With its 11 story-tall Sierra Tower breaking ground in 1961 (it opened the following year in September of 1962). 5. 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. 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. Just because a character didnt make his screen debut by the late 1940s doesnt mean the character didnt exist in the RR world it would be about 15 years before those penguin waiters would get their chance in Mary Poppins. 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. Doom killing him for getting in the way of his goals was as much of a shock as it was to Eddie when he found out the next day. Walt was over in Switzerland for the start of shooting on Third Man on the Mountain in 1958 and evidently really liked what he saw. Because no one was ever going to climb up the 68 steps that then led to the three rooms in this Adventureland attraction (The parents bedroom, the boys bedroom [up in the crows next] and then the common area / kitchen / dining room) and then the 69 steps back down to the ground. No wonder Steven Spielberg liked it so much. 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). Worth noting here that in the late 1960s / early 1970s when Walt Disney Animation Studios was fumbling around for an idea for a project to tackle after The Aristocats (That was the last animated feature that Walt Disney personally put into production / greenlit) someone asks that classic question What would Walt do?. How so?, you query. Sorry I declined to participate in this post, just too much work for nothing, I guess. And why is that?, you ask. 2 at the box office. 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. Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Gopher Well, heres hoping that whoever wins this auction is a kind & generous soul. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. etc. but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. Little Dot Interesting side note: Its now an established part of the on-going Disney theme park narrative that Going to the Parks has just gotten to be too expensive and/or complicated, what with the institution of Lightning Lane and then forcing people to use virtual queues if they want to experience newer attractions at the Parks like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Epcot or Mickey & Minnies Runaway Railway out in Anaheim. The Matterhorn at Disneyland was largely inspired by research that the Studio did in Zermatt, Switzerland in late 1957 / early 1958 out ahead of the location shooting that was done for Third Man on the Mountain which officially got underway in June of 1958). Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. HECKLE AND JECKLE. The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! I thought we were bearing Acme.. Which bring us to Eddie Valiant, the down-on-his-luck private dick that Bob played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. So things that are now closely associated with a visit to Disneyland back in the day (EX: Having to purchase a book of tickets before you entered that theme park. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. This collection of animated shorts literally sent Lightning McQueen & Mater off on a road trip. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. 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. I was wondering if they had other characters they controlled that werent used. The Wuzzles 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. 9. 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. Valiant cant hear what is being said but by the pantomined actions can see it is on the verge of becoming violent. In addition to the 4000+ articles Jim has written for the Web, he also co-hosts a trio of popular podcasts: Disney Dish with Len Testa, Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor and Marvel US Disney with Aaron Adams. Mr. Hill makes his home in Southern New Hampshire with his lovely wife Nancy and two obnoxious cats, Ginger & Betty. Baby Huey 4. So when your winter cold (which wouldnt let go) becomes a spring cold (that just wont go away) suddenly mutates into the Black Plague Well, its then finally time to do something. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current. He had stopped work for the day and drinking with friends at a cricket match. Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. If we built a Swiss Family Treehouse in the Park Well, that then means a steep set of stairs first going up into that tree and then a second steep set of stairs coming down out of that tree. Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. Darkwing Duck Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the funeral scene which would require complicated animation and physical gags to be included with the live action and negotiations unsure for the use of some characters in the scene, that it should be cut even though it was known that it was producer Steven Spielbergs favorite scene in the script. And as a direct result, gags that had been built around these characters comic personas had to then be cut out of the picture. 28. Tom Terrific (1) Operating a seven-day week throughout the 1957 1958 week against a six-day week the year before. Im sorry that this sites content went for days without being updated. Shnookums & Meat 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. The Rivers of America were now going to be dry for months at a time from January of 1962 through June of that same year, this is when the Imagineers decided to tackle two projects that were well below Disneylands waterline which was digging out the basement space in New Orleans Square (which was originally supposed to house the walk-thru tour version of Pirates of the Caribbean) as well as carving out that below-grade space over at the Haunted Mansion. Which was published on December 14th of that year. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. The storyboards. He is angrily confronting her. He had a high, lilting voice, and giggled a lot. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Annakin went on to direct several very popular family films in the 1960s & 1970s, among them Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. And the Walt Disney Company went out of its way to recognize Kens contribution to the overall success of Disney Studio & the Companys theme parks by naming him a Disney Legend in 2002. At this point, the Disneyland Hotel is the largest hotel in all of Orange County with over 300 rooms. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) clip with quote - Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. 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 At least when it came to how popular an attraction would be with Guests (The Mickey Mouse Club Circus fiasco of the holiday season of 1955 being the exception, of course). Swiss Family Robinson was the very last film that he directed for Disney Studios. Turned this proposed sequence for this film into something that animation fans would have talked about for decades. But only this week, Ive learned that the original storyboards for this cut sequence are floating around out there. Aladdin and Jasmine You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. 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. 4 at the box office that year, behind Spartacus, Psycho, and Exodus.. If you ever want to journey to the town of Goldsborough on the Caribbean island of Tobago. Counter this with Lightning Lane. Lets jump ahead to the 1959 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. Despite being cut from the final film, Joe Alaskey is still credited as voicing him in the end credits. Walt may have been overselling things a little here. 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. Evidently, a sequel was considered, but I wonder if theyd have utilized the obvious premise of the newest threat to traditional Toon Town after 1947: the UPA style which shortly rendered Roger Rabbits slapstick out of date, and the takeover of the HannaBarbarians: limited animated characters who talked more than moved. Which was a perk that no other hotel in Orange County had. Theres Barely Any Famous Studios Characters ! Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. So they then screened the very first movie that Ken directed for Disney, which was The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men from 1952. Bugs, chomping on a carrot, leans out to ask Valiant, Pardon me, Doc. Appearing in this scene as pallbearers were to be Popeye &. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Next comes (Again going L to R ) Porky & Petunia Pig, Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow, Jerky Turkey, Tex Averys wolf character and Droopy. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. Jim Hill Turns Lady & the Tramp Inside Out for D23 Fanniversary, Video: Disneys Million Dollar Arm Could have a Billion New Fans. At this point, Im about 80 90% back. 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. Required fields are marked *. What fascinates me about the parallels here is that When Walt began to see the same thing bubble up in press coverage for his new family fun park (i.e., All of those Summer-of-1955 stories in newspapers & magazines about how expensive it was to visit Disneyland. When out of the corner of his eye (through a gap in the fence that surrounded this cricket pitch) John spied this beautiful Samaan tree with a huge 200 foot-wide canopy of leaves. Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: The Trapped Safari was basically supposed to be something that made Guests think Ooh, I need to get over to Adventureland while Im here at the Park and go check out that new, improved version of the Jungle River Cruise that everyones talking about.. Its still there, by the way. Its a pretty ridiculous story (SPOILER: After he robbed the First National Bank of Toontown of a zillion simoleons, Judge Doom drops a piano on this pair of private detectives from 15 stories up. For example, in the scene where sky-diving Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny offer the plummeting Eddie a spare (parachute, he thinks, but of course its a tire), the lawyers for Disney and Warners demanded that not only were Mickey and Bugs to appear on screen for exactly the same length of time, down to the last frame of film, but they were also to have the same number of lines, and even exactly the same number of words, of dialogue. Drawings were made of Tom and Jerry, Heckle and Jeckle, Tex Averys MGM wolf character, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Porky and Petunia Pig, Droopy, Andy Panda, Katnip the Cat, Tex Averys George and Junior, Sylvester the Cat, Baby Huey, Tubby the Tuba and the Three Little Pigs among many others. Where Jessica is none-too-happy to see that theyve been trailed by this private dick. and 17. The eulogy is being given by Foghorn Leghorn who intones: Today we commit the body of brother Acme to the cold, I say cold, cold ground. Because the concrete foundation that supported this six ton structure had to go down some 42 feet Well, that totally screwed up the water system that previously connected Disneylands Jungle River Cruise to the Rivers of America. 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. Paul Bearins shore hard work, aint it? The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. 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. Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. 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. Meanwhile, back out at graveside, as Foghorn Leghorn is wrapping up his sermon, who comes rising up out of the ground but Casper the Friendly Ghost. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. CHIP 'N DALE. The appearance has all the mourners (both toon and human) screaming A Ghost! The scenes set in the parking lot at Walley World as well as at the entrance of that fictious theme park were shot in the parking lot & entrance of Santa Anita Race Track (Horse Track). Brodhead, KY 40409. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. 1. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acme's funeral Titled: "Acme Funeral: Inglewood Cemetery" Private Detective Eddie Valiant arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood, California for Acme's funeral Move to the top Really stilted. Famous characters Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl, Superman, Little Lulu, and Casper the Friendly Ghost, as well as Pat Sullivan 's Felix the Cat, and MGM's Tom & Jerry, were all scripted to appear in a scene revolving around Marvin Acme's funeral, but the rights to the characters could not be obtained in time, although a photo of Felix shaking hands CHIP 'N DALE. This was just four months after Michael Eisner had become Disneys new CEO. Casper (the definitive version). 12. The other three were adults. And back to National Lampoons Vacation The Walley World stuff was all shot at two Southern California attractions. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. Id also like to thank people like Leo N. Holzer, who stepped up to the plate when Nancy & I couldnt and got a new story or two out there. But in the meantime, Disney & Pixar began exploring the idea of expanding this film franchise. 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. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. Now what really would have been great about this proposed sequence for Who Framed Roger Rabbit wasnt just Marvins pallbearers. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Disneyland spent $254,900 on the construction of that theme parks version of Swiss Family Treehouse. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. 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). 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. 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. The stories that slip through your fingers. I dont want people coming away from their visit to Disneyland with this impression. And by October 11, 1955 (less than 3 months after Disneyland Park first opened), they had a fix in place. Many sequences were storyboarded and some even animated for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) but were then left out of the final feature film for a variety of reasons including cost and time issues, pacing and the fact that while they might have been clever or fun but were not really necessary to tell the story. Its worth noting here that the Disneyland Hotel (with Walts permission, by the way) on those days when Disneyland was closed would offer its Guests the opportunity to visit Knotts Berry Farm as well as Universal Studios Hollywood. 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? People who own public domain tapes (and closeted Paramount cartoon fans at the time) would have freaked out with excitement if this was in the movie. While yet another was supposed to have shined a spotlight on trucks. How whenever a Guest visited this place they were constantly being forced to repeatedly open their wallet), his immediate reaction was We need to fix this now. Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. Sad Sack Among them the TWA Moonliner, the Submarine Voyage, the Painted Desert from Frontierland (this is the area Guests traveled through when they experienced Disneylands Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland attraction), Tom Sawyer Island, the Fort in Frontierland, not to mention Skull Rock as well as Monstro the Whale from Disneylands Fantasyland. Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. Your email address will not be published. 719 N. Main Street; PO Box 9; Mahnomen, MN 56557 (218) 935-9000; 218-935-9010; toll free: 866-935-9009 Join our mailing list [email protected] So thats what the Imagineers did. They chit-chatted with Valiant for a few moment before heading off to the links and . Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. Which then cues Foghorn Leghorn to begin his sermon. Im late to this party, but truly just knowing this was planned out in several alternate universes gives me such a euphoric feeling. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. To be specific, Frontierland & Adventureland. Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. 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 . Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. That was the original plan, anyway. Your email address will not be published. And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) MGM Cartoons. Dolores: But I already have a good man). One of those great examples of falling in love with a concept that doesnt fit. When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. We shed no tears for we know that Marvin is going to a better place. But when Disneys version of Swiss Family Robinson finally arrived in theaters in December of 1960, it did quite well at the box office. Reduced operating hours helped to control operating costs in the face of increased wage rates and other rising costs. But because we all bought into his version of Eddie Valiant, we rejoiced when this long-in-his-cups ex-cop finally let go of the bottle. Missed opportunity for this once-in-a-toontime summit meeting. 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. When there was plenty to go around for everyone. Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux The original production schedule was for three days of live action shooting for Marvin Acmes funeral. Im doubling back on the establishing shot to get you some close-ups. Even when he portrayed vicious gangsters in films like The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa, and The Cotton Club, there was still something decent & very relatable about Bobs portrayal of these characters. Parks closed. Lets look for ways to make the rides there funnier. Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. 15. Which is why Disney quietly recruited Dale & Jane Baer (More importantly, Baer Animation Studios) to come take over the Toontown section of this movie. But what about Jack Wrather, the guy that Walt went to back in the Late Winter / Early Spring of 1955 and begged & pleaded for Wrather to build a hotel right next to Disneyland Park? And since it only took three Disneyland employees to safely staff & operate the Treehouse (i.e., one person to take tickets at the entrance, a second staffer patrolling upstairs in the tree to make sure the Guests were behaving themselves / not touching the props, and then a third Cast Member down by the exit making sure that Guests arent sneaking up the back stairs to experience the Swiss Family Treehouse without first surrendering a C Ticket), it also became one of the more profitable attractions in the Park. So thats now the plan for 1962 & 1963. (2) Increased costs due to rising salaries and the inauguration of a 40-hour week. 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? Required fields are marked *. It was No. Which produced home premieres like those TinkerBell movies) began actively looking into ways to expand this lucrative franchise? It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. 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). But she & Walt put on hard hats. For as Eddie exits that mausoleum who comes motoring up but Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart & Clark Cable. Anyway, the scene wouldnt have added much to the film, but its nice that other 1940s characters had been planned to appear. 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. Yes its real.). You can see Disney proudly showing off the elaborate water wheel system at the heart of this Adventureland attraction, which send 200 gallons of water high up into that faux tree. In 1965, this Adventureland Attraction even after taking those costs into consideration still managed to turn a profit of $313,000. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. and Little Lulu ! Goofy: Gawsh! At one point Maroon points to his pocket. Dont believe me? Okay. Walt keenly remembers what happened when he last built an attraction at Disneyland that was based on a Ken Annakin film (Matterhorn Bobsleds inspired by Third Man on the Mountain). Under which flowed the water that traveled from the Jungle River Cruise into the Rivers of America). The famous never filmed Marvin Acme funeral sequence workbook pages from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (Disney/Amblin, 1988) Did you know? 1200 people an hour. Going clockwise from the middle, we have Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy and Popeye the Sailor. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. It would have been a fun scene with all those disparate Toons but Katzenberg was right that it wasnt necessary to tell the story. Notwithstanding it would be a great scene. Funeral service from Paperman & Sons, 3888 Jean Talon Ouest, on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, 1250 ch. Which is why even after Disneyland Park switched to a 5-day-a-week operating schedule during the off-season Disneyland Hotel launched into an aggressive expansion plan. Which is why Im now trying to get Jim Hill Meida back up to speed. Were then going to have to spend dollars to get those people back.. Would get a bigger reaction / stronger laugh largely because Guests now wouldnt see the Trapped Safari until they then floated by the lions cave. Which again I remind you was published on December 23rd of that year: This current year, we are operating the park during the winter months on a five-day schedule with resulting savings in operating costs and in the hope that a full weeks business can be compressed within the five days. When you think of all the then-A-list actors that Steven Spielberg & Robert Zemeckis reportedly pursued to come play this part (example: Harrison Ford, Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy to name just a few), we are just so lucky that Hoskins ultimately won this role. And while a Planes 3 was definitely put in development (At the Disney Animation panel at the 2017 D23 Expo, John Lasseter not only shared a clip from this film. 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Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. 6. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). As you can see by all of the projects that Ive just described this was a hugely complex addition to the Parks with lots of moving parts. Hopefully by next week, Ill be able to resume JHMs 5-day-a-week publication schedule. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Wed have to rip that up and then reroute that water system., The Imagineers then said But Walt. Better yet, a complete set of these drawings are now up for bid on eBay. Theres this great 3-minutes-and-41-second video over on YouTube that shows Walt leading the Mills family (John, Halley & Mary Mills, Johns wife) around Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse in the Fall of 1962. We see Eddie arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood. I Wish Pingu Appeared In Who Framed Roger Rabbit ! 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