C., L., and I were at Target yesterday wasting time during M.\u2019s kickball practice. The girls were looking through the toy aisles and came to a large, empty section that should have held all the toys related to Frozen. There were a couple Baby Anna dolls, but the rest of the area was barren. C. asked why it was so empty and I said I guessed the Frozen toys were still really popular.<\/p>\n
Little did I know. A couple hours later I read this article and learned that there is, in fact, a huge shortage of Frozen toys, and a rather brisk secondary market has developed to fill the demand.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a parent, you know that each time a new Disney\/Pixar film comes out the toy departments are flooded with tie-in merchandise, Radio Disney begins spinning songs from the movie in high rotation, and you can\u2019t escape commercials from the movie in advance of its theatrical or DVD release. They have this down to a science.<\/p>\n
That makes it surprising that Disney didn\u2019t realize that Frozen would turn into such a phenomenon. We can\u2019t spend more than 30 minutes in the car without hearing \u201cLet It Go,\u201d whether it is Idina Menzel\u2019s original version or Demi Lovato\u2019s radio version.1 L. will watch the movie three times a week. Even my nephew watched it every day when he was visiting. There\u2019s some kind of special kid crack in this one. Hell, I even like it. Normally I use Disney Princess movie time as an excuse to nap. I\u2019ll actually watch Frozen for a bit before drifting off.<\/p>\n
One other quick Disney related note. We heard Katy Perry\u2019s latest single \u201cBirthday\u201d this morning. Usually Radio Disney has kid-friendly versions of mainstream songs that remove inappropriate language and reduce the overt innuendo. So the chorus kind of surprised me:<\/p>\n
Boy, when you’re with me
\nI’ll give you a taste
\nMake it like your birthday everyday
\nI know you like it sweet
\nSo you can have your cake
\nGive you something good to celebrate<\/p>\n
OK, a little risqu\u00e9 but not anything grade schoolers will understand.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s this section:<\/p>\n
Pop your confetti
\nPop your P\u00e9rignon
\nSo hot and heavy
\n\u2019Til dawn<\/p>\n
Ummmm. Maybe I\u2019m a dirty old man but I think Katy may be talking about something else popping.<\/p>\n
So let me get you in your birthday suit
\nIt’s time to bring out the big balloons<\/p>\n
Wow. When M. and C. pick up on the birthday suit line, they\u2019re going to laugh. I\u2019m guessing some boys in M.\u2019s class won\u2019t have any trouble assigning meaning to the big balloons line. They\u2019ve seen Katy.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t take a lot of imagination to turn even the most innocent of love songs into far more suggestive ditties. This one seems just a little advanced for the kid and tween-centric Radio Disney. We\u2019ll see if I get any questions about what Perry is singing about. The girls don\u2019t usually put much thought into lyrics, but at some point it\u2019s bound to happen.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think you can discount the impact of the songs in the movie\u2019s success. Before and immediately after the movie\u2019s release, Disney pushed the radio-friendly Lovato version hard, including little interviews with the singer talking about how she was so proud and honored to be singing the song for a Disney princess film. About a month later, they dumped Menzel\u2019s version on the radio. Talk about a 1-2 punch. Menzel\u2019s rendition is, arguably, the best song ever from a Disney film. Throw in a version by a pop star the kids are crazy for, and there was no resisting it. I find myself walking around humming it to myself. Six months after the movie came out. And I\u2019m not sick of it. Yikes.\u00a0\u21a9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C., L., and I were at Target yesterday wasting time during M.\u2019s kickball practice. The girls were looking through the toy aisles and came to a large, empty section that should have held all the toys related to Frozen. There were a couple Baby Anna dolls, but the rest of the area was barren. C. asked why it was so empty and I said I guessed the Frozen toys were still really popular. Little did I know. A couple hours later I read this article and learned that there is, in fact, a huge shortage of Frozen toys, and a rather brisk secondary market has developed to fill the demand. If you\u2019re a parent, you know that each time a new Disney\/Pixar film comes out the toy departments are flooded with tie-in merchandise, Radio Disney begins spinning songs from the movie in high rotation, and you can\u2019t escape commercials from the movie in advance of its theatrical or DVD release. They have this down to a science. That makes it surprising that Disney didn\u2019t realize that Frozen would turn into such a phenomenon. We can\u2019t spend more than 30 minutes in the car without hearing \u201cLet It Go,\u201d whether it is Idina Menzel\u2019s original version or Demi Lovato\u2019s radio version.1 L. will watch the movie three times a week. Even my nephew watched it every day when he was visiting. There\u2019s some kind of special kid crack in this one. Hell, I even like it. Normally I use Disney Princess movie time as an excuse to nap. I\u2019ll actually watch Frozen for a bit before drifting off. One other quick Disney related note. We heard Katy Perry\u2019s latest single \u201cBirthday\u201d this morning. Usually Radio Disney has kid-friendly versions of mainstream songs that remove inappropriate language and reduce the overt innuendo. So the chorus kind of surprised me: Boy, when you’re with me I’ll give you a taste Make it like your birthday everyday I know you like it sweet So you can have your cake Give you something good to celebrate OK, a little risqu\u00e9 but not anything grade schoolers will understand. Then there\u2019s this section: Pop your confetti Pop your P\u00e9rignon So hot and heavy \u2019Til dawn Ummmm. Maybe I\u2019m a dirty old man but I think Katy may be talking about something else popping. So let me get you in your birthday suit It’s time to bring out the big balloons Wow. When M. and C. pick up on the birthday suit line, they\u2019re going to laugh. I\u2019m guessing some boys in M.\u2019s class won\u2019t have any trouble assigning meaning to the big balloons line. They\u2019ve seen Katy. It doesn\u2019t take a lot of imagination to turn even the most innocent of love songs into far more suggestive ditties. This one seems just a little advanced for the kid and tween-centric Radio Disney. We\u2019ll see if I get any questions about what Perry is singing about. The girls don\u2019t usually put much thought into lyrics, but at some point it\u2019s bound to happen. I don\u2019t think you can discount the impact of the songs in the movie\u2019s success. Before and immediately after the movie\u2019s release, Disney pushed the radio-friendly Lovato version hard, including little interviews with the singer talking about how she was so proud and honored to be singing the song for a Disney princess film. About a month later, they dumped Menzel\u2019s version on the radio. Talk about a 1-2 punch. Menzel\u2019s rendition is, arguably, the best song ever from a Disney film. Throw in a version by a pop star the kids are crazy for, and there was no resisting it. I find myself walking around humming it to myself. Six months after the movie came out. And I\u2019m not sick of it. Yikes.\u00a0\u21a9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,9,14],"class_list":["post-2204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-music","tag-parenting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14309,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions\/14309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}