If I had any way of knowing

If I had any way of knowing about the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana and High School Musical I would never have started smoking.
(Walt Disney)
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If I had any way of knowing about the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana and High School Musical I would never have started smoking.
(Walt Disney)
picture: dunno source, via our lol builder. lol caption: Attmay
RIP, uncle D.
BIH, you mean.
No! *goes off to cry in a corner*
Boo you.
RIP indeed. With his personality and political views aside, he was quite a man with a nose for business and the imagination to bring a little spark of joy to this world of ours.
yeah, he had imagination, but his policies weren´t exactly something to be proud of. i´ll miss him to a small limit.
not true, I’m sure he would have LOVED all the revenue those kids bring in to Disney. He was supposed to be an asshole, wasn’t he? I never knew him personally but I’m pretty sure Disney has gone in the right direction. I actually like the Disney channel, it grows with its audience, and there’s nothing wrong with Hannah Montana/Jo Bros or High School Musical…just obnoxious brats who for some reason have an issue with them. Personally, if I had kids, I would be fine with them listening to this stuff, but still wish they had respect for utterly amazing musical artists like classic 70s rock stars.
If you believe everything you read, he was pretty much a nazi with his love of jews and gays. Might be true, might not be. Who knows.
Then there are post such as the one above that let me know it isn’t erroneous information that says more than 50% of the population has an IQ of less than 100.
but i thought the nazis LOVED the jews……
loved them to death
(relizes self is complete ahole for holocaust joke)
*chuckles at joke, then feels horrible*
I would rather my kid be listening to the likes of Jonas Brothers than some of the complete garbage that is out there. Of course, he thinks ‘Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress’ is one of the best songs out there.
THANK YOU for finally pointing that out!
Oh yeah. 70s rock stars who did drugs and suicide. Definitely good models for the youth.
the stars know will end up doing the same thing…
duh, it’s about the music, the rest is up to the parent to teach.
“Now, Johnny, I want you to listen to this song about drugs, sex, and violence. But if I EVER hear about you doing any of this, you WILL be severely punished. Do you understand me, young man?”
Parenting fail.
Hey, don’t blame me. It’s toasti that suggested it. lol
Rock stars aren’t role models, they’re rock stars and they should concentrate on that and that alone. It’s the little Disney punks who try to blend the two that end up selling their souls to Satan for 10 second careers and a discography that only a prepubescent girl would find at all notable. I want my rock stars to f’in ROCK! and if that means finishing a show by blowing their brains out onstage in a pcp-induced frenzy, then I’ll be standing front row center stage raising my devil horns high.
Amen. If you’re gonna do it, do it all the way.
Amen!
that, and the Disney just-add-water stars have MINIMAL talent at best. If I was approached by Disney to be their next “superstar!” I would flip them off and cuss them out for their ruination of music.
Just think, someday they’ll be telling their kids that the good stuff was the music of o today. It’s all relevance.
My mother tongue isn’t English, and I am learning English as a second language. I don’t quite cath what did Walt Disney mean literally. Would you please explain it to me.
It meant that If Walt knew that there would be such bad music in the future then he would have never started to smoke (which i’m guessing caused his death…i’m not a Walt Disney expert)
And whoever made the caption for this pic, I say bravo. I personally say that the Disney Channel is the downfall of Disney. Have you seen the crap they’re putting out lately? I was at Hollywood Studios in Florida recently, and in line for the Rockin’ Roller Coaster they have album advertisements from Queen, Aerosmith, and…
The Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana
I know it’s a Disney park, but those ‘musicians’(and I use the term lightly) have not earned the privilege of being shown in the same place as real bands. I would have been content with Disney showing soundtracks from their movies, like The Little Mermaid or my favorite, Aladdin.
But considering them to be up to par on any ground with the rock bands of yesteryear is insulting to those of us that appreciate REAL music.
Thank you so much, I think I’ve understand the humor of the caption.
This is my email address: zckbox@gmail.com
Yay! Someone who doesn’t hate the Jonas Brothers! *hugs*
What the hell are the people voting for this crap smoking?
Don’t forget about Spears, Aguilera, and Lohan. (Though Christina Aguilera is a more than decent singer.)
Smoking?
I think he died from lung cancer.
Ah. Thank you.
Yes, he was a heavy smoker.
But if he were still alive today he would be 108 years old. I don’t think at this point we can continue to blame the smoking for his not being around anymore.
Self correction: 107 years old.
People these days have lived to be much older: you don’t really know, he could have still been alive. Senile, maybe, but alive.
Snarky? Sure. Humorous? Ok. Lol-worthy? Nope. Not even close.
i died a little bit when i saw this ;-;
Don’t worry, sooner or later, medical science will be able to clone a new body for his cryogenically frozen head, and he will have his revenge.
Do you know how sad I was when I found out that Disney was a shrewd business man who hated Jews and gays and let’s be honest, probably blacks as well (I mean look at Dumbo and The Jungle Book)? I mean, when I was little I wanted Disney to be this guy who like, loved everything and everyone and crapped rainbows and sunshine. He was a pioneering mind behind some great advances in animation, but in the end he was only human.
I know right? As a young child I always kind of imagined he would be this warm, friendly grandpa type of guy.
Ah well. What can ya do?
My issue with the Jo-Bros and Hannah isn’t (I believe) the lack of quality; it’s the lack of variety, the lack of flexibility and, most of all, the commercialization of Disney. Every time a new Jonas Brothers movie comes out or Hannah Montana releases a new movie, there’s a new button with a decal that costs 5c to make or a doll that does everything but kiss. It’s become a manufacturing company, and it’s a shame. A lot of the talent has been traded for the marketing department.
popular music has never been about talent. it has always been about marketing and prostituting yourself. only when a music genre becomes retro does it gain any level of dignity.
Agh. So that means when this crap becomes retro it’ll have dignity? BOO.
I have to agree with Kelly– back in the 60’s, older people (and some young people) were going, “What the hell is this crap?” (Not in those exact words, but along the same train of thought.) It’s completely relevant, like someone else also said.
Though, really, quitting the ciggies wouldn’t have helped with this issue…he died in ‘66. To be alive today, he’d have to be over 100 years old. (Not exactly the ideal age to run a company.)
Win
Montgomery Burns still runs HIS company.
Well, you got me there…
That’s *C.* Montgomery Burns, thank you very much!
Sorry, I grew up on oldies and 80’s stuff… even though i was a teen up till about 2005
Can’t relate to that weird stuff, and anything with a fan base that acts like a brainless mob makes me cringe…
And let us not forget he’d still be dead by now, anyway.
Nerd Judge’s comment totally fails. He’s dead by now, now. Who forgot?
Wow. Are you that dense? Lung cancer or no, he’d still be dead in 2009. He likely would have kicked the old-age bucket by the 80’s or early 90’s at best.
I can’t believe I wasted time explaining that.
No, I’m not THAT dense I just don’t get your comment. You are just saying that if he hadn’t died, he would’ve died anyway. Sorry for wasting your time buddy. Don’t call me buddy, pal.
Okay, chief.
epic. win.
Forget cigarettes – if Walt Disney knew about those annoying ass girl and boy bands, he’s probably shoot himself, which is the exact reason why I laughed so hard at the South Park episode about Jonas brothers a few weeks ago…oh did I laugh heartily.
First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!First!Firs
Fail.
Epicly.
I like how the last “First!” isn’t even finished.
Y’know, I see it a lot above, but I’ve done a little research, and apparently nearly all the ‘evidence” that Disney hated Jews comes from the same kind of people who believe that the UPC symbol is “evidence” that the Antichrist has take over the world.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1623/was-walt-disney-a-fascist
article win.
Poor, poor Disney. He didn’t live long enough to see his dream get raped in the face repeatedly for money.
Mental image = scary.
Yeah. He may have been a Nazi, but you have to admit that the old Mickey Mouse cartoons were brilliant!
If he were alive to see the crap machine his company has turned into, he’d be pissed.
Disney would’ve LOVED the pretend wholesomeness of the Jonas Brothers, just like he liked the pretend wholesomeness of Adolf Hitler.
Actually, it was bro Roy that was in charge of the money. Walt never paid attention to it. Blew all kinds of money trying to produce Quality, was obsessed with making quality.
Why wouldn’t he like Hannah Montana and them? Whoever made this has no brain, do you understand how much cash these fads are raking in?
Crass. And you people need to do a little more research before you talk about a man you never knew. Lack of education is one of the biggest problems in communication today.
Oh my god, can we just stop saying Disney is a Nazi who hates?
I don’t care if it’s true, I don’t like it!
In my mind, he’s holy.
He made my childhood.
poor guy. doesnt know what he got himself into.
Epic win.
this is so true. when walt disney was alive, all the disney productions were awesome cartoons that everyone still loves and enjoys. eveything that wasn’t a cartoon was very creative and had good actors such as Don Knotts. now, all you see is angsty teenyboppers having problems that wouldn’t have even happened if they weren’t so immature. walt disney would be ashamed.
He was a great man that brought a little bit of joy to millions, despite his political views. I would like to think Walt would never have let this Hannah Montana stuff slide but we will never know for sure.
Disney channel is the dumbest channel in the universe, and if they bring Walt back from his frozen grave, I’m sure he would cancel all the shows. I mean, there’s none of his imaginative SPIRIT in the shows. It’s just some shows about bratty kids and their stupid parents that let them get away with anything. And the only reason the Jonas Brothers even HAVE a show is because all these 9 year olds love them. They’re terrible actors.
They play themselves, which makes it even funnier.