Pinocchio is said to be a puppet without strings, but we see both strings and puppeteer.
Disney is releasing five other animated classics, including "Pinocchio" and "Robin Hood" at $29.95 each; both will be withdrawn from the market after Christmas for up to seven years so Disney can rerelease them in theaters.
Courter and his advisers liked the idea so much that they, too, employed the wooden character from C. Collodi's "The Adventures of Pinocchio." Courter's commercial showed millions of viewers the faces of both congressmen.
When Cannistraro balked at answering Keker, the prosecutor put his hand up to his nose and then stretched out his arm in a gesture reminiscent of the tale of Pinocchio, a puppet whose nose grew longer when he lied.
But most telling, and most aimed at Senator D'Amato and Mr Pataki, sometimes scathingly labelled Gepetto and Pinocchio, were the words: 'Mario Cuomo is his own man.
If Pinocchio were running for president, he'd have a mighty long nose.