Beyond Dicks address at WDI, Walt reportedly only wrote two words on this postcard. Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. Pink Panther He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Because the storyboard artists took what Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman had originally written for this part of their Roger Rabbit screenplay and really expanded on the concept of animated-characters-attend-a-human-funeral idea. Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. It would have been a great scene. So what spurred Disneylands attendance surge in the Summer of 1959 was Walt pumping $6 million into the place for the construction of new attractions (Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, & Monorail). Interesting story about that vignette that Marc created for The Jungle Cruise. It originally wasnt supposed to be part of that ride. If the Jungle Cruise was being drained for months so that the Imagineers could then install the Sacred Elephant Bathing Pool sequence in that Adventureland attraction, that meant the Rivers of America had to be drained as well. What I remember is that for Ruby-Spears, they licensed the girls (hopefully they didnt tamper their designs much unlike a certain studio that owns them right now) and most bizarrely, Herman & Katnip (Im not sure this was a smart idea). The studios were all cooperative and guys like Richard Fleischer were fantastic and came by the studio to approve the Betty Boop and Koko animation. As you can see below, Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy . And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. The Entire Cast of The Adventures of Brer Rabbit ( 2006 ) Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse (both in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral), and Tyke* from Tom and Jerry; Junior (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) Red Hot Riding Hood and The Wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) and the Harvey superheroes ?! 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. Which produced home premieres like those TinkerBell movies) began actively looking into ways to expand this lucrative franchise? Because Bob brought so much reality & humanity to Eddie, a role that in the wrong hands could have really been just a cartoon. Largely because so many people came out to the Park that Summer to experience Disneylands heavily hyped brand-new attractions which included the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Great story and discussion. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. Bendy Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. Anyway Like I said, Disneys movie version of Swiss Family Robinson comes out in December of 1960 and does quite well at the box office (Fourth highest grossing film of the year domestically). Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. Walt may have been overselling things a little here. But she & Walt put on hard hats. No lawyer writers. photographed on the island of Tobago in the West Indies and that it is shaping up into such an exciting and thrilling picture that the Swiss Family Robinson shows every promise of equaling or surpassing every production our Company has ever put out. Okay. Nudnik ( Paramount Cartoon Studios ) Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. In the back seat is a live-action look-alike of actor Clark Gable sitting next to Mickey Mouse. Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. No problem, Mark. Popeye: Were bearing Paul? If the funeral scene had been included in the film, no doubt the same stipulation would have been made for the bit with Bugs, Mickey, Humphrey and Clark in the convertible. 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. With New Cameos Like: Prior to this, if you wanted to go on a ride at Disneyland, you had to first get on line at one of the Parks omni-present ticket booth. 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. Stumbo the Giant Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. By the way, the tree that appears in this Disney film is real. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. Crusader Rabbit Not according to the guys who worked on it. Were they planned to make cameos in the movie, or at least considered ? Swiss Family Treehouse quickly became one of the more popular attractions in the Park. Or just trading with collectors, either way. Well, Nancys still battling whatever this crud is. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. Marvin William Leiter. Back in April of 2020, Disney announced that it was working on a CG version of Disneys 1973 hand-drawn version of Robin Hood. Which is eventually supposed to show up on Disney+. In yet another version, to the human funeral directors amazement as the coffin is being lowered, the crank starts plinking out the tune to Pop Goes the Weasel like a jack-in-the box and the Toon mourners sing the lyrics. Given that Im a short, round bald guy whos a bit rough around the edges, it probably wont surprise you to hear that I was (and still am) a huge Bob Hoskins fan. 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. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Heres the actual opening line to John Hughes Vacation 58.. This is where I want you guys to build Disneylands version of the Swiss Family Treehouse., The Imagineers explained But Walt. If Popeye were to be used in the funeral scene, wed have needed to see him carrying the casket alone, perhaps balancing it on one finger (hes strong to the finich, after all). So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. Which reminds me of something Walt once said when an Imagineer suggested that the Company could save a few bucks by cutting corners on a particular project: If people ever stop coming to the Park because they think we cut corners on a project, the few cents we saved ultimately arent going to matter. In closing, thanks for all your kind notes. I have a lot more of the drawings, including the Casper ones, I think Joe Ranft drew several of the Casper sequence, including the A GHOST! one. *Sigh* I bet the story artists either bought a bunch of PD tapes, or toured the Paramount studios (and found the hidden Max & Dave Fleischer door. This area was specially illuminated for night-time play. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. We say goodbye to a man who was more generous than a homely widow with Sunday supper. Sad Sack Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. Guests were supposed to see it alongside the side of the tracks as they rode the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad from Main Street Station over to Frontierland. All those Harvey characters (except Sad Sack, who wasnt an animated Toon) didnt exist in the 1940s setting of Roger Rabbit so why would they be in the film? Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* At this point, Im about 80 90% back. Disney Corporate knows about this (hence the number of times questions about this perception has bubbled up in recent surveys that Resort has sent out). Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. Conversely, the pairing of Donald and Daffy was on-the-nose! All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. 3. That would have been funnier than the Paul Bearer joke, and he wouldnt have needed to talk if a suitable voice couldnt have been found. Mind you, theres a fun little button on this sequence. While amusing, some in the audience were puzzled why Valiant was taking a shower while Judge Doom and the weasels were in hot pursuit and time was running out for Roger. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current. Now in the upper right-hand corner of the above drawing, you may notice an annotation which reads Toons unload casket. Well, wait til you see the six classic toon stars who do the honors for Marvin. So thats what happened around here last week / earlier this week. While this work was being done along the shore of the Rivers of America, over towards the entrance of Adventureland, the Imagineers were reconfiguring that restaurant that faced out towards Disneylands Hub. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. 1959 was Disneylands greatest year attendance-wise. Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. Mark. Attendance had been dropping on the Jungle River Cruise attraction because it was largely unchanged from when Disneyland Park first opened back in July of 1955. 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