I was surprised to watch this movie and discover the origin of Mr. Imagination and the Imagination song in the South Park Imaginationland trilogy. I'm constantly surprised by the stuff they choose to spoof.
shareyou know i was thinking the same thing when i saw the movie tonight i could not believe they made a very subtle reference to this movie
shareI'm so glad someone else picked up on that! It didn't hit me until he started singing the imagination song. Every once in a while, the south park guys will throw in a "one-percenter" like that.
shareSorry to burst everyone's bubble, but though it seems like the Imaginationland guy from South Park and his song could have been inspired by The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, it was actually inspired by the Dreamfinder guy from EPCOT's Imagination pavilion at Disney World. Check this: http://forums.southpark.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=50842 and this video of the guy, the fat bearded guy in purple of course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmm_PMCHRxc&t=0m52s.
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