An Extremely Very Weird Coincidence

Three weeks ago Indy Beagle told the Tiny Tribe to “sound off,” so they each told us their names. Indy told me his only goal was to make sure rabbit hole readers knew the names of each of the members of his now-complete Tiny Tribe.

I say “now complete” only because Alfie the Elf met and married Anni while the Tiny Tribe was vacationing in Hawaii right after Nonny Mouse asked Indy if she could join the Tiny Tribe and Indy said, “Yes, of course.” When Alfie showed up to introduce us to Anni, we took the photo at the top of the page before they took off on their “Around the World in 80 Days” honeymoon. That’s when Indy mentioned that his Tiny Tribe was “now complete.” He didn’t tell me why he felt it was complete and I didn’t think to ask.

So far, nothing weird.

But then it occurred to Indy that the original Mouseketeers of The Mickey Mouse Club always told us their names at the beginning of each show. Indy found a video of that opening sequence on YouTube and noticed the Mouseketeers were a troupe of six girls and three boys. He looked at his Tiny Tribe and saw six girls: Aloha, Bali, Hai, Meisje, Nonny, and Anni. And 3 boys: Alfie, Friar Duck, and Brother Buck.

Now that’s weird.

Then he saw two figures in charge: an old bald guy named Roy with a younger sidekick who was director of the Mouseketeers, just as Indy is director of the Tiny Tribe.

Now that’s VERY weird.

The Roy character was obviously Roy Disney, who ran Disney Studios after the death of his brother Walt, right? Indy decided to ask the Google, just to be sure.

Nope. That guy’s name was Roy Williams.

Extremely Very WEIRD.

I promise I’m not making this up. Google it yourself.

Roy
PS – The Disney Wiki says, “Disney director Jack Kinney described Williams as a ‘big fat balding hot-headed unpredictable bastard…'” Old Roy passed away in 1976, 5 weeks before Princess Pennie and I got married. – RHW