Eighth in a series of fine Disney fanart line drawings by Bob Ito . "EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! THE BOYS OF SUMMER HAVE A WOMAN PLAYER!" Here's a dime, kid. Thanks...say, haven't I seen you someplace before? "That's right, ma'am! I was an extra on _Newsies_!" "You know, the latest Disney live-action musical? About a bunch of orphans winning a newspaper strike? Based on a true story?" Oh, I remember. How'd it do? "Well, lady, if it made any money, do you think I'd still be hawking newspapers on the street? Just read yours! EXTRA EXTRA...." Lousy reprobate!.... ----- ~Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney ~From: ito@[...] (Robert Ito) ~Subject: Belle drafted by the Dodgers! Message-ID: ~Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 16:41:39 GMT LOS ANGELES - In a surprising development in the amateur draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers selected the first woman ever, Belle, best known for her role in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". When asked about their groundbreaking choice, the Dodgers' general manager said, "Hey, if she can swing a tree branch hard enough to send a wolf flying, we figure she has home run power. And from that snowball scene, it looks like she has a pretty accurate arm. We're going to try her at shortstop in spring training." The Walt Disney Company said they would arrange a leave of absence for Belle, and wished her well in her new career. [...] ----- Photo caption: bellebat.gif (231x476x2, 3944 bytes)--Belle from Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST takes a swing at the plate. Penny Marshall obviously missed someone casting A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. This image will be available shortly via anonymous ftp from cco.caltech.edu (131.215.139.20, 131.215.6.9), /pub/disney/images/ito/, where previously posted drawings reside. They're also available via the World Wide Web, on http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dacut/fdc.html. Contact the archive maintainer, David Cuthbert for more details, and Bob for comments and queries on the drawings. Please ftp during off-peak hours if possible (4am-11am PST, GMT -0800). If you would like to receive scans of future drawings as they become available (whenever Bob feels like doing 'em, and I get around to scanning and posting 'em :-) please drop me a line and I'll add you to the distribution list. -----