Word: disney
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...Socialist daily Le Matin last Thursday, while another paper added his familiar ears to its logo for the day. All of France, it seemed, was celebrating what one government official called "the largest investment in recent history in France." The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and Walt Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, called for the construction of a $1 billion, 5,000-acre European Disneyland some 20 miles east of downtown Paris. Said Eisner: "Walt Disney would certainly feel at home here, because European literature inspired so many of his fantasies and characters...
...fact, Disney was particularly fond of France. In 1918, when he was 17, Disney lived in Paris while working as a Red Cross ambulance driver. His cartoon creations were a hit in France from the beginning. Generations of French children have grown up with Mickey, Grincheux (Grumpy), Simplet (Dopey) and the other Disney characters, and French tourists by the thousands visit the American Disney parks in California and Florida every year. While anti- Americanism has swelled up in other areas of French life, no one ever seemed to have anything against Mickey Mouse...
...agreement announced last week offers plenty of benefits for both sides. Disney's three theme parks in the U.S. and Japan contributed $1.1 billion to company revenues last year, and the French cousin will be a major new source of income. Company executives expect to draw some 10 million tourists annually, about the same number that visit either the Tokyo or the original Anaheim, Calif., facility...
Videocassettes for children are shaping up to be some of this season's hottest stocking stuffers. Among the stars are such old friends as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Pinocchio (the classic Walt Disney movie is currently the top- selling children's cassette). But more recent favorites--from movies, TV and toy stores--include Rainbow Brite, the Care Bears, My Little Pony and the Transformers. Kidvid now accounts for 15% of the total home-video business, according to some industry estimates. Moreover, with their relatively low prices (typically between $10 and $40), children's tapes are usually bought rather than...
WHETHER A BIT TOO effected by their surroundings or touched by the central Florida heat, the Democratic Party chieftains who met at Walt Disney World recently indulged themselves in a fantasy that all the world's fairy dust couldn't make credible...