Grab a Latte and a Cookie, We Got a Place to Put Them
What should it be cookie jars or pins. I was having difficulties on choosing between the two for my next blog post. I did both in the recent past so I had to figure what might be the best. If I went with the most the blog that garnered the most hits, it would be pins. There is a lot of interest in the pins and I have many pins blog ideas. But cookie jars are important to me.
Since I have to photograph both, I chose cookie jars. Mickey cookie jars is where I started my collection. However, I branched out to other Disney characters. Some are classic Disney characters like Donald Duck and Goofy.
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| This one's for you Princess. |
Donald Duck was born in 1934. He has always had a bit of a temper. He played a major role during World War II in films against the Nazis. He was also used on aircraft nose art. I enjoyed the role that Donald played in the video game Kingdom Hearts. When my son was young, we would play that game all the time. My favorite saying he uses is, "Aw phooey" Donald is a true movie star. Here Donald is seen with a few reels of his many films.
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| Where are his pants? |
There are many other characters in the Disney universe. One of many is the characters of Winnie the Pooh, a children's novel by A. A. Milne. My favorite from Winnie the Pooh characters is Tigger. How can you miss? He is upbeat and peppy. He even spells his name with style, "T-i-double guh-err," Tigger. He has a cool theme song. "Tiggers are wonderful things. Their heads are made of rubber, their tails are made of springs." When I grew to like Tigger, he was voiced by the legendary Paul Winchell. Paul was a ventriloquist. He gave voice to Knucklehead Smiff and Jerry Mahoney. His voice acting of the original Tigger gave Tigger subtle mispronunciations. Tigger says villyun instead of villain and ridicurus over ridiculous. However, the statement that Tigger always uses that was way ahead of his time was TTFN, ta ta for now. Whenever I see anyone clipping or making acronyms when texting, I think to myself, 'way to go Tigger you started it all for us.'
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| His tail is made of springs |
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| Ready to bounce |
My daughter is going off to college and as I was photographing these cookie jars to prepare the blog I said, "You know I should sell some of these cookie jars to help with college tuition."
She quickly replied, "Go head but I'm taking the Tinker Bell one with me." Her Disney character preference has morphed from her early liking of the Princesses to the love of Tinker Bell. As a teen ager, Tinker Bell is ideal. She has a certain attitude that is easily identified with. Tink, as she is known for short, started out as a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. We all clapped to save her life. Tink is the keeper of the fairy dust, that magical glittering substance that allows a person to fly. So, I will send Tink to University California Santa Barbara so Tink will be around to help my daughter soar.
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| A good place to store Pixie Dust |
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| Blue eyes like my daughter |
My favorite Disney character is Goofy. Goofy is the anthropomorphic Disney dog. Unlike Pluto, Goofy walks, talks, and drives a car. He was always a bit clumsy. But this tripping and falling led to the ever favorite Goofy Holler. It is a distinctive yodel that is spelled out as, "yaaaaaaaa-hoo-hoo-hooey," first heard in The Art of Skiing in 1941. Other catchphrases that makes Goofy endearing to me are "gwarsh" and "ah-hyuck". Goofy like Donald plays a role in Kingdom Hearts. He never picks up weapon only fights with is shield. Goofy is an every man character. In this cookie jar Goofy raids the refrigderator for a snack. Lift this cookie jar's lid and you will hear, "Gwarsh, I forgot the cookies. Ah-hyuck."
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| "Soup or salad fries and biscuits extra olives donuts" |
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| I think this will be a good bedtime snack |
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| My fridge never looks this clean around the coils |
My mother was a big fan of the Bad Girls. Those Disney villains who were needed in the morality plays that were the Disney stories. On of her favorite as Cruella de Vil. Cruella with her Bette Davis looks was a natural for my mom's generation. Cruella was into fur before fur was so out of vogue. In the 1960 movie, 101 Dalmatians, Cruella was most vile because she was not only into fur but the fur of puppies. Everyone loves puppies. So Cruella was easily hated. As a child watching her tear around in that big red car of hers in the snowy London outskirts, I secretly wished that I could drive like that. Mom had an identical cookie jar which when she died we gave to my brother. My mom always had Trader Joe's ginger cookies in her Cruella cookie jar. My twins always knew that they could find a cookie in that car.
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| License plate simply read "De Vil" |
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| Why isn't this car right hand drive |
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| Speed off with the puppies |
Experiment 626 is a friend's of mine favorite Disney character. Who is Experiment 626? It is Stitch the lovable science fiction character from the movie Lilo & Stitch. Stitch was an illegal genetic experiment created to cause havoc. He escaped his outer space compound and came to Earth. Landing in Hawaii, this nearly indestructible little monster is mistaken for a dog. He is adopted by an Elvis Presley loving little girl named Lilo. The antics of Stitch and the bounty hunters from outer space cause many misadventures. I am happy that I have Stitch because he and Lilo developed into a blended family. The Hawaiian term Ohana, meaning family not only blood relative but blended individuals. I had friends who were close enough to be considered family members. My mom also took in people who she called son or daughter. This concept of Ohana is second nature to me. I "adopt" people. They are like family to me. I have friends on-line that I have "adopted". One of them likes Stitch. So I'm happy I have him. Luckily, the other likes Donald Duck and I have him too. I wonder which cookie jar they are taken to college?
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| The last place you would check for him to hide |
Steve Jobs bought a small computer graphic company from George Lucas. They called it Pixar. Pixar made several movies that they sold to the Disney Corporation. Those movies were highly successful. Movies like Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. Soon Pixar was a valuable company not only in dollars but in creativity. Disney needed to keep receiving movies to screen and sell. So they bought Pixar for $7.4 Billion. This sale made Steve Jobs the largest share holder in the Disney Corporation. Now Pixar attractions are appearing at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Cars Land will open on June 15, 2012. This also meant cookie jars were now going to be produced themed on the Pixar movies. These cookie jars are like Pixar movies compared to the older Disney hand drawn cells. The Pixar cookie jars are more three dimensional.
In 2003, Finding Nemo came out. There were several endearing characters. It was about a father Clown Fish, Marlin searching for his lost son, Nemo. A son who was captured by P. Sherman and taken to his dental office and placed with other tropical salt water fish in an aquarium. These fish are depicted on a cookie jar.
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| Gill, Shark Bait, and Bubbles at Mt. Wanna-Hock-a-loogie |
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| Deb looking for her sister Flo |
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| Peach and Bloat |
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| Jacques and Gurgle |
In 2004, a second Pixar inspired cookie jar I bought is The Incredibles. This super hero family is forced to live hidden away from the public because "supers" have fallen out of favor. But destiny forces Mr. Incredible back into the super hero business. He is captured on a clandestine mission which he has told no one about, not even his wife. Elastigirl attempts to rescue him but her children stowaway on her jet. Her daughter Violet is also a "super". Her powers are the ability to produce force fields and she is able to become invisible. The son Dash is just that fast. This cookie jar has the entire family.
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| Bob Parr and family |
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| Race you for a cookie |
Today's final cookie jar comes from the Disney Channel. This one evolved from a live action drama. When my twins were young they watched the Disney Channel often. This teen sit-com was Lizzie McGuire. She was a high school student with common problems. However, integrated into some scenes Lizzie had a cartoon alter ego. This cookie jar is a reflection of that cartoon.
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| Reprsented Lizzie's inner thoughts |
Nobody has that many cookies nor counter space for that many cookie jars. But that is the nature of collecting. Jay Leno cannot drive all the cars he collects. Collections are those little baubles that you enjoy. Hope you enjoy what you collect as much as I enjoy Disney items.
