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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Old Simpsons episide... anyone?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 3:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it just me or does that thing look like it's built around a Segway?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 3:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cory:<br>You're probably right. Historically, Disney has been using Segways for quite some time, and for many purposes. At one point, guests over the age of 16 could ride them inside Innoventions at Disneyland; and to this day, there is often a cast member outside the entrance demostrating a wheelchair that balances itself using the Segway's technology. I have even seen a few security cast members ridding around the park on Segways.<br>With all due respect, John]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 3rd 2007 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am the lizard queen!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon West]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great...some guy in India is now gonna make us into his science experiment. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RedShirt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA["Hack Kermit and tell people how he really feels about that flaky pig"<br><br>LOL! That would be fun]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michal G]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[I for one, welcome our new Muppet overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jbelkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[i was getting worried for a second there that no one was going to post this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[I heard about this on one of the Cast Member groups the other day... and asked around yesterday about it but nobody knew what the heck I was talking about. I guess I'll have to go check it out today or tomorrow... or Sunday before I start. I wish they'd bring the dinosaur thing back.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent Schmidt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is actually the second animatronic entertainer they have running around Disneyland.  The first is a trash can named "Push" that would wander around Tomorrowland.  Its operated by a cast member dressed as a tourist with a joystick and small hidden microphone that stands near the crowd of people.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[After seeing a video of it on youtube, it looks pretty cool, and the animatronics are very very smooth.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJGRvo0y_g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJGRvo0y_g</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 4:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sweet! I will have to check this out this coming Tuesday!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CapWKidd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 5:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ha! It sings "hi ho" when it malfunctions.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy G]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 5:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[It, looks to me like like singing "hi ho" is not specifically for a malfunction, (it would have happened much sooner to when it stopped mid phrase) but more of a 'time out' or 'screen saver' activity, similar to what happens when a video game is left unattended in play (pioneered back in the day of Sega vs. Nintendo with things like Sonic tapping his foot impatiently).  So if the AI system receives no input for any reason (the operator REALLY has to pee) the characters will still pretend to have life in them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JP]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2007 11:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, it's the THIRD mobile animatronic: Lucky the Dinosaur, the first mobile audio-animatronic, debuted in 2005.<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_%28Disney%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_%28Disney%29</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gene Cowan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2007 6:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[WHOAH WHOAH WHAOH!?! What happened there at the end?? Did the good doctor black out? <br><br>I once saw iggy pop do that in an interview.<br><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kqxcgPPdYwo" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=kqxcgPPdYwo</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MTheory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 5th 2007 10:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry, but machines like that can't replace people who cab be really funny and spontanious.  Disney needs to invest in GOOD PEOPLE, instead of machines and bad cast members.  It should be about QUALITY not QUANTITY like it used to be.  What we just saw was sad. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[al]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 10th 2007 6:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes it is cool!!!!! but Disney had had the same concept in Tomorrowland for years.  It was a talking trash can that was completely interactive with the audience.  I saw it torment a kid for 15 min because thew kid thought he was funny.  <br><br>It is just funny that when you put two human like characters on the top, that it gets all sorts of press.  This was a story in the LA Times.  I love Disneyland and think it is awesome that they are getting positive press.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 3rd 2007 1:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is there somebody controlling this robot or does it operate autonomously?<br><br>albert<br>---<br><a href="http://www.personalrobotics.nl" rel="nofollow">http://www.personalrobotics.nl</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[albert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 3rd 2007 9:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink slips]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/disneyland-intros-roving-animatronic-muppets-mickey-and-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Push operators are hilarious.  They straddle the line between charming and sadistic--a tightrope walk made all the more exciting with the added dash of wit.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Downer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 3rd 2007 3:02PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
