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Disney+ is just the modern form of The Disney Channel. Remember when they’d unscramble for a week as a promotion and the masses could watch like, Gummi Bears or A Goofy Movie for free?

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It did seem that into the ‘90s, direct, unmediated-by-kids adult Disney fandom as an identity was limited to like, Florida and SoCal around the parks. Like, why Anaheim-based No Doubt titled their breakthrough album “Tragic Kingdom”. There were Disney-specific stores in malls but it wasn’t like, a thing to be

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