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{{Infobox television
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| caption = Intertitle
| format = [[Comedy-drama]], [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]
| runtime = 60 minutes per episode
| creator = David Black<br>[[William Link]]
| starring = [[Bill Cosby]]<br>[[Robert Stanton (actor)|Robert Stanton]]<br>[[James Naughton]]<br>[[Rita Moreno]]
| composer = [[Craig Handy]], [[David Weiss (musician)|David Weiss]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = [[NBC]]
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| last_aired = April 12, 1995
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'''''The Cosby Mysteries''''' is an American television [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] series that starred [[Bill Cosby]]. It is the first television series to star Cosby since ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (which ended in the spring of [[1992 in American television|1992]]) and lasted only one season ([[1994 in American television|1994]]–[[1995 in American television|1995]])<ref>{{cite journal |year = 1995 |title = The '95 TV Season: Who's Gone? Who's New? Who's Back? |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=I-KxzqNt4uEC&pg=PA94 |journal = Ebony |volume = 50 |issue = 12 |pages = 94 |issn = 0012-9011 |accessdate = 2010-01-06 }}</ref>. Actor/Rapper [[Mos Def]] appeared in several episodes (credited as Dante Bezé)<ref>{{cite web |title = The Cosby Mysteries (1994) (TV) |publisher = The Internet Movie Database |url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109486/ |accessdate = 2010-01-06 }}</ref>.

==Premise==
Cosby played Guy Hanks, a [[New York City Police Department]] [[Forensic science|criminalist]] who retired from the force after winning $44 million in the lottery. However, his peaceful retirement was frequently interrupted since he was called in as a consultant on tough cases by his old partner, Adam Sully ([[James Naughton]]). As Hanks used his wits and his forensics knowledge to solve crimes, he dealt with his holistic housekeeper Angie ([[Rita Moreno]]) and his girlfriend Barbara Lorenz ([[Lynn Whitfield]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last = Johnson |first = Robert E. |year = 1994 |title = Bill Cosby Begins TV Season With New Mystery Series Co-Starring Lynn Whitfield |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9MEDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA60 |journal = JET |volume = 86 |issue = 21 |pages = 60–63 |issn = 0021-5996 |accessdate = 2010-01-06 }}</ref>

The show was created by David Black and [[William Link]]. Link's previous series included ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]'' and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''. Link developed the series at Cosby's request, as Cosby wanted to do an intelligent, character-driven mystery series that did not rely on graphic violence.

The show began in January 1994 as a two-hour movie, and regular episodes began airing on NBC in September. Critics expressed hope that ''The Cosby Mysteries'' would fare better than the two shows he produced after ''The Cosby Show'',<ref>{{cite journal |last = Randolph |first = Laura B. |year = 1994 |title = Activist-Actor Celebrates 30 Years of Wedded Bliss, Continues Fight Against Black Stereotypes on TV |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=1HhtOI8Lw7EC&pg=PA104 |journal = Ebony |volume = 49 |issue = 7 |pages = 104 |issn = 0012-9011 |accessdate = 2010-01-06 }}</ref> ''[[Here and Now (1992 TV series)|Here and Now]]'' and the game-show remake, ''[[You Bet Your Life (1992 TV Series)|You Bet Your Life]]''. However, it only lasted 18 episodes, and was never successful.

''The Cosby Mysteries'' has been re-run in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], on digital channel [[ITV1]], and in the [[United States|US]], on [[A&E Network|A&E]] and [[TV One (US TV network)|TVOne]].

==In popular culture==
*In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]", Homer laments the cancellation of ''The Cosby Mysteries'', saying "That show had limitless possibilities!"

* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' episode hosted by [[Patrick Stewart]] on the February 5, 1994 did a parody sketch of the Cosby series. [[Adam Sandler]] played Cosby as a buffoonish character who rambles on incoherently with dialog full of made-up nonsense words.<ref>{{cite web|title=FuzzyMemories.TV - Saturday Night Live - "The Cosby Mysteries" (1994)|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxmiscxx#videoclip-872|accessdate=29 February 2012|date=February 5, 1994|month=Febuary|year=1994}}</ref>

* In February 2010, as a promotion for the show ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', character [[Rachel Berry (Glee)|Rachel Berry]] used [[Twitter]] to show her lament and surprise at the show's cancellation, exclaiming "Wait, "The Cosby Mysteries" was cancelled?!?!".

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.billcosby.com/ Official Bill Cosby Site]
*{{imdb title|id=0108733|title=The Cosby Mysteries}}
*{{tv.com|1990|The Cosby Mysteries}}
*{{Wikia|cosbymysteries|Cosby Mysteries}}

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Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

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{{Disney deluxe infobox
| name = Disney's Polynesian Resort
| logo = LOGO_Polynesian_Resort.png
| logosize = 200px
| location = Magic Kingdom Resort Area
| opendate = October 1, 1971
| theme = South Seas
| sections = [[Rarotonga]], [[Niue]], [[Samoa]], [[Hawaii]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Fiji]], [[Aotearoa]], [[Tonga]], [[Tokelau]], [[Tahiti]], [[Rapa Nui]]
| roomnumber = 847
| suite = Standard Suite, Honeymoon Jr. Suite, Princess Suite, Ambassador Suite, King Kamehameha Suite
| floors = 2-3 (varies by building)
| address = 1600 Seven Seas Drive, [[Lake Buena Vista, FL]] 32830 ([[United States of America|USA]])
| phoneno. = (407) 824-2000
| faxno. = (407) 824-3174
| greenlodge = yes
|}}
'''Disney's Polynesian Resort''' (formerly the '''Polynesian Village''')<ref>{{cite book |title=Walt Disney World, The First Decade |year=1982 |publisher=[[Walt Disney Productions]] |id={{ASIN|B000UV4K46}} |page=92}}</ref> is a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] owned and operated AAA Four-Diamond Award–winning<ref name="AAA_Diamond">{{cite web |url=http://www.aaa.biz/Approved/files/2008/2008_4D_Lodgings.pdf |format=PDF|title=AAA Four Diamond Award Winners, Lodging |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=AAA |date= }} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> resort located at the [[Walt Disney World Resort]]. It began operation on October 1, 1971 as one of [[Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World Resort's]] first two on-site hotels. The resort has a [[Oceania|South Seas]] theme, and originally opened with 492 rooms.<ref name="WYW_Poly">{{cite web |url=http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/poly.htm |title=The Polynesian Village Resort |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Widen Your World |date= }}</ref> It was designed by [[Welton Becket|Welton Becket and Associates]] and constructed by [[US Steel|US Steel Realty Development]]. The resort is owned and operated by [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]].

Since its opening in 1971, the resort has seen two major expansions; the first in 1978, with the addition of a longhouse, the Tangaroa Terrace restaurant/support facility, and a secondary pool. A second expansion took place in 1985, with the construction of two additional longhouses. In that same year, the resort adopted its current name over former ''Polynesian Village'' titles. The resort now has a collective 847 rooms and suites, most recently renovated in 2006.

== Design ==
[[Image:Poly Tuvalu-Beach.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A white sand beach off of Disney's Polynesian Resort, with the Tuvalu Longhouse in view.]]Disney's Polynesian Resort is situated on the southern shore of the man-made [[Seven Seas Lagoon]], south of the [[Magic Kingdom]] and adjacent to other Walt Disney World complexes, with the Transportation and Ticket Center to the east and [[Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa]] to the west.<ref name="MP_WDWGuide">{{cite web |url=http://www.mouseplanet.com/dtp/wdwguide/4_Accommodations/PR.htm |title=Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide, Polynesian Resort |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=MousePlanet |date= }}</ref> The resort is on the Magic Kingdom [[Walt Disney World Monorail System|monorail loop]], providing transportation to the Magic Kingdom and [[Epcot]] (via transfer), and is part of the route for Disney's Magic Kingdom Resorts Water Launch service.<ref name="D_Transportation" /> Other Walt Disney World Resort theme parks and attractions are served by [[Disney Transport]] buses.<ref name="D_Transportation">{{cite web |url=http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/common/helpFAQ?id=HelpFAQTransportationPage |title=Transportation FAQ |publisher=Walt Disney World Resort |accessdate=2008-05-28 |date= }}</ref>

[[Image:Waterfall at the Polynesian.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Great Ceremonial House features a large "tropical rainforest" in its atrium with waterfalls.]]The resort is organized around a central building named the ''Great Ceremonial House'', itself designed after a Tahitian royal assembly lodge.<ref name="Tiki_Aloha">{{cite web |url=http://tikiman2001.homestead.com/aloha.html |title=Tikiman's Unofficial Polynesian Resort Webpage - Aloha |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Steve Seifert |date= }}</ref> The Great Ceremonial House houses guest services and most of the resort's dining and merchandise locations. The Great Ceremonial House also features a large tropical rain forest in its atrium, with over 75 species of plant life<ref name="theDibb_Poly">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedibb.co.uk/disney-polynesian-resort.php |title=Disney's Polynesian Resort |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=the Dibb |date= }}</ref> and several waterfalls. No rooms are contained in this building, instead several lodges, ''longhouses'', house all guest rooms and are spread out amongst resort property.

As of 2008, Disney's Polynesian Resort is certified green lodging property with the state of Florida.<ref name="Greenlodge">{{cite web |url=http://www.dep.state.fl.us/greenlodging/lodges.htm |title=Green Lodging Program Designated Properties |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Florida Departmental of Environmental Protection |date= }}</ref>

===Original design and construction===
[[Image:POLY Tahiti-beach.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Longhouses, such as the Tahiti Longhouse viewed here from the Seven Seas Lagoon, house all of the resort's rooms.]]
The resort used US Steel's then newly-developed construction process for its original longhouses;<ref name="MP_Hist">{{cite web |url=http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg040721mg |title=History of the World, Part VI |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=MousePlanet |date= }}</ref> steel frames were erected on-site, and pre-constructed modular rooms were lifted into these frames via crane, similar to [[Disney's Contemporary Resort]].<ref name="MP_Hist" /> This method of building caused problems in both Disney's Polynesian and Contemporary Resorts, with guest complaints of a moldy smell in their rooms. It was found that mold and debris had collected in the spaces between each room. The spaces were filled in, stopping the problem, and Longhouses built as part of the resort's later expansions were built using conventional building techniques. Between 1982-1984 this resort was placed in the campground catogory.

===Longhouses===
The resort design and layout consists of 11 two and three story longhouses, spread throughout the property. The resort originally opened with 8 longhouses, Bali Hai, Bora Bora, Fiji, Hawaii, Maui, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. In 1978, the Oahu longhouse was added and the Maui longhouse became the Maori longhouse. The Moorea and Pago Pago longhouses were added in 1985.

On October 28, 1999, most of the resort's longhouses were renamed to better reflect the vast scope of the Polynesian islands. Today the longhouses are named for islands on the [[Polynesia|Polynesian isle map]], with chosen longhouse names matching the relative geographic position of their namesake island(s). Ten of the eleven longhouses, excluding Fiji, were renamed: Bali Hai became Tonga; Bora Bora became Niue; Hawaii became Samoa; Maori became Rarotonga; Moorea became Tahiti; Oahu became Tokelau; Pago Pago became Rapa Nui; Samoa became Tuvalu; Tahiti became Aotearoa and Tonga became Hawaii.[[Image:POLY GuestRoom.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A standard guest room with two queen beds, after the resort's 2006 renovation.]]

Two of the current longhouses, Hawaii (formerly Tonga) and Aotearoa (formerly Tahiti), offer a Concierge Lounge - where refreshments, views, and lounge space are offered exclusively to guests of Hawaii or Aotearoa. Hawaii arguably offers some of the best views of Seven Seas Lagoon in Walt Disney World.

===Guest rooms===
All standard guest rooms contain two queen beds, a [[daybed]], a lounge chair and table, a combination dresser and entertainment center with a [[Liquid crystal display television|flat screen television]], a desk with an integrated rolling table and matching chair, two closets, and convenience area between the closets for a small refrigerator and a coffee maker. Bathrooms typically include a single or dual-sink vanity, western toilet, and a bathtub. Guest rooms are not part of a wireless network, requiring guests to use an ethernet cable (provided) for online connections.

The resort's guest rooms make use of [[earth tone]]s such as brown, green, and red; and are influenced by a modern interpretation of the resort's original South Seas theme. The resort has some of the largest standard rooms on Walt Disney World Resort property ({{convert|415|sqft|m2}} for rooms in original longhouses, {{convert|476|sqft|m2}} for rooms in newer longhouses<ref name="WDW_MQ">{{cite web |url=http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/questions.aspx?sort=&page=&qid=1147&pid=45&cid=70 |title=Moms Panel - Which of the deluxe hotels would you suggest for a family of 5? (largest rooms) |accessdate=2008-05-29 |publisher=Walt Disney World Resort |date=2008-01-12 }}</ref>), matched only by Disney's Contemporary Resort and [[Shades of Green (resort)|Shades of Green]]. All first floor rooms have patios, and all third floor rooms have balconies. Most second floor rooms have no balconies with the exception of Tahiti, Rapa Nui, Tokelau, and Tonga which do.

== Dining ==

Disney's Polynesian Resort has two full service restaurants, one dinner show and one quick service restaurant.

===Full service dining and dinner shows===

* ''' 'Ohana''' - 'Ohana is a large [[Types of restaurants#Family style|family-style]] restaurant located on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House, which serves breakfast and dinner. For breakfast, the location operates as '' 'Ohana's Best Friends Breakfast with Lilo and Stitch'', a meal service with Disney characters [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]], [[Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] and [[Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)|Stitch]] visiting tables while food is served family-style in calabash platters. During dinner, the location serves its '' 'Ohana Feast'', a family style meal featuring several varieties of grilled skewered meats cooked on an oak-burning fire pit along with family-friendly live entertainment. If you're lucky, you'll have a front row seat to the Wishes fireworks show while enjoying this Hawaiian feast.<ref name="WDW_Ohana">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdwnews.com/viewpressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=99827&siteid=1 |title=Insider Information on Disney Dining |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Walt Disney World Resort News |date= }}</ref>

* '''Kona Cafe''' - Kona Cafe is a mid-sized à la carte restaurant located on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Asian influences.<ref name="WDW_Kona">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdwnews.com/viewpressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=99896&siteid=1 |title=Asian-Insipired Cuisine at Kona Cafe |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Walt Disney World Resort News |date= }}</ref> Kona Cafe is noted{{Where|date=July 2011}} for its signature breakfast dish Tonga Toast, consisting of [[French toast]] stuffed with deep-fried bananas and covered with sugar and cinnamon, created by the resort's cultural advisor, ''Auntie Kaui''.{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} Kona Cafe also serves 100% [[Kona coffee]], prepared in a [[French press]]. Lunch offers many selections like: Asian noodle bowls and teryaki beef salad.An additional kiosk bar is located adjacent to the restaurant, which serves coffee and pastries during the morning hours and sushi during the evening hours.

* '''Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show''' - A musical dinner show named the ''Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show'' is performed Tuesday through Saturday nights at 5:15 and 8:00pm at Luau Cove, an outdoor pavilion on the western edge of the resort's property. The location cuisine and entertainment is inspired by a traditional Polynesian-[[revue]], including family style food and several authentic dances and performances intertwined with a back-story.<ref name="WDW_Luau">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdwnews.com/viewpressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=99851&siteid=1 |title=Themed Dinner Shows Delight Guests Nightly at Walt Disney World Resorts |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Walt Disney World Resort News |date=2007-04-20 }}</ref>

===Quick service dining, lounges, and bars===

* '''Captain Cook's Snack Company''' - Captain Cook's Snack Company, commonly referred to as ''Captain Cook's'',{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} is a [[quick service restaurant|quick service]] restaurant on the first floor of the Great Ceremonial House. Open 24 hours a day, the location features food with an island-style flair. Captain Cook's menu was recently expanded to additionally offer Tonga Toast and [[Dole Whip]]s, two exclusive items from other Walt Disney World Resort food and beverage locations.

* '''Tambu Lounge''' - Tambu Lounge is a bar with an attached lounge area, adjacent to 'Ohana on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House, operating in the evening hours. In addition to a full menu of beverage offerings and appetizers, several resort specialties are available from Tambu Lounge, including the Lapu Lapu, an [[alcoholic]] mixed beverage served in a hollowed-out [[pineapple]].<ref name="OS_Bar">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2007/09/beware-the-poly.html#more |title=Beware of the Polynesian pineapple! |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date= }}</ref> Until 2009, Tambu Lounge offered live, Hawaiian style [[lounge music]].<ref>Phone conversation with Tambu Lounge bartender 2010-11-17</ref>

* '''Barefoot Pool Bar''' - Barefoot Pool Bar is a poolside bar offering a full selection of beverages from the early-afternoon to mid/late-evening hours. A limited amount of pre-packaged food items are available at this location.

==Shopping==

The resort offers several shopping areas focused on Disney parks merchandise, resort-specific specialty merchandise, convenience items, and an art gallery focused on marine-life.

* '''BouTiki''' - BouTiki is the resort's largest gift shop, located on the first floor of the Great Ceremonial House. It features resort logo items, novelties with a tropical-theme, surf style clothing from [[Quiksilver]] and [[Roxy (clothing)|Roxy]], and clothing by [[Tommy Bahama]].<ref name="TT_Boutiki">{{cite web |url=http://tikitalk.astropad.com/archives/boutiki-shop-at-disneys-polynesian-resort/ |title=Boutiki shop at Disney's Polynesian Resort |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Tiki Talk |date= }}</ref>

* '''Trader Jack's and Samoa Snacks''' - Trader Jack's and Samoa Snacks are adjacent locations on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House. Trader Jack's features Disney theme park related merchandise. Trader Jack's also operates a [[Disney Pin Trading]] cart next its location. Samoa Snacks is the resort's convenience store, offering small snacks, refrigerated beverages and other miscellaneous [[Toiletries|sundries]].

* '''Disney's PhotoPass Desk''' - Disney Photo Imaging operates a [[Disney's Photopass|PhotoPass]] desk at the resort to provide information and process prints for their photo services offered in Disney theme parks. The PhotoPass Desk also books and coordinates on-location photo sessions around Disney's Polynesian Resort. The desk is located on the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House, adjacent to Trader Jack's and the entrance to the resort's monorail station.

* '''Wyland Gallery''' - Wyland Gallery showcases a collection of artwork by marine-life artist [[Robert Wyland]] and associates. Originals, prints, jewelry and sculpture are available for sale from the gallery, located on the first floor of the Great Ceremonial House.<ref name="WG_Wyland">{{cite web |url=http://www.wylanddistributor.com/locationdetail.cfm?id=45 |title=Wyland Galleries Florida - Polynesian |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Wyland Distributor Galleries |date= }}</ref>

==Recreation==
[[Image:POLY NaneaPool.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Nanea Volcano Pool is the resort's main themed pool, featuring zero-entry and a water slide.]][[Image:Polynesian Resort Logo Clr.png|200px|thumb|right|A former logo of Disney's Polynesian Resort.]]
Disney's Polynesian Resort features two swimming pools, a marina, an arcade, a supervised children's activity center, and a shared spa and health club.

* '''Nanea Volcano Pool and the East Pool''' - The resort's ''Nanea Volcano Theme Pool'' was constructed in 2001 replacing the resort's original pool. The theme pool features a large, volcano-type structure with waterfalls and a [[water slide]] that feeds into the main pool. The theme pool offers a [[Zero-entry swimming pool|zero-entry]] sloping entrance, as opposed to traditional stairs or step ladder. The resort's ''East Pool'' is a "quiet" pool for the resort, offering deeper depths and a freeform design somewhat more appropriate for swimming laps.

* '''Mikala Canoe Club Marina''' - The resort's lakeside Mikala Canoe Club Marina, or just ''marina'', offers a variety of watercraft available for rent and offers private cruises and excursions on the Seven Seas Lagoon. The marina also offers surrey bike rentals for use around the resort.

* '''The Neverland Club''' - The Neverland Club is a supervised children's activity center offering activities for children, including themed entertainment, crafts and meals. It is open from 4:00 p.m. until midnight, and accepts toilet-trained children ages 4-12. It draws inspiration from the Disney movie ''Peter Pan,'' including a fiberglass recreation of the nursery in the foyer.<ref name="ICT_Never Land">{{cite web |url=http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/children/childcare.asp |title=Childcare at Walt Disney World |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher=Intercot |date= }}</ref> It is located to the direct east of the Great Ceremonial House.

* '''Moana Mickey's Fun Hut Arcade''' - The resort has an arcade with a small collection of [[video games]] and physical skill games.

* '''White Sand Beaches of the Seven Seas Lagoon''' - There is a large expanse of beach fronting the Seven Seas Lagoon, with lounge chairs, hammocks, and cabanas placed throughout the area. For a short period following the resort's opening, swimming was permitted in the Seven Seas Lagoon, with wave machines and other features built to increase the authenticity of the location. Due to land [[erosion]] concerns, the wave machines were not used beyond their initial testing period.<ref name="WYW_Poly" /> With other operational considerations in mind, swimming/wading is not currently permitted in the Seven Seas Lagoon.

* ''' ''Grand Floridian Resort Spa & Health Club'' ''' - Located between Disney's Polynesian and Grand Floridan Resorts, the two share a comprehensive [[spa]] and [[health club]] facility that allows guests from both resorts to use the various equipment and services offered.

==Famous Guests==
[[John Lennon]] signed the paperwork that officially broke up the Beatles at the Polynesian Resort on December 29, 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=1970s- TikimanPages - The unofficial Polynesian Resort Pages|url=http://www.tikimanpages.com/tiki/polynesian-history/seventies|accessdate=27 January 2012|author=Turkmandu}}</ref>
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{{quote|text=John, [[Julian Lennon|Julian]], and I (May Pang) left New York the following day to spend Christmas in Florida. On December 29, 1974, the voluminous documents were brought down to John in Florida by one of Apple's lawyers. He finally picked up his pen and, in the unlikely backdrop of the Polynesian Village Hotel at Disney World, ended the greatest rock 'n' roll band in history by simply scrawling John Lennon at the bottom of the page.|sign=[[May Pang]]|source=Instamatic Karma (St. Martins, 2008)}}

</blockquote>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/resorts/resortLanding?id=PolynesianResortLandingPage Official site]
* [http://www.tikimanpages.com/tiki/ Unofficial Polynesian Resort Webpage]

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Freedom Fries

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[[Image:Freedom-Fries-Menu.jpg|thumb|240px|Menu from a House of Representatives cafeteria featuring freedom fries.]]
'''''Freedom fries''''' is a [[political euphemism]] for [[French fries]] used by some people in the United States as a result of [[anti-French sentiment in the United States|anti-French sentiment]] during the controversy over the U.S. decision to launch the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. [[France]] expressed [[United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War|strong opposition]] in the [[United Nations]] to such an invasion. Some frowned upon the French position, leading to campaigns for the boycotting of French goods and businesses and the removal of the country's name from products.

== The Congressional renaming ==
On March 11, 2003, [[United States House of Representatives|Representatives]] [[Bob Ney|Robert W. Ney]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ohio]]) and [[Walter B. Jones|Walter B. Jones, Jr.]] (R-[[North Carolina]]) declared that all references to French fries and [[French toast]] on the menus of the restaurants and snack bars run by the House of Representatives would be removed. House cafeterias were ordered to rename French fries "freedom fries". This action was carried out without a congressional vote, under the authority of Ney's position as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, which oversees restaurant operations for the chamber. The simultaneous renaming of [[French toast]] to "freedom toast" attracted less attention.<ref name="toast">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/|title=House cafeterias change names for 'french' fries and 'french' toast|date=2003-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=Sean|last=Loughlin|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

[[Image:Cubbies-Freedom Fries.jpg|thumbnail|Cubbie's: "Now serving freedom fries".]]
[[File:AmericanFries.JPG|thumbnail|A snack bar sign advertising "American" fries at [[Knott's Berry Farm]]. The sign formerly read "French".]]

According to a statement released by Ney, this move was intended to express displeasure with France's "continued refusal to stand with their U.S. allies" (see [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]). The statement further read: "This action today is a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure many on [[Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.|Capitol Hill]] have with our so-called ally, France."<ref name="toast"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80700,00.html|work=[[Fox News]] | title=House Now Serving 'Freedom Fries' | date=2003-03-11}}</ref>

The [[Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.]] made no comment beyond pointing out that French fries [[French_fries#Culinary_origin|come from]] [[Belgian cuisine|Belgium]]. "We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues and we are not focusing on the name you give to [[potato]]es," said Nathalie Loisau, an embassy spokeswoman. Critics also asserted that "French fries" were called such because they are "frenched", or thinly sliced,<ref name="frencheddef">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=frenched|title=frenched - Definitions from Dictionary.com|date=2006-01-01|work=[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]|accessdate=2008-03-20|publisher=[[Dictionary.com]]}}</ref> although this might be a [[false etymology]]; the first American reference to French fries was made by [[Thomas Jefferson]], who referred to them as "potatoes, fried in the French Manner".<ref name="ffetymology">{{cite web|url=http://www.tx7.com/fries/docs/history.html|title=The History of French Fries|date=2002-06-06|accessdate=2008-03-20|work=Oxford Dictionary of the English Language|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020606020850/http://www.tx7.com/fries/docs/history.html |archivedate=2002-06-06}}</ref>

Congressmen Ney and Jones were not the first to rename French fries "freedom fries"; a number of private restaurants across the country began the renaming movement. Neal Rowland, owner of the privately owned fast-food restaurant Cubbie's in [[Beaufort, North Carolina]] began the movement by selling his fried [[potato]] strips under the name "freedom fries". Rowland claimed that his intent was not to slight the French people, but rather to be "patriotic and supportive of President [[George W. Bush]]" after hearing the news of the French opposition on 19 February 2003. He explained that the name change came to mind after a conversation with a history teacher about [[World War I]], during which [[anti-German sentiment]] prompted Americans to rename German foods<ref name="WWIInspiration">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5240572.stm | title = French fries back on House menu | date=2006-08-02| work = [[BBC]] |accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> ([[sauerkraut]] was renamed "liberty cabbage").<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531 | title = Over Here: World War I on the Home Front | work = Digital History | accessdate = 2006-07-12}}</ref> Many of Rowland's customers are local military troops. In March 2007, Rowland obtained a U.S. [[trademark]] registration for the mark "freedom fries".<ref name="ff_uspto">{{cite web|url=http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76495776|title=Latest Status Info|work=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]|date=2003-03-11|accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref> The name change is still used by some restaurants, such as [[Geno's Steaks]] in Philadelphia<ref name="geno">{{cite web|url=http://www.genosteaks.com/ourmenu.html|title=Welcome To Geno's Steaks - The Best in South Philly|accessdate=2008-03-20|work=[[Geno's Steaks]] |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080318035123/http://www.genosteaks.com/ourmenu.html  |archivedate = 2008-03-18}}</ref> and the chain restaurant [[Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill]].

[[Reckitt Benckiser]], maker of [[French's]] [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]], was sufficiently concerned to clarify that its brand name was derived from a family name, and to issue a press release affirming its patriotism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2003/03/27/french030327.html|title=French's mustard denies French connection|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=2003-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-frenchs-mustard.htm|work=[[about.com]]|title=Statement from French's Mustard|date=2003-04-16|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=David|last=Emery}}</ref>

== Policy reversal ==
In May 2005, Representative Jones, having arrived at the belief that the United States went to war "with no justification", said of the "freedom fries" episode: "I wish it had never happened."<ref name="jonesregrets">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/25/usa.jamiewilson1|title=French fries protester regrets war jibe|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2005-05-25|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=Jamie|last=Wilson | location=London}}</ref> By July 2006, the House had quietly changed the name of the two foods in all of its restaurants back to "French fries" and "French toast".<ref name=bellantoni>{{Cite news
| issn = 07328494
| pages = A.01
| last = Bellantoni
| first = Christina
| title = Hill fries free to be French again; GOP in House mum about it
| work = Washington Times
| accessdate = 2008-01-07
| date = 2006-08-02
}}</ref>

== In pop culture ==
In the March 15, 2003 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[Tina Fey]] reported this on the satirical ''[[Weekend Update]]'': "In a related story, in France, American cheese is now referred to as 'idiot cheese'."<ref name=SNL20030315 >{{cite web| url = http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02oupdate.phtml| title = Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon & Tina Fey | date = March 15th, 2003| accessdate = July 22, 2011}}</ref>

Illustrator and caricaturist [[Steve Brodner]] titled his 2004 collection of illustrations ''Freedom Fries'' (ISBN 1-560-97593-8).

The comic strip ''[[Doonesbury]]'', the characters [[Mark Slackmeyer]] and [[Zonker Harris]] criticized the name change in French. Slackmeyer said that, translated, the U.S. liberated France in World War Two; and that many French newspapers headline after 9/11 was "We are all American". At the end, he states that the anti-French were "[[jingoistic]], self-regarding [[Cheese-eating surrender monkeys#Other uses|conquer-monkeys]]!"<ref>{{cite web|title=Doonesbury Comic Strip, May 04, 2003 on GoComics.com|url=http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2003/05/04|publisher=GoComics.com|accessdate=26 January 2012|author=G.B. Trudeau|language=english|date=4 March 2003|month=March|year=2003}}</ref>

== Historic precedence ==
When the USA entered [[World War I]], the name of German-style [[Sauerkraut]] was temporarily changed to "liberty cabbage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531|title=Over Here: World War I on the Home Front|work=Digital History|accessdate=2012-12-16}}</ref><ref name="[[New York Times]] Article">{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F2081FFA3B55157A93C7AB178FD85F4C8185F9 | title=Sauerkraut may be 'Liberty Cabbage' | accessdate=2011-12-16 | date=1918-04-25 | work=The New York Times}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Cheese-eating surrender monkeys]]
* [[Francophobia]]
* [[Jingoism]]
* [[Minuteman Salsa]]
* [[Roses of the Prophet Muhammad]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/freedom.fries/index.html "House restaurants change name of 'french fries' and 'french toast'", ''CNN.com'', March 11, 2003]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/03/depp.us.reax.reut/ Johnny Depp on the Freedom Fries incident, "U.S. is like a stupid puppy", ''CNN.com'', Sept 3, 2003]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5240572.stm "French fries back on House menu", ''BBC News'', 2 August 2006]
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[[Image:Freedom-Fries-Menu.jpg|thumb|240px|Menu from a House of Representatives cafeteria featuring freedom fries.]]
'''''Freedom fries''''' is a [[political euphemism]] for [[French fries]] used by some people in the United States as a result of [[anti-French sentiment in the United States|anti-French sentiment]] during the controversy over the U.S. decision to launch the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. [[France]] expressed [[United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War|strong opposition]] in the [[United Nations]] to such an invasion. Some frowned upon the French position, leading to campaigns for the boycotting of French goods and businesses and the removal of the country's name from products.

== The Congressional renaming ==
On March 11, 2003, [[United States House of Representatives|Representatives]] [[Bob Ney|Robert W. Ney]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ohio]]) and [[Walter B. Jones|Walter B. Jones, Jr.]] (R-[[North Carolina]]) declared that all references to French fries and [[French toast]] on the menus of the restaurants and snack bars run by the House of Representatives would be removed. House cafeterias were ordered to rename French fries "freedom fries". This action was carried out without a congressional vote, under the authority of Ney's position as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, which oversees restaurant operations for the chamber. The simultaneous renaming of [[French toast]] to "freedom toast" attracted less attention.<ref name="toast">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/|title=House cafeterias change names for 'french' fries and 'french' toast|date=2003-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=Sean|last=Loughlin|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

[[Image:Cubbies-Freedom Fries.jpg|thumbnail|Cubbie's: "Now serving freedom fries".]]
[[File:AmericanFries.JPG|thumbnail|A snack bar sign advertising "American" fries at [[Knott's Berry Farm]]. The sign formerly read "French".]]

According to a statement released by Ney, this move was intended to express displeasure with France's "continued refusal to stand with their U.S. allies" (see [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]). The statement further read: "This action today is a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure many on [[Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.|Capitol Hill]] have with our so-called ally, France."<ref name="toast"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80700,00.html|work=[[Fox News]] | title=House Now Serving 'Freedom Fries' | date=2003-03-11}}</ref>

The [[Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.]] made no comment beyond pointing out that French fries [[French_fries#Culinary_origin|come from]] [[Belgian cuisine|Belgium]]. "We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues and we are not focusing on the name you give to [[potato]]es," said Nathalie Loisau, an embassy spokeswoman. Critics also asserted that "French fries" were called such because they are "frenched", or thinly sliced,<ref name="frencheddef">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=frenched|title=frenched - Definitions from Dictionary.com|date=2006-01-01|work=[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]|accessdate=2008-03-20|publisher=[[Dictionary.com]]}}</ref> although this might be a [[false etymology]]; the first American reference to French fries was made by [[Thomas Jefferson]], who referred to them as "potatoes, fried in the French Manner".<ref name="ffetymology">{{cite web|url=http://www.tx7.com/fries/docs/history.html|title=The History of French Fries|date=2002-06-06|accessdate=2008-03-20|work=Oxford Dictionary of the English Language|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020606020850/http://www.tx7.com/fries/docs/history.html |archivedate=2002-06-06}}</ref>

Congressmen Ney and Jones were not the first to rename French fries "freedom fries"; a number of private restaurants across the country began the renaming movement. Neal Rowland, owner of the privately owned fast-food restaurant Cubbie's in [[Beaufort, North Carolina]] began the movement by selling his fried [[potato]] strips under the name "freedom fries". Rowland claimed that his intent was not to slight the French people, but rather to be "patriotic and supportive of President [[George W. Bush]]" after hearing the news of the French opposition on 19 February 2003. He explained that the name change came to mind after a conversation with a history teacher about [[World War I]], during which [[anti-German sentiment]] prompted Americans to rename German foods<ref name="WWIInspiration">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5240572.stm | title = French fries back on House menu | date=2006-08-02| work = [[BBC]] |accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> ([[sauerkraut]] was renamed "liberty cabbage").<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531 | title = Over Here: World War I on the Home Front | work = Digital History | accessdate = 2006-07-12}}</ref> Many of Rowland's customers are local military troops. In March 2007, Rowland obtained a U.S. [[trademark]] registration for the mark "freedom fries".<ref name="ff_uspto">{{cite web|url=http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76495776|title=Latest Status Info|work=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]|date=2003-03-11|accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref> The name change is still used by some restaurants, such as [[Geno's Steaks]] in Philadelphia<ref name="geno">{{cite web|url=http://www.genosteaks.com/ourmenu.html|title=Welcome To Geno's Steaks - The Best in South Philly|accessdate=2008-03-20|work=[[Geno's Steaks]] |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080318035123/http://www.genosteaks.com/ourmenu.html  |archivedate = 2008-03-18}}</ref> and the chain restaurant [[Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill]].

[[Reckitt Benckiser]], maker of [[French's]] [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]], was sufficiently concerned to clarify that its brand name was derived from a family name, and to issue a press release affirming its patriotism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2003/03/27/french030327.html|title=French's mustard denies French connection|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=2003-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-frenchs-mustard.htm|work=[[about.com]]|title=Statement from French's Mustard|date=2003-04-16|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=David|last=Emery}}</ref>

== Policy reversal ==
In May 2005, Representative Jones, having arrived at the belief that the United States went to war "with no justification", said of the "freedom fries" episode: "I wish it had never happened."<ref name="jonesregrets">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/25/usa.jamiewilson1|title=French fries protester regrets war jibe|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2005-05-25|accessdate=2008-03-20|first=Jamie|last=Wilson | location=London}}</ref> By July 2006, the House had quietly changed the name of the two foods in all of its restaurants back to "French fries" and "French toast".<ref name=bellantoni>{{Cite news
| issn = 07328494
| pages = A.01
| last = Bellantoni
| first = Christina
| title = Hill fries free to be French again; GOP in House mum about it
| work = Washington Times
| accessdate = 2008-01-07
| date = 2006-08-02
}}</ref>

== In pop culture ==
In the March 15, 2003 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[Tina Fey]] reported this on the satirical ''[[Weekend Update]]'': "In a related story, in France, American cheese is now referred to as 'idiot cheese'."<ref name=SNL20030315 >{{cite web| url = http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02oupdate.phtml| title = Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon & Tina Fey | date = March 15th, 2003| accessdate = July 22, 2011}}</ref>

Illustrator and caricaturist [[Steve Brodner]] titled his 2004 collection of illustrations ''Freedom Fries'' (ISBN 1-560-97593-8).

The comic strip ''Doonesbury'', the characters Mark Slackmeyer and Zonker Harris criticized the name change in French. Slackmeyer said that, translated, the U.S. liberated France in World War Two; and that many French newspapers headline after 9/11 was "We are all American". At the end, he states that the anti-French were "[[jingoistic]], self-regarding [[Cheese-eating surrender monkeys#Other uses|conquer-monkeys]]!"<ref>{{cite web|title=Doonesbury Comic Strip, May 04, 2003 on GoComics.com|url=http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2003/05/04|publisher=GoComics.com|accessdate=26 January 2012|author=G.B. Trudeau|language=english|date=4 March 2003|month=March|year=2003}}</ref>

== Historic precedence ==
When the USA entered [[World War I]], the name of German-style [[Sauerkraut]] was temporarily changed to "liberty cabbage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531|title=Over Here: World War I on the Home Front|work=Digital History|accessdate=2012-12-16}}</ref><ref name="[[New York Times]] Article">{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F2081FFA3B55157A93C7AB178FD85F4C8185F9 | title=Sauerkraut may be 'Liberty Cabbage' | accessdate=2011-12-16 | date=1918-04-25 | work=The New York Times}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Cheese-eating surrender monkeys]]
* [[Francophobia]]
* [[Jingoism]]
* [[Minuteman Salsa]]
* [[Roses of the Prophet Muhammad]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/freedom.fries/index.html "House restaurants change name of 'french fries' and 'french toast'", ''CNN.com'', March 11, 2003]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/03/depp.us.reax.reut/ Johnny Depp on the Freedom Fries incident, "U.S. is like a stupid puppy", ''CNN.com'', Sept 3, 2003]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5240572.stm "French fries back on House menu", ''BBC News'', 2 August 2006]
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[[Category:American political neologisms]]
[[Category:Iraq War]]
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[[Category:2000s fads and trends]]
[[Category:American nationalism]]

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