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		Candidate for the most Grandma friendly story submitted to Fark: Tom Hanks will play Walt Disney in new film about the creation of Mary Poppins (hitfix.com)		42
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foo monkey		2012-04-10 09:20:09 PM

Call me when they remake Song of the South.

DeaH		2012-04-10 09:41:50 PM

I'm not a grandma, but I am old enough to be one (turned 50 last week), and I am a bit meh on this. I watched Uncle Walt on the Sunday Disney show every week. I don't see Hanks as having that vibe.

/yes, they were vibes back then

stoli n coke		2012-04-10 09:48:24 PM

Given their personal views, I'd think Mel Gibson would be a more appropriate choice.

To be really appropriate, the Blu-Ray should include the cut of Song Of The South that Walt only played at parties.

Lee's_Austin		2012-04-10 09:51:03 PM

By Drew McWeeny

Of all of Drew's aliases, this one is probably the best.

fusillade762		2012-04-10 09:57:48 PM

But will it be as good as

www.moviegoods.com

Strongbeerrules		2012-04-10 10:03:37 PM

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Apos		2012-04-10 10:03:48 PM

Practically imperfect in every way....

bukketmaster		2012-04-10 10:04:16 PM

Wait till grandma finds out Walt and Mary had a thing for ass-to-mouth. They should've cast Hayden Panettiere.

/Robert Downey Jr. Knows what I mean
//also, Lewis Carrol was a pedophile
//srsly, he took naked pictures of little girls

gadian		2012-04-10 10:07:28 PM

Dear god, that is like an elderly, slightly balding Unicorn eating dandelions under a rainbow of glitter.

LeroyBourne		2012-04-10 10:08:11 PM

Cage or Hanks? How about neither, Daniel Day Lewis is the go-to-guy.

soupbone		2012-04-10 10:16:43 PM

stoli n coke: Given their personal views, I'd think Mel Gibson would be a more appropriate choice.

To be really appropriate, the Blu-Ray should include the cut of Song Of The South that Walt only played at parties.

Link?

spazzhappy		2012-04-10 10:19:10 PM

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail. And with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. I guess you could say he was a super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

stuhayes2010		2012-04-10 10:24:47 PM

foo monkey: Call me when they remake Song of the South.

Remake? You mean release on DVD. A remake would be all PC. Guess what people black people talked like that at one point in time!

OneTerriblePilot		2012-04-10 10:38:59 PM

So wrong. Hanks will just pull his tired insincere twinkly eyed old man routine. Disney was deeply sincere about what he did, deserves to be played by someone that can convey that, especially regarding the making of the beautiful and groundbreaking film Mary Poppins.

strawberryfieldsforever		2012-04-10 10:45:52 PM

*Ahem...*

DrBear		2012-04-10 10:59:18 PM

Walt after his death will be played by Ted Williams.

Wyckyd Sceptre		2012-04-10 11:06:04 PM

spazzhappy: Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail. And with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. I guess you could say he was a super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

i924.photobucket.com

Lee's_Austin		2012-04-10 11:13:19 PM

I've heard of this "Oregon".

Lee's_Austin		2012-04-10 11:14:51 PM

Oops.

Fano		2012-04-10 11:18:10 PM

But who will play Angela Landsbury in the movie of the creation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

Harry_Seldon		2012-04-10 11:23:58 PM

Are all of the Jews gone?

italiansteelers.edublogs.org

Lee's_Austin		2012-04-10 11:24:42 PM

Fano: But who will play Angela Landsbury in the movie of the creation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

Morgan Freeman

teto85		2012-04-10 11:35:52 PM

Will they show Disney chain smoking? Or will this only show him asleep?

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-04-10 11:37:56 PM

Hell, just defrost him and let him play himself

Dwight_Yeast		2012-04-11 12:58:16 AM

By all accounts, PL Travers was a truly cunning stunt, especially when it came to dealing with Walt and his desire to make a movie of her books.

But what I want to know is, will they deal with Dick van Dyke's voice coach, or lack thereof?

Mildot		2012-04-11 01:29:03 AM

So what could be more Grandma friendly than a movie about a teddy bear staring Mark Walberg and Mila Kunis?

www.iwatchstuff.com

Coelacanth		2012-04-11 02:04:32 AM

Mary Poppins is a Time Lord

december		2012-04-11 08:37:05 AM

that's a funny headline

SecretAgentWoman		2012-04-11 09:30:37 AM

strawberryfieldsforever: *Ahem...*

[www.hollywoodreporter.com image 349x466]

That looks like "Walt goes to Hogwarts."

KnowEyeInnTeem		2012-04-11 09:38:29 AM

Mary Poppins': Conception BWAAAAAAAAMMM?

Plus, if you imagine this:

maxwellsdemoniac.files.wordpress.com

as a pregnant woman's water breaking, I will not go into what the buildings would be replaced with) and replace Leo with Walt (or Marry Poppins)...

DrBear		2012-04-11 11:02:54 AM

No, I don't want to Marry Poppins. I'm not a Poppinsexual.

Bag of Hammers		2012-04-11 11:11:37 AM

Wonder if they'll leave in the part where Disney had (mostly Mexican) Orange Farm owners in Anaheim beaten by goons with baseball bats if they didn't sell their property to Disney for pennies on the dollar?

azazyel		2012-04-11 11:27:54 AM

Mary Poppins? The lady with a bow tie, weird hat and a bag that's bigger in the inside?

/yeah she's a time lord.

KnowEyeInnTeem		2012-04-11 11:28:14 AM

rjakobi		2012-04-11 11:54:10 AM

I approve of any movie which involves Tom Hanks in a mustache. Just throwing that out there.

Vash's Apprentice		2012-04-11 12:02:16 PM

Fano: But who will play Angela Landsbury in the movie of the creation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

Paul McCartney

Azmodan Kijur		2012-04-11 12:08:24 PM

So we are supposed to get excited about a movie with an actor that hasn't been exactly headlining of late about the creation ..... of another movie?

Wake me when it's over.

T.rex		2012-04-11 06:17:28 PM

wake me when he pushes 100,000 innocent lemmings into the sea for a pseudo documentary.

Onkel Buck		2012-04-11 07:19:33 PM

Hanks just can't get enough of playing WWII vets

johnnieconnie		2012-04-11 07:22:09 PM

Fark needs a zzzzzzz tag

ZeroCorpse		2012-04-11 08:55:49 PM

Walt Disney? Really? I just can't imagine Tom Hanks saying the word "n♠ggers".

/Which, by the way, is a word I'd never use myself.

soupbone		2012-04-11 10:25:13 PM

Bag of Hammers: Wonder if they'll leave in the part where Disney had (mostly Mexican) Orange Farm owners in Anaheim beaten by goons with baseball bats if they didn't sell their property to Disney for pennies on the dollar?

ZeroCorpse: Walt Disney? Really? I just can't imagine Tom Hanks saying the word "n♠ggers".

/Which, by the way, is a word I'd never use myself.

Ahhh so it's going to be all fiction. Well I won't watch it then.

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