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Used by Nappaland Communications Inc. permission. www.FamilyFans.com 2 FAMILYFANS Spring 2015 3 The Joyful Dad Contents Dr. Norm COVER Pop Culture Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t American Sniper —Page 14 Know Did you know: “Impossible things are The Imitation • There are as many chickens as there are humans. Game happening every day.” —Rodgers & • Your brain will store more than one million bits of information in an average —Page 16 Hammerstein’s year. Cinderella • In ancient Arabia, people could sometimes get tax exemptions by bathing Galaxy Quest: The Journey regularly. Winnie the Pooh & Tigger Continues • The fi rst doughnut with a hole was invented in 1847. —Page 17 • A professionally spiked volleyball goes about eighty miles an hour. Bert Loomis invented the basketball dribble. A Too! golf ball has 336 dimples. There are about 141,000 tennis courts in the U.S. If you don’t recognize Jim Cummings, you haven’t been listening... Egg & Spoon • Girl babies smile more than boy babies. Fish sunburn. Short men live longer than tall men. Chances are one in —Page 18 nineteen that you have red hair. —Page 6 • The 1896 war between Great Britain and Zanzibar lasted thirty-eight minutes. photo credit: www.photocitylabs.com 818-760-4646 www.photocitylabs.com credit: photo Features & Departments • The fastest clocked time for making a bed is 17.3 seconds. • In Germany, you can buy artifi cial, spray-on dirt to make your car look like you drove it off-road. Columns 1,000 Words • In Taiwan, a study learned that people eat lunch because they’re hungry. The U.S. government once spent $46,000 to fi nd out how long it takes to cook breakfast. The Joyful Dad: —Page 3 Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t • Ben Franklin invented the rocking chair. Mark Twain invented suspenders. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, movies, and cement furniture. Wolfgang Mozart composed “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Know Quick Picks —Page 5 • Wasps are nearsighted. Rebel Yell; Ant-Man #1; Screen-Smart Parenting • The Chinese wore sunglasses as early as the sixth century. Walter Peregoy —Page 19 • You’ll walk about 65,000 miles before you die. The artist behind the lines of 101 Just for Fun • In 1439 King Henry VI banned kissing. Dalmatians! Marriage & Family Builder Ideas! • William Tyndale was executed for translating the Bible into English. —Page 12 —Page 20 • Taking time to enjoy life and your kids is not an impossible task. The Back Door Now you know. Dr. Norm Wakefi eld is author of The Dad Difference (with Josh McDowell), Legacy of Joy, and Men are From Israel, Women are from Moab. —Page 22 He’s a sought-after speaker, a seminary professor, and joyful dad to fi ve happy, adult children. Story Sketch Images from Walt Disney’s ‘101 Dalmatians’ Dalmatians’ ‘101 Disney’s Walt from Images Sketch Story permission. by Reprinted Reserved. Rights All © Disney. 4 FAMILYFANS Spring 2015 5 Winnie The Pooh Art © Disney. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission. by Reprinted Reserved. Rights All Art © Disney. Pooh The Winnie Winnie the Pooh & Tigger Too! Jim Cummings is: photo credit: www.photocitylabs.com 818-760-4646 www.photocitylabs.com credit: photo 6 FAMILYFANS Spring 2015 7 newspapers and apparently I would show up every now JC If you don’t recognize Jim Cummings, and then in his company newsletter. So that helped with It’s funny. I’ve been Pete for a good long while, and I bragging rights with Dad at work. And my mom was always like to point out that I’m pretty sure Pete is tied you haven’t been listening. always there. She would always encourage me to do my for first place as oldest Disney character because he was best and follow my dreams. in Steamboat Willie. So there you have it. This accomplished actor is the voice of literally hundreds I’ve even said before—to this day I tell my nieces, kids, of your favorite animated characters. That includes the What’s memorable? I can tell you this, working on the nephews, and maybe someday grandkids—I say, when it immortal Winnie the Pooh. And Tigger too. And Dark- show is great because I’ve got little ones and they love it, comes to encouraging creative growth, well, how about wing Duck. And the Tasmanian Devil. And the Marvel and everybody’s little ones love it, which we love! But it this: Make a list of things that you love to do so much villain, the Kingpin. And the Star Wars Pirate, Hondo was funny because even though I had been Pete for any that you would do them all day long for free. And then, Ohnaka. And Mickey Mouse’s ageless nemesis, Pete. number of years, when we started up the Mickey Mouse do them, or at least one of them, so well that someone And...well, you get the idea. Clubhouse the big concern was that Pete was too tough, will pay you. And guess what? You are now a success in that he was too much of a bad guy. And if you’ll notice, your career. he no longer has his stubble. He certainly doesn’t have Fact is, Jim Cummings is everywhere—on TV, in mov- ies, in video games, and even at the Denver Comic Con where the guy with the whirlwind voice performed at Mickey Mouse Club at the age of four. I’ve just always the Kids’ Corral, delighting children of all ages with his been a Disney kid, and now I’m a Disney human, man, spot-on impressions of their hand-drawn characters. whatever I am now. (Doughnut-Guy, anyone?) You know, I’ve always thought that Disney was basically Thankfully, Jim took some time afterward the Con to fill a part of America. It’s Americana. And I always wanted us in on the secrets of his incredible voice, his Disney to be somehow involved with the studio. If only I’d career, and much, much more. Care to listen in? gotten to meet Walt, that would have been a wonder- ful thing. I did meet Roy Disney! But, gosh, what do I § § § attribute my success to? I don’t know. Hard work and a love of the craft. FamilyFans I can tell you this: I treat every day like it’s the Super permission. by Reprinted Reserved. Rights All Junior. Art © Disney Clubhouse Mouse Mickey Wow, it’s Winnie the Pooh and Tigger in the flesh! Bowl, every session, because they last forever, these Thanks for taking time to talk with FamilyFans read- Disney films. I mean, Snow White was done in 1939, yet ers. To start off, would you tell us “The Jim Cummings it still is vibrant today. It comes out every now and then Story”—how a kid from Ohio grew up to be a beloved for its anniversary. So I just want to do as good a job as Disney voice, singer, and storyteller? And to what do you I can EVERY time.