The September 1979 issue, to be exact) to the screen. They like all of the short-term money that Lightning Lane is pulling in right now and are deliberately overlooking all of the long-term implications of the narrative getting out there that going to WDW is getting too expensive. I consider him a true animation treasure and always encourage him to share more of his animation knowledge. Im doubling back on the establishing shot to get you some close-ups. Cuphead and Mugman 15. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? So be bought a postcard of the actual Matterhorn and then mailed it to Dick Irvine (who at that time was the Companys lead Imagineer). Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat, and more. Next comes (Again going L to R ) Porky & Petunia Pig, Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow, Jerky Turkey, Tex Averys wolf character and Droopy. Whats more, what initially drove him to seek out and then purchase this amazing animation artifact was my August 2011 story about scenes that had been cut out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. Some say that Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a hit because of all the classic cartoon characters Spielberg & Zemeckis crammed into this Touchstone Pictures release. Really stilted. Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare Your email address will not be published. Meanwhile, Goofy makes a joke about how tough it is to be a pallbearer. Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. 2 at the box office. Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. No wonder Steven Spielberg liked it so much. And one of the main reasons that this Walt Disney Productions release did so well at the box office that year was Well, Swiss Family Robinson looked great. That being said, I want to publicly state that Mark has helped me many, many times in the past. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on SATURDAY, APRIL I just love how in the above shot Felix the Cat is fighting back tears as he helps to carry Acmes casket. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. What happened to the Disneyland Hotel in late 1958 / early 1959 when in the off-season Disneyland Park goes to just a five-day-a-week operating schedule? We went on it the last time we went to Disneyland. This is what then inspired Disney to develop the practice of plussing the attractions at his theme parks. I thought we were bearing Acme.. Well, then consider this: In just the first five years that the Cars film franchise existed, global retail sales of merchandise related to these Pixar movies approached $10 billion. Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! And in this case, the thinking was Walt really liked those live-action movies that Ken Annakin directed for the Studio. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acmes funeral that were available online Until now. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? 16. Not to mention my two-a-week for the Huffington Posts Entertainment page as well as the monthly pieces that I write for Best of Orlando & Best of Vegas. Which Im told resulted in all sort of angry people at the entrance of Disneylands parking lot. Baby Huey It had all of this lush shot-on-location footage (Though to be fair here I guess we should mention that this movies interiors were shot over in London at Pinewood Studios). and Various Characters from Don Bluth Animated Movies ! Swiss Family Robinson was the very last film that he directed for Disney Studios. Not according to the guys who worked on it. Largely because the amount of money that the Mouse was making off of the sales of Cars -related merchandise was To be blunt here, mind boggling. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Mark. And Walt followed through on that promise. Lets jump ahead to the 1959 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Anyway, heres hoping that you folks enjoyed todays story. By the way, the gentleman who has put this piece of film history up for bid on eBay Well, I dont know this guy from Adam. Deputy Dawg Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. 0 cemeteries found in Acme, Grand . 13. And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. Notably left out of the mix were Popeye characters, Tom and Jerry, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. This operational change at the Park is going to affect your bottom line at the Hotel. And then the two of them made multiple trips up & down the stairs that had already been installed in & around Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. A deleted scene involving Marvin Acme's funeral would've featured Foghorn Leghorn as the preacher giving the sermon. Honey, I Made a Science Movie: Disney Science (1961-1989), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The Movie & Early Attractions, Love Bug Parade: Disneys Herbie and Sequels, History of the Reedy Creek Improvement District: Part 1, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!: Sequel Troubles and New Attractions, History of Reedy Creek Improvement District: Part 2. In 1965, this Adventureland Attraction even after taking those costs into consideration still managed to turn a profit of $313,000. Meanwhile, from a distance, Valiant notices Maroon walking up to Jessica and then pulling her away from the service so that these two can find a more secluded spot to talk. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. Marvin William Leiter. Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. More more MORE!!!! Once you got to the front of that line, you then had to open your wallet and purchase enough tickets for your entire family to enjoy that attraction. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. More to the point, since Disneylands 1959 expansion project was largely focused on Tomorrowland This time around, the work will largely be focused on the other side of the Park. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This Pixar Animation Studios production did so well (Of all the high grossing films released that year, Cars was No. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. It was No. Paul Bearins shore hard work, aint it? Storyboards Reveal What Marvin Acme's Funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Would Have Looked Like Published 9 years ago on May 8, 2014 By Jim Hill Listen to the Article So when your winter cold (which wouldn't let go) becomes a spring cold (that just won't go away) suddenly mutates into the Black Plague Over that time, he has interviewed hundreds of animators, actors, and Imagineers -- many of whom have shared behind-the-scenes stories with Mr. Hill about how the Mouse House really works. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. But as they say If you dont have your health, you dont have anything. And toward the end of last week, Nancy & I were both seriously over-drawn at the health bank. He is angrily confronting her. At this point, Im about 80 90% back. Your email address will not be published. Tom Terrific So reading between the lines here in Disneylands second year of operation (July 1956 June 1957), the folks down in Anaheim experimented with keeping Walts family fun park open six days a week during the slower times of the year. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. Casper (the definitive version). More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. Eddie winds up with just a broken arm. That very same year, Walt had some of his staff artists design a miniature golf course that could then be built on the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel. In fact, Walt so loved this gag that after the Africa Veldt section first opened at Disneyland Park in June of 1964 he actually made the Imagineers go back in this portion of that Adventureland attraction and restage it. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a4b476bf6ec9913e8eb0df1ca3539285" );document.getElementById("i81fec714c").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Jim Korkis is an internationally respected animation historian who in recent years has devoted his attention to the many worlds of Disney. Maybe we should look at those. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! Thats what worries me about Disneys current situation. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. Whereas the short story that Hughes wrote (i.e., Vacation 58) follows an unnamed family to a different theme park. Tito and Burrito Just to clarify whos where, heres an additional couple of storyboard drawings which suggest camera moves and/or close-ups. 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The pallbearers of the coffin kept shifting but generally included Yosemite Sam (who is struggling to carry the coffin from underneath it), Elmer Fudd, the silent screen version of Felix the Cat (with a Sob thought bubble above him), Popeye, Bluto, Herman the Mouse and in at least one version, Goofy. Whereas Teddy He never made it). To be specific, Mondays & Tuesday in the Fall & early Winter as well as in the late Winter / early Spring. He taught animation classes at the Disney Institute in Florida as well as instructing classes on acting and animation history for Disney Feature Animation: Florida. Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! Only this time around, itll be $7 million worth of new attractions. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. Appearing in this scene as pallbearers were to be Popeye &. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. If you ever want to journey to the town of Goldsborough on the Caribbean island of Tobago. And let me tell you, folks: The more I look at these images, I honestly wish that Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Richard Williams & Dale Baer could have found a way to make the Marvin-Acmes-funeral scene happen. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. Despite being cut from the final film, Joe Alaskey is still credited as voicing him in the end credits. Nancy and I have been trading the same cold back & forth since late February / early March. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Stupid was the dumb one. And then there was Metro. Which was supposed to have been set in the inner city and focused on what went on in The World Below Cars. As in: Down in the subway system. Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. HECKLE AND JECKLE. To find out what other sorts of gags the Roger Rabbit production team dreamed up for Marvin Acmes funeral. Cars 2 came out in June of 2011 and also did quite well at the box office (It took the No. 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. A live action look-alike for actor Humphrey Bogart is driving. Disney Has Also Forgot To Add: Going clockwise from the middle, we have Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy and Popeye the Sailor. Shnookums & Meat Another great piece about this great film. Theres Barely Any Famous Studios Characters ! Little Dot One of the sequences from this Disney film that people most fondly remember is that montage where the Robinsons salvage what they can of their wrecked ship, the Swallow, and then use that same material to construct this amazing treehouse on an uninhabited island off the shore of New Guinea. Goofy: Gawsh! Just last year, I attended this amazing panel at Comic-Con where animation veterans like Don Hahn, Dave Bossert, Nik Ranieri, James Baxter, Tom Sito & Andreas Deja talked about all the mistakes that were made over the course of production of this motion picture. When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. Whats the Company ultimately going to have to do convince those people who now think that a trip to WDW has just gotten too expensive for the family to come back. Hi Jim, Review. Whereas poor Nancy currently sounds like a harbor seal with a head cold. Parks closed. Hopefully from here on in, things will get back to normal here at JHM and we then wont miss any more huge Disney-related stories like the passing of gifted performers like Bob Hoskins. (Again going L to R) Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Baby Huey, Hippety Hopper, Dick Tracy & Tubby the Tuba all goggle the playful spirit for a second or two. Marvin began his career at his father's clothing manufacturing company, P. Segal and then moved to a position at the Canadian Federal Government where he worked . But Im getting ahead of myself here. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. Will Metro that Cars Spin-Off Which Disney Developed Ever Get Made? A Gray Line Bus would pull up in front of that hotel several times a day offering round-trip transportation to both of those Southern California attractions. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. I think King Features wouldnt let Popeye, and therefore Bluto, be used in the picture. And as Valiant moves through the long column of cars that are parked near Acmes gravesite, the private detective notices R.K. Maroon exit a long black limo. Back then, Walt Disney Studios just had a hit film that was based on Johann David Wyss famous adventure novel of 1812. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. Moose out front shoulda told ya. Thats gotta go inside of the actual Jungle Cruise. So at Walts insistence the Trapped Safari then became the tag gag for the African Veldt section of that Adventureland attraction. Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. Whats kind of intriguing about the plot complication that sets Act 3 of National Lampoons Vacation in motion (i.e., that just as the Grisworld arrive at Walley World [after a harrowing cross-country journey] they discover that Americas favorite family fun park is closed for two weeks for cleaning and to make repairs) is that Well, its based on something that Hughes learned about the real Disneyland. And what does the Company do with this info? Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. He was an unusual blue-grey color, and his fur was nicotine stained. 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