# blackish Disney World commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555 "2016-09-22T01:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/1 "2016-09-22T01:55:57Z")
Anthony Anderson and Lawrence Fishburne have sold the last slivers of their soul. The _blackish_ season premier is nothing more than a 30 minute Disney commercial. ABC/Disney has just shown itself to be the real Lucifer, not that dude on Fox. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/2 "2016-09-22T03:41:04Z")
Meh. You’re surprised by this? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/3 "2016-09-22T03:54:19Z")
I didn’t mean to make it sound like I was threadshitting. If _blackish_ were on NBC, they’d probably go to Universal Theme Park. ABC/Disney isn’t alone in promoting the hell out of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/4 "2016-09-22T04:02:22Z")
heh he never seen the first 10 years of the Disney channel ? they had almost every one who didn’t have a show hosted some sort of "look whats at Disney land/world this week " ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/5 "2016-09-22T12:00:20Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > heh he never seen the first 10 years of the Disney channel ? they had almost every one who didn’t have a show hosted some sort of "look whats at Disney land/world this week " We can go back before that. Walt Disney Presents, The Wonderful World of Color, and the Mickey Mouse club were nothing but network TV commercials for Disneyland and other Disney products. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/6 "2016-09-22T12:04:21Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Anthony Anderson and Lawrence Fishburne have sold the last slivers of their soul. The _blackish_ season premier is nothing more than a 30 minute Disney commercial. ABC/Disney has just shown itself to be the real Lucifer, not that dude on Fox. Also, frankly, this has nothing to do with Anthony Anderson and Lawrence Fishburn. They’re just employed by the show/network. I highly doubt it was their idea. But, yeah, it’s a show on ABC. They would be stupid _not_ to promote Disney’s other properties. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/7 "2016-09-22T12:32:32Z")
I would say this is exactly the kind of episode this show would have anyway. If they weren’t on ABC they might have gone to Disney World anyway, or some thinly disguised fictional version of it. It’s a bit on the blatant side for product placement, but not surprising at all. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/8 "2016-09-22T12:42:07Z")
Hasn’t every one of ABC’s family comedies done a Disneypark episode? Okay, maybe not The Goldbergs yet, but they did do a big Star Wars episode a season or so back, so they’re cross-marketing another Disney property. That’s what Disney does; they create a web of references to keep all other Disney brands in front of the public. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/9 "2016-09-22T12:48:03Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Hasn’t every one of ABC’s family comedies done a Disneypark episode? Okay, maybe not The Goldbergs yet, but they did do a big Star Wars episode a season or so back, so they’re cross-marketing another Disney property. > > That’s what Disney does; they create a web of references to keep all other Disney brands in front of the public. Modern Family did a Disneyland episode back in their second or third season. It was a pretty good episode too - one of the plots involved Jay (Ed O’Neill) having to buy new shoes for his wife and granddaughter. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/10 "2016-09-22T13:03:06Z")
Once Upon a Time quickly slipped from “what if fairy tales were real?” to full-on “What if Disney properties were real?” without a ripple. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/11 "2016-09-22T13:55:04Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Modern Family did a Disneyland episode back in their second or third season. It was a pretty good episode too - one of the plots involved Jay (Ed O’Neill) having to buy new shoes for his wife and granddaughter. The Middle also had a Disneyland / Disney World episode a few years ago. IIRC they won a trip to one, but went to the other one, but it all turned out OK anyway. (I’m sure Disney wouldn’t be so accommodating if I tried to pull something like that.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/12 "2016-09-22T14:17:39Z")
\*"When buying up Black People’s Lives, Disney makes sure that it ‘jives’! Any show Lucifer’s Heart Desires, They… Must… Do… When Profit Is Your Only Goal, They’ll Shove It Up Your Tightest Hole! Audio-Animatronics Will Wire Up Where… You… Poo…!"\* * * * “Hey, _insert name of celebrity of color star_ You’ve just done something that made the Press! So that 10 or 20 of your distant cousins aren’t accidentally shot by police, where are you going to go right now?” " _sigh_ I’m going to… _sigh_ …disney world…" ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/13 "2016-09-22T15:11:06Z")
I like this show a lot and usually try to give it my full attention but I was kind of doing other things and was mostly just listening to it. I could not discern any semblance of a plot and it seemed all I kept hearing was the gramma admitting she was having fun but in her cynical, deadpan way. So yeah, I think the OP is spot on. Not that it’s necessarily a terrible thing. I love Disney Land and don’t mind seeing it, since I don’t know if I’ll ever be there again ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/14 "2016-09-22T16:10:25Z")
This is nothing new for the Disney/ABC machine. At least Blackish is a comedy. Around 15 years ago, Andy Sipowicz, the tough NYPD detective from _NYPD Blue_, spent several episodes planning his trip to Disneyworld. I found it truly nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/15 "2016-09-22T22:22:17Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We can go back before that. Walt Disney Presents, The Wonderful World of Color, and the Mickey Mouse club were nothing but network TV commercials for Disneyland and other Disney products. “Nothing but network TV commercials” ??? Over the years, WD has made real money from film and network TV. Network TV is a profit centre, not just an expense. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/16 "2016-09-22T22:40:56Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We can go back before that. Walt Disney Presents, The Wonderful World of Color, and the Mickey Mouse club were nothing but network TV commercials for Disneyland and other Disney products. The very first TV show from Walt Disney was _called_ “Disneyland,” a year before the park was even built. It was entirely an advertisement to help him fund construction. The Tanners went to Disney World on Full House, complete with the actor who did the speaking voice of Aladdin dressing up like Aladdin. Blossom, Step By Step, Family Matters, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, Rosanne, Modern Family all went to one Disney park or the other. It would actually be strange if Blackish didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/17 "2016-09-23T00:49:07Z")
I don’t mind episodes in Disney (or other corporate partner) but it was a bad episode. It could not hold my attention at all and I don’t think I laughed once. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555/18 "2016-09-23T01:51:55Z")
Corporate shilling or not, it was still funnier than this weeks Big Bang Theory.