It's a rather amusing parody site which features twisted truths and jokey made up tales and conspiracies (which I don't think many Disney aficionados would believe are true). Some of my personal favourites on the site include an article on the making of Snow White, Walt Disney's escapades in World War 1 and the unusual tales about The Wizard of Oz in the Disney films section of the Urban Legends section. And if you're reading this in a few years time, on the front page, there's currently a poll that asks which changes to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme park ride you're most excited about. The change that I'm most happy to see is the Animatronic Brad Bird.
disneylies.com wrote:
Trivia: Tina Turner, Hillary Clinton, Lady Diana, and Cher have all been quoted as believing that Beauty and the Beast was intended to be about them.
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The Legend: Animators doing research for Bambi dissected real animals.
Behind the Legend: Now that's just gross. While it's true that real animal skins were used in the Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland, Jungle Cruise, and it's a small world attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney never allowed animals to be killed for non-culinary "off-stage" purposes. Besides, it's particularly difficult for an animator to study how an animal moves and behaves after it has been dissected.
The Legend: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' dwarfs represent the 12 stages of addiction recovery.
Behind the Legend: This is true, and begs the question of why Disney didn't just go ahead and make twelve dwarfs. The answer is that extra dwarfs meant extra animating expense (this is the same kind of accountant-based thinking that forces so many cartoon characters to go through life with only four fingers or, in the case of characters from really cheap production houses, two).
The dwarfs and the steps they represented are:
Dopey: Step 1 -- Admit that you are powerless against your affliction
Doc: Step 2 -- Believe that a power greater than you can restore your sanity
Happy: Step 3 -- Decide to turn your life over to your higher power
Grumpy: Step 4 -- Make a deep, fearless moral inventory of yourself
Bashful: Step 7 -- Humbly ask your higher power to remove your shortcomings
Sneezy: Step 10 -- Continue to make your moral inventory and promptly admit when you were wrong
Sleepy: Step 11 -- Use prayer and meditation to improve your relationship with your higher power (the use of sleepy for this step is a little obscure, but it's probably related to the fact that step 12 involves a "spiritual awakening")
The Legend: Donald Duck was banned from Finland for not wearing pants.
Behind the Legend: On the contrary, cartoon pants are, by law, optional in Finland. Donald Duck was banned from the country for having three illegitimate sons (even though they are referred to as his "nephews") and the appearance of an "unnatural" relationship with Goofy.
The Legend: Letters spelling "SEX" are formed by a cloud of dust in The Lion King.
Behind the Legend: Almost but not quite -- the dust letters actually spell out "STYX" in honor of the ‘80s band, and a few notes from their hit song "Mr. Roboto" can be heard when the letters appear.
The Legend: A disgruntled artist drew a phallus as part of The Little Mermaid's poster art.
Behind the Legend: The artist wasn't "disgruntled" at all -- the undersea castle with the spire reminiscent of a phallus was part of the artwork's master plan all along. For a number of years, Disney experimented with subliminal advertising in a bid to draw adults and teenage boys to their films. Take a really, really, really close look at the poster for Newsies for another example (after getting your parents' permission, of course). An additional bit of trivia, it has been suggested that the palace with the phallus was inspired by the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester. (Don't ask us how.)
The Legend: The name 'Wendy' was invented by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
Behind the Legend: Correct, and when Disney obtained the rights to the play so that they could make the animated film, they also obtained the rights to the name Wendy. If you know anyone named Wendy and they don't have a little "birthmark" that looks like a "c" with a circle around it, then they owe Disney a licensing fee.
The Legend: In the first draft of the screenplay for Cinderella, the title character's slippers were made of fur.
Behind the legend: The slippers were changed from fur to glass because it was decided that glass would be easier to animate. Today, using 3-D animation techniques, very realistic fur slippers could easily be made, and there is talk of doing this for a future "director's cut" DVD release.
Finchx0rz wrote:Funny site, but they list Shrek as being from Disney.
(Or perhaps this was intentional...?)
Yes, it was intentional. As you can see, after the Shrek and Shrek 2 overview, they also claim Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Ice Age as being Disney films. They obviously were teasing those who are consistently complaining about said films being assosiated with Disney.
What a nifty site! I hope nobody believes any of that malarky though!
I found these in the rumors section:
DisneyLies wrote:I heard a rumor that Disney purchased 5000 acres in Ashtabula, Ohio. Is this true? And if so, what are the plans?? (September 28, 2005)
It's true, but it's nothing to get excited about. Disney was just using its buying power to help exiting CEO Michael Eisner purchase some property for use in his retirement. Now that he is no longer working for Disney, Eisner plans to use his amassed wealth to purchase the rest of Ohio on his own.
I have heard that Disney has purchased about 400 acres in Jane, MO to start new construction on Walt Disney World? It would be a waste of beautiful land to see it chopped down by this so called "great" theme park? I am not sure of the date of construction. I am sure it a very good investment to build one since it would be in the central US. (September 2, 2005)
Don't get too excited. This addition will be part of Walt Disney World, linked to the main property by an extension of the underground utilidors tunnel complex, but it will be nothing but parking for staff, allowing Disney to take advantage of Missouri's lower minimum wage.
The Legend: There are a number of bizarre coincidences between the lives of Walt Disney and John F. Kennedy.
Behind the Legend: This is true, but we aren't quite sure what the significance is supposed to be. A few of the coincidences:
Walt Disney died in 1966; John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
The names Disney and Kenedy each contain seven letters.
Both men were particularly concerned with how Americans feel about things.
History remembers Kennedy in part for the Bay of Pigs, and Walt Disney in part for "The Three Little Pigs."
The names Lillian Disney and Marilyn Monroe have the same number of letters.
EDIT: did anyone read the disclaimer at the bottom? It's pretty good:
All information on this site is, to the best of our knowledge, false. If any significant true information slips through, we apologize for that. Since we don't check any of what passes for facts around here, mistakes are bound to happen.
The Legend: The Song of the South has never been released on video in the United States.
Behind the Legend: Although the rest of the world is able to see this Disney classic, the United States still holds the backwards, perhaps even bigoted, view that it's okay for a film's "owners" to keep it chained up and deny it liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The Legend: African Americans are entitled to 5,000 shares of free Disney stock as restitution for The Song of the South.
Behind the legend: Not any more -- shares had to be applied for before the end of 2003. However, Native Americans are still eligible to apply for recompense for Pocahontas, Peter Pan, and Squanto.
That site is Hilarious! I particularly like
