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Turbo, The Live Action Snail Mascot For Go Go Escargot Fast Food Restaurants...
Bonjour! The 2013 DreamWorks animated film "Turbo" stars Ryan Reynolds as a snail racing in the Indianapolis 500. The Turbo F.A.S.T. series on Netflix was just the start of the snail's quest for...
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That Guy Will Be The Next Food Network Star
Some guys always stand out in the crowd. Especially if their name is "Guy."I was looking through an April 7, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly Magazine and discovered a very interesting ad for The...
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Disney's Lady And The Tramp Holiday Dog Treats For Humans
Most dogs would not think twice about eating garbage out of a trash can. Lady and the Tramp prefer a nice spaghetti dinner. These classy canines also enjoy fancy desserts. They would like to share a...
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Walt Disney World And The Christmas Moose
Melvin the Moose loves Christmas at Walt Disney World in Florida. It is the one time of year that he is not just a disembodied head.In the Country Bear Jamboree, Melvin is an animatronic Moose head...
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Seinfeld, The Animated Series
Did you know that some people never knew about the Seinfeld cartoon? To quote Jerry Seinfeld, "Who Are these people?!?"Cartoon Seinfeld characters first appeared in 1998, and were created by artist...
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The Muppet Christmas Carol At Taco Bell
Many people have happy memories of collecting fast food toys. I vividly remember getting this Muppet Christmas Carol ornament at Taco Bell in 1992 and thinking it was pretty sad.At the time, Taco Bell...
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Happy Days With Mr. Cool And The Fonz
Before Family Guy, there was another animated TV series that featured a time-traveling talking dog and Donny Most and the Fonz. Mr. Cool starred in Hanna Barbera's 1980 Saturday Morning cartoon, The...
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Finding Nemo At McDonald's
Fish are friends, not food, even when they are found in McDonald's Happy Meals.Nemo the clownfish is in good company with Ronald McDonald.The eight Disney Pixar Finding Nemo McDonald's toys sold in the...
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The Crouching Hidden Tiger Dragon At Kali River Rapids In Disney's Animal...
In 1999, Walt Disney World in Florida opened the Kali River Rapids attraction in the Asia section of Disney's Animal Kingdom. The new addition included the arrival of a new (very creative) dragon...
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Hope Canyon: Arizona's Lost Animated Film And Theme Park
Not all animated movies have a happy ending. Arizona animators could tell you that.My grandparents live in Phoenix, Arizona. Over the years, they have sent me numerous newspaper clippings, especially...
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Howard The Duck Tales
Think of the worst movie that you've ever seen. The 1986 film Howard the Duck is probably worse than whatever you just thought of.Yet, as a kid, I was drawn to this bizarre live action movie about an...
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Disney's Treasure Planet Plush
When I first saw the 2002 film Treasure Planet, I thought "This should have been a computer animated movie." The similar 2000 hand-drawn/CGI hybrid Fox Animation Studios Titan A.E. faced similar box...
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Disney's Atlantis Beanie Babies And Kida, The Lost Disney Princess
I wonder if children who saw Disney's 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire begged their parents for bean bag toys of the Martag fish vehicle and the Stone Giant. Who would not want to cuddle...
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Tigger And Pooh And Buzz And Woody, Too: A Stuffed Toy Story
Did you ever wonder what happened to Pooh and Tigger when Christopher Robin was sent away to Boarding School? Well, wonder no more! This Toy Story and Winnie the Pooh mash-up could be found years ago...
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Disney's Toy Story At Burger King
In November of 1995, the groundbreaking PIXAR animated film Toy Story debuted. Back then, it was known as Disney's Toy Story. In the United States, Burger King promoted Disney's big animated films,...
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The Return of Paddington Bear
Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond, first appeared in 1958. I became aware of the character from watching the 1975 stop motion/hand drawn animated BBC Paddington series that ran on American...
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Despicable You: Antonio And The Despicable Me 2 Minion Surprise
I seek out the rare and unusual. Despicable Me 2 was a huge hit for Universal in July 2013 (their most profitable film ever). Merchandise for the movie, especially toys of the Minions, has popped up...
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I Am Pete's Dragon, Hear Me Roar Like Helen Reddy
There's a port on a western bay and it serves a hundred ships a day. Lonely sailors pass the time away and talk about their homes. And there's a girl in this harbor town and she works layin' whiskey...
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The Tasmanian Devil Went Down To Georgia
This past weekend, I went to a wedding in Scottsboro, Alabama, and it got me thinking about the Tasmanian Devil. Let me explain. The Bride grew up in Alabama, and the Groom is Australian. I have...
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Upset, Icy Waterbirds: An Angry Birds Parody
Sometimes my mind comes up with really unusual things, like this Penguin parody of the hit Angry Birds. My nephew is (was?) obsessed with this very popular game.Why not make fun of it with some...
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