But rather all of the classic cartoon characters from the 1930s & the 1940s who have turned out to pay their respects to Acme. (You can read all about this in Walt Disney Productions annual report for 1961. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. Okay. 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. Popeye: Were bearing Paul? When there was plenty to go around for everyone. Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: Another great piece about this great film. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? and 17. 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. Which was a perk that no other hotel in Orange County had. Thanks to Mr. Kausler who was incredibly valuable on that film. Reduced operating hours helped to control operating costs in the face of increased wage rates and other rising costs. Tito and Burrito 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. Aladdin and Jasmine 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. 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. One was supposed to be built around boats. This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. Some three months after Disneyland Park first open. 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 had stopped work for the day and drinking with friends at a cricket match. Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat . Disneyland spent $254,900 on the construction of that theme parks version of Swiss Family Treehouse. Maybe we should look at those. Which meant that the Magic Kingdom Golf Course at the Disneyland Hotel could operate from 10 a.m. in the morning til 10 p.m. a night seven days a week. 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. 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. Only this time around, itll be $7 million worth of new attractions. 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). 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. Popeye, Bluto, and others appear only in this storyboarded funeral scene. Now what really would have been great about this proposed sequence for Who Framed Roger Rabbit wasnt just Marvins pallbearers. Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. And again my apologies for JHM being off the air for a week or so there. Better staged. This is when Marc came up with the idea for the Sacred Elephant Bathing Pool and the Africa Veldt sequences for The Jungle Cruise. Not to mention the Trapped Safari. This redo of Adventureland & Frontierland (which then set the stage for Disneylands New Orleans Square) was moving through its final design phase the Imagineers were startled when Walt pointed to the very center of this incredibly ambitious $7 million construction project (the very spot where Adventureland bumped up against Frontierland) and said: Here. 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. When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. That said, I was well aware at the time that many of the creative decisions in Who Framed Roger Rabbit were the result of legal negotiations in the boardroom. 4. Marvin D. McCune De Smet, SD - Marv McCune, age 66, of De Smet, SD, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 at the Mayo Hospital in Rochester, MN. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). I just love how in the above shot Felix the Cat is fighting back tears as he helps to carry Acmes casket. 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. Not according to the guys who worked on it. Pink Panther But Hoskins matter-of-fact retelling is so real & so raw that from here in on in this movie you then just cant help but feel for this character. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. 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. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) clip with quote - Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. CHIP 'N DALE. This was what led Walt to bring Marc Davis over to WED from Feature Animation in October of 1960 and effectively say Help me make Disneyland better. So below youll see (going L to R) Catnip the Cat, Tom, Jerry & Andy Panda. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. 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? and Various Characters from Don Bluth Animated Movies ! Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. 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. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. Ill plant him muhself! He hoists the casket over his head and stomps toward the grave where he tosses it into the hole and turns to Foghorn Leghorn, Awright, you big-mouth bantampreach., In another version, when the coffin was lowered down into the grave, it landed on a whoopee cushion and a little Tex Avery style sign popped up out of the coffin saying Sad, aint it?. 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. He genuinely cares about all Toons and has promised that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Cars 3 would eventually arrive in theaters in June of 2017. An American songwriter Marvin Gaye's funeral in 1984.REF 12326 To license contact info@lpe360.com That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. Sugarfoot THE ACME FUNERAL SITE - LONG SHOT - DAY. Shnookums & Meat Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) And those words supposedly were Build this.. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Just in the past week or so, a few pieces of concept art for Metro have surfaced online. But she & Walt put on hard hats. I thought we were bearing Acme.. 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. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . 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.. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Which then cues Foghorn Leghorn to begin his sermon. 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. When it reaches the bottom, there is a boing sound and the harlequin clown mascot from the Harvey cartoons introductions pops out. 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). Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Gopher Well, Nancys still battling whatever this crud is. As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. But Im getting ahead of myself here. Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! 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. Required fields are marked *. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Continue reading Storyboard Drawings 11 - Escaping from Toontown Hans Bacher April 3, 2019 Enter Amblin Hans Bacher (and Harald Siepermann) had a very different take to the escape from Toontown. Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. Stumbo the Giant Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. 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. This was just four months after Michael Eisner had become Disneys new CEO. It actually meant a lot to Nancy & myself that people had noticed that the site had gone dark for a few days and were concerned enough to send along e-mails and/or make phone calls just to make sure that we were both okay. 1200 people an hour. 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. 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. 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. We say goodbye to a man who was more generous than a homely widow with Sunday supper. It was a different time. (H&K seperately, and Buzzy,m Katnips longtime crow star, already were established by 1947). The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. So for Disneylands third year of operation (July 1957 June 1958) on Walts orders, Disneyland is then kept open seven days a week all year long. But he tells me that there are another 80 or so pages of drawings of classic cartoon characters that were storyboarded from this proposed Roger Rabbit sequence. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. And Walt followed through on that promise. Marvin was born in Montreal on January 25, 1937, to Bella and Moses Zalman. de la Fort, Outremont. 9. The way I hear it, even with Spielbergs clout, there were just some cartoon characters that the Roger Rabbit production team couldnt acquire the rights to. Gerald McBoing-Boing Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. 2. 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. TOM AND JERRY. Walt may have been overselling things a little here. Paramount had a quick comeback in the 70s and 80s, so reading Harvey comics and going to UCLAs archives really left an impression on Disney/Amblin story artists. Your email address will not be published. Jim Hill is an entertainment writer who has specialized in covering The Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years now. From that point on, there are several different variations of what happens to Acmes coffin so that there were multiple options depending upon what character rights could be obtained. 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. 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. Case in point: The Swiss Family Treehouse, which first opened at Disneyland Park back in November of 1962. And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa Theres more In addition to the aborted Planes 3, Disney had other Cars spin-offs in the works. An animated Bugs Bunny is sitting next to him. Notably left out of the mix were Popeye characters, Tom and Jerry, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. 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). 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] The storyboards. - And R. K. Maroon. And Walt now wants to turn that attendance deficit around. Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. These preproduction paintings suggest that this Cars spin-off would be far grittier than Say the sort of adventures that Lightning McQueen & Mater would typically have out in Radiator Springs. 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 Spent $ 254,900 on the construction of that theme parks version of Valiant! 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