odds of
that?! Wow.
But if readers want to pretend that a character's birthday is the same day
(or month) as the anniversary of his debut, I guess I have no reason to be a
spoilsport. Besides, nothing any of us decides will be "official", anyway.
Just play-like.
Stefan Persson
DCML Digest Issue 39
Message 281 -
2003-10-19 at 10:26:17
Don Rosa wrote:
> I hope you realize that *I* did not select the numbers (dates) which the
> editors assigned to those pictures. All I knew was Donald was #1 and Santa
> would be #25.
Um, but normal Scandinavian Christmas calendars, including yours when
published in Sweden, only contain the numbers 1 to 24. Does this mean
that Egmont has *removed* one picture from the Swedish edition?
Stefan
> I hope you realize that *I* did not select the numbers (dates) which the
> editors assigned to those pictures. All I knew was Donald was #1 and Santa
> would be #25.
Um, but normal Scandinavian Christmas calendars, including yours when
published in Sweden, only contain the numbers 1 to 24. Does this mean
that Egmont has *removed* one picture from the Swedish edition?
Stefan
Shad Z.
Character Birthdays?
Message 282 -
2003-10-19 at 10:34:11
From: Rich Bellacera <xephyr at cwnet.com>
>
> I know that traditionally Disney acknowledges
> Mickey's birthday as being the same date as the
> release of his first film to the theaters,
> meaning the release of "STEAMBOAT WILLIE" is
> Mickey's traditional birthday (even though "Plane
> Crazy" was produced first.
>
> Hence, Mickey's Birthday is: Nov. 18, 1928
No, that is what Disney USED to do. Sometime in the
last few years, they have started to refer to Nov. 18,
1928 as Mickey's premiere date (not date of birth), and
Nov. 18 as Mickey's anniversary day (not birthday).
If you visited the Disney parks this year, you would have
seen merchendise for Mickey's 75th Anniversary, not his
75th birthday.
And they have made this change for all characters, not
just Mickey. Why? Because while it is all right for
people to think of the concept of Mickey Mouse being 75
years old, they do not want people to think of Mickey
himself as a 75-year-old man (mouse). And the same goes
for Goofy, Donald and the rest.
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>
> I know that traditionally Disney acknowledges
> Mickey's birthday as being the same date as the
> release of his first film to the theaters,
> meaning the release of "STEAMBOAT WILLIE" is
> Mickey's traditional birthday (even though "Plane
> Crazy" was produced first.
>
> Hence, Mickey's Birthday is: Nov. 18, 1928
No, that is what Disney USED to do. Sometime in the
last few years, they have started to refer to Nov. 18,
1928 as Mickey's premiere date (not date of birth), and
Nov. 18 as Mickey's anniversary day (not birthday).
If you visited the Disney parks this year, you would have
seen merchendise for Mickey's 75th Anniversary, not his
75th birthday.
And they have made this change for all characters, not
just Mickey. Why? Because while it is all right for
people to think of the concept of Mickey Mouse being 75
years old, they do not want people to think of Mickey
himself as a 75-year-old man (mouse). And the same goes
for Goofy, Donald and the rest.
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Cameo appearance by Donald's old customer
Message 283 -
2003-10-19 at 13:51:07
LARRY:
> Three days ago I bought my copy of Gemstone's DD & Friends #308. In
> my area it indeed arrived about 3 weeks later than MM & Friends. The
> story DD "Hole in One" has a cameo appearance in panels 1 & 2, page
> 4, of the reclusive loner Donald persuaded to buy an eggbeater in
> "Salesman Donald" WDC&S #39, Dec. 1943. It seems he's moved to a cave
> on Demontooth Mtn. to avoid the high-pressure door-to-door salesmen
> in Duckburg suburbs.
I just checked the story D 97175 ("Hole In One") and to me he just looks
like any long-bearded cave man and has no connection to the customer
from 1943.
D 97175 is written by Dave Rawson who is(?) on this mailing-list, so
perhaps he can enlighten us.
If you indeed are right, I'll make a reference from D 97175 to the old
story.
Best,
S?ren
> Three days ago I bought my copy of Gemstone's DD & Friends #308. In
> my area it indeed arrived about 3 weeks later than MM & Friends. The
> story DD "Hole in One" has a cameo appearance in panels 1 & 2, page
> 4, of the reclusive loner Donald persuaded to buy an eggbeater in
> "Salesman Donald" WDC&S #39, Dec. 1943. It seems he's moved to a cave
> on Demontooth Mtn. to avoid the high-pressure door-to-door salesmen
> in Duckburg suburbs.
I just checked the story D 97175 ("Hole In One") and to me he just looks
like any long-bearded cave man and has no connection to the customer
from 1943.
D 97175 is written by Dave Rawson who is(?) on this mailing-list, so
perhaps he can enlighten us.
If you indeed are right, I'll make a reference from D 97175 to the old
story.
Best,
S?ren
Don Rosa
DCML Digest Issue 40
Message 284 -
2003-10-19 at 14:38:26
> From: Stefan Persson <spe at inducks.org>
> To: Don Rosa <donrosa at iglou.com>
> Um, but normal Scandinavian Christmas calendars, including yours when
> published in Sweden, only contain the numbers 1 to 24. Does this mean
> that Egmont has *removed* one picture from the Swedish edition?
No, no... I just goofed. Right, those calendars stops on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Calendars (and Advent Calendars) are not such a tradition in these
parts as they are in Europe.
> To: Don Rosa <donrosa at iglou.com>
> Um, but normal Scandinavian Christmas calendars, including yours when
> published in Sweden, only contain the numbers 1 to 24. Does this mean
> that Egmont has *removed* one picture from the Swedish edition?
No, no... I just goofed. Right, those calendars stops on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Calendars (and Advent Calendars) are not such a tradition in these
parts as they are in Europe.
Wolfsong
100 years of Disney magic ??
Message 285 -
2003-10-19 at 18:26:55
Looks like Disney on Ice is a bit late. The theme parks had their "100
Years of Magic" celebrations from late 2001 to January of this year.
They're referring to the birth of Walt Disney. (December 5, 1901)
Although I felt they place far more emphasis on the characters than on
the man himself. I mean it's not like he popped out of the womb with a
drawing of Mickey Mouse in his hand ... I work in one of the parks and
there are a lot of kids these days who don't even know who Walt was, and
the "celebration" didn't do much to inform them.
Michael Schartau wrote:
> "This brand new production celebrates 100 years of Walt Disney Magic.
> Watch as all your favourite characters take you on a whirlwind tour of
> the Classic Disney adventures including: A Bug's Life, The Lion King,
> Mulan, Toy Story, Pinocchio, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and a Grand
> Finale with over 75 years of magic."
>
>
>
> What years are Disney on Ice celebrating? When was the "birth" of
> Disney Magic?
>
> /Michael
>
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Years of Magic" celebrations from late 2001 to January of this year.
They're referring to the birth of Walt Disney. (December 5, 1901)
Although I felt they place far more emphasis on the characters than on
the man himself. I mean it's not like he popped out of the womb with a
drawing of Mickey Mouse in his hand ... I work in one of the parks and
there are a lot of kids these days who don't even know who Walt was, and
the "celebration" didn't do much to inform them.
Michael Schartau wrote:
> "This brand new production celebrates 100 years of Walt Disney Magic.
> Watch as all your favourite characters take you on a whirlwind tour of
> the Classic Disney adventures including: A Bug's Life, The Lion King,
> Mulan, Toy Story, Pinocchio, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and a Grand
> Finale with over 75 years of magic."
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> What years are Disney on Ice celebrating? When was the "birth" of
> Disney Magic?
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> /Michael
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