The Adventures of Tsum Tsum Snow White

When I first saw the Tsum Tsum Snow White line, I bought them within minutes.  When I saw them again in person in the Disney Store -  I did an unusual thing for me, I bought a second Snow White.  I decided she would be like a mascot for this blog and travel around with me.  So here are some of Tsum Snow White's adventures from the first half of 2015:

Tsum Snow traveled to the San Diego Zoo this winter.

Where's Tsum Snow?  Can you spot her?

I love how the Koala is looking right at her.

Tsum Snow waiting for a show to start at the Segerstrom Theater in Costa Mesa

Tsum Snow spending some time in Downtown Disney

Deciding which apple to get as a snack from the bakery

Tsum Snow was excited to see Avengers

And Inside Out!

Tsum Snow wishing she was going into the Theme Parks

Trying to get a sneak peak at the Tomorrowland premiere

Waiting for the tram ride back to the car

Taking a selfie with the giraffes at the LA Zoo

Hanging out at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

Catching some sun by the lake

Tsum Snow's first campfire

Grumpy's Model

I have written before about Marge Champion, the young lady who worked as a model for Snow White, but have you heard about Grumpy's model?  While not quite the same, there are references to  a Disney character in early descriptions of Grumpy.  This guy:

This is Santa's secretary in the 1932 Silly Symphony "Santa's Workshop."  When watching him, you can see many scenes of his furrowed brow that reminds me distinctly of Grumpy.   There is another connection: Grumpy and the secretary are both voiced by the one and only Pinto Colvig.

Do you see similarities?

Who is the Smartest Dwarf?

According to Pearce it is...

Perce Pearce was one of the directors on Snow White.  During one particular meeting Pearce said that "Walt created this character as a very clever and ingenious type...He is the smartest character in the whole bunch, even when he is sleeping."

What do you think?

Grumpy's Garden

Hi all!  I just got back from a very expensive shopping spree at Kmart!  There are so many fabulous Grumpy garden items it was hard to choose what to buy!

I bought this garden flag (it says when are you leaving) for $14.99

Small Grumpy go away: $24.99

Grumpy "welcome" rock

Grumpy wind chime: 16.99

Grumpy solar light stake: 19.99

 However, there was one statue that I could not walk away without:

One sale for $109

Here he is in the cart to give you an idea of size.

Here he is in my garden

Limited Time Magic Tees

Last week I got my Fantasyland Fighting Seven T-shirt:

About a month ago Disney Parks Blog ran a contest and the Disney Store On-line sold shirts to go along with the contest (read more about the March Magic here).  Sadly, the boys didn't win the competition, but they put up a good fight!

On Friday, Walt Disney World and Disneyland ran their 24-hour kick off to summer party.  You can purchase the Disneyland Dopey up all night shirt on the Disney Store website until May 31st.  I ordered mine, pictures to come!

Feeling Dopey on May 22

Where will you be on May 22?  Sadly, I will be at work and not at the 24-hour event at the Disneyland Resort.  Truth be told, I find the whole idea of spending 24 hours in a theme park at more than a little frightening.  But then I saw this:

Disney Parks Blog

Disney Parks Blog

I love this design!  Marketing Gold!  It's almost enough to get me down to the event - almost.

The Rise and Fall of Deafy

Before the final seven dwarfs were cast, there were many others that didn't make the cut.  One such fellow is Deafy.  According to J. B. Kauffman in his book The Fairest One of All, Deafy was the unused dwarf list that came the closest to making it.  Each dwarf has their own gag (Sneezy's monster sneezes and Doc's ability to mix words up) and Deafy, was naturally, hard of hearing.  At one point they artists discussed having Deafy carry a horn, but that idea was ultimately rejected by Walt.  It might have been fun to see Deafy in the scene where the dwarfs are inspecting the cottage after the apparent break-in.  The dwarfs' search would have been constantly interrupted by having to explain everything to Deafy several times.  Deafy was still on outlines all the way through 1935 but, in the end, Deafy was replaced by Sneezy.  There have been a few explanations of why he was dropped: the constant explaining would slow down the plot or the final dwarf line-up did not include any physical afflictions.