Episode 1453 – Be Our Guest | Trending Tuesday
SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for Sleep With Me, the podcast that’s not just here to put you to sleep but to bring you sleepy joy and delight in the deep, dark night, where — don't worry — rhyming for the rest of the show will be at a minimum. While I might contemplate what might rhyme, my rhyming skills go downhill…down here from hill, or downhill from here. So, you're…welcome, by the way. Whether you're coming back for your thousandth, 2,000th, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000th time or you're brand-new, I’m glad you're here, and my goal is to be here for you in the deep, dark night for at least the next hour to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff and hang out with you so you could fall asleep. Maybe I’ll put you to sleep or maybe we’ll just hang out together and I’ll bring you some ease and comfort. But whatever it is, this show is a bit different. I’m glad you're here.
It’s…it does take some getting used to if you're new, so give it a few tries. I’ll explain a lot more in the intro coming up. Yeah, the structure of the show…we’ve got some support and then a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and then tonight it’ll be our…it’s somewhat of a TV-recap show, but it’s also about dreams and…it’s still forming what it is, but in a good way, called Succession of Restful Developments. So, I’m glad you're here, and if you're new, if you only listen once in a while, if you're not in a position to support the show or you choose not to, don't worry. But if you're not in those categories, you're in one of those categories…you listen to the show a lot, it makes your life a lot better, if you could consider supporting one of these sponsors or supporting the show, that’s how we're able to be here for you and for everybody else, and we’ll all appreciate it. Thanks.
Intro: Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be thoughts on your mind, things you're thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, thoughts about people, places, things, stuff, or thoughts. It could be feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally related to those thoughts or feelings that are there, feelings…oh, boy. Or it could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, getting over something, in the middle of something, anticipating, traveling, having guests.
Sometimes I don't know what’s harder; guesting or…for me; I don't mean in general…being a guest or having guests. Now, I don't…I'm actually…I would be a secondary host if we have guests where I live. So, I don't feel a lot…I guess I do feel…I mean, but…well, fam…okay, so there’s family guests, then there’s guests of people you know that aren't family. So, I’d say family…in my current situation, ‘cause it’s technically my brother’s house…or, whatever. I don't want to get into the technical part. But it…when family comes I feel low pressure. I mean, I do prepare and everything. I prepare some hosting things. Oh, what? Folded towels. I used to try to prepare travel soaps from hotels or leftovers from…that I normally…I save for building hygiene kits when I go to a hotel and I keep a bar of soap that’s still in the wrapper. So…but I don't have any of those. I have one.
But thus far, none of the guests have opened it, anyway, so…oh, my thing is being hosted is really hard for me, I think 'cause maybe I’m like, well, I’m out of my element here, 'cause there’s expectations, you're not at home, you're kinda in someone else’s routine, and it involves — for me — a lot of thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations. So, it could be something like that; changes in time, temperature, routine. Those are all things when you're a guest….I wonder how I’d do at the castle from Beauty and the…Our Furry Friend, 'cause I’d say, well, okay…I guess I would be the perfect candidate if they're doing some sort of rehearsals, 'cause she says…Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts or Miss Potts famously says, be our guest, be our guest. Put our magic to the test. But technically she says, bring a heart that’s full of wonder, I think. I say, well, no, I think my heart…my heart’s not full of wonder, but I do have some wonder within…I mean, I wa-wa-wonder.
But I mean, I am…I do have some wonder within me. I don't think my heart’s overflowing with wonder in the way you're talking about in the song. So, does that disqualify me from putting your magic to the test? That also might not be a song from the movie or the musical. There was also a commercial in the nineties that used a rewritten version of that song to promote the Vacation Kingdom. But I mean, I could definitely…I mean, if you're willing…if this wasn't a totally fictional thing that’s also dated and…the movie did come out twice, so…and I enjoyed both versions. They say, okay, and it’s a musical. I’m sure it’s still a touring musical. I’m sure it’s still put on by…I don't see why I’m defending myself against defending myself about…is this a thought exercise? I don't even know. It’s supposed to be the very beginning of a podcast. But I’m just wondering…I am wa-wa-wondering…so, I have a heart full of more than one kind of wonder. Could that count as full of wonder?
Does it technically have to be one kind of wonder only? By the way, I do think you're wonderful, Angela Lansbury, and Mrs. Potts, Chip, of course. Also the feather duster. I don't know, I mean, if you…but what was I saying? I just…oh, I just wonder if I could put it to the test, 'cause that would be a challenging…or I guess I don't know the metrics. I also don't know the metrics of putting your magic to the test. Right. So, those…that was the other thing we’d have to clear up. I guess maybe we should change this intro and just do this as an episode? Because this does feel like I got…'cause I gotta move on, but I still have a lot of…I think this…could the…? I don't know what the episode would be, but yeah, so I guess this won't…maybe this will be a Trending Tuesday episode where I try to figure out being a guest, 'cause it’s not easy. I guess that’s all…as Kermit would have said, it’s not easy being green. It’s also not easy being a guest. I mean, at a hotel it’s a little bit different.
It’s not easy there, either. But I’m talking about in a home, which technically that castle was the home of our furry friend. So…okay, so…oh, by the way, welcome to Sleep With Me. I go through some of the reasons you might not be able to sleep — that’s what I did about five minutes ago before I went off topic — so you get the sense you're not alone. It’d be great…I mean, if this…if I had…I do have a fanfiction fantasy machine which allows me to explore fictional worlds occasionally, but unfortunately it doesn't have…it only has one seat, and the seat barely works. Otherwise I’d take everybody along. It’d be great. Everybody come…we’ll show up at this castle. Oh, we're not…okay. Well, she said…I believe…I don't know if that was Chip playing a joke on me. He said, we may not be invited. Well, I’d like to put it out there.
If you'd like to invite me and all…every listener of Sleep With Me that would like to partake, it might be pretty nice because…oh, because the thing is that this show is a little bit like…I don't know, the cozy…there’s not a lot of cozy castles out there. I mean, that’s the title of the episode, though, Cozy Castle. I better text myself that while we're here. Sorry. Okay, so let’s…so, the reason I run through what might be keeping you awake is so you get a sense you're not alone in the deep, dark night. Whatever it is that’s keeping you awake, I can at least relate…I think I can at least relate to some of the feelings, or I know what it’s like for me. Maybe we could agree on this. I know for me it’s not very pleasant when I can't get the sleep I need. So, if it’s not pleasant for you, I really feel for you, and that’s why I make the show, to try to help out.
But the good news is even if you're like, there’s no way you can understand what it’s like for me and sleep or understand what brought you here, the good news is that there’s enough people listening right now that there’s someone listening somewhere in the world who can really — in a good way, in a indirect way — see where you're at, and they're welcoming you. They've been someplace very similar. I guess it’s weird to say that they're validating where you're coming from. They're saying, yeah, I’ve been someplace like that. They're rooting for you. They're a regular listener or maybe somebody that listens from time to time, and they know about this part of the show. This is the real magic of the show, and it is like being…you get to be our guest here. I didn't realize that I could wrap this metaphor around, but this is the magic of the show, and you could try it out and see how it goes, because…no testing, 'cause that’s kind of too many expectations, right, or it feels too performative.
But you could try it out, because there’s listeners…whether they've been in a similar situation to whatever brought you here or they had a similar experience, or over our lifetimes we’ve had a similar experience and relationship with sleep, and there’s people coming from totally different places, and they're all rooting for you right now. They're thinking of you fondly and they're sending you this kinda sleepy vibe across the deep, dark night. They're in their bed, they're doing their wind down, and they're feeling cozy wherever they are, and they're thinking of you. They're sending you well wishes. They're rooting for you. The nice thing is, whether the show works out for you or not, I’ll tell you other options down…in a few minutes, but if you stick around and the show does help you out, then you could be on the receiving and the giving end of that.
That’s really where the magic of the show of being our guest…and I think there’s a story about…Angela Lansbury did that song or all her songs in one take after flying across the country and going straight from the airport to the recording session when…and I think she had been working on something else. They were like, oh…she was like, no, this is the day I have it. Let’s do it. She was like this total pro. But she also just laid it down because there’s something magical there, too, maybe. She meant it or she was…I don't know. I guess maybe I’m, whatever, fanfictioning it. That doesn't need to take away from the magic that’s here with this show, which is, I don't know, we're giving and receiving at the same time, in a indirect way, which is usually what works best for a lot of us. We don't want that shining right on us. So, it’s a nice, diffuse light. So, that’s why I run through what could be keeping you awake, is so that you could feel welcome if you want to. You don't even need to feel welcome.
Like I said, I try…I just over-analyzed that song. I said, huh, I may not be welcome to be their guest and put their magic to the test, but I think I could…I think I’ve talked my way into it, and it’s also…it’s all going on in my imagination anyway. So, I’ll find a way in there. So, that’s all what I mean when I’m glad you're here, because you deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable tomorrow. You deserve a bedtime you don't have to dread, that you could look forward to or at least feel neutral about, and that ideally you're in a place where you are getting the rest you need on a regular basis and you could be out there in the world flourishing. You could have a…yeah, maybe even one day I’ll have a heart that’s…I’ll say, you know what? Woke up today and my heart was full of wonder. Then somebody said, wa-wa-wonder? I said, well, a little bit, but more of that Lansbury wonder.
Not the Cabot…no, no, not the…that’s another kind of wondering, though, the Cabot Cove wonder. I say, I wonder what happened here. Okay, but I wonder when this guy is gonna get on with his sleep podcast. So, I hope I could help you at least get some rest or some relief. But if I can help you flourish on a regular basis or lead you in that direction, that means our world’s a better place with you in it flourishing, and that’s important to me. Now, the way the show works is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents. So, it means I go off topic, which we’ve seen pretty…those are pointless meanders and superfluous tangents. I get mixed up, then I get caught up in something, which my brain is still…it’s like I’m walking around that place being like, huh…yeah. Chip, could I talk to you for a minute? Chip, were you…when you were brought into existence, did you have a heart full of wonder? I’m a teacup.
No, no, no, Chip, I have…I'm a teacup. No, no, Chip, I need to know, did you take classes to have a heart full of wonder? I’m a teacup. Okay, never mind. Let’s just…thank you for being…Chip, you really made my job easy, 'cause we didn't have time…I'm a teacup. Thanks, Chip. Anyway, let’s take the mic away from Chip, please. I’m a teacup. Okay, that was me. That was the Chip within me. So, that’s probably…that could get me in there. No, Chip, I didn't…Chip, no, I’m sorry. Whoops, sorry. Chip, no, I was speaking figuratively. I didn't mean you were…I couldn't…you're a teacup. I can't ingest a teacup. I’m sorry, Chip. That was confusing; you're right. I was speaking of your spirit being within me. Hey Chip, are you a teacup? Oh yeah, great. So, you're doing a great…by the way, probably the best teacup I’ve ever seen within this moment. Okay, see you, Chip. Where were we? Oh, but…well, it’s a important part of the intro.
Most people don't like this show, particularly when they get here, because it is so different than what could be expected of a sleep podcast or a podcast in general. My voice is not traditionally soothing. It’s creaky, dulcet, maybe even croaky dulcet. So, what I tell people is whatever brought you here, give the show a few tries and see how it goes, 'cause it is very different, and that ends up what works about it for the people it works for, but it does take two or three tries. Then people kinda say after the second or third try, oh, now I…I had no idea that something like this could be out there. Or, yeah, he’s kind of having half-sensible…I wouldn't think to try to have a conversation with Mrs. Potts or Chip or Miss Potts, but he does. So, I didn't realize that it was always going nowhere. I’m a teacup. Yeah, or that that would be…he doesn't…once he gets…it is like wheels in the mud sometimes, spinning round and round.
So, yeah, it just takes some getting used to to be like, oh, wait a second, okay…'cause when you first get here, you're probably tired, skeptical, doubtful, maybe you're like a lot of us; you've spent a lot of time and money on sleep-related things and nothing has worked consistently. So, just try the show out and see if it can work for you consistently. It just takes a couple tries to find out. Then if you…well, if you already know or you listened two or three tries and it doesn't work out, we have a website set up, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. You answer a couple questions on there and it’ll bring you to a place where you can find other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff. So, everything I said up until this point is still true. And, by the way, if I do get a invite to the Furry Friends Castle…I mean, I think the invite extends to you as well. Even if you never listen to the show again, I still want you to get a good night's sleep, and I still believe you deserve rest. So, that’s one thing about the show.
The other things that can throw you off other than natural skepticism or doubt and frustration is that this is a podcast you don't really listen to, but you could listen to it. So, it is like a TV on in the other room or that you're not paying attention to or a show streaming under your pillow, something on the breeze that you're paying attention to or a friend that’s not super interesting. You say, hey, could you just tell me about whatever? Oh yeah, I could…I could. Yeah. Oh yeah, I could tell you about whatever. Then you fall asleep. Or a professor or a meeting or sand passing through your hands, a out-of-focus picture…you can listen, but you don't need to listen. I’m here and I’m trying to barely engage you in a friendly way. This is also a sleep podcast that’s been around since 2012, believe it…is that really…? 2012 or 2014 or ‘13. I don't…good question. I don't even know when I started it. I guess…I don't know. Huh. Twelve…I think thirteen years ago.
But it’s not…it’s a sleep podcast where there’s no pressure to fall asleep. I’m not here to put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep. So, again, I’ll say it again; there’s a reason the episodes are over an hour. There’s no pressure to fall asleep. There’s people listening who can't sleep at all or who need a break during the day, or have a job where they need something to listen to, or they're waking up in the middle of the night. I’m here to the very end of these shows to keep you company whether you're awake or asleep, 'cause my job is just to take your mind off of stuff, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your neighbore, your borebie, your boreman, your bores, your Boris Borelaf, your chairman of the boreds, your best bore-friend f’eva, to just keep you company and hang out with you. That’s what a bore-friend does. The other thing I like to run through in the intro is the structure of the show. It really can throw new listeners off.
But this version of the show is what…it can benefit the maximum amount of people because it’s free to listen, or paying for the show is optional. Only for the…only rebellious people pay for a free podcast, the coolest, rebellious people, but…so, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in. Then there’s support, because there’s a lot of people that are new who listen to the show and there’s a lot of people who can't afford to support a podcast, and there’s a lot of people who just listen from time to time when they need it. So, it doesn't make sense for the show to be pay-only.
The support, and particularly the people that support the show, enable that, and those are the people that either choose to support the show 'cause they don't want to listen to the ads, or for most of them, their life has been changed by the podcast and they realize how much work it takes to make the show feel free and easy, and they want to support it back for them and everybody else that benefits. So, that’s the support. Then after the support is this long, meandering intro, which is over twenty minutes, I think. It’s where I introduce the podcast every single episode in a familiar way, but I go on a different tangent every time so that there’s some reassurance and familiarity and some variety so that whatever it is that keeps you awake feels respected and feels like it has something new so it can't quite point out the repetition, 'cause that’s one of the things that just never worked for me, is loops or stuff that…I don't know. I just need a variety of stuff to help me fall asleep.
Then there will be some more support after…oh no, then…the other reason the intro goes on and on and on — I forget to point this out — it’s not meant to put you to sleep. While there is a small percentage of people that fall asleep during the intro — and we do encourage them to support the show if you fall asleep fast — most people are winding down, chilling out, getting ready for bed, in bed getting comfortable, doing some other relaxing activity as a part of their wind-down routine. The intro is kind of meant to be in sync with that to give you a buffer between being awake and asleep, to ease you into bedtime. So, that’s what the intro is really here to do, for all of us to spend some time together being silly like we're at a sleepover. Ideally we do get maybe a permanent invite. Maybe I could run the…I don't know what…it looked like a pretty nice part of the world, too. I could tell you Gaston and I will not get along, but that’s fine, I think.
My brow’s already furrow…I do have respect for the people that play Gaston 'cause I’ve seen YouTube videos. I say, whoa, they can do a lot of push-ups, and they're very funny. So, probably harmless. I don't need to point that out. But I just…anticipating. I say, okay, well, I gotta avoid Gaston, but it shouldn't be too hard. Gotta get invited first, find the castle, fill my heart with wonder. I say, okay, can I take the wonder test? I think I’ve got it now. I mean, I don't know how many…how far I gotta fly. Do you have something…is there a place I could get a wonder check here nearby home before I travel? They say, okay, you're cleared for wonder. Okay, so that would be another thing to keep a eye on. But what was I saying? I think…structure of the show…oh, the intro goes on and on and on to ease you into bedtime. I have no idea even where that stuff came from. Oh, 'cause we get to hang out and have fun together, where hopefully we’ll be doing it one day, at least imaginarily, in this castle.
Okay, so then there’s support, and then after the support will be our episode. Originally this intro was gonna be for the Succession of Restful Developments, but I think I’ll do a episode somehow about this. Yeah, all told we’ll be here over an hour to keep you company. So, I’m really glad you're here. I really appreciate you stopping by. Myself and a team of people work really hard on the show. We really yearn and strive. We really want to help you fall asleep. If this podcast has changed your life and continues to change your life on a regular basis, if you could please…if you could…or you fall asleep very fast, which I guess it means it’s changed your life on a regular basis efficiently…if the podcast makes your life a lot better, if you could please consider supporting one of these sponsors, checking them out, or supporting the show, that’s how we're able to be here for you and for all the other listeners. Thanks.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots here, and this is a Trending Tuesday-style episode. I’m not really sure where this is gonna go. We’ve got questions about Be Our Guest. I think I was talking to Mrs. Potts and — I'm a teapot — Chip. I remember that part. You remembered I’m a teapot? Yeah, Chip, I remembered you're a teapot. It may be the most positive use of…Chip, you're precocious, and I don't mean it…I mean it in a wonderful…I'm a teapot. Yeah, but you're also…I think if there’s a joyous version…if I could say the word ‘precocious’ and mean it in a joyful way…I'm a teapot. Yeah, okay, great. Are you sure someone else hasn't done this bit before, and that’s why I find it so amusing? Here’s a dated question, Chip; do you like turtles? I’m a teapot. Actually, you're not. You're a teacup. So, we just…oh boy, you're right. My mother is a teapot, though. Chip, you said something different. I’m a teacup. Hey, Chip, did you ever…?
This isn't a set up for a joke, but it should be; did you ever know when the dish ran away with the spoon? I’m a teacup. Yeah, we’ll have to work on that. Well, welcome, everybody. So, a couple things I think we should look at…is I’m wondering…well, one, I haven't got access to the castle or any invites other than my interactions with Chip, which at this point, if they're being observed by Miss Potts or Mrs. Potts, I’m sure she’d be comfortable with this, 'cause I’m not…right, Chip? I’m a teacup. I mean, unless Mrs. Potts keeps track of how many jokes I missed that I should have had. So, here’s where we're gonna start; we're gonna look up the lyrics of the regular Be Our Guest and do a little lyric dissection, but then we're gonna look at what I thought was one, for me, a archetypal Disney commercial, but really there’s two versions and then an updated version I found. The lyrics, I think, do change. So, we’ll go down that rabbit hole, and then we’ll see where we're at.
Believe it or not, this is the first big thing as far as performances go…I knew it was Angela Lansbury, but I had no idea that Jerry Orbach was the…was Lumiere. According to this thing, it is Mrs. Potts who originally sung Be Our Guest, Jerry Orbach, and…but we want what is the meaning of Be Our Guest…that you're welcome to do or take something. Okay, but where…? I’d like the lyrics. Here’s a Wiki page from a Disney Wiki. Be Our Guest is a song written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for the thirtieth animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. Recorded by Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury. It’s an up-tempo Broadway and cabaret-type song, and it’s performed in the style of a large-scale musical number, which would become one. But in the animated movie, the castle’s staff and everybody that works there, they're singing it to Belle in an attempt, according to this, to make her feel welcome. This was not what the beast wanted.
Cogsworth tries to end the spectacle but joins the fun. Okay, here’s the lyrics. Here we go. Okay, so first…is this Lumiere? Wow, I gotta watch this movie again to see Jerry Orbach doing a little French. Ma cherie, mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. Now we invite you to relax. Let’s pull up a chair as your dining room presents your dinner. Now, I remember in this movie they give sentience or…well, it’s not sentience; it’s a actual spell. It’s interesting 'cause I’m reading…been reading a lot of some fables lately, and…but yeah, so they're all…okay, so let’s just take this first thing from Lumiere. When does Lumiere sing? I thought Mrs. Potts sang this whole song. Okay, well, she sings later. Okay, so this…we're learning. But I was thinking we could learn a lot from this opening. So, this is the internal status I’m always trying to reach, right, when I make the show, but also out there in the world, that I’ve been trying to actually work on actively.
It is…I don't know if deepest pride, but for them it makes sense, right? This is what brings them joy in the film, a fictional film, is to welcome a new guest to the castle…and greatest pleasure. I think that’s important. I guess the pride of being grounded in the moment and then with great pleasure…this is really where I’m trying to get to, that…of this idea of acts of service being what brings us true pleasure. Then we welcome you tonight, which is an important part of Sleep With Me and an important part of the spirit of Sleep With Me I’m trying…because I never thought that I compartmentalized my life, but I am much more…Sleep With Me brings out the best aspects of myself and some of the more challenging aspects as far as keeping the show going and stuff, but this aspect I’m trying to bring back to Sleep With Me, or a deeper integration of it with Sleep With Me…and then in my regular life is this idea that we welcome you tonight.
Ruth King’s book has this thing where it’s…she talks about…I see you, dear one. I’m here to help. I’m trying to find a better way to embody that. So, that’s good. Then we invite you to relax…I guess that’s a bit of synchronicity. Let us pull up a chair. So, I didn't realize how connected…so, by the way, Mrs. Potts or whoever currently is the caretaker who gives the invites to the castle, we're pretty…I'm working and growing towards alignment with what you're doing there. So, that’s…maybe I’ll not…maybe it won't be in an hour, but…so, we invite you to relax now and pull up a chair as our dining room proudly presents your bed…I mean, in this case it would be your bedtime story. It is a team of people that make the show, and I always get to speak on their behalf, and the people that support the show, and they do proudly present…so, I did not expect…this is when I like to go into these Trending Tuesday episodes and just see where things go…versus I had some other structures.
I was like, well, I could do this or this. It was like, eh, it’s not calling to me. So, it’s a little meta thing. I was like, okay, well, let’s look up the lyrics, let’s look up the YouTube commercials, and let’s go from there. Okay, so then Lumiere starts to sing. By the way, Lumiere is a candelabra. Oh wait, they have more than one…okay, wow. So, alright, there’s more…there’s multiple tabs of lyrics. Interesting. So, we’ll go through this tab and then maybe we’ll see what we got. Okay, this is where I was questioning; be our guest, be our guest. Put our service to the test. Okay, so I guess that’s said in not jest, but he’s like, I really want you to enjoy yourself. Well, let’s keep reading, right? Put your napkin round your neck, cherie, and we provide the rest. Soup du jour, warm hors d'oeuvres…why, we only live to serve. Try the gray stuff. It’s delicious. Don't believe me? Ask the dishes. Okay, so, looking at that one, that’s…I guess I was curious in the intro what it brought up was like, do I have to…?
If I put your service to the test…magic…I thought she said magic to the test. Maybe that’s just in the commercial or maybe that’s Mrs. Potts’ part. But yeah, by the way, if you have a castle with this kind of service, I would love to put the service to the test. But then I think I’m looking at this through a metaphorical lens of where I’m at right now recording the show in early, early March of 2026, and figuring out the balance in my life of making a podcast that’s service to others but within the constraints of actually doing that, and kinda doing it in my own life but with…doing it in the middle path. I don't know if this episode will come out before or after we did the episode about Author, Author from Voyager, and I don't know who I’m quoting, but he said, hey, if there’s two paths and you get your…kinda…which path should I take? Take the third path, the middle one. I’m thinking about how to do that as far as service to others, right?
Because there’s a difference between being of service to other people and for…I don't know, for me, at least, versus feeling obliged or doing it for pleasing-of-people reasons, or to fill a void in me versus to help them with a void in them? I don't know. So, I don't know, other things I’m just curious about. But again, if…Lumiere, if you actually exist…I don't know, how would I handle being in a castle where all of the…I think I would be okay. But for Belle it has to be surprising still. But they are saying, hey, don't worry. Oh, by the way, try the gray stuff; it’s delicious. I use that as a line all the time in places, probably on this show, and I did make the gray stuff based on the restaurant, maybe before I had even eaten at the restaurant, I think for my daughter’s birthday one time. I can't even remember all of the ingredients, but I remember it was pretty good. It was a little bit like…somewhere between a frosting and a pudding.
More on the frosting side, or in a sandwich cookie, though I think it wasn’t…it was open-faced. But you could also make it as a frosting for cupcakes. But yeah, it’s not that hard to make the gray stuff. I just can't even remember what goes into it other than sandwich cookies themselves, I believe. Okay, so they can sing, they can dance…oh wait, did I…? Yeah. Don't believe me? Ask the dishes. So, that says that the dishes have consumed the gray stuff, as well. But I guess if they're the dishes, it would also be on their face, technically, so they couldn't help but taste it. They can sing, they can dance. After all, miss, this is France. The dinner here is never second best. Now, here’s an interesting piece that I don't…I think I can remember it in the animated part, but…go ahead, unfold your menu. Take a glance, and then you'll be our guest, be our…oui, be our guest, be our guest.
Okay, so that’s interesting to me because usually when you go…I mean, maybe…oh, well, I’ve never been to any…I mean, I’ve been to…I don't know, have I been…? I think I went to Windsor Castle or something like that on a tour, but that was more of a home or a palace. So, I’ve never been a guest at a castle. I was a paying tour member there. I haven't been to a lot…that may be the only one, and I may be getting that wrong, as usual. But it was more of a museum. It was cool. I’m not…this isn't…so, I haven't been in a castle or any sit…I don't think I’ve ever even been in a situation like this. But I don't associate dinner parties with menus, but I would love this if it was like, oh yeah, you're a guest of our castle. You're actually…you're my guest. I’m just…this is just projecting. Let’s say our furry friend became, whatever…I don't know, was he a prince or what? I guess the message of the story, too, is that you should always be in…he wasn't welcoming an unexpected guest.
Then they sang the song, cast a spell on you or whatever. Then he became a furry friend. But if I was…'cause I’m not a great guest because of my own thinking, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations. But this would be cool if it was like, oh yeah, no, you're a guest of mine. You're a guest of my castle. But it’s also kinda like a hotel. Yeah, there’s the dining room. We could schedule some meals together, but if you want to go down there, there’s a lunch menu, a breakfast menu, and a dinner menu. On the weekends there’s only brunch and dinner, but…so, I would like that. So, okay. Take a glance and just…okay, so here’s the first test that we know of; if you take a glance at the menu, you're their guest, right? Is there any…? Put our service to the test. Okay, put your napkin round your neck. Okay, so here…if this is…if we're projecting this as a SAT-type question, just preparing ourselves…put a napkin on and…what does it say? And unfold your menu, okay? Also pay attention and smile.
Try the gray stuff. Okay, so these are possible things we would need to do. Tie your napkin round your neck, cherie. Maybe he would call me Andy…and we’ll provide the rest. Soup du jour, hors d'oeuvres…why we only live to serve? Question mark. So, that more…question mark is no, there’s something more happening at this castle, which in Belle’s case was the actual story. In my case they say, well, you're here to learn how to be more welcoming, Scoots, and Drew in your real life. Okay, but then the next instruction is try the gray stuff. Or if you say, nah, then ask the dishes about it. So, I just want to make sure if we're on a decision-tree quest here. If this is a quest and we're giving…the song is giving us the answers to the quest…I don't know if I’m familiar enough with the film to see how this plays out in the story, but could this be the whole story being unlocked in the song? Okay.
But you can put their service to the test by trying the gray stuff or asking the dishes, tying your napkin round your neck, and then unfolding your menu, taking a glance. So, you can't just unfold your menu or just take a glance. You have to unfold your menu, take a glance. Now, I don't know if that’s a technicality, like only a glance. Okay, then I think we're…they're singing the menu, maybe? Beef ragu, cheese souffle, pie and pudding, en flambe. We’ll prepare and serve with flair a culinary cabaret. Oh, here’s…so, they're also dress…this is good. So, this is more…this is like very…hey, it’s…in Sleep With Me’s case it would be, it’s the deep, dark night and you're having feelings, or in the real world, hey, the real world’s not easy for anybody and you've got feelings. But the banquet’s all prepared. No one’s gloomy or complaining while the flatware is entertaining. So, I guess that’s another thing to just be evocative of, for me. Okay, let’s keep an eye on that gloominess and the complaining.
Remember, the flatware is entertaining. We do jokes. I tell tricks with my…I do tricks; not tell tricks, with my fellow candlesticks. Okay, so that’s interesting; there’s other candlesticks involved. I don't know if they're other candelabras or not. And it’s all in perfect taste. So, again, we're gonna do our best to meet your expectations. You can bet. Come on, lift your glass. You've won your own free pass to be our guest. Okay, so let’s just run through in case I missed anything other than…you do have to lift your glass; that’s clear, to a free pass to the castle. But the hard part is she’s already in the castle. But maybe that’s…is this some sort of…are these the keepers of the threshold? Is this the first thing that happens when she goes in? I think it is, 'cause Chip’s like, I’m a teacup, mom. She says, no, you have other…Chip, did you learn your lines? I’m a teacup. Okay, Chip. Well, yeah, she’s here. We’ll see. Maybe she’s the one we’ve been waiting for.
By the way, as an aside, that is kind of the…what I am trying to learn how to be better at with everyone I encounter, whether they have a overflowing cup of humanity like I do, or their humanity is a little bit more measured out. They say…as they say, no one’s gloomy. I don't know, they're so happy she’s there. Oh, you're the one I’ve been waiting for. That is kinda what I’m striving towards that I’ll never reach, right, is having that attitude, at least for one percent of me, about most things. That’s just what I would like. That’s how I’d like to live my day to day. So, this song’s really helpful. Okay, unfold…I'm just double-checking any of the rules, though, 'cause I’d really like to get in on this. Okay, where’s that? Okay, so I don't see anything other than come on and lift your glass. You've won our…your own free pass to be our guest. Okay. Then if you're feeling it, right, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, it’s fine dining we suggest.
So, I mean, I guess in this case it would be bedtime stories. Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest. Okay, whoa boy, this one is interesting. Lumiere says this. So, they are…Lumiere is singing from this place of…if this is a metaphor for…I mean, talk about making it about me. But if this was about a metaphor for me about trying to be at least evocative of a spirit of service to others, a balanced, grounded spirit of service to others, which actually…the song in itself is actually that. Lumiere is singing that the lack of that has actually been wearing on them. Not like…he’s saying, I’m not whole without being of service, and that it’s causing me feelings. So, this is interesting. Then Cogsworth says, please leave me alone. So, maybe Lumiere is dancing with Cogsworth. Ah, those good old days when we were useful. So, this is, I think, when he’s singing in that cabaret style, maybe? Those good old days are gone, and Cogsworth is reacting to him.
Ten years we’ve been rusting, needing so much more than dusting, needing exercise and a chance to use our skills. So, again…okay, this isn't part of the test to get into the castle, but it’s like, maybe this is…I do like to try to use proxies for my feelings or whatever. So, Lumiere may be a good proxy, because he never seemed to be the smoky song about a singing entertainer. Or, wait, there’s two different songs, right? There’s a song about tracks and then there’s a song about the watering eyes of an entertainer. So, I don't know if Cogsworth is exactly that, or Lumiere. But he says, most days we just lay around the castle, but now you walked in. Okay, so that…now Mrs. Potts comes in, and she says, it’s a guest, it’s a guest. Sakes alive, well, I’ll be blessed. Wine’s been poured. Thank the lord. I’ve had the napkins finally pressed…freshly pressed. Now she’s anticipating with dessert she’ll want tea, and my dear, that’s fine with me. While the cups do their soft shooing, I’ll be bubbling, I’ll be brewing.
Oh, 'cause she’s a teapot. I’ll get warm tea. Is that a spot…? Okay, so she’s also doing her job. Clean it up. We want the company impressed. We’ve got a lot to do. Is it one lump of sugar or two for you, our guest? Okay, so at this point she’s become a guest, 'cause Mrs. Potts confirms she’s passed the test. It’s a guest, it’s a guest. Then the chorus later says, she’s our guest, she’s our guest. Mrs. Potts confirms that. Then they say, be our guest. Okay, then Cogsworth is trying to intervene. Then they say, be our guest, be our guest, let us know what you want us to do. It’s been ten years since we had anybody here, and we're feeling pretty strongly about it. With your meal, with your ease, while the candlelight is still glowing, let us help you. We’ll keep going. So, they're very…they've been waiting for this, which is what I’m hoping to find when I go from one percent of gleeful service…particularly my day-to-day life, or when it’s a challenging situation.
Making the show is a little bit more contextual service that I can get into because it’s so relatable. Yeah, I’ve been there, listeners have been there, but when I’m out there in the world it’s a little bit different, you know? Or when I feel like things aren't going my way. So, this is good, that they're saying, hey, yeah, this missing thing inside, it’s just being of service, and joyful service. Again, there’s a difference, and I know that the context is…this is a piece of fiction, so I’m just looking at it from a metaphorical lens, not a historical lens at all. ‘Cause I say, well, does Mrs. Pott…how’s our furry friend’s room compared to Mrs. Potts’ and Chip’s room, you know? That’s a whole ‘nother…wait a second, I’m…yeah, you're a teacup. I’m a teacup, yeah. Okay, great. Do you…did you like singing in this song? I’m a teacup. Yeah, okay. Yeah, it’s good. Okay, so then Lumiere and the chorus sing again. Course by course, one by one, until you're finished. Then we’ll sing you off to sleep as you digest.
Tonight you'll prop your feet up, but for now let’s eat up. Be our guest, be our guest. Please be our guest. Okay, so the passing of the test…I may be missing something, but I guess the keys…let’s check these other versions, if they're different at all. Okay, so, did I lose the…? Lyrics; okay. Original draft…esteemed dining room…huh, it seems monsieur instead of mon cherie. Okay, don't believe me? Ask the dishes. After all, this is France. Go on, unfold your menu. Take a glance. Then you'll be our guest. Don't believe me? Ask…try the gray stuff. Put our…okay, so again, this draft version…put our service…try the gray stuff or ask the dishes. Unfold your menu, take a glance. We’ll prepare…yes, you're cold, yes, you're wet, but we’ll help you to forget. You won't know outside it’s storming when the silverware is performing. So, I like that. Okay. Come on and lift your glass. You've won your own free pass to be our guest. Okay, needing…a lot of this is similar. Okay.
Alright, so that looks pretty good. Let’s keep moving, though. I don't know how…I didn't realize how many versions of this song there are. Okay, the album version…invite you to relax. Let’s pull up a chair. Brining room…dining room; not the brining room. That’s where they make pickles, in the brining room. Cherie…okay, so yeah, tie your napkin; that was one they didn't have there. Try the gray stuff, ask the dishes, unfold your menu, take a glance. Okay, so, was that all of it? Oh, and then lift your glass. So, these are the keys if you get in this situation. One, be a good audience member for the dish…for everybody. Then put the service to the test, but you're gonna do that by putting your napkin around your neck, then either trying the gray stuff or asking the dishes if it’s delicious, or you could do both, but I would probably try it right…I don't know what I would do. I guess I’d have to look at it, huh, even though I’ve seen it in my own context. Unfold your menu, take a glance, then you'll be our guest.
But then you have to come on and lift your glass. That may be just to confirm you've won your pass. Okay, here’s the demo. Be our guest, be our guest, tie your napkin round…still monsieur. So, I don't know, maybe that was when her dad arrived first? I don't know. Try the gray stuff, ask the dishes, unfold your menu, take a glance, come on and lift…okay, so, still the same thing. Okay, next up, Broadway version. Invite you to relax, pull up a chair, put our service to the test…napkin; check. Try the gray stuff. Don't…oh, Chip…Chip, you've got lines in the Broadway version. I do. Yeah. Okay, so Chip says, it is delicious. You sing that, huh? I’m on Broadway. Yeah, that’s great, Chip. Chip, by the way…I'm a teacup. Are you a little…? Is your mother a teapot? I’m a little teacup, short…I wouldn't say you're stout, though. You're very…you're somewhat delicate, Chip, and that’s clear because…you're a little teapot…teacup with the name of Chip, and if the stuff goes by the chip, it goes drip, drip, drip.
Why don't you let Alan Menken…? Yeah, thanks, Chip. Anyway, let’s go…there’s a Mickey PhilharMagic version. Okay, so this one I think they sing to Donald Duck. Okay, pride and pleasure…we welcome you tonight. Be our guest. Put our service to the test. Donald Duck is excited. Put a napkin round your neck, cherie. Try the gray stuff. Ask the dishes. Donald seems to be…oh, he’s trying to get the sorcerer hat in this movie, so he interrupts things, grabbing the hat after he’s probably tried the gray stuff or asked the dishes, or maybe he forgot to do both those things. Then we’ll sing you off…so, he does not get a free pass. So, here’s this one; so, Donald tries to get the hat, then he runs into a pie. So…okay, so this is pretty clear that the key…he did put his napkin on. I’m not sure, according to the lyrics or my memory, if he tried the gray stuff or asked the dishes if it was delicious. But after that he does not follow along.
He’s not a good audience member paying attention, and then he does not unfold his menu and take a glance. So, things…it doesn't work out. So, okay, so there…that’s the confirmation. Mickey and the Magician; that must have been a show. Okay, put your napkin round your neck…soup du jour…try the gray stuff, ask the dishes, unfold your menu, take a glance. Lift your glass; you've won your free pass. Okay, so that’s another…so, this is kinda like Goonies and The Lion King. Oh, it’s just a quick thing. Okay, what do we else got? The Wonderful World of Songs…I think this another straight ad version. Okay, just checking with the…oh, this is the short version, okay. So, maybe not. Okay, so, put our service to the test, take your napkin, try the gray stuff or ask the dishes…oh, unfold your menu, take a glance. So, that is a key part. So, I don't even know…in this version you don't have to lift your glass. Okay, the Descendants have a version. Okay, pull up a chair, be our guest, be our guest.
Only live to serve…try the gray stuff, ask the dishes, unfold your menu, take a glance, and then you'll be our guest. Come on and lift your…okay, so the Descendants version is still the same, too. Okay, so that’s a good confirmation. Now let’s go to this Disney stuff, which I had hit Search before. I gotta turn the volume off on this thing and hope that…okay, so there’s a 1993 one, then it looks like there’s a 1994 one, then there’s a 19…ten years ago. So, a 2016 one. ‘92, ‘93, and, I mean, one of these is just…I can't even…but let’s start with the first one from 1993 that comes up. I’m gonna get a full screen here. It’s got a little ad running first. I don't know if this will have…does it have any closed captions? No. Okay, so it starts off with a zoom of Main Street and the castle, then it zooms in, and then it gives a portal to Disney and Minnie dancing.
This does look like…okay, so, 1993, I had been to Disney within the last three…somewhere between 1991 and 1995 I probably went to Disney twice within…1991 and 1996. Don’t know any of the dates beyond that. Oh boy, I do know that it just tried to turn the volume up on me. But there’s this surprise parade or whatever. This is on Main Street. So, Mickey and Minnie are dancing, then they have the Disney MGM Studios Beauty and the Beast show, then…this is cute and iconic, or at least for me it was; there’s a dad and a son. Really well shot in the daytime with the gardens and foliage behind them. The dad and the son have matching sky-blueish Mickey shirts on. This, again, was the nineties. So, the kid has a striped socks on. Can't see the dad’s socks at this point. The dad is putting his son on his shoulders, or a child, a child. I guess I shouldn't say son. But…or his son, but maybe. They do have matching shirts on, so…and the son is holding a ice cream cone.
Okay, then it cuts to a…and again, I’m making assumptions based on the commercial. There’s a mother or a mother figure in a Goofy hat, which makes it look like she’s wearing Goofy on her hat, hugging his song with a sideways cap on. So, all…so, so far these things happen, but I’ll do a commentary. Then there’s a awesome thing nine seconds into the commercial. There is a kid on the carousel waving to someone with a camera. He’s got a…he’s a young kid, I don't know, somewhere between first and fifth grade. Not good at those ages anymore. He has on a turquoise shirt, like a Florida shirt you'd wear in Florida, and he was waving at the camera so gleefully and joyfully. Then we have Mickey looking at the camera somewhere on the shores of Seven Seas Lagoon, and Mickey winks at the camera, which was this brief period, I think, where Mickey had a face…a workable…blinkable eyes, maybe even movable eyes. I think they moved back to that point at least in the shows.
They even have moving mouths. I don't know. They've gone back and forth. But then you think, this is ‘93. I don't know. Okay, then they have Star…people riding Star Tours, which must have been new, then they have people running the version of Tiana’s before it was Tiana’s, which must have been new. It’s a really good shot, too, because it’s a dad or a father figure and a daughter figure. The daughter figure has on overalls, so that’s pretty early nineties. The dad has on a print shirt, and they both are saying, whoa, this is fun. Okay, then this…okay, this is the first piece that’s…the other stuff is somewhat realistic. I’ll get to that point. But this part is not realistic. It is…I don't…I think, again, this exists in all commercials, but Ray would have a lot to say about this.
But so, there’s two children in matching red, striped shirts, and they're walking up to someone who sells balloons, and she is kneeling down and handing them balloons, and there’s no exchange of money that we see on cam…I mean, I guess they’d say, but on camera…I say, wait a second, she’s just handing the kid a balloon. There’s no adult around, and it seems like the kids just walked up to her. Which, in my childhood mind, would say, oh, adult…these commercial…let’s just keep going 'cause we're only halfway through this. So, next up is a golfer, and Mickey is his caddie. So, it’s like, okay, that could be possible. Out of everything realistic, I’m sure if you were a golfer of means and you wanted to pay Mickey to caddie for you, you could do that. Okay, then the next thing, the next sequence, is a greeter at what I assume is the Grand Floridian. I don't know if they still have that, but I know…'cause I’ve never stayed at the Grand Floridian. I’ve visited people that stayed there.
Unfortunately they got…they used to have a orchestra. They got rid of that. It’d be great if they got that back, especially for the holidays. But they…I think they do have a greeter, or they did, whose job is just to greet people not even checking into the hotel. I was gonna say that Port Orleans French Quarter has that sometimes. There’s a person walking around just greeting you when you come into the hotel, handing out beads or coins, checking on people, kind of entertainment but a welcoming entertainment. Then there’s a big railroad, then there’s, oh, something that doesn't exist, or a couple things that I don't think exist anymore, but we missed one thing. Oh wow, this is so…so there’s catamarans. You can't go in the water anymore. You used to be able to go in the catamarans or water skiing or the little boats. It’s just because of the quality of the water.
Don't let anybody tell you any different, but it’s just not…the water doesn't get enough flow, so…but yeah, so you…so they have catamarans, which you used to be able to rent, I guess. I don't know. I wasn't…then they have another unrealistic…well, I guess it’s not unrealistic. There’s two twins, it looks like, who are pretty post-toddler. So, kindergarten to second grade, and Minnie’s greeting them at a brunch. Okay, so that does happen. So, this is realistic. You just have to book a character breakfast. But they do come to your table and they do hug you. Then Goofy is water skiing, and that just doesn't happen even in a show anymore, I don't think. But yeah, you used to be able to go water skiing. You couldn't water ski with…well, you probably could if you were of means. Okay, then the next one is a iconic image. This one is of a girl running to Cinderella, and she’s running to Cinderella pretty quickly, and Cinderella has open arms and is taking her in her arms.
I don't know that…this could be staged, but it’s just not how character interactions work. But I will say when my daughter…this girl looks a little bit more…eh, third, fourth, fifth grade. But again, I’m not good at ages. But when my daughter was really into this stuff, we went to a princess meal at DCA. She did have this experience. Now, she didn't run to the princess. I think it was…I don't know who greeted you first. I think maybe they switched it up. But she got to hug the princess, and to her it was like meeting someone right out of her books and her stories and her films, so it was very cute. So, this is not totally unrealistic 'cause it’s capturing a feeling. Then…I mean, this is a cool, iconic shot that we’ve seen sometimes, but it has Mickey on top of Spaceship Earth. This is pretty cool because it’s pre-drone era by a long shot. I don't know if we see this anymore or how you could do that, right? ‘Cause it’d be like, yo, I want to do that. Okay, so that’s the end of that one.
But…oh, I wanted to check the comments, 'cause I think in the comments they had the lyrics. Comments; 12. Okay, so someone in there, they edited it, too. Be our guest, be our guest. Put our magic to the test. So, my thoughts about the magic were based on my assumption that…so, put our magic to the test. Okay, so for Disney World, maybe this is why I haven't had any of these experiences. Bring a heart that’s full of wonder and let Disney do the rest. So, I have to have a heart that’s full of wonder. So, I’m try…I guess that’s this whole…episode’s about. I’m trying to foster a heart full of wonder. So, working on it. Or you could just pay, right? But if you have a heart that’s full of wonder, as Ray would you, you'll probably have more fun. You're away from it all. Give it up and have a ball. The service here is never second best. That’s…I think hopefully they return to that.
When I’m recording this, they have a new CEO, and maybe he kind of goes in that direction versus quarterly bonuses, which maybe you could have both, right? But instead of buying back shares, you could try to pay people to…for the wonderful service they could provide. It’s just to laugh and sing. We’ve thought of everything. Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest. Yeah, it could be nostalgia for me, that it’s like, oh, service was different back then, but I don't know. So, hopefully it goes back in that direction where you get these kind of acts of service that you're paying for, but whatever. Okay, so that was one commercial. Not too egregious. But now we get this other one, which we’ve seen…this one is really…so, it starts with a bellhop in a traditional bellhop outfit. There’s a room with a couch, and a kid is running to his mother, who takes…or a mother figure who takes the kid in her arms.
Then the bellhop opens the balcony doors, and the room has a view of the castle with their balcony, which I think this is the same place…if they actually film the parade or they do remote broadcasts. Maybe it’s somewhere on Main Street. The only…I mean, the main issue I have with this is that it’s totally unrealistic and it does create…'cause I think the mistake there is that…I guess I would have less of a problem with it if it was like, oh no, those…they do have that room, but it’s like five, six figures a night to stay there. I probably would be more okay with that because it would create a fantasy of like…whatever that’s called where you're…maybe one day I could do that or whatever, even if it was not achievable, versus it’s just blatantly not possible. Or they say, well, technically you can see the castle from…and I say, okay, whoa, whoa, whoa. I think they are moving in this direction, which other versions of the parks that I’ve never been to, like in France…but Universal did it with Epic.
In fact, with Epic they did both, ‘cause I think I recorded a episode…huh, I don't even know if that one got edited. I have to find that episode. But I recorded a episode from a room…did I record a whole episode? It was walking distance to Epic, like a Universal value hotel that’s literally a five-minute walk away. But anyway, this one I just…that’s…I just…and the kid looks at the castle. So, it’s not like…it’s a confirmation. Then he also gets a balloon, seemingly free. Oh wait…yeah. Then he rides a ride with Goofy. Now, again, I think this is…this one is…it doesn't make it seem like…I don't know. I’m not really…I just…these are my impressions even as a kid when I was watching this. Well, I probably wasn't a kid; I should have been an adult or seventeen, eighteen. But it’s like, yeah. Why…? I don't know. It’s interesting. If someone was…an adult was golfing with Mickey, and let’s say that costs four or five figures, high fours…I would guess mid-four, at least?
No, 'cause the performance fee for someone should be around…yeah, mid four to low-five figures. So, I don't know what it would be to ride five rides with…again, they'd have to…I mean, they wouldn't be able to do it. Okay, then he’s being…he’s in the China Pavilion playing a game with one of the performers, then he’s at MGM Studios or someplace watching an animator. So, again, they're like, oh, this ad is just metaphorical through the child’s eyes. ‘Cause, yeah, you could watch animators — I think they just got rid of that — maybe at Disneyland. They have it now at…or last I had it was at Rafiki’s Planet Watch in Disney World. But at a time, as part of the studio tour, the animation tour, you were supposed to be able to watch live animators, and then you could take a class from a animator. Oh no, I think they're doing it with an animatronic or something. But anyway, this kid’s sitting at the guy’s desk with his mom watching, and he makes Lumiere. Then the kid does it.
Now, this next one’s realistic. It’s a slide at French Quarter, and the kid’s going down the slide. Then he turns, and Mickey runs to him or comes up to him and gives him a hug. Now, again, I guess this kinda happens, but not outside as a surprise, or maybe it does occasionally. Okay. Just, this kid’s getting unbelievably lucky. Okay, so I could say that. Mickey’s hugging him. Then there was this cute thing where he tucks in his doll and then we see it. Okay, I gotta finish up here 'cause we're over time, but let me look at this last one because it’s about Fast Pass when it was free. But it’s the new version of it. Now I can't find it. 1990, seventieth…oh, here’s one from one year ago. Hm, I may have lost the other commercial. Let me just see what this one is. This is another family with an animated Goofy, but I don't know if the song is actually there or not. Let’s just take a look. Oh, this is Disneyland. Okay, it shows a parade. The kid is dancing with Snow White…no.
Mickey hugging a kid…oh yeah, this is based on it, though. Okay, well, I don't know. That one, it has Tiana, so that’s a modern ad, only a year old. That’s for Disneyland. I will say that Disneyland has way more…I mean, I’ve talked about it a lot, or Ray has…way more performers and stuff. So, anyway, I guess that’s a little bit about Be Our Guest. I think it was more important for me to look at it of like…well, one, if it becomes a actual encounter, we’ve got to remember; be present as a audience member, then just listen to whatever Lumiere says; put my napkin on, try the gray stuff or ask the dishes if I don't believe him. Unfold your menu, take a glance. I think that was it. Then raise your glass, but is that part of the necessary test or a sign that you've completed the test? The other proof is that Donald did not do that. So, now I have to look at what in my regular day-to-day life is…how is Lumiere calling me, and Mrs. Potts, and Chip…? Right, Chip? I’m a teacup. That’s right, Chip.
Maybe I could just say that to myself, 'cause one other thing is…for me is working on pausing in the moment and grounding myself so I can see my own thoughts and feelings and just be there for them and then be there for…to be present. So, I can just say, I’m a teacup. But then really trying to find within me or connect within me to the joy of opportunities to be in the moment and then be like, is this also offering me opportunity to be of service? So, I guess that’s it. Thanks, everybody, and goodnight. Thanks for being my guest here on Sleep With Me. Goodnight.
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