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A Sad Day..
Friday 07-30-2010 11:29pm ET
Being a HUGE Disney fan, I've had the chance to make many trips to Disney World. Once, I took a trip with the radio station during a press weekend, and had the honor of meeting many of the voices behind Disney's most beloved characters. It was cool to meet Bill Farmer (the voice of Goofy) and many others. Disney has made it a strict policy to only allow 1 person to be the voice of a character. So, if you hear Ariel at a Disney show, or on a DVD, or at Disney on Ice or in a toy, it's ALWAYS Jodi Benson. The best story of them all was Mickey and Minnie, because, they happen to be married in real life! Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor met doing a Disney cartoon and fell in love. So, how cool that the 2 main characters, Minnie and Mickey are husband and wife? That's a story I've shared with excitement ever since I met them.
That's another cool story. When I met them, they were SUPER nice. Russi had done other voices like Strawberry Shortcake, and even Simpson's voices. I asked them, since I was away from my family, if they would mind saying hello to my boy on my cell phone as Mickey and Minnie... they were only too happy to oblige. That moment brought me to tears as the REAL Mickey and Minnie spoke to my son. It was MAGICAL!
Which makes the latest news that much more sad for me. Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey for the past 30 years, died today at age 62.
I'm sad that he's gone, but in a way, it feels like Mickey (or at least MY Mickey) has died along with him. Wayne was the third OFFICIAL Mickey voice in Mickey's 80 year history. Jimmy MacDonald came before him... and before that? Walt Disney himself.
I have no idea if Disney has been grooming a successor for Wayne, and at his young age of 62, I would doubt it - still, I can't imagine it will ever be the same.
When Jim Henson died, Kermit was silent for a while, until another current Muppet member Steve Whitmire took over. Steve has done a great job with most of the voices that Jim left behind, such as Ernie and Waldorf, but they have never been quite the same.
It's going to be weird moving forward, but for now, I take off my hat to the man who has quietly been the man behind the mouse for most of my life. Wayne - you will be missed.
March 1st - March 8th
Tuesday 03-03-2009 9:05am ET
Celebrations this week:
| 1 | National Fruit Compote Day
Rice Festival, Thailand
St. David's Day | | 2 | Ceadda, Celtic God of Healing Waters
Morocco Independence Day
National Banana Cream Pie Day
World Day of Prayer | | 3 | Aegir, Celtic Sea Festival
Hina Matsuri, Japan
National Mulled Wine Day
St. Winnal's Day | | 4 | National Poundcake Day
St. Casmir's Day | | 5 | Anthesteria begins
Crispus Attucks Day
Feast of Excited Insects; China, Korea
Feast of Fools
Hemlock Day
National Cheese Doodle Day | | 6 | Binche Festival, Belgium
Bursting Day, Ireland
Narcissus Day
National Chocolate Cheesecake Day
National Frozen Food Day
Paczki Day | | 7 | Masaryk Day, Czechoslovakia
St. Drausius' Day (patron of champions)
St. Perpetua's Day | | 8 | Festival of the Earth Goddess, China
National Peanut Cluster Day
Tij Day, Nepal |
February 16th-February 22nd
Monday 02-16-2009 12:14am ET
This Week's Holidays| 16 | Feast of Sticky Buns
Lithuania Independence Day
National Almond Day | | 17 | Basant Pancham, India
Bonten Festival, Japan
Feast of Shesmu
Fornacalia (Old Roman Bread Festival)
National Cafe Au Lait Day | | 18 | Bun Day, Iceland
Gambia Independence Day
National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day
St. Bernadette's Day
St. Fra Angelico's Day
Tribhuvan Jayanti, Nepal | | 19 | Butter Festival begins, China
Feast of Pusiuraura
National Chocolate Mint Day
St. Conrad's Day | | 20 | National Cherry Pie Day
St. Wulfric's Day | | 21 | Feast of Peace and Love, Old Roman
National Sticky Bun Day
Shaheel Day, Bangladesh
St. Peter Damian's Day | | 22 | Concordia
Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
Thinking Day
National Margarita Day
Unity Day, Egypt |
February 9th - February15th
Monday 02-09-2009 3:17am ET
This week, We celebrate:| 9 | Feast of Apollo
St. Apollonia's Day
National Inventor's Day
National Bagels and Lox Day | | 10 | National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
St. Scholastica's Day
Umbrella Day | | 11 | Anthesteria, Feast of Flowers; Ancient Greece
National Peppermint Patty Day
St. Caedmon's Day
White Shirt Day, Flint, Michigan | | 12 | Borrowed Days begin, Scottish Highlands
Burgsonndeg, Luxembourg
Feast of Diana/Artemis
Great American Chocolate Festival begins
National Plum Pudding Day
St. Meletius' Day
| | 13 | St. Augustine's Day
Clean Out Your Computer Day
National Tortini Day
St. Priscilla's Day | | 14 | Juno Februa's Day
Read To Your Child Day
Fjortende Februar, Denmark
National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
National Random Acts of Kindness Day
Cat Festival
Borrowed Days end, Scottish Highlands
Valentine's Day | | 15 | Kamakura Day, Japan
Lupercalia
National Gumdrop Day
Remember the Maine Day
St. Sigfrid's Day
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January 25-31, 2009
Monday 01-26-2009 2:13pm ET
Holidays for the rest of the month.
25 Aukland Day, New Zealand
Dinner Party Day
National Irish Coffee Day
Observe the Weather Day
Robert Burns' Night, Scotland, Newfoundland
26 Australia Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
27 National Chocolate Cake Day
St. Angela Merici's Day
28 Daisy Day
National Kazoo Day
St. Charlemagne's Day
Bald Eagle Day
National Blueberry Pancake Day
29 Carnation Day
National Puzzle Day
National Corn Chip Day
30 Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland
National Croissant Day
St. Bathild's Day
31 St. John Bosco's Day
Valkyries' Day, Norse
Kitchen God Visits Heaven, China
National Brandy Alexander Day
January 19-25th 2009
Tuesday 01-20-2009 9:10pm ET
Daily Holidays This Week:
19
Champagne Day
National Popcorn Day
St. Wulfstan's Day
20
Babin Den (Grandmother's Day), Bulgaria
Basketball Day
National Buttercrunch Day
St. Sebastian's Day
Penguin Awareness Day
21
National Hugging Day
St. Agnes' Day
22
Dance of the 7 Veils Day
National Blonde Brownie Day
St. Vincent's Day
Ukranian Day
23
Lichtenstein Foundation Day
National Pie Day
National Rhubarb Pie Day
24
Alactis Fair begins, Aymara Indians, Bolivia
National Peanut Butter Day
St. Babylas' Day
25
Aukland Day, New Zealand
Dinner Party Day
National Irish Coffee Day
Observe the Weather Day
Robert Burns' Night, Scotland, Newfoundland
January 12-18th 2009
Tuesday 01-20-2009 9:08pm ET
Daily Celebrations this week:
12 Makra Sankrant, India
National Marzipan Day
Working Woman's Appreciation Day
13 Makra Sankrant, India
National Peach Melba Day
Silvesterklause, Switzerland
St. Knut's Day
14 Cakes and Ale Day, UK
Narcissus Festival
Pongal, India
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
15 Humanitarian Day
Moliere Day, France
National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
16 Religious Freedom Day
National Fig Newton Day
St. Priscilla's Day
17 World Religion Day
National Hot Buttered Rum Day
18 Winnie the Pooh Day
Thesaurus Day
Four an' Twenty Day, Scotland
Carrot Festival
For The Rest of 2008....
Monday 12-22-2008 3:10am ET
| 22 | National Date-Nut Bread Day
St. Chaeremon's Day
Winter Solstice
Yule, Celtic | | 23 | Acca Larentis, Celtic
Feast of the Radishes, Mexico
National Pfeffernuesse Day
St. John of Kanti's Day | | 24 | Adam & Eve Day, Hungary
Christmas Eve
National Egg Nog Day
St. Adam's Day
St. Ignatius of Loyola's Day | | 25 | Christmas
St. Eugenia's Day | | 26 | Blessing of the Wine, Luxembourg
Boxing Day
Day of Goodwill, South Africa
Day of the Wren, Ireland
Junkanoo, Bahamas
Kwanzaa begins, African-American
National Candy Cane Day | | 27 | National Fruitcake Day
St. Fabiola's Day
St. John the Divine's Day | | 28 | Childermas Day
Cross Day, Ireland
Eat Vegetarian Day
Holy Innocents Day
Inocentes, Mexico | | 29 | Feast of St. Thomas of Canterbury
St. Tropez's Day | | 30 | Madagascar Independence Day
Miracle Da
Rizal Day, Philippines
St. Sabinus' Day | | 31 | Hogmanay Day, Scotland
National Champagne Day
New Year's Eve
Noche de Pedimento
Omisoka Day, Japan |
December 19th-21st, 2008
Thursday 12-18-2008 10:05pm ET
| 19 | Feast of Goddess of Sankrant, Hindu
National Oatmeal Muffin Day
St. Adam's Day
St. William of Fenoli's Day | | 20 | Chinese Feast of Winter Solstice
Mother Night
National Sangria Day
Pongol of the Sun, Hindu
St. Ignatius of Antioch's Day | | 21 | Feast of St. Peter Canisius
Forefather's Day, New England
Humbug Day
National Flashlight Day
National French Fried Shrimp Day
Pongol of the Cows, Hindu
St. Peter Canisius' Day |
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