..Pop My Jibbitz!!! We Are In Disney Woild! **UPD 6/23 PG 69 #1022**

[LizzySwan1022]

30 Miles...and Barefoot!!!!!!

Ok, here's what I'll say to my kids, "YOu know, when I was 14, and I wanted to watch a different show then my parents, I had to go all the way upstairs, and if I was going to be out of the house, I had to set up the DVR to record it, but it could only do 2 shows at a time."

 

[DISUNC]

Has James got any more food reviews from Pop? I'm there in 2 days and could use a food critic



Jodie

Alfredo Chicken Penne

 

[DISUNC]

Ok, here's what I'll say to my kids, "YOu know, when I was 14, and I wanted to watch a different show then my parents, I had to go all the way upstairs, and if I was going to be out of the house, I had to set up the DVR to record it, but it could only do 2 shows at a time."

So sad!

I hope your parents come to their sences and treat you better!

 

[pixie dust 112]

So sad!

I hope your parents come to their sences and treat you better!

Her parents sound horrible don't they? Poor kid!

 

[dwheatl]

dwheatl - do you remember EVERYONE had the Wonder Bread wrapper with all the colored dots melted onto their toasters!!!!!

Ours was Roman Meal. My mom read Adele Davis and decided white bread was the devil. You only had to know that we were a big, Irish Catholic family to know there was nothing unseemly about the fact that there was a Trojan melted onto our toaster (you know, the guy on the Roman Meal bread).

And yes, Mary, we seem to be living parallel lives, don't we?

 

[UtahMama]

Hooooo Weeeee! Dis Unc. look at the can of worms you opened up! Ok, since this is group-thereapy sharing....

1) Wonder bread wrappers were my rain boots (my mom called the real rain boots "rubbers" in front of my friends)

2) The needle nose plyers were for our window mounted air conditioner's broken dial. We had to count clicks to make sure it was on HIGH COOL instead of LOW FAN.

3) My parents called soda, "Soda-water" and the refrigerator the "ice-box", and the days of the week were: "Sundy, Mondy, tuesdy...."

4) My mom SERVED my dad his meals and IRONED his shirts!!!! THAT would be FUNNY if my DH told me to iron or fetch him something to eat!!!!!



AND I TURNED OUT OK!

 

[DISUNC]

Her parents sound horrible don't they? Poor kid!

I am sure that there is some kind of '1-800' # out there for kids in her predicament!
In this day and age it's unbelivable that any home WITH CHILDREN have only ONE DVR!!!!

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Wait, lemme guess, you had to walk 15 miles to school uphill both ways in the snow on saturdays?

don't forget the barefoot part!

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

30 Miles...and Barefoot!!!!!!

See!?!?!?!!?!

 

[DISUNC]

Ours was Roman Meal. My mom read Adele Davis and decided white bread was the devil.

Devil or NO DEVIL...Mom once bought Taystee round bread......There was almost a COO Attempt!

You only had to know that we were a big, Irish Catholic family to know there was nothing unseemly about the fact that there was a Trojan melted onto our toaster (you know, the guy on the Roman Meal bread)..

I knew what you were writing about. Cause NICE Irish Catholic homes in the 60's didnt have the other 'things' in their house. Not in dads sock draw, behind his winter socks!

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

HI DU, Sorry I missed you last night when you were on! Stop by more often!

 

[DISUNC]

1) Wonder bread wrappers were my rain boots (my mom called the real rain boots "rubbers" in front of my friends)!

My mom put them on our feet too, to slip the 'rubbers' on easier! She actually sent that suggestion in to the NY Daily News, for their Helpful Hints column! They published it, and she got a $5.00 BILL in the mail. We had Chinese food THAT NIGHT!
Then Mom became a 'totes' freak....Every year, everyone got Totes slip ons for Christmas!
ps. The NUNS use to call them 'rubbers' too!!!!!! Imagine my confusion once I got to High School!
Dont make me tell you what happened when Sister Mary Janet told me to "use my noodle"...I fell off the chair!

2) The needle nose plyers were for our window mounted air conditioner's broken dial. We had to count clicks to make sure it was on HIGH COOL instead of LOW FAN.)

WOW! You had air conditioning.....

3) My parents called soda, "Soda-water" and the refrigerator the "ice-box", .)

Soda was for holidays ONLY, but called soda..and it usually was a 'no frills' brand!
And our refrigerator was "The Frigadair"...even thow it was a Kenmore. However NANA had a REAL ice box until the '70's...had Ice delivered and everything....Of course she was dating the Ice man...we werent aloud to bother her on thursday's!

and the days of the week were: "Sundy, Mondy, tuesdy...." .)

"wedandsday, Thoisday, Payday.." here!

4) My mom SERVED my dad his meals and IRONED his shirts!!!! THAT would be FUNNY if my DH told me to iron or fetch him something to eat!!!!!.)

MOM never served dad a meal...EVER! (he worked nights) But we all went to parochial school & dad had a uniform...ever Sunday Mom sat in front of the TV watching 'Susan Haywood" type movies on ch.9 while she Ironed dozens and dozens of shirts/blouses.........with a iron & a old soda bottle filled with water and a sprinkle cap on top!


....misty water colored memories!

AND I TURNED OUT OK ...too!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Hooooo Weeeee! Dis Unc. look at the can of worms you opened up! Ok, since this is group-thereapy sharing....

1) Wonder bread wrappers were my rain boots (my mom called the real rain boots "rubbers" in front of my friends)

2) The needle nose plyers were for our window mounted air conditioner's broken dial. We had to count clicks to make sure it was on HIGH COOL instead of LOW FAN.

3) My parents called soda, "Soda-water" and the refrigerator the "ice-box", and the days of the week were: "Sundy, Mondy, tuesdy...."

4) My mom SERVED my dad his meals and IRONED his shirts!!!! THAT would be FUNNY if my DH told me to iron or fetch him something to eat!!!!!



AND I TURNED OUT OK!

You had air-conditioning! You must have been a rich kid! Bet you had a color TV set too!

Yup, I remember wearing rubbers to kindergarten .... and now they complain about passing them out in highschool or wait...better smiley

 

[KimRaye]

Kimkareekimkaroo - I just GOTTA GET TO WRIGLEY!!!!

I'll be there Sunday, I might have an extra ticket, too. I doubt you can make it tho.

 

[DebIreland]

i don't know if you're familiar with Billy Connolly, the Scottish comedian. (If not, you need to be!!) Anyway, he has a hilarious sketch about their poor upbringing back in the 50s. Himself and his 3 brothers shared a double bed and, as they couldn't afford blankets, his mother used his Dad's old army coat to put over them at night. But she warned them to call it a quilt. So one night, the priest was visiting and their mother had the best biscuits [i.e. cookies] out (i.e. cheapy plain ones wrapped in aluminium foil to make them look posh ) so anyway, she was chatting to the priest when she heard Billy shouting down from upstairs 'Ma, Ma, Johnny's messing with the coat ma" so she ran upstairs and said "I told you it's a quilt!" so a few minutes later Billy shouts down "Ma, Johnny pulled the sleeve off the quilt".

 

[DISUNC]

I'll be there Sunday, I might have an extra ticket, too. I doubt you can make it tho.

AGH! Cant make it!

 

[DISUNC]

i don't know if you're familiar with Billy Connolly, the Scottish comedian. (If not, you need to be!!) Anyway, he has a hilarious sketch about their poor upbringing back in the 50s. Himself and his 3 brothers shared a double bed and, as they couldn't afford blankets, his mother used his Dad's old army coat to put over them at night. But she warned them to call it a quilt. So one night, the priest was visiting and their mother had the best biscuits [i.e. cookies] out (i.e. cheapy plain ones wrapped in aluminium foil to make them look posh ) so anyway, she was chatting to the priest when she heard Billy shouting down from upstairs 'Ma, Ma, Johnny's messing with the coat ma" so she ran upstairs and said "I told you it's a quilt!" so a few minutes later Billy shouts down "Ma, Johnny pulled the sleeve off the quilt".

Yup I am familiar with his acting work. He use to have a TV show here....didnt too to well! Never saw his standup!

 

[averill94]

We happen to love Billy Connolly and my husband has an Irish cousin that when he talks fast enough (and he always talks fast) you'd think Billy was in the room.

If you havent seen him in that Mrs. Brown movie (dont think that that is the full name it was with Judi Dench) it was really great! Go get it.

 

[DISUNC]

Who Wants To Be A Pseudo Millionaire


That afternoon we pool hopped, from the Bowling Pin pool to the Hippy Dippy pool to the Laptop pool, then had a great hour-long nap. I needed the rest, since I was going to be in the Hotseat for the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Play It” game. James even wore his WWTBAM t-shirt! We were ready!

Once we were well-rested ‘Disney style’, we headed off for MGM Studios. When we arrived at MGM we headed straight for the Tower of Terror. This is both James favorite ride & mine! Everything about this attraction is ‘Top Notch”. From the themeing, to the Cast members, the special effects and the ride itself! We secured our FP’s, and while we wait, we will go to our other favorite too at MGM, “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire-Play IT”!

SIDENOTE: Ever since WWTBAM appeared on TV I was hooked. If NOTHING else I am a POP Culture GURU! Okay! (Confession time) there is nothing else I know, besides Pop Culture. My brain is a POP Culture sponge. All this information just stored and squished into my cranial vortex for NO apparent GOOD reason.
That is until, WWTBAM made its debut on TV. Finally, there are others out there just like me. They too have the ‘calling.” ( My DisBoards peeps also have the ‘calling’…only for a different reason)
Being a POP Culture Guru isn’t easy. I ALWAYS win at Trivial Pursuit…ALWAYS…except once, AND I WAS CHEATED out of that. Never have I ever been otherwise beaten at this game, and quite frankly I have met NO ONE quite up to the challenge.

It is sort of lonely at the Trivia top!​

The time I ‘lost’ (was cheated) was while playing Trivial Pursuit I was ‘this close to the center’ with my entire hub filled, and the question was “Danny Thomas starred in what 50’s TV show as a Nightclub Entertainer?” Well everyone knows the answer is “Make Room for Daddy”. Everyone, that is except the “so-called” experts at ‘Selchow & Righter’, the company that originally produced this game. Their answer was (Get a load of this!) “Make Room for Danny”! And this cost me the game!

To this day the humiliation still stings me!

(SIDENOTE to a SIDENOTE: A friends mother once bought Breyers Vanilla Ice cream, and when they ate it, it tasted like Mint. She wrote Breyers a letter explaining this, and they sent her 5 coupons good for 5 free gallons of Ice Cream)

Following my friends advice I decided to write ‘‘Selchow & Righter’ a letter stating that the answer to their question was inaccurate. I was thinking, maybe they will send me the next edition of Trivial Pursuit game for free, or better yet, have me join their “Expert Testing Panel”. EWH EWH…Or even just maybe realize the POP Culture guru I am and actually HIRE me to write their questions.

The possibilities of just how desperately ‘Selchow & Righter’ needed me were abundant. Once they received my letter, surely with out a doubt, they would know what a sham

they have been all along!

I sent the letter, along with a copy of the play card, and I actually went to the library and made copies from a book about TV, stating “Make Room for Daddy” was indeed the TV show that Danny Thomas starred in! No decent ‘make believe’ lawyer

in his right mind would present a case with out all the detailed evidence. (This was in the days before the Internet…OIY! The legwork involved!).

And then I just waited for their response letter or at best a phone call stating, “Mr. Disunc, This is Professor Selchow & Doctor Righter, Come here, We need you!

I waited for weeks and weeks and weeks then finally a letter came in the mail.

Upon opening the letter, I held it in such a way that the Free coupon for the next version on Trivial Pursuit will not fall on the floor, then blow out the window and onto the busy Brooklyn street (where I lived at the time) where it would get destroyed. Funny thing, but NO FREE COUPON fell out. It was just a letter stating, and I paraphrase, just a bit!

“How dare you worthless nobody tell us, the greater than you and far superior ‘‘Selchow & Righter’ that our Trivial Pursuit game HAS WRONG ANSWERS!!!! Do YOU KNOW who WE are? We are Authors, Oxford Professors, Newspaper columnists, Worldly sophisticated degreed specialist and ultimate know-it-alls in EVERYTHING possible in the Universe! And you stupid, imbecile, idiot commoner, DARE to question us!”​

Yup, they sent one really nasty ‘how dare you question us, we are never wrong” letters, and NO FREE COUPON! I swear, I almost wrote Marlo for help!

So all my hopes and dreams were decimated with the one letter.

That is UNTIL Regis Philben uttered one of the most immortal lines on television …”Is that your final answer!” He WAS talking to ME!

Since the premiere of this game show, I have fully qualified to be on the REAL WWTBAM (both night & day versions) 47 times! I have either answered all the questions on the phone correctly and just waited for them to call me the next day (this is the reason I bought a cell phone), or have gone to the NYC studios, passed the written test, was interviewed and photographed…and NUTIN! Never hoid a stinken word from ANYBODY!!!!!

SIDENOTE: James was in second grade when WWTBAM first came on. He too was so enamored by the show that EVERYDAY he went to school dressed just like Regis. He had to wear a button up dress shirt with the same color tie. EVERYDAY!

So as you can see people, WWTBAM-PLAY IT, is so much more than just a silly Disney attraction for us. It’s in our BLOOD and DESTINY and BIRTHRIGHT!!!!

We get into the holy place of WWTBAM and get our seats. Notice our seat numbers, #223 for James, #224 for me, for later viewing on the Top Ten board. They cue the lights, the Pseudo Host comes out and gives his little spiel (actually he was quite funny) and is going to read the Fast Finger question for all audience members to put in order. Once I get this right, he will call me down, and before you know it I will be set with MY Pins, MY T-shirt, MY hat and of course MY Free Disney Cruise!

During this event James knows the drill, don’t talk to me, just follow my fingers on the keyboard.

The question is “Put these Authors in order by the year their first book was published” starting with the earliest! (Wow…brief panic goes through me…that’s a little tough …even at WDW) I punched my letters in correct order.
Then the host says…Lets see the TOP 10 seat numbers………And there I am #224! I’m ON THE FLIPPEN BOARD…I’m in the #2 Spot!

#2 ??????????????????????? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa da?

Who BEAT ME? I want names!!! That’s MY HOTSEAT, Gosh Golly Dang!

Then the person who was in the #1 spot stood up and came down. He was a 16-year-old kid from Ohio! I think his name was Stupid Idiot Punk boy!
A 16 year old????? Beat ME????? At MY GAME!!!!!!!

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the complete mortification!

It was that letter from ‘Selchow & Righter’ ALL over again!!!

Now if this wasn’t bad enough, when the PUNK was chit chatting with the pseudo host, he said “I just pushed any letters, I had NO idea what the question even meant”! I could barely comprehend what he was saying…I swear he had a mouth full of marbles.

(Stupid, Stupid Idiot Punk!)

AND THEN the kid mentioned how he is staying with his family for 2 weeks at the Grand Floridian.

SIDENOTE: At this point I almost lost my vow not to curse while on Disney property! Not only break my solemn vow…But to stand up, yell and point a stream of obscenities!
However I was good! That was soooooooooo flippen hard to do!

So being the great sportsman I am

, I decided to correctly answer all the following questions. Okay I knew this horrible kid from Ohio will be out soon…AND THEN IT WILL BE MY TURN! The Hotseat with FINALLY have it’s rightful tush placed in it!

At one other point they showed the Top Ten…and guess who was #1? YUP, ME! Sweet Vengeance is mine, and only moments away! The rotten kid FINALLY sucked up all his lifelines at the 16k question and went back to 1000 points. He didn’t know what they call French Fries in the UK (Chips!). By the looks of his face, he ate enough of them!!!! (Nobody blatantly steals my thunder and will escape my retribution on the Internet)

Now it’s my turn!

The pseudo Regis Vieira says “Lets see who is the #1 player to come down and sit in the Hotseat”…and it’s NOT ME! Some how in the past two questions I dropped down to #3! The #1 guy bowed out, since he already got to the Hotseat earlier in the day. (Go take a drop Pops on the Tower of Terror!). The # 2 guy went to my Hotseat!

I respectfully applauded all involved for moral ‘support”, and possibly mumbled ‘unkind gestures’ under my breath! Hey that’s part of the game! Right?

SIDENOTE: WDW announced in the early summer that WWTBAM-Play It, will be closing in August .

Then after a few questions, the ‘Game Over’ Alarm blasted off, jarring half the audience out of their pseudo comas! The pseudo Meredith Philben wished us all a Magical night and to come back soon.

I wondered if anybody told ‘pseudo Host’ that he was fired. After the way the pseudo Host just completely ignored me, I would have been moooooooooooore than happy to tell him!

But really, does anybody know why WDW closed this wildly popular attraction? For years it has always had a full house, everybody loves it. Yet Disney decides to close it and keep Sounds Dangerous open?

However, that my Diser’s is for a future installment of this trip report. (Stupid, Stupid Idiot Punk Disney World planners!)

SIDENOTE: As of this writing I am going back to NYC for yet another go at the REAL WWTBAM! They just switched the date on me…so I am not too sure what day they have rescheduled. This does happen frequently with them. I will let you know how it goes. Maybe the 48th time will be the charm! I need a “Greek Mythology” lifeline!

If you care too, please place your Disney Pin Lanyard around your neck and join me for the next installment titled “FREAKOUT on the Tower of Terror”!

 

[pixie dust 112]

That guy sounds even stoopider than stoopid Judy!

LizzY will be your Greek Mythology life line. She's good at that and so is DH. I hate greek mythology.

Love Millionaire. I got 2nd when we were there in July. I'm generally in the top ten but have never been #1!