Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat . Back when the Mouse didnt have to have ALL of the money when it came to the Southern California tourism market. 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. Arf Arf Arf. All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. Bonkers D. Bobcat And just in case youre wondering: The cost of extending Disneylands monorail system over to the Disneyland Hotel was $1.9 million (Thats $19 million in 2023 money). 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. Casper (the definitive version). 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 With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! But there was another aspect of Who Framed Roger Rabbit that for legal reasons as well as its difficulty-to-animate aspect that wound up getting cut from this Amblin production. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. At this point, there was no confirmation as to what toons would be available to mourn so there are multiple blue sky drawings. 4. 5. 1. A deleted scene involving Marvin Acme's funeral would've featured Foghorn Leghorn as the preacher giving the sermon. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . 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. Whereas I Ive always pointed to Bob Hoskins performance and said that this was the element that actually made that movie work. The other three were adults. Honestly, I thought the whole scene was good enough as is, lawyer problems aside (which got worse for Warners as time went on). Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* 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. 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. 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. Aladdin and Jasmine Let me remove any doubt here. 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. Planes: Fire and Rescue followed in the Summer of 2014. 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. Herman & Katnip as a team Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. He had stopped work for the day and drinking with friends at a cricket match. But he also revealed that this project which, at that time, was entitled Space was slated to be released theatrically in April of 2019) This animated feature was abruptly cancelled when DisneyToon Studios was shuttered in June of 2018. 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. 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). 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. Not happily, I might add. 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. 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). He has yellow and orange swirly eyes and carried a straight razor. Appearing in this scene as pallbearers were to be Popeye &. 1200 people an hour. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. 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. 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. If Dad hadnt shot Walt Disney in the leg, it would have been our best vacation ever. 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. 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). 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. Thanks to Mr. Kausler who was incredibly valuable on that film. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. Which explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Missed opportunity for this once-in-a-toontime summit meeting. But Im getting ahead of myself here. 15. Im sorry that this sites content went for days without being updated. Bravo for a wonderful reconstruction of a lost scene from disparate sources. Jim Hill Turns Lady & the Tramp Inside Out for D23 Fanniversary, Video: Disneys Million Dollar Arm Could have a Billion New Fans. Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. That in a nutshell is what happened here at Jim Hill Media. Because Id dearly love to see whats in those other 80 drawings. 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. 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). Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. We shed no tears for we know that Marvin is going to a better place. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. Whereas Teddy He never made it). 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? Take for example what happened last week when Bob Hoskins died. Whereas poor Nancy currently sounds like a harbor seal with a head cold. 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] Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. Tito and Burrito Dont fret. A hearse, and a line of black limos are parked in the lane. Which was first introduced at Walt Disney World in October of 2021. Darkwing Duck 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. Marvin Acme's death. HECKLE AND JECKLE. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . 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. This year is the 30th anniversary of the release of National Lampoons Vacation. Warner Bros. released this Harold Ramis movie to theaters back in July of 1983. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. In the back seat is a live-action look-alike of actor Clark Gable sitting next to Mickey Mouse. Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat, and more. As you can see below, Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy . 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.. So the Ken Annakin corona effect lives on at Disney. Sugarfoot An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. 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. 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. Dont believe me? It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. I think they made the right decision, looking back, in eliminating the sequence. That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. And again my apologies for JHM being off the air for a week or so there. Im doubling back on the establishing shot to get you some close-ups. Tex Avery and Sagebrush Sid from *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* Dolores: But I already have a good man). 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. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. 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. Seeing How This Is The Golden Age of American Animation, More Deleted Cameos are: They chit-chatted with Valiant for a few moment before heading off to the links and . Marvin Hagler Funeral Service - Open Casket [HD] ~ Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 - March 13, 2021) was an American prof. There were many variations in the actual funeral proceedings but here is probably the most likely version that I have patched together from Mel Blancs vocal script, the storyboard done by Amblin artist Marty Kline offered for sale on eBay in 2014, talking with some of the people who worked on the film and other sources: R.K. Maroons Packard roars up amidst all the black limos and hearse parked along the roadway near the site of Acmes funeral. 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Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. So thats what the Imagineers did. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. But is Who Framed Roger Rabbit a perfect film? but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. Anyway Now what made this redo / expansion of the Jungle River Cruise complicated is that this Adventureland attraction shared a water system with the Rivers of America (Guests who were headed to Disneylands old Chicken Plantation Restaurant for lunch or dinner used to have to walk over a bridge in Frontierland. Hole No. Swiss Family Treehouse quickly became one of the more popular attractions in the Park. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. All of which came in handy during those Mondays & Tuesdays during the Winter Months when people were staying at the Disneyland Hotel and had nowhere to go on those days when the Happiest Place on Earth was closed. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. Sad Sack 3. Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. Notwithstanding it would be a great scene. Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare ! and then run off in terror. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. Stumbo the Giant 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. It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. 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. Well, Nancys still battling whatever this crud is. 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. 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. He was a columnist for a variety of animation magazines. 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 And why is that?, you ask. 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. 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). Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? CHIP 'N DALE. So below youll see (going L to R) Catnip the Cat, Tom, Jerry & Andy Panda. A deleted scene involving the infamous Toon Pig Head would've featured a brief cameo of Witch Hazel. 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. Disney Big Figures: Where They Began, Where They Are Now and Where Are They Going? 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. 28. That being said, I want to publicly state that Mark has helped me many, many times in the past. The next time you get the chance, sit down and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit and watch how Hoskins emotionally grounds this movie. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. Cars 3 would eventually arrive in theaters in June of 2017. Reduced operating hours helped to control operating costs in the face of increased wage rates and other rising costs. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. Pete Pelican ( Screen Gems ) The storyboards. 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. 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