Push the Trashcan, Oh How You Are Missed!

There should be an award for the most obscure blog titles, this has gone to be worth at least an honourable mention.

You know your a truly insane Disney World fangirl/boy when:

You have a photo/video of yourself with a normal looking trashcan.
You know him (yes it’s a him) by name, it’s Push of course!
You have stood in a crowd in the middle of Disney World, just to stare at the said trash can.
You’re British and you’re saying trash can rather than bin.
You’ve casually chatted or listened in on, someone talking to a trash can.
You remembered the date he was sadly taken out of Disney World for good and are ridiculous enough to write a blog post on the anniversary of his departure….

For the sane people amongst you, Push was a talking trash can in Disney World that wheeled around Tomorowland, interacting with guests. For some reason, he was insanely popular and became a definitive fan favourite. I would love to imagine how that conversation went down when they were trying to put that idea across.

“Let’s make a robot trash can and let it wander around talking to guests”

“Yeah…..Sure….Ok….”

However it happened, it was a success. The technology was actually pretty simple, it was run by remote control by a guy dressed as an average tourist hidden behind a wall somewhere, miked up so he could chat individually to people. It’s a simple trick but it works, kids and adults were fascinated by the trach can who could talk to them personally and it became a cult hit. Hell, it has it’s own Wikipedia Page, someone even got Push the Trashcan to propose to their girlfriend, but a year ago today, he was taken away. No one really knew why, but as quickly as he came, he was gone again.

There were protests, #savepush even trended on twitter, but alas, he was not to return.

Goodbye Push the Trashcan, you strange garbage collecting creature, you shall be missed.