The Day the Spaceship Earth Stood Still
April 22, 2010 Wow, is it Earth Day already? Hard to believe it's been almost a year since the Epcot Episode.
Yep, for you wreckies who've joined us in the past year, Epcot made its unintentional Cake Wrecks debut in honor of Earth Day, 2009. You can read the original post here, but in a nutshell: I posted a Spaceship Earth cake, and then made the mistake of calling it a Spaceship Earth cake. We then got about fifty billion comments (give or take fifty billion) telling us it was NOT Spaceship Earth, but Epcot. Many also helpfully pointed out that you could tell it was Epcot by the Disney font used on the cakeboard.
Now, as every Disney Geek knows, Epcot is the theme park and Spaceship Earth is the Big Golf Ball™ - and I am a huge Disney Geek. Plus, and here's the part that was especially painful/hilarious, John and I made the cake.
(Yeah, I know it's not great. That's why I posted it. However, I am one of only two or three people on the planet who've ever even attempted a Spaceship Earth cake. So, you know, I've got that going for me.)
Now, in honor of this auspicious occasion I would like to shower you with Earth and/or Spaceship Earth wrecks.
Erm...
Unfortunately, despite extensive research performed during the commercial breaks for Dancing with the Stars (Go, Niecy!), I couldn't find any.
Still, I feel you deserve some kind of reward for reading this far without any new wreckage. So, here, I found you another Disney icon that's gray and round:
Piglet! What have they done to you?Wow. Just look at the size of that head! I'm not kidding, that is a huge noggin'! It's a virtual planetoid! It has its own weather system! And it's giving me an excuse to quote Stuart Mackenzie!
Oh, and if you look closely, you can see that he recently swallowed a small globe. Or has a globe-shaped tumor growing out of his shoulder - take your pick. Whichever: Hel-looo! Earth Day tribute!
Mandy P., try to work "like Sputnik: spherical but quite pointy in parts" into as many conversations today as possible. Because the earth needs you, that's why.
- Related Wreckage: Happy Earth Day to You...
Reader Comments (203)
I think Eeyore got all crumpled up inside one of those pathetically small "reusable" gift bags like they sell at Target in an attempt to trick you into thinking the rest of the merchandise wasn't made in a third world country where they can pollute to their heart's content, and thus cause you to feel superior to all your party mates who fell for that paper-crap which will decompose in minutes after it gets wet with party punch.
Glory be. I don't think I've laughed so hard at righteous indignation as I did over the "It's not Spaceship Earth, it's Epcot" comments! And THEN someone gets all huffy about not knowing the difference.
Google is your friend.
And btw.... that's not Piglet. That's EPCOT.
I am stymied how many people thought that Spaceship Earth was EPCOT. It actually makes me angry...very angry. And a little sad.
The "globe"/"golf ball"/"ball" at EPCOT (or EPCOT Center if you're old school) IS called SPACESHIP EARTH. It is a ride. It is a wonderful ride...or at least it was when Jeremy Irons used to do the narration.
OTOH...that is one messed up donkey!
Wow, Jen. Kudos for revisiting this ugly little episode. As I recall, it drove you to drink last year. Hmm, were you just looking for an excuse to drink this Earth Day?
Well, whatever the motivation, well played indeed.
Isn't that first cake the thing from Epcot?
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LMAO at RosieLB!
It looks like Eeyore went on the Biggest Loser and lost too much weight too fast and has extra skin that will need to be surgically removed...
What an eyesore of an Eeyore.
At least he's gray; the Marketing Wizards usually make him blue.
(Is it to convey "being blue" or sad?)
He's not sad; he's just a pessimist.
I have always loved Eeyore..but I wish that it had been PC in his day for him to have had access to a bit of counseling...maybe some meds. (Yes, I know he's *eternal* and current, and Forever...but I think of him as veryvery aged. He's been around since even before me...)
I know some humans who have his *outlook* on life--which could be called their "downlook"-- and they are, frankly, a pain in the tail.
With or without nail.
Frankly, I've come to look at that nail as representing a symbolism OF a P. I. A.
(How very Freudian, Mr. Milne...!)
MAN, that's a freaky-looking cake.
=^e.e^=
Eeyore as depicted by Picasso. See? It's Art!
Picasso made cakes??
It's like they were going to make a 3D Eeyore, but then flattened him out... poor Eeyore!
I was recently at Epcot and I made sure to go on spaceship earth just for you!
Stuart Mackenzie FTW!
Jen -
I knew we were kindred spirits for other reasons besides making fun of other people and their silly cake creations. The Axe Murderer quote clenched it! BEST, MOST APPROPRIATE movie quote/cake reference ever. I'm touched. :)
Bahahaha, my 4 year old came in here while I was reading today's post and he says to me "Who is that?" I respond "I don't know, who is that?" He tells me "PIGLET!"
See, Jen knows what she's talking about!
Oh my gosh.. I just read through all of last year's EPCOT/Epcot Center/SSE/Disney debacle and I have to say that it was the best laugh I have had all week!
I am not a huge Disneyphile but I know my Disney and a few of those comments cracked me up... the things people come up with to say.
Do I get points for catching the Dr. Horrible reference? Right... Freeze Ray!
Eek, Eeyore has goiters!
My favourite part of that scene is that LaPaglia was clearly totally cracking up for real.
Eeyore must have been heading to a costume party and the only thing the costume shop had available was this over-sized pig snout.
http://www.anytimecostumes.com/ecommerce/control/product/~product_id=0035641
Yeah, that HAD to be it! No other explanation!
wv: nonses = nonsense (wreckerator inspired missing letters)
Sharon's Edible Art
Anonymous said...
To me, the Eeyore cake looks like someone frosted a baseball mitt...
I agree! Are there mitt-shaped cake pans?
Jen, after your So I Married an Axe Murderer comments, I thought maybe the Eeyore cake was made from Stuart Mackenzie's beloved Haggis. Blech!
I love your blog!
-joules
WV: ingloqua ...Ingloqua We Trust.
@ Brian,
who said:
"And yet they INSIST they are correct about being COMPLETELY wrong. (Tea Partiers anyone? Can we do politics here? ;)"
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See, if the Baggers were actually insisting that they are completely wrong, they WOULD be correct!
I DON'T like the idea of politics here...(or in general, really)...beCAUSE...welll... a certain person only has to open her (did I say, "her"?) mouth to turn my brain into a pretzel'd-up, goose-bumpy, quivering mass of "IIIEEEYYEEE!"....
....don'tcha know.
Better leave lousy enough alone.
Now, back to the FUN!
=^6.6^=
Susan said...
"Spaceship Earth Day may have been one of the funniest CW days ever! ... I'm glad we can all look back and have a giggle about it."
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"Speak for yourself!!!" she said, sputteringly aghast...
"That whole sordid EPisode has left a planet-sized, gaping hole in the epcot center of my BRAIN."
(!!!!!!!!!!)
=^e.e^=
It's like Picasso's Guernica featuring Eeyore :(
So, hey, um, Jen, I just thought I'd let you know, 'cause I'm sure no one else in the 100+ comments before me has pointed this out: that weird squished-up Disney character is actually Eyeore, not Piglet.
I know because I'm a Disney fan.
My favorite Lost blog referred to Sayid as "Iraqi Eeyore" this week. It appears I have stumbled on a theme. Oh, bother.
The hunchback of the 100 acre woods meets his not-so-sad, cakey end.
It's like an orange on a toothpick! Thank you for quoting that. It made me laugh more than normal. :)
All I can say about that second one is that I'm happy it's only Emma's second birthday... With any luck she won't remember the cake and be traumatized for life...
WV bobbl - how appropriate...
hmmm... I did something wrong... second WV is canit - let's hope it can...
5feet9 said...
Maybe we should call this sad offspring of Eeyore and Piglet "Eyelet"?
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THAT is H'EYE-LARIOUS.
I L'EYEk it !!!!
Can't you just imagine the possiblities?
Eyelet could have a sister named "Veyeolet" and a brother named "Geyelet."
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All the Disney geeks should know that the park is actually The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT, not Epcot!!!! (who's the geek now ;))
Well *I* know the difference between Epcot and Spaceship Earth. Good for you Jen! (And I thought it was a cool cake.)
*Arnold* - It's not a tumor */Arnold*
Oh, Eeyore. I know you're sad, but eating your troubles away isn't the way to fix things. You're setting a bad example for the kiddies! WON'T YOU THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!
"I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."
Anything that leads to a Stuart quote CANNOT be a total loss. (But have you TRIED the Garth Brooks, Weekly World News juice diet?)
This is an early Picasso rendition of Eeyore. Marvel at it's pre-Cubist qualities: disproportioned body shape, questionable appendages (are they legs or...), the shape of the face into the body (where is the actual lower mouth chin), etc. Exquisite my dear.
Perhaps the "Happy Irthday" cake would have been appropriate for today.
Oh, look! It's Eeyore, Salvador Dali style...
I don't know that you're going to get 'Eeyore' to become the new 'Epcot' for this next year, but I'd like to say that 'Epcot' has brought me a lot of laughter.
(Although, was that ONLY a year ago...) :D
Poor Eeyore...and as an EPCOT cast member I giggle every time I hear people calling Spaceship Earth EPCOT. Oh sillies! :P
Love you guys!
Jessie
If Eeyore is so depressed, it might have something to do with the large goiter he's become.
I think that Epcot planet thing rocks! I mean, how are you supposed to make that boring thing better than that? For a replica of a boring giant ball, it's pretty damn amazing. And good disney writing too. Poor self-deprecating cake-wreckee.
OK, so I went back and read the comments on the Spaceship Earth cake in your original post. I too am a Diz Geek or dizzy geek whichever it may be!!! :), and I think they must not be afterall.
OH, I am friends with the voice in the Spaceship Earth ride. OK so not the voice itself, but the man with the voice of SSE.
I like the cake and I think you did a good job personally.
Poor Eeyore! I think he may need a breast lift! Don't be sad, Eeyore... plastic surgery is your friend! Hollie
I think it's supposed to be a (misshappen, circular) baby Eeyore.
No, I know. IT'S EPCOT. You can tell by the decorator's attempt to include a Disney character. You know, Eeylet?
What do you mean that's not a real character? It's a unique and logic defying amalgam of Piglet and Eeyore. Some people call it Pigyore (which can also be used as an insult. And insults are AWESOME).
LOVE the Heed references. Hilarious!
WV: "Savas"
Lord, savas from the people correcting you about Eeyore... ;)
I had been wondering what the Epcot references were all about, but going back to last year's Earth Day post had me CRINGING for you guys. Good Lord, people! It's hilarious in a painful kind of way... or painful in a hilarious kind of way?
love, love, love the Axe Murderer lines, which are the most oft quoted in our house!
Grace
Wow. Has it been a year already since the Great Epcot Debacle? That's incredible.
I don't think I ever knew, or at the very least I didn't recall, that you made the infamous Epcot cake! It's pretty cool. :)
And poor, poor Eeyore. I won't show this to my father. :( He'd be so sad.
Goodness me. Poor Eeyore has traded in his Prozac for doobs. Now he's just another statistic!