it's weird how naive we are as children.
for example, we watched "fern gully: the last rainforest" last week, and it was exactly how i remembered. except for the sexual innuendos. obviously kids don't really understand the sexual connotations of "...teach me YOUR magic," while zach beckons to crysta from underneath the flower, but they get that the two are supposed to have some kind of romantic connection. well, later that night, i had the "batty rap" stuck in my head, so tony was kind enough to hook me up with the song. sure enough, i heard some lyrics that, as a child, i probably would just accept as normal. now, however, it was quite surprising.
"i suffer from cyanica and chapped lips
and jock itch
like a rocket in my pocket and i need to scratch..."

what??
i looked up the lyrics online, and this is what they said:
"i suffer from cyanica and chapped lips
and shockage
like a rocket in my pocket and i need to scratch..."

i listened to it again, and it sounds like the end of the word in question is "age," but the beginning is definitely not "shock." and the "rocket in my pocket" part? man.

this brings up other questionable things in movies for kids. i mean, there's always humor for adults so they aren't bored out of their skulls while watching the movies with their children, but sometimes it can get out of hand.

exhibit a: the priest from the little mermaid.


you have to look for it. keep looking. see it? yeah. (the picture quality sucks, but that's all i could find.)

exhibit b: the cover from the little mermaid.


there are others (rafiki the monkey from the lion king blows leaves into the night air that swirl around to form the word "SEX," aladdin apparently tells the tiger that "good teenagers take off their clothes," etc.), and more than that, i'm sure.

subliminal messages are an interesting way of getting your point across.

walt and/or roy disney were/are very dirty.

ps: there's an amazing baritone saxophone solo in the "batty rap" song. i really want someone to transcribe it and play it at a jazz show or something. it's that good.