Looking for something in Episode 12? Here are dem show notes.
NATALIE NEWS:
- New sweet treats at Disneyland! http://attractionsmagazine.com/new-treats-walt-disney-world-disneyland/
- Maleficent’s dragon burst into flames during a Disney World parade, and everyone just thought it was part of the show. https://nypost.com/2018/05/13/robot-dragon-bursts-into-flames-during-disney-world-parade/
- A community theatre in Brunswick Maine ran a production of Mary Poppins last week, and during the final dress rehearsal, the actor playing Burt the chimney sweep asked his girlfriend (also on the cast) to marry him. http://wgme.com/news/entertainment/maine-actor-pops-the-question-during-mary-poppins Congrats, Michael and Brittany!
CARRIE NEWS:
- Disney is releasing its first line of LGBT pride merch! https://mashable.com/2018/05/15/disney-lgbtq-pride-merchandise/#jXwgmBdrhOqt
- Unions representing Disneyland workers say they have enough signatures to put a city ordinance on the Anaheim ballot to ensure a living wage for Disneyland employees! Got 20,000 signatures. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney-living-wage-measure-20180430-story.html And Bernie Sanders is going to be at their rally in June! https://www.ocweekly.com/senator-bernie-sanders-set-to-appear-at-june-rally-for-disney-resort-workers/
- Disney has put up a quiz where they show you a close-up of water, and you have to guess which movie it’s from. On their first tries, Carrie got a 6 and Nat got a 5 out of 11. https://ohmy.disney.com/quiz/2018/05/02/quiz-guess-disney-movie-water/
MOUSERCISE:
- Album produced in 1982 by Disneyland Records.
- Also was a show on the Disney Channel hosted by Kellyn Plasschaert.
- Sometimes we call it “Mickeycise” accidentally in this episode. That’s wrong. It’s Mousercise.
- Plasschaert was convicted of a DUI in 1990 and in 1991, was arrested for trespassing, obtaining stolen goods, and threatening a witness, victim, or informants with death or great bodily injury.
- 1990 LA Courts case #: 90V09452
- 1991 LA Courts case #: 91P01853
OTHER NOTES:
- See the Target Pizza Planet shirt, here.
- After the episode, we contacted Michael, who proposed to his girlfriend during the Mary Poppins rehearsal, to ask which song he sang her. It was Taylor Swift’s “Love Story.”
- The Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café is basically Starbucks, you guys.
- Award Weiners is in California Adventure.
- The Disney Food Blog has a whole entry about Disney candied apples.
- Carrie should never get this boba tea shirt.
- Disney’s new pride products support this charity until June 30th.
- Absolutely DO NOT throw sawdust on a fire to put it out. We are very dumb.
- Disney CEO Bob Iger might make $423,000,000 over the next four years. Good god.
- Ducks Dance, Too!
- Step in Time!
- The host of Mousercise was given a pretty grody title over at Dlisted.com, in 2008.
- Duck Stance is a snowboarding thing.
- Natalie says that “Get the Money (Uncle Scrooge’s Money)” is nearly identical to “Wait (The Whisper Song).”
- Speaking of Uncle Scrooge, here’s a Mental Floss article about whether Scrooge could have swum in his money.
- Uncle Scrooge probably didn’t manage The Beagle Boys, since they try to rob him.
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