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  • 2022-12-23 (xsd:date)
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  • The Story of Disney Deleting 1-800-SPANK-ME from 'The Santa Clause' (en)
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  • On Dec. 30, 1994, The Associated Press published a story about the then-recent release of the Walt Disney Pictures movie, The Santa Clause, which starred Tim Allen. However, the article was not a review of the Christmas film. Rather, the story was all about one of Allen's joke lines that mentioned the phone number 1-800-SPANK-ME, which in real life just so happened to be a sex hotline, and still is to this day. The scene in question appeared in the original theatrical release of the film and even in the initial VHS and LaserDisc runs. However, the line was removed from subsequent videocassette runs and future airings on Disney Channel, and apparently was never included on DVD or Blu-ray discs, nor is it available on streaming with Disney+. Allen's deleted line has been posted online before, most recently to TikTok on Dec. 12, 2022. The AP article from 1994 read as follows: The article went on to quote Howard Green, a spokesman for Disney. He told The AP that Allen's comment was just a gag in the script, and that, If a real number like that exists, it's coincidence. On Aug. 29, 1997, Orlando Sentinel columnist Leslie Doolittle reported that Disney had yanked the scene from future home video releases. In fact, Disney even tried to buy the phone number to disconnect it: Nearly 30 years after the release of The Santa Clause, we tried calling the 1-800-SPANK-ME sex hotline to see if it still existed. We were greeted with a sexually explicit message for adults. We previously reported on other rumors involving Disney films and sex, including a topless woman who was visible in The Rescuers, a phallus that was purportedly included on the VHS cover of The Little Mermaid, and the word sex supposedly being written in the sky in The Lion King. (en)
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