Sorry folks. To be specific here: Once construction of Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse was complete in the Fall of 1962, it only cost $21,000 to staff & operate annually. After Valiant leaves Roger and Dolores at the bar, he hops a red car to the Inglewood cemetery (that was originally going to be a real cemetery somewhere in the San Francisco area) where the Marvin Acme funeral is taking place. That from 1958 through 1985 [a total of 27 years] the Happiest Place on Earth used to close two days a week during the slower times of year. 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). Which then cues Foghorn Leghorn to begin his sermon. Great reporting Jim. Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) A large safe was dropped on his head and fortunately that action occurs offscreen. 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. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. 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). 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. And that was Marvin Acmes funeral. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Just to clarify whos where, heres an additional couple of storyboard drawings which suggest camera moves and/or close-ups. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. 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. The ceremony is already in progress. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. 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. and Little Lulu ! 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. Would get a bigger reaction / stronger laugh largely because Guests now wouldnt see the Trapped Safari until they then floated by the lions cave. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Which Im told resulted in all sort of angry people at the entrance of Disneylands parking lot. Cars 2 came out in June of 2011 and also did quite well at the box office (It took the No. 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. This was just four months after Michael Eisner had become Disneys new CEO. Herman & Katnip as a team Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? Shnookums & Meat The short answer was that Valiant had to wash off a toon pig head that the weasels had painted on him (in a scene animated but cut from the film) after a confrontation with Doom in Jessicas dressing room and that earlier Valiant had put in a very busy and sweaty day including attending the funeral of Marvin Acme. Something that even today in our age of seamless interaction between CG characters & human performers actually holds up beautifully because Bob made the audience believe that Toontown & all of its residents were real. SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat, and more. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? With a loose retheming that then allows this Disneyland attraction to become home to characters from Disneys Swiss Family Robinson, Tarzan, and Encanto.. Some three months after Disneyland Park first open. 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. Really stilted. Okay. 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. Lets look for ways to make the rides there funnier. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. Tito and Burrito It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. Cuphead and Mugman Required fields are marked *. 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. Moose out front shoulda told ya. Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: But as soon as Casper says Will you be my friend? , in a faithful recreation of that old cartoon cliche, both the toons & the humans at graveside scream A G-G-G-G-G-G-GHOST ! 16. Goofy: Gawsh! We see Eddie arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood. The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. 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. Case in point: The Swiss Family Treehouse, which first opened at Disneyland Park back in November of 1962. Toward the end, Jessica knees Maroon in the groin and he crumples to the ground as she storms off. Which was published on December 14th of that year. Sadly, the Imagineers werent able to base any other theme park attractions on Ken Annakin movies. Only this time around, itll be $7 million worth of new attractions. The original production schedule was for three days of live action shooting for Marvin Acmes funeral. Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. 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? When it reaches the bottom, there is a boing sound and the harlequin clown mascot from the Harvey cartoons introductions pops out. I thought we were bearing Acme. Pink Panther The famous never-filmed Marvin Acme funeral sequence workbook pages from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney/Amblin, 1988). Whereas Teddy He never made 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 Its Bob Hoskins performance that I think elevates Who Framed Roger Rabbit from being just this clever movie which is loaded with witty, well-done animation to being a truly great film. 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Storyboard Drawings 12 - Marvin Acme Funeral Marty Kline April 10, 2019 Enter Amblin The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Bugs, chomping on a carrot, leans out to ask Valiant, Pardon me, Doc. Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. 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+. John Howell who was the art director on Swiss Family Robinson was out scouting locations for this movie in 1958. At this point, Im about 80 90% back. Not according to the guys who worked on it. CHIP 'N DALE. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. 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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). Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux Beyond Dicks address at WDI, Walt reportedly only wrote two words on this postcard. 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. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. 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. Parks closed. 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. Well, heres hoping that whoever wins this auction is a kind & generous soul. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. 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?. A-hyuck. That said, its worth noting here that just in the past year or so weve seen Disney & Pixar attempt to expand the turf that these two characters could comfortably cover. But wait. Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat . One was supposed to be built around boats. At this point, there was no confirmation as to what toons would be available to mourn so there are multiple blue sky drawings. Buzzy The Crow Thats billion with a B.. During the 2022 holiday season, Disney Parks actually raised the prices on individual Lightning Lanes for popular attractions like Rise of the Resistance to $22 a person. When there was plenty to go around for everyone. 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. Dolores: But I already have a good man). The actual Disneyland in Anaheim. Original film storyboard in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" that included a funeral scene of Marvin Acme, with Eddie Valiant, RK Maroon, and the Toons involved such as Popeye, Bluto, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Goofy, Herman the Mouse, Jessica Rabbits, and others. Also the Goons from Sleeping Beauty & the Jungle Book vulture (seen briefly at the end) as well. Cubby Bear ( Van Beuren ) Walt may have been overselling things a little here. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) 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. 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. And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. Little Audrey Okay. 10. It was a different time. 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). Hole No. Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. Mark Kauslers account of the Acme funeral is accurate. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! Im late to this party, but truly just knowing this was planned out in several alternate universes gives me such a euphoric feeling. Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman Cars 3 would eventually arrive in theaters in June of 2017. Keep In Mind That WFRR Totally Had Mixed Reviews ! 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. But as soon as Walt saw Marcs art for the Trapped Safari, he basically said Thats too good a gag to waste on the people who are riding Disneylands train. 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. To be specific, Mondays & Tuesday in the Fall & early Winter as well as in the late Winter / early Spring. Interesting story about that vignette that Marc created for The Jungle Cruise. It originally wasnt supposed to be part of that ride. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; . Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) More more MORE!!!! Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. Which has gotten miserable press since Day One (and is a large part of peoples growing perception that its just gotten too expensive to take their family on vacation to WDW). The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. No lawyer writers. Clint Clobber ( Terrytoons ) 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). 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. 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. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. 11. Skip to main content. Dont believe me? Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. His Gravestone wouldve had a picture of a falling anvil and wouldve read Long Live His Big Slapstick Toon-ness !. 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. 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