R.I.P PLUTO + A RESPONSE

The few planets of the Milky Way Galaxy have lost their littlest brother. See here.



And what do other people have to say about this?

Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey…and Pluto?

by Natalie Finn
Aug 24, 2006, 8:15 PM PT


The planets may be out of alignment, but Disney is sticking by Pluto.

In response to the news Thursday that a team of astronomers had demoted the icy little sphere to "dwarf planet" status, the Seven Dwarfs themselves took time off from hacking away in the diamond mines and romancing Snow White to issue this statement, via their friends at Walt Disney World Resort:

"Although we think it's Dopey that Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet, which has made some people Grumpy and others just Sleepy, we are not Bashful in saying we would be Happy if Disney's Pluto would join us as an eighth dwarf. We think this is just what the Doc ordered and is nothing to Sneeze at."

Mickey Mouse's dog and best pal, Pluto first appeared in 1930 in the Disney cartoon The Chain Gang, as a bloodhound unleashed to find escaped felon Mickey. To this day, he neither wears clothes nor gloves, and he has prompted endless discussion as to why Goofy can talk and Pluto can't.

Also in 1930, astronomers discovered a round object orbiting the sun 3 billion miles away. The shadowy mass was deemed the ninth planet in the solar system and named Pluto, after the Roman name for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld.

"I think the whole thing is goofy," Disney said through its rep, Mickey Mouse. "Pluto has never been interested in astronomy before, other than maybe an occasional howl at the moon."

So although a Caltech astronomer told the Los Angeles Times that "Pluto's out," the canine version will always be top dog at Disney.

That is, the top dog at Disney that doesn't speak and that walks on four legs. Sorry, Goofy.