What a hoot! Timothy Goebel skate his long program to Night on Bald Mountain tonight! And Johnny Weir was wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt!
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Mickey and Chernabog at Figure Skating Nationals!
- Thread starter MommytoMJM
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Captain Chaos
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MommytoMJM said:
Since the skating was on ABC, should I be skeptical that this was a little bit of an attempt to shamelessy market Disney??? LOL
lol. it was on ESPN2 actually.... I doubt it, but who knows?
danzingcutie12
Member
MommytoMJM said:
which is owned by disney....
Legacy
Well-Known Member
Yes, because a figure skating is skating to a peice of music written long before Walt Disney was even born it's an attempt to market.
The Nationals are a competition in which the contestant choose to skate to whatever music they want and can wear whatever they want. Stop trying so hard.
The Nationals are a competition in which the contestant choose to skate to whatever music they want and can wear whatever they want. Stop trying so hard.
Number_6
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Connor002 said:
Was this a different one than the one for ESPN the Weekend which was being held at the Disney-MGM Studios? That one had been trying to promote the fact that it was an event going on at WDW. If it was a different one, then could it have to do with the fact that the term "Cinderella Story" is used quite often in sports to describe a team or player that no one thought had a chance suddenly going all out and winning? It's no always an insidious plot, you know.
Connor002
Active Member
Number_6 said:
No... I was actually think of the one where they edited the Cinderella Glass Slipper scene to include a stadium instead of the castle and leaving a... the object slips my mind, something other than the slipper, and football themed... in the slipper's place.
Number_6 said:
Well, as stated above, it wasn't really connected to that.
Legacy
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And they are now showing Bambi to help prevent forest fires. Cinderella is a classic fairy-tale, and the animated film is one of the most recognizable representations of said story. Like Number_6 said, a "Cinderella Story" does have meaning sports... so ESPN has every right to use it as an advertisment.Connor002 said:
It's not cross-promotion. It's not synergy. It's just the way things work. I mean honestly... how many college mascots does ESPN use in their commercials? It doesn't mean anything.
Connor002
Active Member
Legacy said:
Maybe I would enjoy your speculation more if it actually had some foundation to it. Stop reaching.
I actually wasn't referring to my speculation, but to their's. In all honesty, I haven't taken the time to go over this and make a decision. I only pointed out that cross-promoting has occurred in the past.