150 Hidden PIXAR Easter Eggs

Edited together by well-informed YouTuber Space Peguin, 150 Hidden Pixar Easter Eggs video enumerates Pixar’s penchant for pop culture references (a carpet Toy Story is a homage to The Shining), crossover appearances (Linguini from Ratatouille has The Incredibles logo on his underwear), and hints towards future projects, far-less pronounced than Marvel post-credits sequences (A bug from A Bug’s Life can be briefly seen in a storybook a character is reading in Toy Story.).


Published by SpacePenguin July 22, 2015 on YouTube


Reported by Joe Berkowitz on FastCompany’s Co.Create site [http://www.fastcocreate.com/3049768/theres-no-way-you-caught-all-150-easter-eggs-hidden-in-these-pixar-movies]

The Hero's Journey

Fafa explains Joseph Campbell's famous theory, “The Hero's Journey.”

Published by Glove and Boots on Jun 18, 2013

Glove and Boots is a puppet web series. With puppets. On YouTube.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. (Wikipedia)

Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey” or “monomyth”is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).  (Wikipedia)

Imagineering Disney

Here’s another blog of interest to Disneyphiles:

What it’s about:

“Welcome to our unofficial Disney blog where we share our thoughts about Walt Disney Imagineering and the Disney parks of yesterday and today. We launched this blog in 2009. Our small volunteer staff is made up of a few people who have at one time worked for the Walt Disney Company.”

[more]

And here below are some interesting articles you might like as an introduction.

The Haunted Mansion Like You’ve Never Seen it

[article]

The Haunted Mansion Like You’ve Never Seen It [Part 2]

[article]

Disneyland Turns 59

[article]

THEN and NOW: Walt at Disneyland

[article]

11 Times Mickey Mouse Was Banned

posted by Stacy Conradt on MentalFloss.com, July 7, 2014

Despite being one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved characters, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Mickey. A number of countries—and even U.S. states—have banned the cartoon rodent at one time or another for reasons both big and small.

[read the full article including videos]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57540/11-times-mickey-mouse-was-banned

Quiz: 20 PIXAR Thingamabobs for

20 PIXAR Thingamabobs for You to Identify:
posted on Disney Insider June 12, 2012.

Are you up to the challenge?
[take the quiz]
http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014/06/11/quiz-20-pixar-thingamabobs-for-you-to-identify/

[take the quiz Disney with Disney thingamabobs]
http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014/05/01/quiz-thingamabobs-weve-got-twenty-for-you-to-identify/

What Disney Parks Snack Do You Crave?

Posted by Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer on DisneyParksBlog, June 6, 2014.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/what-disney-parks-snack-do-you-crave/

How to Use Math to Dominate Monopoly

by Walter Hickey
Business Insider, June 20, 2013

Monopoly is one of the classic American games.
It’s played amongst close friends, loved ones, and trusted business partners.
It’s also one of the few times in life where it’s perfectly acceptable to want to systematically annihilate and crush the aforementioned friends, loved ones and partners.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/math-monopoly-statistics-2013-6?op=1#ixzz2WzFLGZ4z

Disney History This Week

By SALLY FRENCH / For the Register

July 17, 1955: Grand opening event of Disneyland. July 18 is the opening for the general public.

Read the full article with 12 more interesting facts at Orange County Register site:
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/history-363256-disney-look.html

Wizard Academy

Mr. Mysto’s Wizard Academy: Simple Magic & Stunts
as revealed to John Carney
Illustrations by Stephanie Gladden
ISBN #0-9701287-2-X
80 pp., B&W, 2011 Carney Magic

The book boldly describes its own purpose for occupying space on your book shelf, which is to “fool family and friends with these great tricks from the self-proclaimed king of magic!”
Simply laid out and always with a sense of humor and fun, the tricks, one suspects, are probably harder to perform successfully than might be implied by the easy manner in which the information is presented. Still, Mr. Mysto, frequently encourages the macgic student to “practice, practice, practice.” Almost every page features Stephanie Gladden’s charming and informative illustrations of Mr. Mysto and his feline assistant Nepomuk.

Available online for $20 postpaid NorthAmerica.
CarneyMagic.com

stephaniegladden.com

Krampus

The sinister side-kick of Santa.

Krampus is an incubus who accompanies Santa Claus, but does not follow the old man’s prerogative of present giving.

http://socyberty.com/holidays/krampus-the-sinister-sidekick-of-santa/

CINNAMON and HONEY

Facts on Honey and Cinnamon:

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing". When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.

It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan, it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' that kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100-year-old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:
Mix three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste and apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half-tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH:
People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

Life in the 1500's

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.

--- Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.

--- Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. "

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.

--- Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.

--- That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.

--- Hence the term, "thresh hold."

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.

--- Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old."

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit and-

--- chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach into the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so,-

--- tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top-

--- or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.

--- Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be-

--- saved by the bell or was considered-

--- a dead ringer.

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said history was boring?!!!

H1N1 vs a Cold

For Those Who Thought They Knew Everything

For those who thought they knew everything,

here's a refresher course...

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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for

Blood plasma.

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No piece of paper can be folded in half

more than seven (7) times.

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Donkeys kill more people annually

than plane crashes.

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You burn more calories sleeping

than you do watching television.

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Oak trees do not produce acorns

until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

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The first product to have a bar code

was Wrigley's gum.

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The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987

by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.

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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

(Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!)

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Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

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Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN!

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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first 'Marlboro Man.'

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Walt Disney was afraid

OF MICE!

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PEARLS MELT

IN VINEGAR!

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The three most valuable brand names on earth:

Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but, not downstairs.

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A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.

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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

(I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

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Richard Millhouse Nixon

was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.'

The second?

William Jefferson Clinton

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And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts..

(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

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Now you know everything!

Speed Traps

This is interesting.

When you get the web site up, click on the state.

Then the next window is a listing of all the cities in that state. Click on your city and there are the speed traps listed.

http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp

The True History of the MOON-WALK

This is not only a great piece of dance history....it's just plain fun.

 

The dance movement now called "the moonwalk" is an old vaudeville dance step that was first seen by the general public in the 1943 film "Cabin In The Sky".

It is performed in the musical number "Taking A Chance on Love" and is performed by Bill Bailey.

Bill was the brother of the late Pearl Bailey.

At that time it was called "the backslide".

 

The backslide was the signature move performed by Bill Bailey as he would exit the stage. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bailey_(dancer)

Fun Facts

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it.)

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If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it!)

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The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

(O.M.G.!)

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A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

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A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour

(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

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The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

("Honey, I'm home. What the ... ?!")

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The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

(30 minutes ... lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

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The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

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Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life ... quality over quantity)

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Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Something I always wanted to know.)

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The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmm ......)

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Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

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Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

(Okay, so that would be a good thing.)

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A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that.)

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Starfish have no brains

(I know some people like that too.)

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Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(What about that pig??)