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.B "FIRST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE"In this issue...
However, a Disney inciter (Deep Fins), has given us the INSIDE
INFORMATION, and it appears that things are not really what they seem.
After an exclusive interview, we've put everything to music, using a
rock and rolling number sung by Billy Joel as the Dodger in Oliver &
Company:
An rec.arts.disney member (Sean Squier) decided to refer to himself as the
"Future CEO" for the Disney company, and in a magnanimous gesture,
opened the floodgates to any and all people who wanted to serve in his
"cabinet."
In the fourteen months since the inception of the Future Disney
Cabinet (FDC), its roster has grown at an enormous rate.
After seeing a few requests from pseudo-lurkers on rec.arts.disney regarding the
FDC ("So... what is this FDC thing, anyway?"), this newsletter
has decided to devote at least one column per issue to FDC activities,
whether it be reprinting stories or song parodies,
alerting people to new FDC drawings, or just informing the readers as
to who these people actually are.
All items of note referenced in this column will be made available in
a new FDC subdirectory in the DIS' 'n' DAT ftp archives.
File names in this subdirectory are referred to in this column as
filename
which refers to
.Fa ftp.wang.com:/pub/lar3ry FDC/\%file\%name.
DIS' 'n' DAT's coverage of the FDC started with a tribute to them in a
special FDC issue, reported from information taken from a time
capsule last year.
In this issue, I've asked some of the more prolific and versatile
members of the FDC to tell the world just who they are and how they
came to rec.arts.disney in the first place.
Their responses, slightly edited, follow:
It seems that rec.arts.disney's (FDC) registry - and the resulting water wars
among its participants - has been growing exponentially lately.
So too have the questions and comments from the uninitiated.
As the FDC's Special Librarian for Imagineering, I have stayed out of
the water wars up till now (choosing instead to cast stern glances and
make various "shush!"ing sounds at my terminal).
However, when there's *this* much water, you gotta go with the flow....
This song parody is copyright by Jon Triesch
<jon.triesch@\%lam\%bada.\%oit.\%unc.\%edu>, and may be distributed
free of charge in its original form, with the proper attributions.
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Euro-Disney: What, Me Worry?
Euro-Disney: What, Me Worry?
Michael Eisner at the annual shareholders meeting said that he was not
really able to comment on the negotiations that are going on between
the banks and the management of Euro-Disney.
Most people have taken this to mean that there are serious issues
being discussed.
First we say we're losing bucks,
Then we say attendance is up.
You might think we're all some shmucks,
That is how we'll all clean up.
(Singing...)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
We're market-wise,
So we improvise.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
We know bank talk,
And we'll tell 'em, "Take a Walk!"
Why should we worry?
Why should we care?
Think we don't have a dime?
Well, we got bank savoire faire.
Why should we worry?
Why should we care?
We've conned the whole pop-u-lation --
For we got bank savoire faire.
We're all just sitting pretty.
For once they find we've turned around,
Our fortunes will abound,
And we'll wear the crown.
Why should we worry?
Why should we care?
They think we're out of time,
But we got bank savoire faire.
Why should we worry?
Why should we care?
We've conned more than just one nation.
And we got bank savoire faire.
We're thumbin' our nose,
And we're laughin' in fits,
At the bankers in a frenzy
When they see our deficits!
Why should we worry?
Why should we care?
By God, we've fooled them all the time...
'Cause we got bank savoire faire.
THIS is the FDC...
With the passing of Walt Disney as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, it
has come to be accepted that the tenancy of this position will
probably be open to other people in the future. How far into the
future is anybody's guess, as Michael Eisner doesn't seem to be on his
way out anytime soon.
I'm Fishing, (I'm Fishing)
For the One I Love.
I'll Find Her, (I'll Find Her)
By dawn.
I've caught her! (I've caught her!)
Her name's Ariel.
She's lovely... (She's lovely..)
Let's spawn!
out Nancy Kerrigan!), and he is learning to enjoy skiing.
His actual activities rarely include any of these interests, but
rather studying, tinkering with electronic stuff, and on occasion,
sleeping.
Another View of the FDC
[This article turns its sights, so to speak, on one aspect of the FDC
that any recent rec.arts.disney reader can identify with...]
.B "Ev'rybody Wants In On the Act"
(To the tune of "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" from _The Aristocats_)
(Spoken): Well, little newbie, let me elucidate here -
Ev'rybody wants in on the act.
Because on r.a.d. it's a fact -
F-D-Ceee's where it's at.
After crossing over our vir-tual welcome mat,
F-D-C is where it's at.
Sign up for a slot,
Then you take your first shot
With a water gun.
(Oh, a drippy-drippy-drip)
But you catch on real fast:
He who soaks will laugh last.
Then the fun's begun.
(Sp-sp-sp Splash! Glub-glub!)
I've read some somber posts which do suggest,
"All you F-D-C pests,
Just give it a rest."
But what's the point of rea-son-ing with a hornet's nest?
You'll just incite a bigger wa-ter fest!
The walk-arounds' minds
Can't remember a time
When their clothes were dry.
(Oh, a squishy-squishy-squish)
Supersoakers - and more -
Tend to even the score
When the buckets fly.
(Newbie: "Oh, I wish - I wish - I wish!!")
Yeah, ev'rybody wants in on the act.
'Cause on r.a.d. it's a fact -
F-D-Ceee's where it's at.
After crossing over our vir-tual welcome mat,
Ev'rybody wants in on the act.
[Drum break - Trumpet solo]
Ev'rybody! Ev'rybody!
Ev'rybody's gettin' in the act!
(Hey, splash it to ya!)
Ev'rybody! Ev'rybody!
Ev'rybody's gettin' in the act!
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