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Of all the characters[br]in all the Disney films

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the one I love the most[br]is Jiminy Cricket from "Pinnochio."

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My favorite scene in the movie

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is when the blue fairy[br]is saying to Pinnochio,

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"Always let your conscience[br]be your guide."

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Pinnochio asks, "What are conscience?"

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and Jiminy Cricket is scandalized[br]by the question: "What are conscience!"

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"What are conscience!

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Conscience is that still small voice[br]that people won't listen to,

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that's just the trouble[br]with the world today."

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I love the way Jiminy Cricket[br]is always there

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with a nerdy, ethical thing

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just as Pinnochio's coming up[br]with some kind of good plan.

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I think of him as speaking[br]truth to puppet.

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I always wondered what it was[br]about Jiminy Cricket

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that made me love him so much

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and one day it hit me.

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It was because he sounds[br]like my grandfather.

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My grandfather was a very sweet[br]and cuddly man

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and I loved him to the moon and back.

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But I shared him with the big, wide world.

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His name was Roy O'Disney,

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and together with his younger[br]brother Walt Disney,

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he came from a very humble[br]upbringing in Kansas

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and started and ran one of the most[br]iconic businesses in the world.

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Two things I remember the best[br]about going to Disneyland

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with my grandfather.

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The first thing was he always[br]gave me a stern warning

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that if I ever sassed[br]anybody who worked there

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I was in deep doo-doo when we got home.

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He said these people work really hard --

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harder than you can imagine,

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and they deserve your respect.

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The other is that he never[br]walked by a piece of garbage

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inside of Disneyland

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or anywhere else,

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where he didn't bend over to pick it up.

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He said no one's too good[br]to pick up a piece of garbage.

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In grandpa's day,

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a job at Disneyland was not a gig.

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A person could expect to own a home,

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raise a family,

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access decent health care,

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retire in some security without worrying,

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on just what he earned there at the park.

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Mind you, grandpa fought the unions

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and he fought them hard.

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He said he didn't like to be forced

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to do something he wanted[br]to do voluntarily.

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That was [rank] paternalism of course[br]and maybe a tiny bit of BS.

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He wasn't an angel,

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and everyone wasn't well[br]and fairly treated across the company,

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something that's well-known