OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 11, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:

> All of Pixar's movies, from Toy Story on, were marketed and distributed by
> Disney and all the Pixar movies, including "Finding Nemo" bear the Disney
> logo. And even before the acquisition, Disney owned the copyright for the
> early Pixar movies, including "Nemo." The two companies were deeply
> intertwined long before the official acquisition in 2006.
>
> (And in some sense Pixar acquired Walt Disney Animation Studios, not the
> other way around, as Steve Jobs became Disney's largest shareholder and Ed
> Catmull and John Lasseter of Pixar took the helm of Disney's animation
> business following the acquisition. Technically, Disney bought Pixar, but
> the deal put Pixar in charge.)

Well, we know what Winter Storm P will be called, after Nemo and Orka.  (To be announced around the time Pixar/Disney officially pries The Weather Channel loose from NBC/GE.)

LH
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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael Everson
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 12:28 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
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> On 10 Feb 2013, at 16:54, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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>> Of course, as Michael Everson points out, the name Nemo has a Disney
>> connection, so they might be persuaded to become sponsors.
>
> No, it has a Jules Verne connection, and a Pixar connection. "Finding Nemo"
> was released in 2003, and it was not until 2006 that Disney acquired Pixar.
>
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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