The Story of the Disneyland Corn Dog

I don’t know about you, but I go back and forth.  Sometimes I think life is all about “The Big Picture” things.  Reaching for our dreams. Setting goals then achieving them. The biggies: Births; Marriages; Deaths. Then, sometimes I think life if all about the outtake.  Life’s small pleasures.  Sometimes, especially when I’m really hungry, life seems to boil down to the little things, like–Disneyland’s corn dogs.  

I know that sounds crazy. Superficial.  Fattening.  But, have you ever had a Disneyland corn dog?  Well, please don’t judge me then.  On Friday I spent the day at Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival for OC Family.  I took photos, put together a Whrrl report, interviewed Guy Fieri (who, I’m guessing,  probably shares my corn dog theory), and talked to Disney-types about what exactly goes on at the 40 day festival. 

To see my video of the day, click here.

One of the Disney-types I talked to was Gary Maggetti, Disneyland’s Director of Food and Beverage.  If there’s one thing about Gary (besides looking a lot like David Duchovny and having a voice that would make James Earl Jones sound like a prepubescent boy) it is he can tell a story.  He really gets into it.  When he mentioned he had a “Disneyland Corn Dog STORY”  I hit record on my FLIP and let him have at it. So, even if you aren’t into corn dogs (like that’s even possible), here is a great little story. (Plus he tells us where to get the delicacy while the park is being redesigned.)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N29y12uDVp4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&w=853&h=505]
 

I suspect the answers to life lies, like most answers, somewhere in the middle.  Right between “climb the highest mountain” and the Disneyland corn dog. 

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For more of my unsound theories and random observations, check out my newly reconstructed “About me” page.  It includes things like: “I have a theory that biscotti is a mafia-backed baked good because I haven’t ever met anyone who likes them, yet they are everywhere” and the more earnest “Someday I hope to be the person my mom thinks I am.”