UP's villian Muntz vs Mintz

[croach]

This may be silly but I was reading some Disney history recently and as some of you may know Disney had its first character Oswald the Rabbit "stolen" from them by a fellow named of Charles Mintz. The bad guy in UP is named Charles Muntz. Anyone think that was a fun little dig by the guys at Pixar? Probably not but when I saw the name Mintz in my readings I though that name really sounds familiar. Anyway just a thought.

Sorry if this had already been posted but I searched and didn't see anything about it.

 

[LoriS]

Interesting theory.

 

[mickeymark34]

It may or not be in connection with the man who stole Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from Disney. But seeing how they got the rights to Oswald back from Universal a few years ago, by trading ABC's Football announcer Al Michaels, I do not think Disney would make such a referrence.

 

[WI WDWGIRL]

I think they would. First of all, look at all the snipes Disney has taken over the years. Second, they probably intended it to be one of those sneaky Disney things they put in their movies. We could be here forever if we just discussed that alone.