Wed have to rip that up and then reroute that water system., The Imagineers then said But Walt. So this change in the way that Disneyland Park operated during the off-season made things easier for Walt and Disneys book-keepers back in Burbank. 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. When there was plenty to go around for everyone. Theres Barely Any Famous Studios Characters ! Popeye: Were bearing Paul? A hearse, and a line of black limos are parked in the lane. (Again going L to R) Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Baby Huey, Hippety Hopper, Dick Tracy & Tubby the Tuba all goggle the playful spirit for a second or two. This whole scene is being shown from the point of view of Valiant who is in the distance leaning against a palm tree. 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. We shed no tears for we know that Marvin is going to a better place. Thanks for all your dedicated work for Roger Rabbit history. The Mighty Heroes ( Terrytoons ) Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Skip to main content. 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. 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. de la Fort, Outremont. 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. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. But she & Walt put on hard hats. 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. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Thanks to Mr. Kausler who was incredibly valuable on that film. 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. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. 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 a trifle ironic. 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. Tom Terrific Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. Were they planned to make cameos in the movie, or at least considered ? At this point, Im about 80 90% back. Disney Big Figures: Where They Began, Where They Are Now and Where Are They Going? Just to clarify whos where, heres an additional couple of storyboard drawings which suggest camera moves and/or close-ups. 28. This is then followed by this great moment in the balcony of a movie theater that Roger & Eddie have gone to hide out in, during which Valiant recounts to the rabbit how his brother Teddy was actually killed. 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. The famous never-filmed Marvin Acme funeral sequence workbook pages from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney/Amblin, 1988). And if her barking cough isnt sounding any better by this afternoon Well, its back to the doctor we go. 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? 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. 5. Anyway, the scene wouldnt have added much to the film, but its nice that other 1940s characters had been planned to appear. Little Roquefort I think King Features wouldnt let Popeye, and therefore Bluto, be used in the picture. Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. If you ever want to journey to the town of Goldsborough on the Caribbean island of Tobago. Thats billion with a B.. The final version and the one that is most often referenced seems to be that as the coffin touches the bottom of the grave, Casper the Friendly Ghost rises up and asks, Will you be my friend?. By the way, the tree that appears in this Disney film is real. In June of 1961, he extended Disneylands monorail system by a full 2 & a half miles so that this futuristic transportation system rolled right up to the Disneyland Hotels front door. 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. With his former writing partner, John Cawley, he authored several animation related books including The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars, How to Create Animation, Cartoon Confidential and Get Animateds Animation Art Buyers Guide. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. One was supposed to be built around boats. Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. I was wondering if they had other characters they controlled that werent used. Because Id dearly love to see whats in those other 80 drawings. Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) Tito and Burrito Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. 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. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Its still there, by the way. An American songwriter Marvin Gaye's funeral in 1984.REF 12326 To license contact [email protected] 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. 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. and Various Characters from Don Bluth Animated Movies ! Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) etc. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. At this point, there was no confirmation as to what toons would be available to mourn so there are multiple blue sky drawings. Beyond Dicks address at WDI, Walt reportedly only wrote two words on this postcard. Im late to this party, but truly just knowing this was planned out in several alternate universes gives me such a euphoric feeling. Dont these storyboard drawings just make you wish that Marvin Acmes funeral had actually made it into the finished version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit ? Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. Without Hoskins ability to see (More importantly, make the audience believe that Bob was seeing) things that werent there, Roger Rabbit would have never worked. 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. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. With its 11 story-tall Sierra Tower breaking ground in 1961 (it opened the following year in September of 1962). 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. With the 50th anniversary re-release of Snow White in 1987, Roger Rabbit in 1988, and the Little Mermaid in 1989, I felt optimistic about the future of animation for the first time in my life. I thought we were bearing Acme.. Marvin Hagler Funeral Service - Open Casket [HD] ~ Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 - March 13, 2021) was an American prof. Your email address will not be published. Another great piece about this great film. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? This was just four months after Michael Eisner had become Disneys new CEO. 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. More more MORE!!!! Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. The first Cars spin-off to arrive in the marketplace was Planes. This Klay Hall film (which was set in The World Above Cars) was released theatrically in August of 2013, with the Blu-ray & DVD version of Planes hitting store shelves in November of that same year. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. It would have been a great scene. 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. Which was published on December 14th of that year. Stumbo the Giant That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. 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 Well, Nancys still battling whatever this crud is. 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.. Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. Counter this with Lightning Lane. Whats the Company ultimately going to have to do convince those people who now think that a trip to WDW has just gotten too expensive for the family to come back. Theres a famous story of Walt observing a Mom pulling her kid away from the entrance of the Jungle Cruise. Saying words to the effect Weve already seen that ride. And at that time, Walt was justly proud of this project. Whereas the short story that Hughes wrote (i.e., Vacation 58) follows an unnamed family to a different theme park. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. Sorry I declined to participate in this post, just too much work for nothing, I guess. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. Dont believe me? 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. The Noveltoons jack-in-the-box mascot wouldve appeared popping out voiced by Frank Welker of Scooby-Doo fame saying Duh, I Didnt Know A Toon Had Murdered The Mayor of Toontown !. In the back seat is a live-action look-alike of actor Clark Gable sitting next to Mickey Mouse. It was a different time. 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. His Gravestone wouldve had a picture of a falling anvil and wouldve read Long Live His Big Slapstick Toon-ness !. Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. Which explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Meanwhile, Goofy makes a joke about how tough it is to be a pallbearer. 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. 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. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. He had a high, lilting voice, and giggled a lot. Cuphead and Mugman Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; . Back when the Mouse didnt have to have ALL of the money when it came to the Southern California tourism market. Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Bob Z. and the writers came up with the scene. Build up the cave that was behind that pride of lions which was watching over that sleeping zebra so that the Trapped Safari would then have a stronger reveal. Bonkers D. Bobcat Dont fret. Were then going to have to spend dollars to get those people back.. A-hyuck. Next come (again L to R) Junior & George, one of Tex Averys hound dogs, Practical Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Fifer Pig & Fiddler Pig. Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. That was the original plan, anyway. But wait. Required fields are marked *. 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. 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. They chit-chatted with Valiant for a few moment before heading off to the links and . At one point Maroon points to his pocket. 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. CHIP 'N DALE. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? 1959 was Disneylands greatest year attendance-wise. In one version, Yosemite Sam gets so angry that he yells, Hold it, ya varmints! 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+. And Walt now wants to turn that attendance deficit around. 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. 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 at this point that Walt personally reaches out to Jack and says I know, I know. 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. We see Eddie arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood. Goofy: Gawsh! The ceremony is already in progress. Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) To be specific, Mondays & Tuesday in the Fall & early Winter as well as in the late Winter / early Spring. Only thing missing would have been Private Snafu blowing Taps off-key, then firing a salute (and shooting down a planeful of Gremlins from the Kremlin). Notably left out of the mix were Popeye characters, Tom and Jerry, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Disney Has Also Forgot To Add: 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. Herman & Katnip as a team Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. Baby Huey ! and then run off in terror. HECKLE AND JECKLE. When I contact anyone for information, I am always prepared for them to decline or not have the answer. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. 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). Toward the end, Jessica knees Maroon in the groin and he crumples to the ground as she storms off. 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). Moose out front shoulda told ya. Especially when Valiant tries to break things off with his Girl Friday (Eddie: Dolores, you need to find yourself a good man. Heres the actual opening line to John Hughes Vacation 58.. The Disney Dish Podcast is part of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network. I just love how in the above shot Felix the Cat is fighting back tears as he helps to carry Acmes casket. Conversely, the pairing of Donald and Daffy was on-the-nose! In closing, thanks for all your kind notes. Where just before boarding that ride you then surrendered that ticket. Not according to the guys who worked on it. The Wuzzles *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. And then the two of them made multiple trips up & down the stairs that had already been installed in & around Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. Stupid was the dumb one. Brodhead, KY 40409. When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 . 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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. 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. Eddie winds up with just a broken arm. Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. Pingu 7. 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. An early press screening of Disney Million Dollar Arm. Not to mention the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train media event down at Walt Disney World), we both went from feeling just tired & run-down to becoming really, really sick. Honestly, I thought the whole scene was good enough as is, lawyer problems aside (which got worse for Warners as time went on). 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. Aladdin and Jasmine Missed opportunity for this once-in-a-toontime summit meeting. 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. Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. 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.. 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. 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. 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. FernGully Ah yes, this takes me back. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. Your email address will not be published. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. Mark. Let me remove any doubt here. It was No. Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. Anyway, heres hoping that you folks enjoyed todays story. Would get a bigger reaction / stronger laugh largely because Guests now wouldnt see the Trapped Safari until they then floated by the lions cave. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. And Walt followed through on that promise. Theres more In addition to the aborted Planes 3, Disney had other Cars spin-offs in the works. Swiss Family Treehouse quickly became one of the more popular attractions in the Park. I seemed to recall reading in some Harvey Comics issues from 1988 shortly after they came back in business that already stated licensed their characters for other animation studios (all of which didnt get off the ground) which might be why the characters did not appear in Roger Rabbit. Required fields are marked *. Also the Goons from Sleeping Beauty & the Jungle Book vulture (seen briefly at the end) as well. Nancy and I have been trading the same cold back & forth since late February / early March. So a fight between them ensues that evolves to include others. From the very moment he first burst on the scene back in 1978 as sheet music salesman Arthur Parker in the TV mini-series version of Pennies from Heaven, it was clear that there was something special about this performer. and Little Lulu ! I just think Popeyes insensitive remark would suit Bluto better, with Popeye reacting to it, in a face-heel fashion. 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