To publicize his “Big Retro 3-D Slide Show” at the Curtis Theater in Brea this weekend (go to charlesphoenix.com for info and tickets), Charles Phoenix has pulled an old Disneyland photo out of his vault.
Which begs the question: Did kids have nightmares after visiting the Happiest Place on Earth in 1956?
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Here is the slide show curator's description of his Slide of the Week:
One of the three little pigs and Alice of Wonderland look on as the
King and Queen of the Magic Kingdom meet and greet their subjects on
Main Street. Minnie is sparkling with charm as usual. The little pig is
very cute even if he does looks like a space alien. But Mickey seems to
be having a bad day. He's as white as a ghost and looks like he just saw
one, too.Now that I think of it, are Minnie and Mickey married? Have they ever
been Mr. and Mrs. Mouse? Or are they still dating? Are they divorced?
What's up with those two? And if they're not married, why not? They're
the perfect couple, but rarely do we see them at Disneyland together.
Somehow in the seemingly infinite realm of Disney lore, Mickey and
Minnie's relationship status has been lost on me and I'm really curious.Here's to Minnie and Mickey, married or not, and YOU!
Charles Phoenix
Los Angeles
OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Matt Coker has been engaging, enraging and entertaining readers of newspapers, magazines and websites for decades. He spent the first 13 years of his career in journalism at daily newspapers before “graduating” to OC Weekly in 1995 as the alternative newsweekly’s first calendar editor.
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