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The brand Puma sued Dolce & Gabbana over a slipper design they believe was copied. D&G argued that their design was for a different clientele and used real fur. Puma lost because D&G only sold 3 pairs with 2 being bought by Puma’s test buyers. The judge said there was no competition.
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I know my answer! And it probably won’t be a huge revelation to a lot of folks out there…
But I think that SOME people who are really into the Insane Clown Posse are basically a cult.
Come to think of it, they’d probably even agree with me!
People on AskReddit spoke up and admitted what fanbases they think act like cults.
Check out the responses below.
“I absolutely love Taylor Swifts music, been listening to it for years. But I only recently started seeing the fans on my social media feed and my goodness, it’s absurd.
Besides what you said, they care way too much about streaming/buying numbers and awards. They attack other fans, Taylor’s team, other fandoms and sometimes even Taylor herself when songs don’t rise to the top of the charts or she doesn’t win a fan voted award.
It’s so weird to me because what I’ve seen of Taylor Swift, she is quite humble and just focuses on music and putting on a good show. Also, she has really handled a lot of scandels that weren’t her fault with grace and kindness. Totally opposite of what her fand are like online LOL.”
“Literally anything involving theatre.
Seriously. If you walk into a rehearsal 15 minutes late, you’re gonna see some weird s**t.”
“Star Wars fans.
I personally dont like star wars because I just dont but I dont really try bash on people who actually do
But whenever I watch Star Wars (insert that silver boba fett guy and baby yoda) and then i talk about why it didn’t make sense (silver guy was on ground and those droids just looked at him like there was nothing there instead of blasting him right away).
I get so much h**e and half a**ed bs excuses.”
“Jordan Peterson fans.
To give an unbiased answer, he’s a conservative political philosopher who became really popular after publicly criticising a Canadian law on misgendering people & giving an infamous interview on Channel 4 News in 2018.
He’s a highly divisive figure because of certain views he has shared regarding women and transgender people. A lot of people like him for his self-improvement works and because they think he’s right in his criticisms of society, whereas others don’t like him because they think he’s transphobic and m**ogynist.”
“Fans of the Broadway show Hamilton.
I used to be a huge fan and suffered through the weird fandom. While Hamilton did great things for POC on Broadway, it opened the doors for teenagers to romanticize and s**ualize slaveowners.
I tried to criticize it one time online (and it wasn’t even that bad of a criticism.) and I literally got chased off of tumblr. Oh and, don’t get me started on Thomas Jefferson’s Hatsune Miku binder…”
“Rick and Morty
Sherlock
Supernatural
Steven Universe
Doctor Who.”
“Zodiac signs.
People will literally divorce it break up or just ignore people because their signs are”incompatible”.”
“As someone who tried to go vegan, vegans.
As is the case with all groups, not all vegans are had. I’ve met some very nice and not annoying vegans, but so many of them have to tell you every 5 seconds that they’re vegan. And the ones that will spent hours trying to convince you to go vegans are the worst.
This is coming from someone who was that annoying vegan that tried to convert everyone. I’m just vegetarian now and I’m way more sufferable.”
“Fans of Zack Snyder. I saw Army of the Dead yesterday and I just gotta say, that movie is like, objectively bad… but his fans honestly cannot see it.
Like, I’m sure they’re thinking stuff like, “Oh, his directing, writing, and cinematography was so stunning and brave! The h**ers are just jealous of all the wrinkles his brain has! I wonder what the robot zombies and UFOs mean! He must have had a reason to randomly start talking about time loops in a zombie movie! Tee-hee, who cares about stuff like plot, acting, and continuity errors, just turn your brain off you snob!”
Like, I’m not saying he’s a terrible director or something; he’s done some great stuff. But this movie was absolute dog s**t, and I just find it kinda weird how his fans, and major film critics for that matter, will defend it when it is just so blatantly terrible.”
“As a K-Pop fan…..K-pop fans. Now it’s not all of them, but there are definitely ones that get laughed at for how they fetishize/infantilize the idols and stuff.
It’s insane how they will defend and protect the problematic idols against those who rightfully call them out. Some of them have forums talking about personal not public business of the idols. They make up stories about them, and some of them gatekeep to know end.
Some also stalk and poison idols and so on, though the last point used to happen like in earlier years, it’s still freaking crazy. I just try not to associate with those ones, but the chill ones instead.”
“People who buy apple computers.
Tell them that another company with windows OS has a better performing computer for 1/2 the price and they’ll say things like
“Macs have better display” or “the programs I use work better in apple” and I want to hit those people because usually the programs they refer to are the adobe suite, which a lot of my classmates in uni ran on windows machines.
Source:: Works in IT and studied Digital Art.”
“America First people.
Anything reusing a WWII American fascist/N**i sympathizer slogan in 21st century is not thinking their position all the way through.
Or, they’re terrible. One of those…”
“Radiohead fans.
sSeriously, if you’ve ever been cornered by a radiohead fan in the wild, you know how annoying the hardcore fans can be. But the fact that I had one assume because i liked “real alternative music” (i was wearing my Slint t-shirt at the time) that I must like Radiohead.
And he went on for a good 30 mins (not letting me get a word in) and telling me all his wild theories about how all the albums are connected and if you add the barcode for the japanese release of ok computer with PI then divide by 3, you get a prize where tom york comes down from the heavens and gives you a gentle pat on the b**t (not really what he said but he was talking about symbols and s**t).
My major takeaway with Radiohead fans is they think they’re smarter than everyone else because they listen to them and if Radiohead are considered a smart band, then they, as fans, must also be smart.”
Do you think there are some fanbases out there that act like cults?
If so, tell us about it in the comments.
Please and thank you!
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Have you ever been to a concert where you weren’t that into the band and you thought to yourself, “wow, these people are fanatical about this group?”
I have…and the band shall remain nameless…for now…
But the fact is that there are a lot of fanbases for bands and other things out there that are INCREDIBLY devoted.
What fanbase do you think acts like a cult?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about this…
“As a long time fan of Tool, Tool.
I mean… yeah, the music is good (kind of disappointed in their last album, though) but the number of people spending forever dissecting every last word of every Tool album and je**ing off over the random time signatures is a bit over the top.”
“Crossfit.
My brother in law is a big time Crossfitter. His whole personality is literally his Wife, kids and Crossfit. Which I’m cool with. He’s really good people.
But he gets all frustrated when they come out to work cows with me and by 4 o clock he’s dragging a** and us out of shape looking cowboys are still rolling along strong. Granted at 4 o’clock we’ve been going for 11 hours.
And to be honest it’s a really good workout program. The BIL talked me into it, and I did it for 2-3 years. I also payed more attention to my diet. I got to where I had a 6 pack and looked ripped. It was cooler n hell.
I’ve kinda fallen off that wagon though. I’m doing traditional weights at home and a 20 minute yoga routine every day. I’m convinced with how I work, coupled with a bit of yoga to stay flexible is what will keep me in the best shape for the longest.”
“Cryptocurrency investors. Absolutely cult-like behaviour.
Well… not all of the crypto investors, but the ones who rave about it online are certainly pretty cult-like.”
“Yandere Dev.
He’s the Chris Chan of game devs, and no sane person wants to associate with him.
Yet he still has an entourage of underaged fans that still believe that he will one day finish the c**ppy game (which btw is infamous for s**ualising teenagers) that’s been in development for 7 years now.”
“The Harry Potter fandom.
I’m prepared to get lots of h**e but I’m sure I’ll get agreement too because it’s so true.”
“Beyonce and her cancerous fanbase that treat her like this otherworldly being.
She’s got a nice voice but everyone acts like she’s an angel sent from heaven or something.”
“Jojo’s bizarre adventure.
As a Jojo fan I can confirm it is at least somewhat like a cult. Once you’re in, you can never leave.
Not that I really want to, but my point still stands.”
“Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars…I’m pretty sure they think he’s the second coming.
Take a look at the pictures of his extremely expensive trip to a private island with his most devout fans.
Pretty sure it is an openly acknowledged cult.”
“Rick and Morty fans were my first thought.
The show might be funny, but the people who act like liking it is signs of a high IQ or s**t like that make me not want to get into it.”
“Most sports teams.
There is always someone who is more passionate/knows more and will make themselves known about it. Alternatively they say you can’t be a real fan because you don’t know x or y.
I enjoy a few sports. I have teams that I support. But I don’t know the ins and outs of everything they do. Doesn’t stop me being a fan but it feels like to some fans you are worse than fans of other clubs.”
“People on keto diets.
I’ve eaten a ketogenic diet before and looking back I was so annoying. I needed to tell everyone 24/7 that I didn’t eat carbs and how great keto was. And soooo many people are like that about keto. Keto is life, love, and the answer to our eternal questions!!!
Gosh I was so annoying, I’m grateful for every friend who didn’t slap me.”
“Taylor Swift Fans AKA Swifties.
I am going to admit that I do post on the sub and do like her music, but god d**n, they want her to constantly drop music all the time.
I’ve been a Brand New fan (and still am even through all the s**t that came out) for years and I know what it’s like to be waiting for new music, but man, these people don’t understand that they just got three album in nine month span.
Also, I don’t get why their so eager to meet their idol. Don’t they understand that you should never meet your heroes?”
What fanbases do you think act like cults?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know.
Please and thank you!
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There’s a recent commercial I’ve seen several times lately that I really, REALLY don’t like.
It’s a Kraft cheese commercial with a close-up of a grilled cheese sandwich in a frying pan and some guy singing a stupid little song about wanting to eat it.
Really? You had millions of dollars for advertising and that’s what you came up with?
Well, now you’ve annoyed me!
Which advertisements made you actually avoid buying a product?
People on AskReddit answered that question.
“Baby commercials where the dad is just a bumbling idiot.
I can have the diaper off, cleaned, and new diaper on before baby even knows I’m changing them.”
“All the Liberty Insurance ads.
It’s been played out too long.”
“Manscaped.
Their ads about how if you use their competitors you’ll cut your d**k off.
Didn’t make me afraid of their competitors, they just made me associate Manscaped with severe genital trauma.
Good going, fellas.”
“Mr. Clean sniffing around that housewife.
I won’t let my wife buy their products for fear that creep is gonna sneak into my house and put the moves on her.”
“Quiznos ran a series of radio spots many years ago in which it would open with something along the lines of “when you’re hungry, trying to resist a Quiznos sub is like” and there would be an absurd no-competition comparison with apt sound effects.
One of the spots was (I may be misremembering but was along lines of), “trying to resist a Quiznos sub is like a puppy taking on an alligator.” You then heard a bunch of yipping sounds ending with a big chomp.
That one spot turned me off ever being a customer of that restaurant.”
“Dr. Squatch soap.
It’s just obnoxious, macho-man, “natural is better”, “oh no, chemicals!” bulls**t. I don’t even care if the soap’s good, their advertisements have ruined the brand for me. Come to think of it, any brand that targets insecure men through their advertising. There was a supplement company with a probiotic promising to make your balls bigger.
Looked into the research, it was a single, small study on rats, which is… barely evidence, and definitely not enough to launch a product.”
“The completely tone deaf Cascade Platinum commercial where they try to claim that running your dishwasher every night will somehow save you water because it uses less water than a sink.
How the f**k does that make sense? You think I’m looking at my half empty dishwasher every night and saying “oh s**t. Better take all of these dishes out and wash them by hand or else the dish fairy is going to k**l me in my sleep”?
Of f**king course not. I’m going to wait until it’s full because I’m a grown adult with enough kitchenware to last me a full load in the dishwasher. It’s just a blatant “f**k the environment. Just use our product more so we can sell more s**t.””
“I already don’t smoke ci**rettes, but those anti-s**king ads that refer to nicotine as a “brain poison” just sounds stupid to me.
It’s a drug, just call it what it is.”
“Beverage radio commercials that use lots of slurping or soda can popping sound effects.
Gave me another reason to avoid Dr Pepper and light beer.”
“Morningstar Farms selling vegetarian burger patties. “If I’m a kid and I like it…” has the opposite effect they intended.
You know what kids like? Ketchup sandwiches. Spoonfuls of sugar stolen from the bowl. Taking a bite out of a stick of butter. Plain cheese pizza. Burgers with no toppings.
When I was a kid I once dumped a packet of Gushers into a bowl of cereal and happily ate it. Morningstar Farms, the fact that some little girl likes to eat your fake meat means nothing to me.”
“A few years ago Dominos had a commercial campaign where they said things like “People told us our sauce tasted like ketchup and our crust was like cardboard. We listened and we changed the recipe!”
Those ads sure didn’t give me an appetite for pizza.”
“Dr. Pepper Ten.
Its ad campaign was literally “Not for Women”.
Normally I’m a huge Dr. Pepper fan, but I found that entire campaign so f**king stupid and aggravating that I swore I would never drink it.”
“That Grubhub commercial with those disgusting looking 3D characters dancing in a really cringe manner.
It makes me embarrassed on behalf of those people who don’t even actually exist.”
“F**k Flo from Progressive, and all her sh**ty friends.
They’re bad and annoying, but I’m not sure that Progressive has realized that their “spokesperson” is a f**king terrible, obsessive, aggressive psycho.
She’s so nosy, and the commercial where she c**kblocks two young people in the laundromat made me wish they threw her into an industrial washer.
“Oh tell me more about bundling insurance, Flo! We’d never flirt with each other when there’s insurance to be discussed, but you’ve only got another 30 seconds before the rinse and spin, and I just don’t think you’ll be able to talk during that! Or after.””
“Jimmy Dean frozen breakfast sandwich commercials only had the discordant rooster-sounding riff at the end.
Now it’s every couple of seconds throughout the entire commercial.
It’s like a knife in my ears. “
Are there any ads that really make you not want to buy certain products?
If so, talk to us in the comments.
Thanks a lot!
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I have a confession: the Discover “Cashback Match” commercials have made it absolutely certain that I will never, ever use Discover in my life because I find their commercials to be so incredibly annoying.
Do you have any products that you’ve been turned off of completely because you can’t stomach their advertisements?
AskReddit users discussed the advertisements that made them NOT want to buy certain products.
Let’s dive in!
“All time: Chevy “real people”
Recently: that Kraft singles commercial with that stupid grilled cheese song.”
“There is a phone company here in Australia that runs an ad where two sisters/friends are shown partying and generally having a good time, then one gets diagnosed with an illness, presumably cancer.
The camera cuts back and forth to one of them in a hospital bed and the other getting her long hair cut off, then an emotional reunion where the one with her hair cut off visits the one in hospital who has lost her hair.
The tagline is “it starts with yes”. It uses the emotional trauma of terminal illness to try to get people to sign up for a phone service. Utterly disgusting.”
“A local car dealer decided to put their catchphrase to the tune of Baby Shark.
Then they made a follow-up commercial apologizing for how annoying the Baby Shark spot was, but still ended it with the Baby Shark jingle.”
“Those multiple Volvo commercials that have been on Hulu forever.
Same premise- “if you don’t buy our brand new Volvo you’ll k**l a kid, yours or someone else’s”.
Fear mongering at its finest.”
“The one with the bratty kid and broccoli.
“Then I guess we’re gonna sit here all night!”
If I pulled a stunt like that as a kid my mom wouldn’t go put cheese on my broccoli, she’d cook broccoli for every meal.”
“Surprised I haven’t seen Grammarly mentioned anywhere here.
I’ve never felt a need to use their product in the past, but their ads are so intrusive, annoying, and frequent that I’ll guaranteed never use it.”
“That Marine recruiting commercial where he fought a dragon.
I never got to fight a dragon when I was in, that was bulls**t.”
“Volvo.
That f**king commercial where someone tells the car’s google assistant to “turn up the heat” at their house.
My google reacts by upping the heat every. Single. Time.”
“Reese’s (Cups, Pieces, etc.)
I h**e the voice of whoever narrates the commercials
The low-effort lines…ughhhh
The speaker delivers the lazy writing as if the audience is meant to find it clever
The next time you see a Reese’s commercial on TV, you’ll notice what I’m talking about..”
“Mesothelioma.
Massive expenditure targeting a tiny population.
The return on investment must be HUGE.
Shameless rainmaking.”
“The Google Fi ads on youtube. Terrible songs and terrible animation.
Also, Old Navy ads are garbage.
And McDonalds has somehow been incapable of making a good ad for like 20 years or longer.”
“Well, whenever I hear the KARS for Kids jingle, I think about swerving into oncoming traffic.
So I guess you could say it turns me off.”
“All the brand name medication commercials with fake people living fake lives with wild side effects worse than the original diagnosis.
And how dumb the names sound made on some name generator.
Trulicity comes to mind.”
Are there any ads that really turned you off of certain products?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know.
We look forward to it!
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When I want to buy an unusual new product, I remind myself that without risk there’s no reward.
Sometimes it works, and the unusual new product is a massive success!
Other times it’s a huge disappointment, and I kick myself for days.
The point is, we all make weird choices sometimes. And the luxury goods industry exists to feed those retail therapy choices.
When a woman went viral recently for posting her ridiculous discovery from Nordstrom, the post took off, with others joining in to share the weirdest and most expensive items they’ve seen for sale as well.
She wrote:
A hobby of mine is finding ridiculous items for sale at Nordstrom’s. This might be my best find yet. pic.twitter.com/racNtYs0jB
— Lexi Brown, PhD (@lexilafleur) April 21, 2021
The $895 price tag may sound like a lot, but at least you won’t have any money left that you need to carry around, since, as one keen-eyed user pointed out the fine print:
This bedazzled objet d’art doesn’t actually carry anything, except for a conversation.
It sounds like something David Rose would say.
In addition to outrageously expensive and useless “purses”, there were a number of examples of horrifying (and useless?) clothing trends in the thread.
User @chelbee611 shared these bizarre underwear-exposing trousers.
— Michelle (@chelbee611) April 22, 2021
Good thing they have free returns.
And who can forget this aptly described travesty, which I guess you could wear with those pants.
Behold!! This travesty pic.twitter.com/gx6xVofdkF
—
(@cdcast1991) April 22, 2021
If you’re really looking to be classy, there’s this dress, which I would describe as “tarp & bungee chic” – perfect for any occasion.
Not bad. I recently shared this with my friend looking for a dress to wear to a wedding. pic.twitter.com/fRIgc7HZNT
— Elizabeth Wallen (@Elizabe95140124) April 22, 2021
And to really kick it up a notch, pair that dress with these matching gloves.
(They match the bungee cords.)
— Megan A. Taros (@megataros) April 21, 2021
If the tarp dress isn’t to your liking, because, idk, you’re worried about rain on your back? Never fear, there’s always this shower curtain dress option shared by Ellen Grace.
Wtf pic.twitter.com/W2Z4ctgNrI
— Ellen Grace (@Rageagainstrepu) April 22, 2021
Perfect for a rainy day or a chili dog eating contest.
And if you’re worried about getting cold (maybe in that backless dress) user @TSatch17 has you covered with this… sleeping bag wrap?
This is still one my of favorite Nordstrom finds. pic.twitter.com/7bYFGZQxTp
— Tee_Satch (@TSatch17) April 22, 2021
Another user, @jamiesanpedroo, who really got into the exercise, found these wacky toe-sock-boot-gizmos, and I don’t even know what to do with them.
What are thoooooose pic.twitter.com/X2Q4av2idc
— Jamie (@jamiesanpedroo) April 23, 2021
Is Nordstrom okay?
Not to single out high end retailers, @my_tv_life pointed to her favorite source for the ridiculous, Etsy, and these fabulous handmade pants.
Mine is usually Etsy, drive my family crazy with pics. Behold the crochet pants. pic.twitter.com/TMYCfZS4Fc
— cis lesbian grandma (@my_tv_life) April 22, 2021
Mars OBSESSED responded to the original post with a joke, but these glasses (?!) are blowing my mind.
Inexpensive alternative. pic.twitter.com/jLxtDelrgR
— Mars OBSESSED (@Buncombian) April 21, 2021
Several users shared the same $1300 hat, which I personally thought looked like an attempt to imitate an orca.
add this leather baby yoda hat and you’ve got quite the outfit pic.twitter.com/fWN8pecmWo
— cp
(@misscp) April 22, 2021
And don’t forget about the bling. There was the bike lock necklace that costs more than any actual bike lock.
Just in case, you know, you’re worried someone’s going to steal your head.
$845 bike lock for your neck pic.twitter.com/usLREazfXz
— Gina (@Peril_in_Pink) April 22, 2021
Honestly, these all make me feel better about the electric toothbrush I bought last week.
What about you? What’s the most absurd item to come into your social media ads?
Tell us in the comments!
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If you’re a big Disney fan – or even just someone who watches a lot of movies and pays attention to detail – it’s probably no secret that Disney’s animators recycle some of their animations into multiple subsequent films.
If the only reason they do that is to save money, it turns out they save alot of money, because as the internet is learning to come to grips with, Disney recycles a ton of entire scenes.
And I’m sorry to say that once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
Let’s go!
First, did you know that this sequence from Snow White was entirely repurposed for Robin Hood?
It is very interesting to look at recycled animation at times to see which scenes from movies were used as templates for later animated movies. One example was the dance scene in Snow White being used again in Robin Hood. pic.twitter.com/ziz6kCT6E6
— Animated Antic (@Animated_Antic) November 24, 2018
And this animation in Beauty and the Beast hasn’t aged in 30 years!
Animators reused 30-year-old animation from Sleeping Beauty, in Beauty and the Beast #beourguest #disney #disneyland #disneyhack pic.twitter.com/ykwFLrTPk2
— Disney Easter Eggs (@EasterEggDisney) May 23, 2017
Anyone think Christopher Robin looks a little bit like young Mowgli??
my entire childhood was a lie
pic.twitter.com/LUNXqJbVJE
— TmarTn (@TmarTn) May 1, 2021
The process is called rotoscoping, which is sort of like current animators asking the smart kids of the past whether or not they can copy their paper, according to Business Insider.
“It involves animators drawing and tracing over old footage to create anew,” and traces its roots back to Wolfgang “Wollie” Reitherman.
The classic and legendary Disney animator lived by the motto “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and I think we can all agree everything about early Disney films were working.
Another Disney legend, Floyd Norman, claimed that it was actually tougher and cost more to redraw an existing sequence, but that it was also the safe choice, and one Reitherman and others were sure would land with audiences.
my entire childhood was a lie
— TmarTn (@TmarTn) May 1, 2021
That said, there were plenty of animators hankering to draw something besides little boys and dancing princesses, and eventually, they would get to use some of their own creative genius to make new sequences.
Hopefully none of this has ruined your childhood.
I think those people are being a bit dramatic, don’t you? I mean, if anything, it just reinforces how much Disney influenced your childhood – again and again and again.
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It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything we don’t know about Disney, their movies, and their history – after all, we’ve lived and breathed it pretty much our entire lives.
The great thing about corporations as huge and far-flung as Disney, though, is that there’s always something lurking, waiting to be uncovered.
We’re hoping that, among these 12 more obscure facts, you might find something new to learn!
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Director Gary Nelson says they were trying not to get a G rating all along.
When I was a kid we got the polio vaccine. My dad, working on Mary Poppins, asked how my day was. I told him about the vaccine. “Didn’t it hurt? I said they put it on a sugar cube and you ate it. He called my uncle Dick and the next day they wrote “A Spoonful of Sugar.” (1 of 2)
— jsher88888 (@jsher88888) December 3, 2020
According to Jeffrey Sherman, son of Robert Sherman (who helped write the song) he told his dad how he’d received his vaccine on a sugar cube.
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Both actresses agents sneered at the role, when nowadays, a-listers clamor to do voice acting in animated pictures.
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His vocal coach was Irish and, according to Van Dyke, “didn’t do an accent any better than I did.”
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It was meant to represent Belle, who was typically in blue at the beginning of the movie but morphed to gold as her character went through a transformation.
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Actress Mary Wikes played the character in a one-hour TV adaptation on CBS in 1949.
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She played Sister Mary Lazarus in the Sister Act films.
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John Lennon was reportedly the one who nixed the idea.
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Her version of “Beauty and the Beast” only required a single take.
This was even after she was up the night before on a flight to New York – a flight that included a bomb threat and an emergency landing – that almost made her miss the recording altogether.
That makes it older than the park.
It was from The Lion King, and I think it’s fair to say that it paid off.
It was the Enchanted Tiki Room – they needed to keep the computer system cool.
I definitely learned a thing or two.
Which of these was new to you? If we taught you something, tell us what in the comments!
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If you think you’re the biggest Disney fan that ever lived and you know absolutely everything there is to know about the House of Mouse (and everything that goes along with it), well…you might be right.
Just in case you’re not, though, don’t you want to scroll through these 13 Disney facts and see what we’ve got?
You never know, we could surprise you!
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Betty Lou Gerson was also the voice of Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians.
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It was obviously a gamble that paid off, but he must have been nervous.
Even his wife, Lillian, suspected the movie would be a bust.
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A practice that’s obviously made a lot of people a lot of money in the decades since.
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The 78 rpm record was a big seller.
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Apparently scary lady voices are hard to find.
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The face you see in the crystal ball, though, is Imagineer Leota Toombs Thomas.
Mickey Mouse Writing Tablet
First Licensed Piece of Disney Character Merchandise
1930#DisneyArchives50 pic.twitter.com/Ijy2w3eOGB— Disney D23 (@DisneyD23) June 11, 2020
Released in 1930, the licensing of the character to earn extra money was an eye-opener./h1>
The tune from Pinocchio won for Best Original Song.
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New Orleans Square at Disneyland, Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom, Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland, and in Paris, you’ll find it in Frontierland.
90% of their production was propaganda films, training films, print campaigns, and other things that supported the Allies’ war effort.
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It went into production in 1951 and was released in 1959 – Disney was working on building Disneyland at the same time.
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Animators then used the live-action movements as reference to animate the movie. Wild.
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There’s probably no way to make a human more likable.
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I remember in Kansas in the 1990s, the town of Lawrence was referred to as “the next Seattle.”
This was the height of the grunge craze and Lawrence did (and always has) had a good music scene…but of course, that kind of recognition never came to Lawrence. So, no, it didn’t become “the next big thing.”
But that kind of stuff happens all the time.
What was supposed to be the next big thing, but it flopped?
AskReddit users shared their thoughts.
“Amazon’s shopping buttons.
They pushed really hard for those and I never saw the point.”
For 20 years cell phones got smaller and smaller. Often being the main selling point of the phone.
Then all of sudden you could watch videos on your phone, and almost overnight the trend reversed to “larger is better”.”
“Soap Shoes.
These were like normal shoes, but you could grind on rails with them via an indent in the sole.”
“Not sure if this one has totally flopped yet, but I noticed while in Costco the other day that there are no longer any curved TVs.
If Costco is no longer carrying them then I think we can assume they’re going the way of the dodo.”
“Google+ was supposed to be the answer to Facebook.
That was a lesson on how not to handle hype. There was so much hype around Google plus, it was infectious. But they refused to open it up to everyone and maintained a very hardline ‘invite only’ system.
Even once hype had peaked and there was a notable decline, still they maintained a small invite only system. I remember by the time they decided to open it up to everyone the hype was well and truly dead and no one bothered with it.
They should have cashed in when hype was high but they (I assume) got greedy, thinking the hype would just infinitely increase and people wouldn’t get bored waiting to get in.”
“3D TV.
Heard a stat from one of the 3D TV manufacturers that the average number of pairs of 3D glasses sold per 3D television was a number very much smaller than 1.
I think they were too embarrassed to actually tell everyone how tiny the attach rate was.”
“SecondLife.
In the beginning, companies even bought real estate in there to allow people to visit them.
“Crystal Pepsi, New Coke, orange juice and toothpaste flavored Lays potato chips.”
“The “Dark Universe” cinematic universe.
Starting with 2017’s THE MUMMY.”
“Quadraphonic entertainment systems in the early 1970s, were supposed to replace stereophonic systems.
Now they are chiefly remembered for inspiring the name of The Who’s second rock opera.”
“Johnny Manziel.
I remember when he signed with CFL and everyone thought he was gonna absolutely dominate.
Meh…”
“Google Wave.
It was supposed to replace email with a more collaborative approach.
Essentially it was like a dynamically-created discussion board you’d share with select people and you could have a more readable discussion than one with a bunch of forwards and CCs and the like.
I thought it was a good idea, but it flopped big time and Google got rid of it after a few years.”
“This one might be a bit obscure just because I’ve only ever met one other person familiar with it, but Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone was looking like it could’ve been the end all be all of smartphones.
Based off the Phonebloks idea of having a Lego-like hot-swappable module phone, the idea was that you could switch out any components of the phone on the fly. Camera, fingerprint scanner, even different quality screens.
Conceptually, it really looked like it could take over the phone market, as it would lead to people not having to buy whole new phones anymore, but rather replacement or upgraded parts to a phone they already liked, thereby reducing costs and increasing utility.
You don’t want a phone with 5 cameras that inflate the cost unnecessarily? Just buy a one camera module. You want a 1440P Super Amoled screen to replace your 720P regular screen? Buy one and swap it in.
However, like many Google projects, it d**d off for myriad reasons and the longstanding era of $1000 dollar smartphone slabs lived on.”
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