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bali wrote:cdub wrote:Darby O'Gill and the Little People reference eh?
Wha??!??!?!? Am I missing one of those 1950's Disney live action films again?
Oh man!!! Darby is definitely one of my favorite Disney flicks! You've just GOTTA run down to the video store and rent a copy of this. Get it on DVD, though, so you can see the extras. Walt did a really great promo for this one where he talked about the Disney movie making guys working with King Brian and his ilk to get the movie made.
What a genius Walt was.... make a deal with ABC to do a weekly show for them. They give you money to finance your dream and you turn the weekly show into a preview/commercial for all the stuff you're putting in the parks and doing in the theater and all that. Wow - what a genius!
And besides, Sean O'Connery was rather hot in Darby, I'd have to say. Hey! I can look right?
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Hypermommy wrote:bali wrote:cdub wrote:Darby O'Gill and the Little People reference eh?
Wha??!??!?!? Am I missing one of those 1950's Disney live action films again?
Oh man!!! Darby is definitely one of my favorite Disney flicks! You've just GOTTA run down to the video store and rent a copy of this. Get it on DVD, though, so you can see the extras. Walt did a really great promo for this one where he talked about the Disney movie making guys working with King Brian and his ilk to get the movie made.
What a genius Walt was.... make a deal with ABC to do a weekly show for them. They give you money to finance your dream and you turn the weekly show into a preview/commercial for all the stuff you're putting in the parks and doing in the theater and all that. Wow - what a genius!
And besides, Sean O'Connery was rather hot in Darby, I'd have to say. Hey! I can look right?

Yes, Maam!!!
I really am a total loser with live action Disney stuff. I'm often criticized for loving the theme parks more than I love TRUE DISNEY
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bali wrote:Hypermommy wrote:bali wrote:cdub wrote:Darby O'Gill and the Little People reference eh?
Wha??!??!?!? Am I missing one of those 1950's Disney live action films again?
Oh man!!! Darby is definitely one of my favorite Disney flicks! You've just GOTTA run down to the video store and rent a copy of this. Get it on DVD, though, so you can see the extras. Walt did a really great promo for this one where he talked about the Disney movie making guys working with King Brian and his ilk to get the movie made.
What a genius Walt was.... make a deal with ABC to do a weekly show for them. They give you money to finance your dream and you turn the weekly show into a preview/commercial for all the stuff you're putting in the parks and doing in the theater and all that. Wow - what a genius!
And besides, Sean O'Connery was rather hot in Darby, I'd have to say. Hey! I can look right?

Yes, Maam!!!
I really am a total loser with live action Disney stuff. I'm often criticized for loving the theme parks more than I love TRUE DISNEY
Sorry... tried to trim the quote to just the relevant part but the editor won't seem to let me do it.
Those that give you static about the "true Disney" just don't get it, IMO. That's one of the beauties of Disney is that there are soooo many facets and sooooo many layers and there's something for everyone - movie buffs, park buffs -- everyone! If the give you that static again, just remind them that early in his career Walt's focus was on the animated movies. Then he got into the live action stuff and was thoroughly and childishly (in a good way) enchanted with that. Later in his career it was the parks that captured his fascination. So you're a "true Disney" lover... just of a later segment of his life.