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August 25, 2006
Despite Planetary Downgrade, Pluto is Still Disney's 'Dog Star'
Pluto takes a spin on the Astro Orbiter attraction at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom in Florida the same day scientists announced that, astronomically speaking, Pluto would no longer be classified as a planet.
BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 24 -- In reaction to news today that Pluto was demoted to the status of "dwarf planet," the Seven Dwarfs issued their own short statement:
"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."
As Mickey Mouse's faithful companion, Pluto made his debut in 1930 -- the same year that scientists discovered what they believed was a ninth planet.
Said a white-gloved, yellow-shoed source close to Disney's top dog, "I think the whole thing is goofy. Pluto has never been interested in astronomy before, other than maybe an occasional howl at the moon."
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