Archive for July 22nd, 2008

22
Jul
08

Christian the Lion: How Has Disney Not Bastardized This One Yet?

So one of my friends just sent me an email with a YouTube link and this short message: “This made me cry, I am a total loser”

Scoffing already, I clicked on the link and watched the video. And was tearing up two minutes later. Okay, I bawled. Goddammit.

As the yapping estrogen bags on “The View” state, this is evidently a true story. Barbara says the names of the two men are John Rendall and Ace Berg, and Wikipedia says it’s actually John Rendall and Anthony ‘Ace’ Bourke. Between those two think tanks, who knows which one is right.

What I do know is I half-expected one of them to get his face ripped off. Don’t tell me you weren’t thinking the same thing. The guy taping this must have known this was either going to land John and Ace on the talk show circuit or the Darwin Awards list. But alas, it turns out that Christian the Lion is just a big pussy (cat).

Also, MSNBC has an article posted about the origins and background of this video. It’s mostly the same information as provided in the video itself, with a few extra nuggets such as John and Ace stayed up all night partying with Christian before they parted ways forever.

Enjoy.