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viking_football

This day in History...

Sep 19, 2005 22:51

On Sept. 19, 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev was banned from going to Disneyland. Why that is, I don't know. Maybe they didnt want him going on the submarine ride and stealing secrets from the imagineers ( Read more... )

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fool4him September 20 2005, 06:00:20 UTC

One shudders to think of the course the Cold War could have taken had Khruschev been given access to the animatronics technology of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride.

viking_football September 20 2005, 06:03:52 UTC

man... thats a scary thought. Imagine a hundred thousand soviet animatronic soldiers crossing into west germany. Or, he might have discovered the secret behind "space mountain" and beat us to the moon. Worse, he could have gone and seen the "Tiki room" and laughed, losing respect for American culture and gaining that extra edge of confidance.

viking_football September 20 2005, 06:08:06 UTC

That would make a great old-style cold war era movie to have like 15 divisions of decoy soviet troops to cross over into west germany. Maybe they could get patrick swayze to star in such a movie.

fool4him September 20 2005, 06:18:06 UTC

WOLVERINES!

elvenlohr September 20 2005, 06:02:32 UTC

my god...i cant think of anything worse then being banned from disneyland!

viking_football September 20 2005, 06:05:32 UTC

yeah, ive been looking but havnt figured out why. It could have been in retaliation for Joseph Stalin trying to kill John Wayne.

bananip September 20 2005, 16:49:21 UTC

Damn, he sounds so cranky and old...he rules!