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In The News: When Goofy Attacks! http://www.cnn.com/2004/L...index.html
'Goofy' accused of shoving 2 at Disney
Thursday, September 16, 2004 Posted: 10:24 AM EDT (1424 GMT) ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- A Walt Disney World worker who was acquitted of charges he fondled a 13-year-old girl while dressed as Tigger has been suspended again, accused of shoving two people while in a Goofy costume. Damn, Disney's just like the Catholic church in this. Instead of getting rid of these guys, they just dress them up in a different outfit and move 'em to the other side of the park near the log flume. 
His lawyer said the man was just "goofing around because he was Goofy."
Does this mean that the guy dressed as Mickey Mouse can slip patrons Micky's? Two photographers at Disney's Animal Kingdom said Michael Chartrand came up to them in his Goofy costume and shoved each in the chest, Orange County Sheriff's Capt. Bernie Presha said Wednesday.
I wish they had gotten a picture of that! The photographers, a male and female whose names were not released, work for Kodak at the park.
Damn, they got shoved by Goofy! 
Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Polak said Chartrand was suspended August 30 and would remain so indefinitely. Chartrand also could face misdemeanor charges.
I bet he'll be pickpocketing as Donald Duck before you can say Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Jeffrey Kaufman, Chartrand's attorney in the Tigger case, said the new claims were bogus.
heh heh The "Tigger" case. 
"Goofy is always playful," Kaufman told the Orlando Sentinel. "Of course he was goofing around because he was Goofy!"
Youshould use the Latin word for "goofy" it would make you sound more jurisprudential. Earlier this year, Disney suspended Chartrand after a 13-year-old accused him of fondling her while he was dressed as Tigger. A jury acquitted Chartrand of those charges, and Disney let him return to work August 6.
If I find out that this is the guy who shot Bambi's mother, I'm gonna have a fit! Kaufman said Disney sees Chartrand as a liability and is using a false claim against him. He also said the two Kodak employees shoved Chartrand back, as part of routine horseplay among cast members and greeters meant to entertain patrons.
"Horseplay"? Your honor I object! That's a mixed metaphor! "That's the joke about this," Kaufman said. "You're supposed to fool around, be animated. I knew for Michael it would be tough for him to go back. I told him he would be a walking bull's-eye."
You didn't tell him he would be a walking idiot wearing that suit? Chartrand, 36, a native of England, had been living at his sister's home in nearby Kissimmee but was not there Wednesday. His sister, Fran Chartrand, referred all inquiries to Kaufman.
From England. Figures. | |
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2the9s said: Chartrand, 36, a native of England, had been living at his sister's home in nearby Kissimmee but was not there Wednesday. His sister, Fran Chartrand, referred all inquiries to Kaufman.
From England. Figures. 
i was with you all the way until that. go to your room! | |
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When I was in Disneyland, Goofy had his arm around me and was flirting like a dirty old man...
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I once knew a guy once played Goofy at Disneyland.
He said, "It's fun to be a character. I am not allowed to speak - but I can touch wierd people." Eventually, he was fired. VOTE....EARLY | |
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DiminutiveRocker said: I once knew a guy once played Goofy at Disneyland.
He said, "It's fun to be a character. I am not allowed to speak - but I can touch wierd people." Eventually, he was fired. And "defriended" I hope.  | |
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2the9s said: DiminutiveRocker said: I once knew a guy once played Goofy at Disneyland.
He said, "It's fun to be a character. I am not allowed to speak - but I can touch wierd people." Eventually, he was fired. And "defriended" I hope.  VOTE....EARLY | |
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DiminutiveRocker said: I once knew a guy once played Goofy at Disneyland.
He said, "It's fun to be a character. I am not allowed to speak - but I can touch wierd people." Eventually, he was fired. based on this story, your response and sag10s, I gather that disney deliberately hires perverts to play goofy???? In my own way, I am the king. Hail to the king, baby!!  | |
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Ashtheking said: DiminutiveRocker said: I once knew a guy once played Goofy at Disneyland.
He said, "It's fun to be a character. I am not allowed to speak - but I can touch wierd people." Eventually, he was fired. based on this story, your response and sag10s, I gather that disney deliberately hires perverts to play goofy???? Or that perverts seek out Goofy gigs?  [Edited 9/16/04 13:10pm] | |
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2the9s said: Ashtheking said: based on this story, your response and sag10s, I gather that disney deliberately hires perverts to play goofy???? Or that perverts seek out Goofy gigs?
[Edited 9/16/04 13:10pm] you may be on to something! In my own way, I am the king. Hail to the king, baby!! | |
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