Naughty, naughty!: Aladdin
Question: In the Disney movie Aladdin, there's a scene in which Aladdin is on Jasmin's balcony, and when you turn the volume up, you can hear him say, "Take off your clothes...." What's the true story behind this big oops?
Answer: The true story is that it isn't true. This persistent rumor has been winging its way around the Internet ever since the movie was released in 1992. Similar stories about a minister with a visible erection in The Little Mermaid (1989) and a dust cloud in The Lion King (1994) that spells out the word "SEX" have proved equally durable. Animators are notorious pranksters, and of the three rumors, I find the one about The Lion King least unbelievable, if only because having been told that the letters are there, it's hard not to see them. But I immediately have to qualify that statement by pointin
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