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** The USSR is also thawing little by little because Kruschev is more intent on reform now that the US is less able to pose a threat to them.
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''A World Of Laughter A World of Tears'' was finished on March 25, 2010. Its continuation, titled '''When You Wish Upon A Star''' [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180537 arrived shortly]] thereafter, but statichaos's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot health issues]] caused it [[ScheduleSlip to slow and then completely stop]] shortly after its start. While its fans wait for the author to recover and return, as of December 2011 it was considered safely a DeadFic. In [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5643571&postcount=145 February 2012 ]], the Author returned, and on [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238872 April 12]] When You Wish Upon a Star was started again..
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''A World Of Laughter A World of Tears'' was finished on March 25, 2010. Its continuation, titled '''When You Wish Upon A Star''' [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180537 arrived shortly]] thereafter, but statichaos's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot health issues]] caused it [[ScheduleSlip to slow and then completely stop]] shortly after its start. While its fans wait for the author to recover and return, as of December 2011 it was considered safely a DeadFic. In [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5643571&postcount=145 February 2012 ]], the Author returned, and on [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238872 April 12]] When You Wish Upon a Star was started again..
again. However, it appears to be a DeadFic once again, since as of this writing statichaos has not made any posts on AH.com in over a year and many fear [[AuthorExistenceFailure his failing health has finally caught up with him]].
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* HistoryMarchesOn: A fairly minor example: A candid interview with OrsonWelles that was only recently published revealed that he actually ''hated'' CharlieChaplin, which conflicts a bit with one of the pivotal scenes of his story arc.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: It puts Creator/WaltDisney in the President's chair. America goes [[{{Dystopia}} dystopic]] under his rule. Let's just categorize it as cynical and leave it at that.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The Disney presidency allows a ''lot'' of right-wing fanatics (including an actual [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]]) to gain power.
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot expatriate film director OrsonWelles, Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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An AlternateHistory where WaltDisney, not DwightDEisenhower, is elected president of the United States in 1952. [[ItGotWorse Bad Stuff Happens.]] Read it [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113866 here]].
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An AlternateHistory where WaltDisney, not DwightDEisenhower, is elected president of the United States in 1952. [Bad [[ItGotWorse Bad Stuff Happens. Happens.]] Read it [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113866 here]].
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!)
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* ForWantOfANail: Eisenhower's heart attack leads to the Republican Party nominating Walt Disney as a compromise candidate.
* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).
* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).
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* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).candidate..
* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).
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An AlternateHistory where WaltDisney, not DwightDEisenhower, is elected president of the United States in 1952. [[ItGotWorse Bad [Bad Stuff Happens]].Happens. Read it [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113866 here]].
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*** And [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]].worse. He now has a strong shot at the Presidency, with only Roy Cohn and Nelson Rockefeller [[EvenEvilHasStandards in any position to put a stop to him]].
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* FridgeBrilliance:
-->'''Aracnid''': I've just had a horrible realisation...there is no way in Hell that Goldwater would allow something like the Mental Hygiene Acts to pass, meaning it must be either a Dixiecrat or Rockwell. So now you've now got the entire board cheering "Go Racist, Segregationist, States Righter Dixiecrat, Go!"...Therefore you logically must be evil and working for the devil in order to turn us to the dark side.
-->'''statichaos''': Yes, come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.
-->'''Aracnid''': I've just had a horrible realisation...there is no way in Hell that Goldwater would allow something like the Mental Hygiene Acts to pass, meaning it must be either a Dixiecrat or Rockwell. So now you've now got the entire board cheering "Go Racist, Segregationist, States Righter Dixiecrat, Go!"...Therefore you logically must be evil and working for the devil in order to turn us to the dark side.
-->'''statichaos''': Yes, come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.
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* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine]] is ''annihilated'' by a white mob. According to BillClinton's testimony, it was so bad that [[spoiler: you ''couldn't even tell'' what race he was by the time it was over]].
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** Hell, it might be argued that the rest of the world in general is better than in RealLife: The Hungarian Revolution was succesful, Cuba didn't go communist (though at the cost of direct American intervention and Batista's regime being continued), there was no Suez Crisis nor Vietnam War...
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** Hell, it might be argued that the rest of the world in general is better than in RealLife: The Hungarian Revolution was succesful, Cuba didn't go communist (though at the cost of direct American intervention and Batista's regime being continued), there was no Suez Crisis nor Vietnam War...
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* FinaglesLaw: How do you make a world with '''Walter Elias''' '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]]''' '''Disney''' as President [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]]? Here's the answer.
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* MurphysLaw: How do you make a world with '''Walter Elias''' '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]]''' '''Disney''' as President [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]]? Here's the answer.
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, [[CompleteMonster Senator]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, [[CompleteMonster Senator]] Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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** In fairness,Rockwell. To be fair, that's MagnificentBastard vs. CompleteMonster / SmugSnake
** In fairness,
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, [[CompleteMonster Senator]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer RobertHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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* EvilTwin: It may be stretching the definition of the trope here, but what else would you call the "Freedom Riders" organized by George Lincoln Rockwell?
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->''"My God...to think that this is going to be in the hands of the man who did 'SteamboatWillie'"''
-->--'''HarryTruman''', 1/7/53 to an anonymous aide immediately before announcing that the United States successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb on 11/1/52. Quoted in "Geopolitical Ramifications of the Uncontrolled Dissemination of the American Image In The Media In The Atomic Age," by the Rand Corporation.
An AlternateHistory where WaltDisney, not DwightDEisenhower, is elected president of the United States in 1952. [[ItGotWorse Bad Stuff Happens]]. Read it [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113866 here]].
The reality starts with little changes: Eisenhower has a minor heart attack early in his presidential campaign causing him to step down from his nomination. With the Republican party at a loggerhead, Walt Disney is selected almost for simple publicity. Disney then proceeds to use his ''huge'' [[VillainWithGoodPublicity media chain]] to sweep the elections and take office as President of the United States. However, while Walt is a great businessman and excellent campaigner, when it comes to the slow, complicated work of politics he mostly flounders. When the worse trials of the 1950's hit, including the Korean War, Civil Rights movement and Middle East issues, the kind-hearted but flawed businessman succeeds at first but is soon out of his element.
Told through the narration of a ScrapbookStory, the author known only as statichaos follows the events of this world's 1950s not just from the history book version but from all walks of life in what Disney dreams will be [[IronicEcho "the happiest place on earth."]]
Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, [[CompleteMonster Senator]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer RobertHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
''A World Of Laughter A World of Tears'' was finished on March 25, 2010. Its continuation, titled '''When You Wish Upon A Star''' [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180537 arrived shortly]] thereafter, but statichaos's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot health issues]] caused it [[ScheduleSlip to slow and then completely stop]] shortly after its start. While its fans wait for the author to recover and return, as of December 2011 it was considered safely a DeadFic. In [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5643571&postcount=145 February 2012 ]], the Author returned, and on [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238872 April 12]] When You Wish Upon a Star was started again..
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: Several, as is usual in AlternateHistory. Dodd hates being called Jimmie and ponders his life if he had become a musician instead, Malcolm X replaces Che as the most common face in campus posters, Bill Clinton mentions that he wanted to be president in kindergarten...
* AlternateHistory: Thank God.
* AngryBlackMan: Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver.
* AntiVillain: Though President Disney makes one disastrous, un-PC ([[FairForItsDay by today's standards]], anyway) move after another, he genuinely seems like he has the country's best interests at heart. For example, he only supports segregation because a high profile hate crime convinces him that blacks & whites aren't ready to live together. Further, the worst decisions and actions seem to be committed by manipulative underlings and more distant followers as he sinks into a helpless depression. The only time he clearly comes off as a bad guy is when his kneejerk anti-Semitism poisons relations with Israel and causes them to side with the Soviets.
* TheAtoner: Roy Cohn. After the [[spoiler:attempted assassination of Disney]] followed by Rockwell's rant against Jews, Cohn goes back to his synagogue and apologizes to his rabbi for being a bad Jew. He then [[spoiler:gets Nelson Rockefeller, a pro-civil rights liberal Republican, to run in the primaries against Rockwell, who until then was the only strong nominee. This is despite having been very supportive, and in most cases the architect, of Disney's anti-civil rights actions.]] To top it all off, [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he gets Rockefeller to put a Hebrew phrase in his speech announcing his candidacy, just to spite Rockwell]].]] He then finishes the job by [[spoiler: setting in motion an awesome BatmanGambit that takes down Rockwell.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Stennis ends up beating Rockefeller in the election. Made worse by the fact that he most likely only won due to voter fraud.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Roy Cohn's takedown of Rockwell's campaign, shutting him out of the GOP nomination, and destroying his reputation by being in the right position to take a punch to the face from an enraged Rockwell in front of multiple cameras and journalists by using James Dodd as the decoy to lure Rockwell out.]] Bonus points for its intricacy and the time spent setting it up and putting [[spoiler:Rockwell]] in the right place at the right time.
* BedmateReveal: After a night of overindulgence, Orson Welles wakes up to find Vampira in his bed.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: When Rockwell becomes a serious contender for president, ''Roy Cohn'' becomes a major figure in trying to prevent the further collapse of race relations in the US. Another example is the struggle between the black revolutionary movements and the government.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "STORM WASHINGTON! MEET US ON THE 20TH FOR TEA, COOKIES, AND REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS!"
* BreakTheCutie: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] and possibly Beano.
** Disney himself breaks down slowly due to [[TheChainsOfCommanding the pressure of the charge]], and especially after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he fails to protect the Little Rock Nine]].
* BreatherEpisode: Beano's mini-arch in Europe and after his return to California, Orson Welles'.
* TheBritishInvasion: According to the preview, the arrival of the Quarrymen (aka Beatles in our timeline) will be an important feature in the sequel.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being POTUS proves to be too demanding for ol' Walt.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: In the first entry, it doesn't look bad at all... until you read the attribution of the last quote.
** Now veering right into CrapsackWorld territory with the aftermath of [[spoiler:the assassination attempt on President Disney.]]
** Although things doesn't seem to be all ''that'' much worse to our timeline outside the USA. It is just that the main narrative focuses on the USA, where, as the rest of this page indicates, [[ItGotWorse things very much are worse than our timeline]].
* CrowningMomentofAwesome: Barry Goldwater showing himself to be a man of honor and integrity at the 1960 GOP Convention, also a CMOA for Roy Cohn.
** Unfortunately it may be undermined by Rockwell [[spoiler: leaving the Republican Party and siding with Stennis.]]
* CulturePolice: The Mickey Mouse Club and its eager children and parents use patriotism and accusations of Un-American activity to browbeat (or just beat down) 1950s counterculture. This drives Elvis, the Beatniks, and various Hollywood filmmakers (OrsonWelles among them) to Europe, particularly London, France, and Berlin.
** Mind that in real life, Elvis, swaying hips aside, was a fierce [=McCarthyist=] who once planned to become a spy inside the Communist Party.
* DarkFic: of history/AlternateHistory anyway. It's as bleak, if not even more so, as FanFic/AllHeEverWanted.
* DirtyCommunists: The Disney administration sees them [[RedScare everywhere]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Mouseketeers begin wearing armbands.
* DrowningMySorrows: After Little Rock, Walt hits the bottle ''hard''. Eventually [[spoiler:his health collapses from it, and Roy Cohn effectively runs the White House]].
** James Dodd does this as well.
* {{Dystopia}}: Walt Disney turns America -- for anyone who isn't white, Christian, and middle class -- into the beginnings of a dystopia in the 1950s. From veiled references to the future, the 1960s will be even worse.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: George ''Lincoln'' Rockwell, trying to get elected as a Republican in a southern state. He openly confronts the fact in his campaign and is able to shame his opponents for sinking to the level of such attacks, winning the election.
* EnemyMine: Roy Cohn and Jimmie Dodd despise each other, but end up working together to bring down Rockwell.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Senator George Lincoln Rockwell]] makes anti-semitic remarks to [[TheChessmaster Roy Cohn]] at a White House dinner, Cohn snaps and breaks the Senator's nose with a punch. As Cohn is Jewish, it could be Evil Doesn't Like Being Insulted, but it is a humanizing moment. This is even more clear in the aftermath of this dinner, where Cohn goes to great lengths to stop Rockwell. It's clear that even he, a Magnificent Bastard, is horrified by the idea of a Neo-Nazi like Rockwell getting the presidency.
** Subverted with Stennis' opposition to Rockwell's plan to deport all blacks to Africa. He states his opposition to the plan, but has no objection to the actual idea of the plan. He simply thinks it's impractical. He supports walling the black communities into ghettos, which is barely better. Subverted even further when he supports a more modified version of his deportation plan.
* EvilChancellor: Cohn to Disney as White House Chief of Staff.
* EvilTwin: It may be stretching the definition of the trope here, but what else would you call the "Freedom Riders" organized by George Lincoln Rockwell?
* EvilVersusEvil: Cohn vs. Rockwell.
** In fairness, that's MagnificentBastard vs. CompleteMonster / SmugSnake
* ExcitedKidsShowHost: RonaldReagan, of all people, as host of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:John F. Kennedy]] goes from being a staunch supporter of civil rights to the running mate of Senator John Stennis, a major supporter of segregation. It's a sign of the dystopic nature of this timeline that Stennis isn't even the worst option out of the potential candidates.
* ForWantOfANail: Eisenhower's heart attack leads to the Republican Party nominating Walt Disney as a compromise candidate.
* FridgeBrilliance:
-->'''Aracnid''': I've just had a horrible realisation...there is no way in Hell that Goldwater would allow something like the Mental Hygiene Acts to pass, meaning it must be either a Dixiecrat or Rockwell. So now you've now got the entire board cheering "Go Racist, Segregationist, States Righter Dixiecrat, Go!"...Therefore you logically must be evil and working for the devil in order to turn us to the dark side.
-->'''statichaos''': Yes, come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.
* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).
* HeelFaceTurn: Roy Cohn, sort of.
* {{Irony}}: The U.S. government starts using LSD as a drug to try and change the behaviour of left-wing subversives.
* ItGotWorse: And worse. ''And worse''. '''''And worse'''''.
* LaResistance: There are both non-violent and violent movements who resist Disney's government. On the non-violent side there is the Student Civil Liberties Union (with a young Jerry Brown as one of its members). The violent resistance is comprised of black revolutionary organizations, a secular leftist group led by Eldridge Cleaver and a Muslim group led by Malcolm X.
* TheMafia: The government smuggles Lucky Luciano back into the USA in order use the Mob to undermine activists.
* MoralGuardians: Protests by the Mickey Mouse Club strangle ''{{Playboy}}'' magazine in its cradle, kill MarilynMonroe's career, stifle America's counterculture and drive it overseas, and, by stringently supporting segregation, cause the CivilRightsMovement to give up non-violent protest.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Disney, both Walt and the company, are accused of fascism and anti-Semitism. The Mickey Mouse Club turns into a pro-segregationist, nationalistic youth group.
** And eventually, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rockwell George Lincoln Rockwell]], an actual Nazi, gets elected Senator, because the Senator he was running against, a staunch segregationist, was considered too ''moderate''.
*** And [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]]. He now has a strong shot at the Presidency, with only Roy Cohn and Nelson Rockefeller [[EvenEvilHasStandards in any position to put a stop to him]].
* NeverTrustATrailer : [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3171174&postcount=93 Averted.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. Leaving aside Walt Disney, everyone from Malcolm X to Anita Bryant to Alan Ginsberg to Music/TheBeatles (known here as "The Quarrymen", and with a slightly different lineup) shows up. Pretty much every entry is from the POV of a historical celebrity, or from someone else viewing a celebrity.
** Statichaos has joked that he's considered working in [[HunterSThompson Hunter S. Thompson]], but "mimicking his writing style would involve hurting my brain."
* RedScare: It ''never ends.''
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Thanks to a combination of destroying the nonviolent protest wing of the Civil Rights Movement and several very public deaths, the American general public becomes familiar with the definition of the word ''jihad'' decades earlier than they would have.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: All over the place, though averted by precisely RichardNixon, who is still a more or less successful politician.
** [[CaptainObvious Walt Disney is president of the United States]].
** Jimmie Dodd is the White House public spokesman.
** RonaldReagan substitutes Dodd as host of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', and eventually climbs his way to become chairman of the Disney corporation.
** BillClinton is president... of the Southern Poverty Center.
** Anita Bryant is national coordinator of the Mickey Mouse clubs.
** AynRand becomes head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
* RunningGag: Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton all show up wearing Mickey Mouse ears at some point.
* ScrapbookStory: The entire story is told in excerpts from autobiographies, history books, essays, interviews, newspaper articles and documentaries.
* SmugSnake: Rockwell. While's he's scary in being a nutjob with too much power for comfort, he's not very smart or savvy. In fact, when he's having his violent tantrums, he looks more unpleasent and pathetic than threatening.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The title is the first line of the song from the (in)famous Disney ride ''It's a Small World After All''.
* ThrowItIn: Statichaos has a tendency to work in any historical figure he comes across. The rise of George Rockwell, by his own admission, came about after he read a biography of the man.
* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe example - Realizing the connotations of gangs of ideologically motivated youths marching around with armbands, the Disney Corporation ditches the armbands in favor of coonskin caps as the "new badge of honor."
* UnreliableNarrator: Everyone in the story is telling either what happened from their own experience or recording other people's sayings and opinions. Even James Dodd, the OnlySaneMan of the piece and narrator of what was really happening in the White House is still skewed in his opinion by his deep abiding [[WellDoneSonGuy father-son]] relationship with Walt Disney and blinded to some of the man's faults.
** Some narrators are outright lying. Dodd and Cohn's narratives outright contradict each other at some points, due to Cohn's attempts to shrug off blame or achieve glory for his deeds and Dodd... telling the truth, mostly.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Cohn takes down Rockwell by manipulating him into having one in front of the cameras.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Depending on where you sit politically, President Disney would qualify.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The Nation of Islam vs. Eldridge Cleaver's African Brotherhood.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: President Disney.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: OrsonWelles wakes up in the morning having declared to Vampira under the influence of a drink too many during the night.
* AWorldHalfFull: Possibly. It's a pretty crapsacky dystopia now and from what we know it will only get worse during TheSixties. But it's implied that things do get better eventually, at least to an extent.
** There is also the fact that, so far at least, most of the world outside the USA haven't gotten all that much worse than they would be. In fact, several parts seems to be better off. For example, the European culture scene, especially in Berlin, Paris and London profit from the emigration of influential US-American artists like OrsonWelles and Music/ElvisPresley.
*** Also, the last update of Part 1 implies that, in the present day, some things are even better then they are now. From what little we know, we have gone much further in space exploration then in in our timeline, having real infrestructure being built in space. We also are advanced enough in technology to have an international bullet train system.
*** Disney saves the American rail network. That is all.
** Since the Quarrymen [[FlipFlopOfGod may]] never leave England, Music/JohnLennon never meets Mark David Chapman. Quotes indicate he lives to at least 1994.
** Also, Creator/EdWood has a job as loyal and appreciated apprentice to OrsonWelles.
** While he never becomes the figure he is in our timeline, Martin Luther King Jr is still alive (and doing work for civil rights) in 1977.
** The USSR is also thawing little by little because Kruschev is more intent on reform now that the US is less able to pose a threat to them.
** Hell, it might be argued that the rest of the world in general is better than in RealLife: The Hungarian Revolution was succesful, Cuba didn't go communist (though at the cost of direct American intervention and Batista's regime being continued), there was no Suez Crisis nor Vietnam War...
* WordOfGod: Statichaos has, at the request of other posters, announced where various celebrities who don't factor into the story are in this timeline. JamesDean, for example, is stuck as the JD heavy in two-bit pictures, NatalieWood is an ingenue for Disney, and Sal Mineo is in jail on sexual deviancy charges.
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Roy Cohn becomes this to the Rockefeller campaign.]]
* {{Troll}}: Invoked in Roy Cohn's epic CMOA: ''"Problem, Senator?"''
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Rockwell. The neo-Nazi didn't see it coming.]]
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Anita Bryant says this about Roy Cohn.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Cohn doesn't take kindly to being called "a good Jew" by Rockwell.
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-->--'''HarryTruman''', 1/7/53 to an anonymous aide immediately before announcing that the United States successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb on 11/1/52. Quoted in "Geopolitical Ramifications of the Uncontrolled Dissemination of the American Image In The Media In The Atomic Age," by the Rand Corporation.
An AlternateHistory where WaltDisney, not DwightDEisenhower, is elected president of the United States in 1952. [[ItGotWorse Bad Stuff Happens]]. Read it [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113866 here]].
The reality starts with little changes: Eisenhower has a minor heart attack early in his presidential campaign causing him to step down from his nomination. With the Republican party at a loggerhead, Walt Disney is selected almost for simple publicity. Disney then proceeds to use his ''huge'' [[VillainWithGoodPublicity media chain]] to sweep the elections and take office as President of the United States. However, while Walt is a great businessman and excellent campaigner, when it comes to the slow, complicated work of politics he mostly flounders. When the worse trials of the 1950's hit, including the Korean War, Civil Rights movement and Middle East issues, the kind-hearted but flawed businessman succeeds at first but is soon out of his element.
Told through the narration of a ScrapbookStory, the author known only as statichaos follows the events of this world's 1950s not just from the history book version but from all walks of life in what Disney dreams will be [[IronicEcho "the happiest place on earth."]]
Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House]] [[TheWoobie Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], ex-patriot film director OrsonWelles, [[CompleteMonster Senator]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer RobertHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson Brian Wilson]] and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
''A World Of Laughter A World of Tears'' was finished on March 25, 2010. Its continuation, titled '''When You Wish Upon A Star''' [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180537 arrived shortly]] thereafter, but statichaos's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot health issues]] caused it [[ScheduleSlip to slow and then completely stop]] shortly after its start. While its fans wait for the author to recover and return, as of December 2011 it was considered safely a DeadFic. In [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5643571&postcount=145 February 2012 ]], the Author returned, and on [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238872 April 12]] When You Wish Upon a Star was started again..
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!! This work provides examples of:
* AllohistoricalAllusion: Several, as is usual in AlternateHistory. Dodd hates being called Jimmie and ponders his life if he had become a musician instead, Malcolm X replaces Che as the most common face in campus posters, Bill Clinton mentions that he wanted to be president in kindergarten...
* AlternateHistory: Thank God.
* AngryBlackMan: Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver.
* AntiVillain: Though President Disney makes one disastrous, un-PC ([[FairForItsDay by today's standards]], anyway) move after another, he genuinely seems like he has the country's best interests at heart. For example, he only supports segregation because a high profile hate crime convinces him that blacks & whites aren't ready to live together. Further, the worst decisions and actions seem to be committed by manipulative underlings and more distant followers as he sinks into a helpless depression. The only time he clearly comes off as a bad guy is when his kneejerk anti-Semitism poisons relations with Israel and causes them to side with the Soviets.
* TheAtoner: Roy Cohn. After the [[spoiler:attempted assassination of Disney]] followed by Rockwell's rant against Jews, Cohn goes back to his synagogue and apologizes to his rabbi for being a bad Jew. He then [[spoiler:gets Nelson Rockefeller, a pro-civil rights liberal Republican, to run in the primaries against Rockwell, who until then was the only strong nominee. This is despite having been very supportive, and in most cases the architect, of Disney's anti-civil rights actions.]] To top it all off, [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he gets Rockefeller to put a Hebrew phrase in his speech announcing his candidacy, just to spite Rockwell]].]] He then finishes the job by [[spoiler: setting in motion an awesome BatmanGambit that takes down Rockwell.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Stennis ends up beating Rockefeller in the election. Made worse by the fact that he most likely only won due to voter fraud.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Roy Cohn's takedown of Rockwell's campaign, shutting him out of the GOP nomination, and destroying his reputation by being in the right position to take a punch to the face from an enraged Rockwell in front of multiple cameras and journalists by using James Dodd as the decoy to lure Rockwell out.]] Bonus points for its intricacy and the time spent setting it up and putting [[spoiler:Rockwell]] in the right place at the right time.
* BedmateReveal: After a night of overindulgence, Orson Welles wakes up to find Vampira in his bed.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: When Rockwell becomes a serious contender for president, ''Roy Cohn'' becomes a major figure in trying to prevent the further collapse of race relations in the US. Another example is the struggle between the black revolutionary movements and the government.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "STORM WASHINGTON! MEET US ON THE 20TH FOR TEA, COOKIES, AND REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS!"
* BreakTheCutie: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] and possibly Beano.
** Disney himself breaks down slowly due to [[TheChainsOfCommanding the pressure of the charge]], and especially after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he fails to protect the Little Rock Nine]].
* BreatherEpisode: Beano's mini-arch in Europe and after his return to California, Orson Welles'.
* TheBritishInvasion: According to the preview, the arrival of the Quarrymen (aka Beatles in our timeline) will be an important feature in the sequel.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being POTUS proves to be too demanding for ol' Walt.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: In the first entry, it doesn't look bad at all... until you read the attribution of the last quote.
** Now veering right into CrapsackWorld territory with the aftermath of [[spoiler:the assassination attempt on President Disney.]]
** Although things doesn't seem to be all ''that'' much worse to our timeline outside the USA. It is just that the main narrative focuses on the USA, where, as the rest of this page indicates, [[ItGotWorse things very much are worse than our timeline]].
* CrowningMomentofAwesome: Barry Goldwater showing himself to be a man of honor and integrity at the 1960 GOP Convention, also a CMOA for Roy Cohn.
** Unfortunately it may be undermined by Rockwell [[spoiler: leaving the Republican Party and siding with Stennis.]]
* CulturePolice: The Mickey Mouse Club and its eager children and parents use patriotism and accusations of Un-American activity to browbeat (or just beat down) 1950s counterculture. This drives Elvis, the Beatniks, and various Hollywood filmmakers (OrsonWelles among them) to Europe, particularly London, France, and Berlin.
** Mind that in real life, Elvis, swaying hips aside, was a fierce [=McCarthyist=] who once planned to become a spy inside the Communist Party.
* DarkFic: of history/AlternateHistory anyway. It's as bleak, if not even more so, as FanFic/AllHeEverWanted.
* DirtyCommunists: The Disney administration sees them [[RedScare everywhere]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Mouseketeers begin wearing armbands.
* DrowningMySorrows: After Little Rock, Walt hits the bottle ''hard''. Eventually [[spoiler:his health collapses from it, and Roy Cohn effectively runs the White House]].
** James Dodd does this as well.
* {{Dystopia}}: Walt Disney turns America -- for anyone who isn't white, Christian, and middle class -- into the beginnings of a dystopia in the 1950s. From veiled references to the future, the 1960s will be even worse.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: George ''Lincoln'' Rockwell, trying to get elected as a Republican in a southern state. He openly confronts the fact in his campaign and is able to shame his opponents for sinking to the level of such attacks, winning the election.
* EnemyMine: Roy Cohn and Jimmie Dodd despise each other, but end up working together to bring down Rockwell.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Senator George Lincoln Rockwell]] makes anti-semitic remarks to [[TheChessmaster Roy Cohn]] at a White House dinner, Cohn snaps and breaks the Senator's nose with a punch. As Cohn is Jewish, it could be Evil Doesn't Like Being Insulted, but it is a humanizing moment. This is even more clear in the aftermath of this dinner, where Cohn goes to great lengths to stop Rockwell. It's clear that even he, a Magnificent Bastard, is horrified by the idea of a Neo-Nazi like Rockwell getting the presidency.
** Subverted with Stennis' opposition to Rockwell's plan to deport all blacks to Africa. He states his opposition to the plan, but has no objection to the actual idea of the plan. He simply thinks it's impractical. He supports walling the black communities into ghettos, which is barely better. Subverted even further when he supports a more modified version of his deportation plan.
* EvilChancellor: Cohn to Disney as White House Chief of Staff.
* EvilTwin: It may be stretching the definition of the trope here, but what else would you call the "Freedom Riders" organized by George Lincoln Rockwell?
* EvilVersusEvil: Cohn vs. Rockwell.
** In fairness, that's MagnificentBastard vs. CompleteMonster / SmugSnake
* ExcitedKidsShowHost: RonaldReagan, of all people, as host of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:John F. Kennedy]] goes from being a staunch supporter of civil rights to the running mate of Senator John Stennis, a major supporter of segregation. It's a sign of the dystopic nature of this timeline that Stennis isn't even the worst option out of the potential candidates.
* ForWantOfANail: Eisenhower's heart attack leads to the Republican Party nominating Walt Disney as a compromise candidate.
* FridgeBrilliance:
-->'''Aracnid''': I've just had a horrible realisation...there is no way in Hell that Goldwater would allow something like the Mental Hygiene Acts to pass, meaning it must be either a Dixiecrat or Rockwell. So now you've now got the entire board cheering "Go Racist, Segregationist, States Righter Dixiecrat, Go!"...Therefore you logically must be evil and working for the devil in order to turn us to the dark side.
-->'''statichaos''': Yes, come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.
* TheGump: Beano. He's the only fictional recurring character, but is pal with Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and Jerry Brown. He also meets John Lennon, Paul McCartney, ''Lucky Luciano'' and introduces The Beach Boys to marihuana(!).
* HeelFaceTurn: Roy Cohn, sort of.
* {{Irony}}: The U.S. government starts using LSD as a drug to try and change the behaviour of left-wing subversives.
* ItGotWorse: And worse. ''And worse''. '''''And worse'''''.
* LaResistance: There are both non-violent and violent movements who resist Disney's government. On the non-violent side there is the Student Civil Liberties Union (with a young Jerry Brown as one of its members). The violent resistance is comprised of black revolutionary organizations, a secular leftist group led by Eldridge Cleaver and a Muslim group led by Malcolm X.
* TheMafia: The government smuggles Lucky Luciano back into the USA in order use the Mob to undermine activists.
* MoralGuardians: Protests by the Mickey Mouse Club strangle ''{{Playboy}}'' magazine in its cradle, kill MarilynMonroe's career, stifle America's counterculture and drive it overseas, and, by stringently supporting segregation, cause the CivilRightsMovement to give up non-violent protest.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Disney, both Walt and the company, are accused of fascism and anti-Semitism. The Mickey Mouse Club turns into a pro-segregationist, nationalistic youth group.
** And eventually, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rockwell George Lincoln Rockwell]], an actual Nazi, gets elected Senator, because the Senator he was running against, a staunch segregationist, was considered too ''moderate''.
*** And [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]]. He now has a strong shot at the Presidency, with only Roy Cohn and Nelson Rockefeller [[EvenEvilHasStandards in any position to put a stop to him]].
* NeverTrustATrailer : [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3171174&postcount=93 Averted.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. Leaving aside Walt Disney, everyone from Malcolm X to Anita Bryant to Alan Ginsberg to Music/TheBeatles (known here as "The Quarrymen", and with a slightly different lineup) shows up. Pretty much every entry is from the POV of a historical celebrity, or from someone else viewing a celebrity.
** Statichaos has joked that he's considered working in [[HunterSThompson Hunter S. Thompson]], but "mimicking his writing style would involve hurting my brain."
* RedScare: It ''never ends.''
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Thanks to a combination of destroying the nonviolent protest wing of the Civil Rights Movement and several very public deaths, the American general public becomes familiar with the definition of the word ''jihad'' decades earlier than they would have.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: All over the place, though averted by precisely RichardNixon, who is still a more or less successful politician.
** [[CaptainObvious Walt Disney is president of the United States]].
** Jimmie Dodd is the White House public spokesman.
** RonaldReagan substitutes Dodd as host of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', and eventually climbs his way to become chairman of the Disney corporation.
** BillClinton is president... of the Southern Poverty Center.
** Anita Bryant is national coordinator of the Mickey Mouse clubs.
** AynRand becomes head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
* RunningGag: Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton all show up wearing Mickey Mouse ears at some point.
* ScrapbookStory: The entire story is told in excerpts from autobiographies, history books, essays, interviews, newspaper articles and documentaries.
* SmugSnake: Rockwell. While's he's scary in being a nutjob with too much power for comfort, he's not very smart or savvy. In fact, when he's having his violent tantrums, he looks more unpleasent and pathetic than threatening.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The title is the first line of the song from the (in)famous Disney ride ''It's a Small World After All''.
* ThrowItIn: Statichaos has a tendency to work in any historical figure he comes across. The rise of George Rockwell, by his own admission, came about after he read a biography of the man.
* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe example - Realizing the connotations of gangs of ideologically motivated youths marching around with armbands, the Disney Corporation ditches the armbands in favor of coonskin caps as the "new badge of honor."
* UnreliableNarrator: Everyone in the story is telling either what happened from their own experience or recording other people's sayings and opinions. Even James Dodd, the OnlySaneMan of the piece and narrator of what was really happening in the White House is still skewed in his opinion by his deep abiding [[WellDoneSonGuy father-son]] relationship with Walt Disney and blinded to some of the man's faults.
** Some narrators are outright lying. Dodd and Cohn's narratives outright contradict each other at some points, due to Cohn's attempts to shrug off blame or achieve glory for his deeds and Dodd... telling the truth, mostly.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Cohn takes down Rockwell by manipulating him into having one in front of the cameras.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Depending on where you sit politically, President Disney would qualify.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The Nation of Islam vs. Eldridge Cleaver's African Brotherhood.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: President Disney.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: OrsonWelles wakes up in the morning having declared to Vampira under the influence of a drink too many during the night.
* AWorldHalfFull: Possibly. It's a pretty crapsacky dystopia now and from what we know it will only get worse during TheSixties. But it's implied that things do get better eventually, at least to an extent.
** There is also the fact that, so far at least, most of the world outside the USA haven't gotten all that much worse than they would be. In fact, several parts seems to be better off. For example, the European culture scene, especially in Berlin, Paris and London profit from the emigration of influential US-American artists like OrsonWelles and Music/ElvisPresley.
*** Also, the last update of Part 1 implies that, in the present day, some things are even better then they are now. From what little we know, we have gone much further in space exploration then in in our timeline, having real infrestructure being built in space. We also are advanced enough in technology to have an international bullet train system.
*** Disney saves the American rail network. That is all.
** Since the Quarrymen [[FlipFlopOfGod may]] never leave England, Music/JohnLennon never meets Mark David Chapman. Quotes indicate he lives to at least 1994.
** Also, Creator/EdWood has a job as loyal and appreciated apprentice to OrsonWelles.
** While he never becomes the figure he is in our timeline, Martin Luther King Jr is still alive (and doing work for civil rights) in 1977.
** The USSR is also thawing little by little because Kruschev is more intent on reform now that the US is less able to pose a threat to them.
** Hell, it might be argued that the rest of the world in general is better than in RealLife: The Hungarian Revolution was succesful, Cuba didn't go communist (though at the cost of direct American intervention and Batista's regime being continued), there was no Suez Crisis nor Vietnam War...
* WordOfGod: Statichaos has, at the request of other posters, announced where various celebrities who don't factor into the story are in this timeline. JamesDean, for example, is stuck as the JD heavy in two-bit pictures, NatalieWood is an ingenue for Disney, and Sal Mineo is in jail on sexual deviancy charges.
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Roy Cohn becomes this to the Rockefeller campaign.]]
* {{Troll}}: Invoked in Roy Cohn's epic CMOA: ''"Problem, Senator?"''
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Rockwell. The neo-Nazi didn't see it coming.]]
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Anita Bryant says this about Roy Cohn.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Cohn doesn't take kindly to being called "a good Jew" by Rockwell.
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