Disney Trivia Guy

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...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! I watched Disney’s Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) last night and I thought about writing this article about the little leprechaun that lives in Disneyland. Have you ever heard the tale of The Little Man of Disneyland? When Disneyland opened in 1955, there was a book published by Little Golden Books titled The Little Man of Disneyland.  Donald Duck is on the front cover. In the story, Patrick Begorra, a leprechaun, walked out of his house, which was in the trunk of an orange tree, to discover people walking around his orange grove. It was Donald, Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto. They said they were digging up the trees to build Disneyland. Patrick would have nothing to do with it. He tried to stop them. Mickey told him about a rocket trip, a Wild West stagecoach, and flying pirate ships. Patrick did not believe him, so Mickey flew him in their helicopter to the studio to show him the concept art for the park. Patrick agreed to let them build ...

It saddens me to announce that Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump has passed away at the age of 93 yesterday. He was such a talented artist and Imaginer and was a kind person. He was nice enough to be a guest on my podcast and also wrote the foreword for my last book. I mentioned him about two dozen times throughout my last book because of all the work he did on the Haunted Mansion , Enchanted Tiki Room , and It’s a Small World . I also had the pleasure of appearing in a documentary with him called The Land Series: New Orleans Square , which was released in 2022. Order Here IMDb Info Rolly Crump became a Disney Legend in 2004. He has a window on Main Street U.S.A. that reads; Fargo’s Palm Parlor - Predictions That Will Haunt You – Bazaar, Whimsical & Weird – “Designs to Die For” – Roland F. Crump – Assistant to the Palm Reader In the Tencennial edition of 1965 on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969), season 11 episode 14, they visited the Imagineers working on their ...