So Comcast was the highest bidder for FOX, but FOX picked Disney instead...

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Anyone else depressed as a result of this description of Walt Disney's death?

 

[SSG]

Anyone else depressed as a result of this description of Walt Disney's death?

Yeah, but at least his frozen head lives on.

 

[Curious Constance]

Did Walt have that much time to work on his trains? Wouldn't that have been an occasional hobby rather than something he actually made time for daily? Because he smoked probably a million cigarettes a day no matter what else he had going on. As with most things I'm sure his cancer was a combination of lots of factors, but I can't help but imagine that his chain smoking was most likely primary.

 

[Disney Irish]

Oh...by the way...here's my conspiracy theory du jour...Walt Disney technically didn't die from cancer. He suffered two heart attacks as a result of losing a lung post-op surgery. Collapsed in his home, had to be revived by paramdeics. Had a second circulatory collapse, fatally, in the hospital, in bed.

Here's my take. I'm not sure it was the smoking that caused the lung cancer. You want to know what I think it was? No? Too bad, I'm going to tell you anyway.

Coal dust. Walt Disney's model trains, pumping coal dust into him. Hour after hour. The toy train hobby that let him escape the pressures of the studio. Smoking unflitered Chesterfields didn't help. But combine that with the toxic coal fumes coming out of his trains, guys...people have blamed smoking for Walt's death for decades. It might not have been just cigarettes. Could have been that train hobby.

Anyway, conspiracy theory du jour. Damn train hobby killed Walt Disney.

What you talking about is Black Lung which is formed from sucking in too much coal dust. Coal Miners are exposed to even more coal than Walt due to be enclosed in the mine with no fresh air. According to your theory Walt would have had to been exposed to as much coal as someone who worked in a coal mine daily for 20-30 years or more. Walt didn't run his model train that much and surely it wasn't in a place with no fresh air to get exposed to that much coal dust. And it really wouldn't have been enough exposure to require lung surgery. So its a nice theory but sorry its the least likely of respiratory issues.

Besides whether its Black Lung from coal exposure or Lung Cancer from cigarettes, they are both Lung Diseases. At this point it doesn't matter as he is dead and has been for 52 years. Let the man rest in peace.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Did Walt have that much time to work on his trains? Wouldn't that have been an occasional hobby rather than something he actually made time for daily? Because he smoked probably a million cigarettes a day no matter what else he had going on. As with most things I'm sure his cancer was a combination of lots of factors, but I can't help but imagine that his chain smoking was most likely primary.

This is not well known, but I actually killed Walt Disney. I traveled back in time to 1966 and showed him some pictures of Pixar Pier. He died immediately.

 

[Disney Irish]

This is not well known, but I actually killed Walt Disney. I traveled back in time to 1966 and showed him some pictures of Pixar Pier. He died immediately.

 

[Curious Constance]

This is not well known, but I actually killed Walt Disney. I traveled back in time to 1966 and showed him some pictures of Pixar Pier. He died immediately.

Travel back in time again to when he first put a cigarette in his hand. Smack it out of his hand and taze him. That should be enough to cure his cigarette smoking before it starts, then we can see if he still died of lung cancer and we'll know if the trains played a big part or not.

 

[TROR]

I wonder what Disney would be like today if Walt lived for another ten or twenty years.

 

[Curious Constance]

I wonder what Disney would be like today if Walt lived for another ten or twenty years.

Of course we can never be sure, but probably, most definitely something like this:

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Of course we can never be sure, but probably, most definitely something like this:

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LOL.

 

[truecoat]

This is not well known, but I actually killed Walt Disney. I traveled back in time to 1966 and showed him some pictures of Pixar Pier. He died immediately.

You could have used Paradise Pier as well.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I wonder what Disney would be like today if Walt lived for another ten or twenty years.

Well, WDW would more than likely be very different.

 

[Phroobar]

Walt would probably die of a heart attack trying to deal with corporate raiders in the 80's. Of course, we might have gotten a better version of Robin Hood.

 

[Disney Irish]

Well its official pending the shareholder vote next week that Fox is all but Disney's now, Comcast has officially dropped out.

"Comcast said Thursday it would not pursue its bid to buy assets of Twenty-First Century Fox, choosing to focus on its offer for Britain's Sky. "

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/comcast-drops-pursuit-of-its-bid-for-21st-century-fox-assets.html

 

[fctiger]

Well its official pending the shareholder vote next week that Fox is all but Disney's now, Comcast has officially dropped out.

"Comcast said Thursday it would not pursue its bid to buy assets of Twenty-First Century Fox, choosing to focus on its offer for Britain's Sky. "

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/comcast-drops-pursuit-of-its-bid-for-21st-century-fox-assets.html

MCU is going to need a bigger boat!

 

[PB Watermelon]

Suck it, Universal.

 

[Jiggsawpuzzle35]

Maybe Disney will trade the rights to the Simpsons to get back The Incredible Hulk. Going to be weird now that Universal Parks have both Springfield and Super Hero Island.

 

[The Mur]

Universal will have to write even more checks to Disney for the licensing!

I do hope that Disney leverages this control to wrest back the Marvel rights for the east coast.

 

[Disney Irish]

Maybe Disney will trade the rights to the Simpsons to get back The Incredible Hulk. Going to be weird now that Universal Parks have both Springfield and Super Hero Island.

The rumors around the campfire have been that the Simpsons theme park presence was a direct deal with creators Matt Groening and James Brooks. So may not have anything to do with the Disney/Fox deal, other than some licensing fees.

Also Marvel right now seems ok with the state of Hulk being part of the Avengers and Thor films. But are ready to make a new standalone movie once Comcast/Universal wants to move forward with it. It would be like the Sony/Marvel deal with Spider-Man. However I don't think a Hulk standalone film is needed right now anyways.

I'm more interested in getting the theme park rights back for Marvel from Comcast/Universal. That Marvel/Universal contract was horrible.

 

[TROR]

Disney, 21st Century Fox Shareholders Vote to Approve $71.3 Billion Merger https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/21st-century-fox-disney-merger-shareholder-vote-1202888023/