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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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No Name
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Fellas, I just needed to set up my incredibly hilarious joke!
Phroobar
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I wish!
My only claim to weather fame, and one of my official lifetime Brushes With Celebrity Greatness, was the two dinner parties I attended in the 2010's in south Orange County where I was seated near Dallas Raines. He was a famous LA TV weatherman, but he actually lives down in Dana Point. A very nice guy, and a very good weatherman.
Speaking of that, I just saw this on YouTube. KTLA has forced a few of their journalism hostesses up into the wilds of LA County to cover the approaching storm. The first lady up in the Grapevine with the puffy white parka and matching knit hat with the faux fur bonbon on the top just kills me. And she says the words "Operation Snowflake!" with absolute seriousness. That woman is a professional, even if there's perhaps a bit of a Love Connection happening on live TV with that tenured CHP Officer she interviews. But then later in the report they go up to Big Bear and that poor woman standing in the 22 degrees with moderate snow just breaks my heart (but also makes me laugh). You can see her contemplate her life choices and chosen career path as she goes through her report, and it's hysterical.
Also, the two well coiffed anchors back in the studio with their KTLA 5 branded coffee mugs on the glass desk are pitch-perfectly vapid.
"How is it out there in Big Bear? You look great!" I love local TV news!
She looks like Snow Bunny Padme.
SuddenStorm
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I'm reading Dick Nunis's book right now- and he sure spends a lot of time talking about the importance of the Disney Look. The importance of keeping the parks immaculate. And the importance of good service.
It's inadvertently highlighting all the ways Disney falls short these days.
It's inadvertently highlighting all the ways Disney falls short these days.
PiratesMansion
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But he also thought that tiny pants were a good idea, so even he's not entirely above suspicion:
SuddenStorm
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See now this is awesome. Yes, it's kitschy, cheesy, and probably ill advised- but this is the kind of off the wall stuff you get when you have people that aren't career executives running things. Nunis was with Disney from the beginning- yes he had an Education from USC but he approached stuff like this from the perspective of someone who learned on the job by trial and error, not someone with an MBA who hops jobs every two years and has no loyalty to the company.
Josh D'Amaro would never do something like this- and the place is worse off because of it. Nunis was classic Disney through and through- and the company needs more people like him.
PiratesMansion
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When you finish Nunis' book, I would also recommend the book recently put out by Jim Cora-a lot of it is about putting Tokyo and Paris together, but I thought reading about the similar but also very different challenges of setting up the international resorts was interesting to read about (and some implicit differences between putting the resorts together pre-and post-Eisner). You also get a fair amount of info about his background and his time at Disneyland.
One interesting tidbit from Cora's book that I hadn't heard before: had Jack Lindquest had his way, Cora would have been his successor as head of DL. Alas, both were overruled, and in came Pressler.
SuddenStorm
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I didn't know Cora put out a book! Just ordered.
My all time favorite Disney career memoir remains Jack Lindquist's In Service to the Mouse. Just an incredible book and the stories are excellent. His speech at Marty Sklar's Window Ceremony gives a taste of the kind of storyteller he is. Disneyland execs don't have this kind of charm and wit anymore- they used to run the place with the heart of a local theme park, now it's very much ran with the blandness of a worldwide corporation.
Ah man- what could have been! It's amazing to think about what happened after '95, there was a fundamental shift in how Disneyland was operated that will likely never be corrected.
TP2000
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Small World needs some maintenance.
Oh, stop it!
That's not Small World. Isn't that from that awful Small World ripoff in Communist China that a Disney blogger visited 10 years or so ago? I'd need to go find it. But it's definitely not Small World at any Disney theme park. Things aren't quite that bad. Yet.As for weather, I'm loving the coverage of the snow in SoCal. I think this sort of thing is really healthy for the LA news TV stations, as they'll have a usable point of reference for at least the next couple years on what real "weather" is, and is not.
Things are really brutal up in Portland today. Yesterday, Portland got the most snow in one day it's had since 1943. The Oregon Department of Transportation and their "experts" also completely botched their forecast for snow and temps for the Porltand metro area, their service trucks became stranded or were never even dispatched, and all the major freeways in that big city were shut down and gridlocked. Thousands of people spent the night in their cars on Portland freeways last night. Oops!
TP2000
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Blizzard Warning from the NWS has now been extended down to the mountains of San Diego County. First time ever those mountains have seen a blizzard! Or, at least the first since about 1850, which is really just a tiny blip of time in the 10,000 years since the last Ice Age ended and our planet began thousands of years of warming again.
I imagine that Sea World and the San Diego Zoo will be closed tomorrow when the brunt of the rain arrives. Plus Knott's Berry Farm.
Disneyland will probably do it's usual mid afternoon announcement of "closing early" by a couple hours due to very low crowds, but will blame that obvious money grab on the "rain" in their public announcements.
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I imagine that Sea World and the San Diego Zoo will be closed tomorrow when the brunt of the rain arrives. Plus Knott's Berry Farm.
Disneyland will probably do it's usual mid afternoon announcement of "closing early" by a couple hours due to very low crowds, but will blame that obvious money grab on the "rain" in their public announcements.
Blizzard warning in San Diego, blackouts in Michigan as wild winter storm grips much of U.S.
Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Portland with almost a foot of snow and paralyzing travel from parts of the...
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Disney Analyst
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They’ve suddenly projected 10-30cms here for Saturday. Supposed to cross the border Sunday to Blaine, WA, for a nexus interview… but now unsure if that will happen.
SuddenStorm
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Wow! That looks like it was one hail of a storm!
TP2000
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Quoting myself here from a few days ago, because I just caught tonight's Disney-owned ABC7 weather segment on YouTube. It's Dallas Raines!
Look at that well tailored Mohair suit that moves with him as he works the screen and puts maps in motion! Look at that blindingly white starched dress shirt! Look at that matching gold tie and pocket square that perfectly complement the gold Circle 7 lapel pin that identifies him as a member of the ABC 7 Family! Look at that expensive watch! A Rolex Datejust? (I wouldn't doubt it.) Look at the expert OC cosmetic medspa treatments and Surfer Guy hairdo! He's a professional!
He also knows enough to ignore the government "experts" who continue to predict a few inches down in the OC flatlands of Anaheim, or even the Inland Empire of Pomona or Corona or Riverside. He's smart enough to know it won't snow in Anaheim this weekend, but you better darn well prepare and don't try to drive over the Grapevine on Friday afternoon! A true professional...
So, yeah, about that Magic Happens Parade 2.0 at Disneyland on Friday. Can you be there on Sunday instead?
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waltography
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Disneyland is closing early tonight due to inclement weather.
Californian Elitist
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This weather is very scary. The winds have been insane tonight. Good idea to close the park early.
waltography
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Agreed. I'm watching a livestream of WJ because I was curious if they'd cancel it due to the rain (it's projections only tonight) and it's absolutely pouring. The banners on the castle are all sorts of twisted, and the scrim they normally pull over the arch to block the Fantasyland entrance is missing because it was too windy. No way they fly Baymax in this weather.
EPCOTCenterLover
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Now why aren't they flying Baymax over DCA from his "home" park?