Topic: The Little Mermaid

Wed Bed Dead: Aladdin Is The Most Uncomfortably Sexy Disney Movie

Wed Bed Dead: Aladdin Is The Most Uncomfortably Sexy Disney Movie

This week, we’re discussing a few of the better known Disney princes: Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin from Aladdin and (wwwhhhhhyyy?) Eric from The Little Mermaid. The problems each choice presents are clear: Beast is a giant monster, Eric is a total d-bag and Aladdin wears a vest with nothing underneath. What to do? Will Beast’s enormous library put him ahead of the game? Or will all that erotic tension in Aladdin affect our decision making? More »

Disney Sidekicks Hotness Rankings

Disney Sidekicks Hotness Rankings
The Cheshire Cat from "Alice in Wonderland"
Jiminy Cricket from "Pinocchio"
Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, and Doc from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Timon and Pumbaa from "The Lion King"
Genie from "Aladdin"

Forget the usual cast of bland Disney princes. I was always partial to the sidekicks — they were funnier and more lovable than any prince with a case of the marriage blues. From Aladdin’s Genie to The Little Mermaid’s Sebastian, the sidekick often stole the whole movie with their big hearts and funny punchlines.

So call your fairy godmother to request some comic relief and excellent song and dance numbers. It’s time to rank Disney’s greatest animated sidekicks. More »

A Visit With Dear Prudence

A Visit With Dear Prudence

And then the little letter-writer went out from her garden, and took the road to the foaming whirlpools, behind which lived the sorceress Dear Prudence – though who would call her dear, no one living knew. She had never been that way before: neither flowers nor grass grew there; nothing but bare, gray, sandy ground stretched out to the whirlpool, where the water, like foaming mill-wheels, whirled round everything that it seized, and cast it into the fathomless deep. More »