Mouse Tales

kinkygibsongirl · Post by **kinkygibsongirl** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:11 pm

i got this book for christmas from my boyfriend's dad. i have never heard about this book before and it is the most interesting book i think all cast members should know about. by any chance, are there more books like this i can find?

shorty1219 · Post by **shorty1219** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:36 pm

I think there are 2 volumes to that book. I can never seem to find it when I am looking for it in the book stores.

abc · Post by **abc** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:35 pm

The book store in DTD has it, they have a whole shelf of books like it too. What I find funny is the author was coming to the store to autograph the books, and it was advertised in the resort today.

DLRFantasmic!Dan · Post by **DLRFantasmic!Dan** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:21 am

abc wrote:The book store in DTD has it, they have a whole shelf of books like it too. What I find funny is the author was coming to the store to autograph the books, and it was advertised in the resort today.

In California or Florida?? The author signed his books at the DTD at the DLR long time ago. I forgot which day he autographed it. I didn't go because I didn't know when it was or I was working. They advertised it in the "Disneyland Line" Newspaper.

CBeilby · Post by **CBeilby** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:30 am

Well, considering that ABC works at DCA, and that David Koenig is local, I'd say that he was probably at DLR Downtown Disney...

biscuit_meeko · Post by **biscuit_meeko** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:27 am

CBeilby wrote:Well, considering that ABC works at DCA, and that David Koenig is local, I'd say that he was probably at DLR Downtown Disney...

Yes both David Koenig and Michael Broggie were both at Compass back in October or so I want to say.

David Koenig wrote Mouse Tails, More Mouse Tails and most recently Mouse Under Glass in 1997. He's a contributor to the MousePlanet.com website and a DLR regular from way back. These books have been out for some time and are fun reads.

Here's his listing on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/searc ... 68-6819304

abc · Post by **abc** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:58 am

Yep it was at Disneyland Resort, and it was recently, sept or october.

CujoSR · Post by **CujoSR** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:40 pm

If you are wondering "Mouse Tales" partly inspired this site. After reading all those wacky stories I wanted more!

Weeble · Post by **Weeble** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:40 pm

Koenig is whack. A lot of the stuff in his book he got by hanging out at Acapulco's with cast members. Let's just say some of the stories are exaggerated or downright made up. I give him Kudos though for opening that door. My site also was inspired by his books. I wanted to give a "more adult view" of what was going on and also, assure the reader it was all true since it happened to me or to someone I can vouch for.

screnwriter · Post by **screnwriter** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:32 pm

Weeble wrote:Koenig is whack. A lot of the stuff in his book he got by hanging out at Acapulco's with cast members.

So I've heard. I perused a copy of "Mouse Tails" back when it first came out, and there were things that were physically impossible - like some story about a submarine accident that couldn't occur under the conditions given. And to make it worse, all you'd have to do is hang out and watch the subs for a short while to see that this story couldn't be true! What kind of journalist takes a persons word for something with no back up? Other stories were silly, and many had a ring of urban legend.

Still, I've had many a story to tell of my days in the park - looking up the skirts of young mothers as they helped their kids into "Santa Goofy's" lap; getting the s#!@ kicked out of me by Jasmine on the Mark Twain during Fantasmic rehearsals; watching the dragon's nose catch fire the VERY FIRST TIME they tested the dragon breath flame back in '92; getting hoisted up on the shoulders of Australian tourists when in Goofy; being felt up by professionally dressed women in power suits when in Tigger (yeah, it happened more than once!); being the only straight guy in the cast of Fantasmic, and yet the only guy in drag (Maleficent); being the only person in the nosecone of the monorail and being kissed by the driver (my girlfriend); sitting in the VIP seating again and again for the Fantasmic show; being bawled out by a 4 year old girl in Capt Hook; scaring the bejunior out of the horses on Main Street when in Br'er Bear; learning to say, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" backwards; and dozens of memories more...