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There has been talking recently about the Energizer Bunny and the fact that everyone remembers the battery being on the bunny's back when in reality, the battery is on his legs. It is referred to as a Mandela Effect . Here, on this promotional poster, he can be found along the exit ramp for Disneyland's Star Tours . I took this photo in 2004. I think the fact that hundreds of thousands of people saw this poster while exiting the attraction helped to cement the idea that the battery was on his back. There have been a few appearances of the bunny that shows him donning the battery on his back. The majority of the time, he has the batteries on his legs. It can be seen on his back in this 1994 commercial with Darth Vader. Most of the footage was reused from the movie Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back because we can see actress  Marjorie Eaton as the Emperor. As a side fact, the Energizer Bunny was created in 1988 as a parody of the Duracell Bunny who first appeared...

Disney's mermaid character who was a person of color and disabled. In The Little Mermaid: The Series (1992-1994), Ariel met a Latina deaf and mute mermaid named Gabriella. She appeared in two episodes and had her octopus, Ollie, as an interpreter of her sign language. The animators added her into the series to honor Gabriella Angelina Bommino, a 2-year-old who was a huge Ariel fan that ended up losing a battle with leukemia in 1993. They intended to show what Gabriella would have looked like as a teen. In the episode " Wish Upon a Starfish ," Ariel meets Gabriella and they go on a quest to find a starfish that grants a wish. Gabriella wished to be able to sing. It was released in season 2 as episode 6 on October 16, 1993. In the episode " Ariel's Treasures ," Ariel meets Gabriella again and shows her all of her treasures, including the new eggbeater that she finds. But Ursula had placed a curse on it. It was released in season 3 as episode 7 on October 29, ...

The original script to A New Hope describes Jabba as a "fat, slug-like creature with eyes on extended feelers and a huge ugly mouth", but Lucas stated in an interview that the initial character he had in mind was much furrier and resembled a Wookiee. When filming the scene between Han Solo and Jabba in 1976, Lucas employed Northern Irish actor Declan Mulholland to stand-in for Jabba the Hutt, wearing a shaggy brown costume. Lucas planned to replace Mulholland in post-production with a stop-motion creature. The scene was meant to connect Star Wars to Return of the Jedi and explain why Han Solo was imprisoned at the end of The Empire Strikes Back . Nevertheless, Lucas decided to leave the scene out of the final film on account of budget and time constraints and because he felt that it did not enhance the film's plot. The scene remained in the novelization, comic book, and radio adaptations of the film. When the film was re-released to theaters in 1997, George had the ...

I was asked to write an article for the new Theme Parkology Magazine . They wanted me to write about the history in New Orleans Square pertaining to Jean Lafitte, the Haunted Mansion , Pirates of the Caribbean , and Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island . If you want to see the full magazine, click HERE . If you liked this bit of history, check out my book with over 3,700 fun facts and trivia centered around Disneyland and Disney Movies w ww.DisneyGuy.org