Mermaid

Parents who bought Disney's "The Little Mermaid" home video were a bit taken aback
to see what looked like a pretty damn good rendition of a penis on the front cover.

Rumors started circulating shortly after the release of the videocassette edition of "The
Little Mermaid" that the uh.....Thingie had been deliberately drawn by a disgruntled Disney artist who was told he'd be laid off at the end of the prject and was under pressure to hurry it up. Disney was quick to say that the resemblance between the castle spire and a pretty damn good rendition of a penis but it was a coincidence. And that the guy really didn't really work for them, really. And nobody was unhappy or being fired. Everything is Happy in the Magic Kingdom! Which is of course what they'd say.

Well, truth is the guy did work at Disney' doing years of artwork on video covers, CDs, McDonald's 'Happy Meals' packaging and graphics for toys.
Sounds like "working for Disney", doesn't it? Upon being asked about this Alleged Penis,
the artist said he was "rushed" to complete the artwork and yeah, it did kind of look like a penis! He hadn't even caught this himself until a member (no pun intended) of his youth church group heard the commotion on a radio show and called him at his studio. He did add , however, that he'd "be an idiot to admit it was intentional, if it was". Well,
yeah. Especially since he was still working for Disney. Or maybe "not", I should say. So why risk getting fired from a job you're not working at, right?

The Offending Member-like Nonpenis was airbrushed out of all artwork after that. Which is pretty much admitting it looked enough like a penis to change it.. Disney said they were soooooooo sorry!

My niece had a big plastic "Little Mermaid" model of the city with the characters to place on it and Role Play with. It sat on the floor after being unwrapped, shiny and detailed. And you know what was right in the middle of the thing? That thing. And it was so graphically, obviously a large, thick, bulb-ended 8" long uh...you know that was all sat and looked at at and just shook our heads.