Added 1 new A* page:I've been talking about Disney cartoons lately (Did you know Walt started out as a comic strip artist? (Did not go well.) And had two failed companies before things started working out on the animation front? And his first film was himself taking a smoke break? And sold his camera for a one-way trip to California? And started off his eventually successful Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio by ripping off Felix the Cat? Well that's what Wikipedia says, anyway.) and it occurred to me that Disney's been getting me out of bed in the morning for the last quarter century. I mean with this little guy:
^ Oops and it got all pollen-y or something when I put it on the windowsill. Oh well. I believe I got it at a gift ship in Disneyland on a trip there as a kid with my family--my brother and I had both won a coloring contest at the local grocery store--yeah it was weird, we were on TV and stuff. Anyway I picked up the alarm clock while I was there, and it has served me without fail since then...hm I guess it might be closer to thirty years now. Keeps good time, runs practically forever on a single AA battery, and it's still piercingly loud! The back says "MOV'T JAPAN / ASM. IN CHINA" and the front says Disney, so good job all around, international partnership!
A Google image search failed to turn up anything on this durable clock, but there's a similar model on eBay, and you can see a different similar model (although with a ticker much louder than mine) sort of in action on YouTube, although I really wish they had done less fumbling around with the alarm switch and more letting the alarm go off so you could hear it. Ah well.
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