The AP article also indicates that the derisible name was given by the team's first owners, the Walt Disney Company:
The Mighty Ducks were formed as an expansion franchise in 1993, and named by then-Disney chairman Michael Eisner after the company's movie of the same name.
That "movie of the same name," of course, was the forgettable live-action hockey movie starring Emelio Estevez. At least, it would have been forgettable, if Disney hadn't shamefully named a professional sports franchise after it. What a travesty. The team is under new ownership now, and this move seems to demonstrate a desire to be taken seriously.
The Ducks' Major League Baseball counterpart, the formerly Disney-owned Angels, recently took a similar step. They were the California Angels before Disney bought them and renamed them the Anaheim Angels so as to include the title of their pretend city. New ownership moved slightly away from that and renamed the team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, which of course just gets shortened to the LA Angels, which of course is what it should be in the first place.
I dunno, it's late and I'm apparently grumpy or something. But the point is that Anaheim and Orlando are stupid and not real places, naming a pro sports team after a kids' movie is foolish, and it's better that Disney just keep its hands off stuff that matters. I can't wait to see how they screw up Pixar. Yeesh.
UPDATE: It turns out the city of Anaheim is suing the Angels' new owner. If that interests you, read the article here.
3 comments:
personally i think that The Mighty Ducks sounds way tougher than the Ducks... I mean, when i think of Mighty Ducks, I think of that flying V thing that those little fat kids formed into to win the championship... and flying V instantly makes me think of Lenny Kravitz in the "are you gonna go my way" video... and thus emphasizing cool... when i think of ducks, i think of the ugly duckling, and sure she grew into the most beautiful swan, but I don't think the intention of a hockey team is to be pretty.
furthermore... California Angels is the best sounding name... i think that the alliteration used by calling them Anaheim i ridiculous...
and furthermore... LA Angels sounds like a breeding ground for kids to develop a stutter... just like that mysterious place where everything is morally sound enspires lisps... that dang Ethics County.
Bah.
If you want to see another way that Walt Disney is screwing up America check out this. That's right, a town built and owned by Disney. It seems like this town is Disney's idea of hte american dream. I noticed a couple of things on the website. There are only white people in the pictures. It's expensive. I think their slogan should be - "My America only includes rich white people"
that one has already been taken by Lynchburg, VA.
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