Jestyr said:

Heres a question, why are Disney so relaxed with youtube? They dont seem bothered at all and we all know how litigious they are.

thesexofit said:

There's a bigger question to be asked here:

HOW MANY DISNEY FIGURINES AND ACTIONS FIGURES DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR DESK????? AND WHICH ONES??? lol

ehuffnsd said:

haha no This was downtown Burbank, with the few taller buildings they had over there. It wasn't in the spance of space where Disney, NBC, etc are. (Isn't that Bob Hope Way? God, it's been almost 20 years, how time flies.)

ernestsewell said:

Huh? I know a petstore here where I live in Norwich (England) that use to have Mickey Mouse etc.. plastered on their window. Then, a few years ago now, the petstore is still there, but Mickey etc... have mysteriously disspeared from their window display? Is it too far fetched that Disney actually put a stop to the indie petstore using their images? I bet not.

thesexofit said:

I meant Jestyr. Every Disney employee with a desk and office is bound have a few dozen figurines on their desk.

ernestsewell said:

Did you ever meet Eisner or Katzenberg?

thesexofit said:

No Sir, I was never that close to that action.

ernestsewell said:

Thats still very cool you got to work at Disney though (particually in their prime).

thesexofit said:

I feel fortunate to have been part of anything out there that I was part of. Theater, Disney (my first temp job was a day or two at Paramount on Melrose, in Human Resources, which is the same Dept I worked at while at KTLA much later). When I wrote my book last year, my mind just flooded with things that happened, people I met (not famous folks, but there were some of those), things I got to say I did (like going to a red carpet movie premiere), ....just everything. Big things come in little packages. I was there less than a year, and had a blast.

ernestsewell said:

So you wrote a book? I´ve googled your name but the only thing I found is a very expensive book by a magician named Ernest Sewell, it costs 850 $ !
http://www.baumanrarebook...53137.aspx

What did you write about? Is it a novel or a collection of memories?
[Edited 12/17/09 5:42am]

KoolEaze said:

It's not published yet. I'm proof reading it at this point, and am slowly getting it done. I plan to published it in the PDF Kindle section of Amazon.com, and as well as other online publishing, or publishing on-demand.

I wrote it rather quickly. I just knew it was time to finally write this thing that I'd threatened to write for a while. I spit out about 270 pages, in about 5 weeks. I was FEVERISH on this keyboard, but I got it done.

Congratulations, I bet you are a good writer.Despite the occasional opposing views or opinions and debates here on the org, I really like your style, at least most of the time.I also enjoyed that other stuff about you, the interviews and all.
Good luck with your efforts.

One more question though...are you and that magician Ernest Sewell somehow related?

KoolEaze said:

I don't believe it's the same set of Sewell's, although I don't know where his family came from. I know where mine came from. We are from England, and we were bee keepers. A lot of different Sewell family crests have bees on them. I almost think we're somehow related to the Sewell's that started Uno's Pizza in Chicago, but I've never dug deep enough. There were some similarities in that guy's story with our own, that made me think about it a bit. But who knows. But no.....no relation to the magician guy.

I forget if it's the same Ernest Sewell or not that either created, or held the patent for a long time, on the rights to the game Tiddly Winks. Everybody's got their something.

thesexofit said:

YouTube is a sore point with most entertainment content providers. The problem with policing the violations is that each individual violation must be cited in order to provide the court with proper documentation of copyright infringement. The volume of these violations on YouTube and the fact that any user or users can repost the content under a new identity and duplicate the violations over and over again, makes it prohibitive for us to act. Additionally, we have several 'Channels' in place at YouTube that provide official Disney content and it may affect the business relationship to pursue any action. Unfortunately, this is how all social media is being handled at this point.

We try to keep the toys to a minimum in Corporate, but I take a free sculpting class taught by an animator here and have finished about seven scupltures of different Disney characters that I keep on my credenza.

Jestyr said:

Two quick things.

1. I have a friend who is an artist, and no I'm not trying to get him a job. I just thought of him when you popped up w/ Disney. He can draw anything, and I've seen his drawings of The Little Mermaid, and other Disney animated cartoons. I was amazed at how spot on it was. I mean....REALLY. It was almost as if he traced it, but he drew it free hand. The guy is so ridiculously talented, he should have been at Disney this whole time...or Pixar or SOMETHING.

2. Going back to the Family Guy thing....did anyone ever say anything about the season premiere of Family Guy this year? Stewie and Brian traveled through different alternate universes. One was a universe drawn by Disney. There is a big song, and every character had that Disney look to them. (There's even a classic Disney moment, that's very subtle, when Peter slams the door and walks away with his hands on his hips and his nose in the air...CLASSIC Disney pose). But there was a joke when Norm Goldman showed up and they all attacked him. Stewie came to the realization, "Oh I forgot, this is a Disney universe. but look how shiny my buttons are!" "Just push the button!" "Yeah yeah, I'll push the thing." It was a longer segment in the show (compared to just 5, 10, or 30 seconds as some universes got). And it was very Disney drawn/stylized.

ernestsewell said:

We always enjoy it when our colleagues in the entertainment industry parody Disney (Simpsons...South Park, etc). Keeps us honest!

Jestyr said:

It was actually my favorite "universe" in the episode. We're all singing "It's A Wonderful Day For Pie" around here. SRSLY! It's like a perfect Disneyesque song.

He used to be my boss. He laid me off. Good riddance.