TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I have a few more science puns for you today, courtesy of fellow readers:

My high school chemistry teacher told us that the undertaker's favorite element is barium! (bury em) ...

My H.S. English teacher told us that Santa's elves are called subordinate Clauses.
-- R.S.R.

Thanks so much for sharing these great puns!

Also, I am very excited that The Little Mermaid is being released from the Disney vault on October 1, 2013. Still one of my top favorite Disney movies, and now I can finally get it on DVD. In honor of this release, I have some fun facts about the movie for your enjoyment!

Enjoy!
Melissa

Questions? Comments? Email Melissa


TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

HINT: (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Ursula was based on Madame Medusa from "The Rescuers" and cinema drag-queen icon Divine.

The voice of Ursula was supposed to be Bea Arthur, but she dropped out of the film due to "Golden Girls" conflicts. Pat Carroll, the woman who voiced Ursula, played evil sister Prunella in the TV-movie adaptation of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella."

Ariel's actual body model for Ariel was "Tiny Toons Adventures" script writer Sherri Stoner, whose movements also were used for Belle in "Beauty and the Beast."

In deleted scenes from the film, it's strongly suggested that Ursula is King Triton's sister. In the "Little Mermaid" Broadway adaptation, this fact is included in the storyline.

Ariel's underwater hair animation was based on a video of astronaut Sally Ride's hair in space.

The film's famous storm sequence took a team of 10 animators an entire year to finish the 10-minute sequence.

(movies.yahoo.com)


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

ANSWER: James Joyce.

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